Blog Entry on Student Reading Responses

            I read both Gabby’s and Eliza’s blog posts. While reading Gabby’s blog post on Glass I noticed a lot of really great features of her blog, which really made in stand out. One feature I noticed in her blog was that she did a really great job providing examples, and when using examples she cited them clearly, and correctly. The text examples and quotes she used really helped her to prove her point and make the reader understand. Another great feature of her blog was that not only did she give you examples to support her thesis; she also did a really good job describing those examples, and explaining why they happened. She also included the lessons, and themes from the book, and gave some opinion on what she thought was happening without overdoing it.

            Eliza’s blog post on Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire was also extremely well written, and full of amazing features that made it complete. She had a very elaborate idea and thesis, which she supported well. Her post was way more than just a summary although she did provide enough background for it to make sense. She compared and contrasted many different ideas, further than her opinion. She provides important life lessons, not just from the clear focus of the book, but what she found analyzing the book, and really digging deeper into the themes, and reading between the lines. Another great thing that she does in this blog is that it doesn’t feel like an essay. Although it has everything that an essay should have, she writes it in an entertaining way. You almost feel like someone is saying this while talking to you.

            After reading these blogs I found a lot of really good elements that were included in them, that could help me to improve my blogs. One example of something that I saw in these blogs, that I think I could use in my blogs to improve them is using specific text examples and quotes. This is something I don’t usually put in my blogs, but Gabby’s blog was a good example of how they can really help to support your blog. Another thing that I saw in these blogs that could help my future blogs is providing lessons from the book. Whether they’re clear lessons that you can get from pretty much just reading the back cover, like Gabby’s, or more elaborate lessons, that you really have to dig for, and read between the lines to find, like Eliza’s. Those were just two examples of elements that I saw in these two blogs that I think can improve my blogs. Overall the two blogs I read were very well written, and provided me with ideas, and ways that can possibly help me to write better blogs in the future.