You are going to create your own Avatar using suggestions from the blue link below.

Remember this is Reading Comprehension! Take the time to read the instructions step by step

Link- Avatar instructions

1. Click on the link and open it in a new tab, next select ‘Creating your avatar’  and follow the instructions to create an avatar using ‘Doppelme’.
2. Take a screenshot of your avatar so you can also insert it into your next post like we have done here.
3. Follow the instructions to upload your user avatar which will appear every time you leave comments and next to your posts.
4. You may also like to read the Avatar Tips which may help you to solve any problems you come across.
5. Extra Challenge- See what happens when you also upload your avatar as a Blog avatar.
6. Once you have successfully uploaded your avatar create a new post and tell us about your avatar and any challenges you may have had when creating it.
7. Insert the screen shot of your avatar into your post.

Your task is to produce a piece of creative writing using either of the two pictures below as a prompt.

You can write about anything you like – but please note:

Your writing MUST include:

•  3 causal connectives and 3 temporal connectives – Use the list glued into your literacy book.
• Please highlight your casual connectives in red and your temporal connectives in blue. 
• Be no more than 200 words.

Once you think you have completed your writing please:

Proof read and edit your writing carefully. Be sure all words are spelled correctly and you have included your 6 connectives.

Photo by Jae Park on Unsplash

Hi Girls,

Welcome to our blog!

The theme for your blog currently is called ‘Edublogs Default’ which you are not allowed to change until teacher instruction.

Here are some housekeeping instructions which you must go through and complete at your own pace:

Make some changes to the appearance of your blog:

1. Go to the dashboard
2. Click on ‘Appearance’
3. Click on Customise
4. Click on ‘Site Identity’

You may only change the following:

• Site Title
• Tag line – this is where you can write an inspirational quote of your choice.
• Make sure the box is ticked to display the site title and tag line.

Next, click on the arrow next to ‘customising site identity’ now you may change your header image* and colours.

*your header image must be one from edublogs or a photo or drawing created or taken yourself.

Now it is time to create your first post.

In this post, you can express what you are looking forward to in the year 6 Blog?

Can you work out how to add a photo to this post?

We would like you to get the photo from unsplash.com

Extra Challenge:

Can you work out how to reference your image?

 

Once you have finished all the steps above, please reply to this post saying that it is completed. 

Click here to access the Week 6 STUBC

Click here to access STUBC Week 5.

please click here to access the Iceberg of Culture Task Website for your HASS assignment.

 

 

 

 

Here are the instructions to embed your own video into your blog, kindly provided by Kathleen at Edublogs.

• Go to your Google Drive and click on ‘New’ then ‘File Upload’
• Upload your video
• When it uploads, open it and then look for the 3 dots in the top right hand corner
• Click on ‘open in new window’
• When it opens in a new window, click on the 3 dots again and you’ll see the option to embed is there
• Copy that code and embed it as you normally would (Add media > insert embed code)

This week’s challenge is about using photos. Click here to access Week 3 Challenge.

• Make sure you read the menu on the right hand side of the link above to access shortcuts to where you want to go.
• Have a look at step 4 to see how you can use a ‘plug in’ to make attribution easy.
• Have a look at step 1- Lauren has already been acknowledged for making her own images.
• We already know we can get great images from un-splash and embed code to add a button which also makes attribution easy.

Click here to go directly to STUBC Week 2.

 

If you wish to go directly to the STUBC, Week 1 – click here.

Otherwise you can follow the challenge here.

You can see this week’s challenge is about Getting to know each other.

1. You will have the options of either making an Avatar, or an About Me post. You can also do both.
2. You will also be invited to visit some other blogs of students in the STUBC.Watch the video below to help you understand the 4 steps to take part in the STUBC each week.

Remember to think carefully about what you share online.

Task 1. Write a post about yourself.

You might want to include:

• You first name
• Your approximate location (even just state or country)
• Your age or year level
• Some of your interests
• What your blog is all about. Tell us what might be writing about

Remember to be safe online: don’t include personal details like your YAPPY (see above).

You can get creative when writing your About page.

💡 Here are some ideas and examples that classes or students could use:

• Write a poem. It could be a traditional rhyming poem or any other style of poetry. Here is an example from Daniela.
• Rina wrote 15 things about me for her About page. Check it out. 
• Write an A-Z about yourself (e.g. I am an athletic and brave child who decided that saving the environment is one of my future goals). Check out how commenter Dinah created her A-Z About page especially for the Student Blogging Challenge a few years back.
• Zaprina made a creative About post that’s an acronym of her own name. It includes paragraphs and coloured text.
• Huzzah! class included a map to show where they live.
• Student Rajyashori wrote a creative interview script.
• Year 5/6 Class at Westwood with Iford School made a Thinglink.
• If you prefer a traditional style of writing, that’s fine too. Be sure to use paragraphs like in these examples from Grace and Madison.

Task 2: Visit other blogs

 Start making connections!

One important aspect of blogging is commenting on other blogs.

Remember: The more you put in to making connections during this challenge, the more you’ll get out!

This is where you can find other participants’ blogs to visit:

1.  Here is a page for student bloggers.  These are sorted by age. Student bloggers have hobbies listed so you hopefully can find someone who is not only a similar age to you but shares some of your interests.

💡 Idea: You might even like to write a post about your commenting experiences like 7th grader Cashton did for the last challenge. He even included the links in his post.

Commenting advice

We’re going to talk more about quality commenting next week but for now, you might want to remember:

• Write your comment like a letter
• Ask a question, make a connection, or give a compliment
• Leave your blog URL so the blogger can also take a look at your blog

Don’t forget to approve your comments and politely reply to any comments as soon as you can!