Reaction To Assignment

The English assignment given to complete an essay over the course of the semester through blogging has stunned the students. A big assignment in senior year? Does the teacher know high school is over? As seniors and applying to college it seems that since junior year and all the hard work that was put into it has passed, it is now time to lay back and relax. But on the contrary it is just beginning; there is no time for slacking. It is odd that the teacher would assign a lengthy strenuous assignment for the students to complete, but that is the teacher's intention. This assignment it to make sure the students are focused for the remainder of the year. This assignment is different then any other the students have ever been tasked with. The culmination of completing an essay through blogging is new to the students and baffles them. They have never or rarely blog, even the more so blogging in order to complete an essay. This assignment will test the students' skills of finding information, following directions, blogging, asking for assistance when needed, and preparing a well developed essay from all that he/she gathers on his/her topic. Students who do not fall to the disease of senioritis and are able to stay focused on the task at hand will succeed on their project.