Practical

Practical:
Review your blog. To do this you should:
1) Compile a checklist of blog requirements and ensuring that you have responded to all weekly requirements; and
2) Review your blog against the ‘Blog Writing Checklist’ linked to the Week 12 Support Materials/Links. 

 WEEK 12 BLOG CHECKLIST
□ Weekly activities are clearly tagged or categorised so teaching staff can access posts
easily. 

All posts are clearly labeled on the left hand side of the blog.  Each week is labeled and with it is a number in brackets.  This number indicates how many posts there are for that week.

□ All references to ‘i’ as an individual word (and its relational words i’m, i’ld) have been 
capitalised.

□ If you have used ‘it’s’, it’s because you are referring to ‘it and is’ as a conjunction.
This is the ONLY time an apostrophe is used in ‘it’s’.

□ All sentences have a full-stop at the end of a sentence.

□ If you have made reference to an external website or reading, you have referenced
the original source or created a direct link to the original website.

□ All references are consistent, and correctly punctuated for the referencing style you
are using.

□ If you have used a figure, it is in keeping with the rule: spell out numbers under 10,
use figures over 10 unless the number starts the sentence. 

□ All proper nouns are capitalised. 

□ You have correctly used apostrophes as plural or possessive. Every time you have
used an apostrophe, ask yourself if it is possessive or plural, and depending on the
answer, then ask yourself if it is being used correctly. 

□ Check that you have used the correct words in your posts – common errors include
quite/quiet, for example. You should pick these up if you read your work aloud.

□ If you have used the word ‘however’ in the middle of a sentence to indicate a shift in
sentence direction, consider whether it needs a semi-colon before the word (eg. The
dog was black; however, it was easy to spot at night because it was very shiny.)

□ Review subject/verb agreement. (eg. If the subject is singular, the verb should also
be singular – ‘The dog is shiny’; not ‘The dog are shiny’.)

□ Revise the length of your sentences. If your sentence is more than a couple of lines
in your blog, it needs to be shortened. Shorter sentences have greater impact and
are more active generally. 

□ Read your work aloud. Every sentence, every post. If the sentence sounds awkward,
rephrase it. 

I have read my blog over and over, and to be honest, I don't think it will be perfect, even if I had a year to review it ha ha.  Perhaps I am my own worst critic?  The way I feel about the written word after doing this course is, no matter how something is written there will always be a different way to write it.