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Gary Paulsen is smart, determined, energetic, and skillful. He is skilled at bird hunting. Gary is determined and always energetic. He is always outdoors and hoping to find adventure. He is smart enough to go by his instincts when it comes to dogs and other animals.It causes him to grow attached to dogs and learn things from them. This shows he is determined, smart, skillful at some things, and energetic.


I liked the book. I didn't like how the book didn't mention any bad experiences with dogs. I would have liked if it had tips on what to do if something ever happened.

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        Gary Paulsen is adaptable, balanced, easygoing, brave, and lonely. I think they make him a strong. He changes a little bit but not in a characteristic way. The only way he changes is when he gets older, when he switches from dogs races to horseback riding, and when he changes from his understanding of dogs. I dislike the book because I found it very boring and I would rather hear stories of fiction, action, and my dogs. My favorite part was when Gary fell in the ice whole because filled with action. My least favorite parts was when he kept blabbering on about other things then the dogs. Or the chapter on Rex.

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C: Gary Paulson's traits are his ability to overcome his pets deaths. This makes him "STRONG".
E: After snowball died he later (in the next chapter) stopped mourning over snowball and got a new "friend".
R: This shows a great ability to overcome a friend's death.

C: Gary Paulson does not change throughout the book because the same thing happens with all of his dogs.
E: When Ike disapeerd and helped someone else he found a new "friend".
R: This again shows great ability to overcome a friend's death

I did NOT and I repeat NOT!!! Like my book because it was a lot about dying dogs (which I have experience with happening to SEVERAL dogs and a cat). and my favorite part of the book was when Ceaser woke up Gary by licking his face.

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        The character I have is Gary. He is very weak and obsessed with dogs. The reason I said this is because all he does is hang out with his dog. An example of Gary hanging out with dogs is every page in the whole book. He doesn't really have any friends because he is antisocial. No he doesn't change throughout the book. He is obsessed with dogs and relies on them through the whole book. The only difference is his age.

        I disliked reading this book. It was very boring. I think this because the whole book was just about dogs. I didn't care for it. My favorite part of the book was when I was done with each chapter because that was less I had to go through that torture. No but my actual favorite part on of the book is when he introduced Josh because he was the most interesting dog to me. My least favorite part of the book is the very first chapter when Cookie saves Gary because the plot was just really confusing to me and I thought something cooler would happen.

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My character Gary is a very sad little soul. He is super lonely and all that. I mean come on all he does is talk and hang out with dogs that is one sad person. It was like this since the very first freakin' page! It was soooooo boring all he did was talk about dead dogs. I don't want to read a whole book about dogs. Like that was such a waste of time. I don't know why he wrote this all he did was bore people and make people sad.

I'm not going to lie, I hated this book sorry let me make it user friendly. I disliked this book so much. It was so boring my least favorite part of the book was all of it and I did not have a favorite part this book was dumb I'm glad it's over I really did not like this book at all and I don't want to read it or see it ever again.  

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C : Gary is kindly and loving which makes him strong.

E : Gary is kind and loving to his dogs like how he is kind and loving to Josh.

R : Gary loved dogs since he was a kid and had to see them either die or given to others and I think that makes Gary strong.

Like because I like how Gary made the chapters in most important then chronological order.  My favorite part was where Gary thought that Ike was a bear and fell down the hill.  

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Gary was shy and adventurous. I know this because when he was younger he was shy so he had no friends so to make up for that he went on adventures with him and his dog at the time like he found Ike and Ike became his hunting do or when Snowball became his adventure. I know this because in the book on pg.19 it said that he was devastatingly shy.

Overall I think the book could have been better because most books have a rising action and some reason to make you want to turn every page in anticipation wanting to know what happens next but this one you want to turn the pages to get the book over with. 

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My character is Gary, he is pretty hopeless, useless, and pointless. I think this because he has a lot of dogs, and he wrote a book about dogs. The reason he is hopeless is because he is not very social and only likes dogs, for example who writes a book about dogs.

I think this book was pointless and a waste of my time. I think this because I don't want to read a book about 10,000 dogs. My least favorite part was when Cookie saved him because I was hoping for something cooler to happen. My favorite part is when he fell into the ice hole, for once I thought the book was getting interesting. 

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If my character was in high school he would probably be sporty. They would probably turn most of their work in on time. Also he would act to others O.K. meaning he would get along but not with everyone and this tells us that as a person he is like the shy kid in school that likes sports.

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        He would most likely be sporty out of the three but if we didn't have to pick, he would be an outcast. He might turn in all of his work on time but he probably didn't have enough time since he like hunting so much. But I say he would turn in all of his when he is not hunting. When he had Ike and he went hunting when he wasn't in school, he was in high school or collage. I think that he would not interact with kids and he would be lonely.  It tells us that he did not have a lot of friends and was in a lot of solitude.                 

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If my character was in high school right now he would probably be an outcast. I say that he would be an outcast because he does hunt and stuff like that but he's obsessed with dogs and people would think he's super duper weird.

He would most likely get all his work turned in on time because he doesn't seem like a person who just doesn't care and would get in trouble and slack off.

He probably wouldn't have a ton of friends but he might hit it off with a couple of girls because girls love animals (especially dogs) and they could talk about dogs and stuff. OMG he could be all like this (in a "nerdy" voice) "Do you want to come over and see my dog collection?" That is so funny I'm about to start laughing but yeah he would probably have a bunch of girl friends.

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        I think Gary would be an outcast. He wouldn't be into sports and he wouldn't be nerdy. Gary probably wouldn't have any friends if any since he is anti-social. Since he has his dog, he probably would be one of those kids that couldn't wait until the day was over. I don't think Gary would turn in all of his work in before it's due. In the book it talks about how in Gary's childhood he spent his time hunting  with his dog Ike.

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Gary would be an outcast. He would turn in some of his work occasionally, but not all of the time. His parents were always drinking and never really were with him. He was always outdoors and working so he probably never worked on his homework.

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No, Gary would be an outcast. Gary wouldn't be sporty or nerdy he would probably be one of those kids who can't wait to go home. Gary probably not turn in all his assignments on time. This is what Gary would do in high school.

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I think Gary would be an outcast because he never really fit in with any group so he would be with the outcast. I think Gary would turn in his work

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No, he would be an outcast, no.  He wouldn't talk to anyone and ignore them, that he is an outcast.

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        I rate Gary in the middle of the scale. He is very strong when it comes to his dogs dying, however, he isn't very social. Most of the people in my group picked in the middle as well. One person picked strong. I agree with him. Gary has the guts to talk about his favorite dogs that have died. I think Gary will change towards the end of the book because he usually relied on his dogs because he isn't very social, but he will have to deal with more people as he gets older.

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        I think that Gary is a Strong character. He has the guts to talk about his favorite dogs that are dead. He can still remember how he got them and what they did together. He can also survive in the wilderness and off of low income. I did not agree with my group. The others in my group say middle but I still believe that he is strong. I do not think that his strength will change at the end of the story.

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The character I chose for this blog post is the main character Gary Paulsen. On a strong to weak line I would put him right smack dab in the middle. Yes he is a strong character because he can hunt and stuff like tha, but I would also call him weak because he gets sad when his dogs die. But I don't blame him and I'm not judging him because I would do the exact same thing I would be so sad if one of my dogs die. But Gary is kind of obsessed with the dogs so when he losses one of them no duh of course he's going to be sad because they are so close to his heart.

We all chose Gary and 3/4 of us said he was in the middle but 1/4 said strong. He said he was strong because he has the guts to talk about his dead dogs.

I don't think he will move on just because like I said earlier those dogs are so close to his heart and if he keeps losing them it's going to be super tough on him. He will most likely go into depression.

I think Gary Paulson is somewhere in the middle because he is strong anytime a dog of his leaves or dies but he is not very social in his social life. Most of my group put somewhere in the middle but one person put strong because he had the guts to write his book about his dead pets. I do not think my character will move on the scale as I finish the book

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In the middle because all his dogs died or left him and he still put up with it and got more dogs, but he is alone all the time and isn't social.  Everyone in my group chose middle, no.  Yes, he will.

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I would put Gary in the middle. Gary is surprisingly strong when his dogs die, but he isn't very strong when it comes to society. All of our responses compare because we all think that Gary is in the middle, and no one had a different opinion. I think as the story moves on Gary will have to become stronger because the older he gets, the more he will have to deal with society. Gary will have to count on other humans to care for him as he ages.

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The character Gary Paulsen is in between weak and strong. When his dogs left or died he handles it well. He just got another dog or pet every time he lost his dogs. All of the people in my group say he is in between because of what he goes through with his dogs and his parents drank, but he is not very social. Everyone in my group agrees with this. I think the character will get stronger throughout the book.

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  I think Gary has a in the middle personality because he needed the dogs to help him but he also made it through his dogs dying running away or going to another owner and he manged to have a semi normal life even though he pretty much was raised by a babysitter or himself.All of my group members said middle.I don't think he will change i think he will be in the middle for the rest of the book.

 

                  The question I would want to ask the author is what his favorite dog was because he had 10+ dogs and every dog he had did something he liked. Like when he had Cookie. Cookie saved his life by pulling him out of a winter ice lake. Also like Ike who helped him hunt.

                  I Also would ask what was his least favorite dog because again he had 10+ dogs but caesar ate his beef sandwich and then ran away outside (which I have experience with this.)

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        I would ask Gary who his favorite dog is. In the book it doesn't specify which dog he likes most. I was thinking it would be Cookie because the book it dedicated to this dog. I also thought it might be Snowball because it was Gary Paulsen's first dog. I would want to hear his opinion on this because I feel like this is a question that a lot of people have.

        I would also ask him if he had ever had to kill any of him dogs before. I would ask this because in the book he never said he had to kill any of the dogs. Some of the dogs were killed in the book, but it wasn't by Gary. If he did have to kill one why did he have to? I bet he probably hasn't killed any of his dogs though.

        Why did you want to write this book. You have written so many books. I know this book is dedicated to one of your dogs, but still. You've written so many other books about totally different things. If we're gonna be honest... this book isn't very interesting. You made it too short, so I can't read too much at once.

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Okay so let's say I'm just walkng around doing my own thing. But then boom walking on the sidewalk across the street is Greg Paulsen (the main character in my book) I would come up to him but look both ways before I cross and say OMG! I read a book that you're in! And it's like dude you love dogs and I love dogs! I do have some questions.

Have you ever had to kill a dog? If so why? Oh and was it painful to do? If you had to kill a dog I'm sorry dude thats got to suck. How can you just go and kill a mans best friend?

The reason I would ask him this question is because I want to know how horrible it would've felt for him to do it. I also want to know maybe that is one of the reasons he loves dogs so much because he felt so bad that he had to do that.

Then I would ask him this whcih kind of fits in to what I just said, I would ask why does he love dogs so much. I mean I've seem cat ladies and I've seen people who loves dogs a bunch, but this dude is obsessed with these things. Like he needs to sit down and take a chill pill.

I would ask him this because like I really really want to know why He's so obsessed with dogs.

My final question for him would be can I have your autograph? ha just kidding I don't even like him. But I would ask what is up with these dumb names of these dogs? Like what is this?!?!?

I would ask him this question because I think these names are dumb like what the freak? Heck this guy probably is a freak. He needs to take dog name lessons.

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        If I had a chance to talk to Gary Paulsen, I would ask him about his least favorite dogs or how many dogs have you had. I have wondered since he doesn't talk about his least favorite. And he doesn't say anything about how many dogs he has. He just says that he had a lot. How many does a lot equal.
        I might ask him if he ever had to kill any of his dogs without them dying of natural causes. I would also like to know if he kind them if they were suffering or if he did it for fun. I want to know if he is a cold blooded killer or a nice dog lover. You never know.
        Also, I would want to ask about why he even gave a bother of writing this book. This is a book about his favorite dogs. I would rather want to read about my dogs because when I was little, I didn't know my dogs. This was probably just a way for him to earn more money.

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Our main character is Gary. I would ask him what is was like to have so many dogs? Maybe he had more dogs that he didn't write about. He probably had more because his parents were never there fore him.

I would ask him if he had any bad experiences with dogs? All he writes about is how the dogs save his life and how they are so smart. Maybe he had bad experiences with them and didn't write about them. If he did he would make a separate book to talk about the bad experiences.


Another question is did his parents ever meet his dogs. The only dog that came close to meeting his parents was Dirk. He didn't actually meet them. Since his parents drank and were always drunk.

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I would tell Gary to be more social and not just talk and play with the dogs.  Then tell him to visit the dogs that he met that were still alive.  I would tell him this because the dogs were very important to him and he should visit them and say thanks and stuff.

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If I had the chance to talk to Gary right now I would say that he is a dog obsessed human.  He is too caught up in dogs and I think he should try to have some children or something. He is not going to be able to let his dogs go when it's his time to leave the earth.

I think that Gary should try to start a family. He should think more about his wife and family than his dogs. Even if Gary is too late to have kids maybe he can adopt some children. Gary puts his dogs first, he needs to put his family first.

Gary gets too close to his dogs. When Gary loses a dog or possibly his own life will he let the dogs go? Will he move on? Will he go into depression for a month? Or will he just say, "What the heck I don't care, I'll just get a new dog"? Gary needs to get less attached to his dogs.

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If I had a chance to talk to Gary I would ask him why did he decide to write this book and will he make a sequel I would ask him this because these are some things his readers would like to know the answer to

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        The Author of our book is Gary Paulsen. He has written Hatchet, Brian's Winter, Dogsong, The River, Woodsong, Mr. Tucket, Woods Runner, Brian's Return, Lawn Boy, and many more because Mrs. McClanahan said I didn't have to list all of them. I think he wrote this book because of his love for dogs and he wanted other people to know about the important dogs in his life.

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The author of my book is Gary Paulsen. Some books they have written in the past are "The Hatchet," "Brian's Winter," and "Dog Song." I think he wrote this book to tell the story of his favorite dogs. He wants people to be inspired by his stories. They are important to him.

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The author of the book I'm reading (My Life In Dog Years) is Gary Paulsen. He has written Hatchet, Brian's Winter, Lawn Boy, etc. The reason he wrote this book (in my opinion) is because he loves dogs. So why not write a book on something that you love and is close to your heart? Dogs to him are like brothers and best friends he even says he loves dogs in the beginning of the book. So it kind of comes out and tells us in the beginning of the book.

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Gary paulson also wrote hatchet which was 1 of his 175 books and his 200 articles n' short stories that he wrote and published

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My author is Gary Paulsen.Some of the books he has written are Hatchet, Brian's Winter, Dogsong, The River, and Woodsong. There are still 45 other books. All together he has written 375 books and articles. I think he wrote this book to share how amazing dogs are and how they can protect you.

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My author is Gary Paulsen, he has written Hatchet, I think he wrote this book because he loved his dogs and want them to be remembered.

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Our author is Gary Paulsen. In the past Gary has written "The River", "Guts", and "Hatchet". These are just a few of his older books. I think he wrote this book to share his appreciation/love for dogs.

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Gary Paulsen is the author. He has written Hatchet, Fox Man and Crush to name a few. I think he wrote My Life In Dog Years so he could always have something to remember his dogs and when somebody asks him did you have any more dogs he can just had them the book and say read this.

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The conflict in the story is Man vs. Nature. In the first two chapters we have read, all of the dogs have died. (NOT A SPOILER YOU KNEW THIS) The events that have complicated our conflict further is that Gary was in the military. When one of his dogs was with him, they died. He will have to solve the conflict by taking his time to get over the dog's death. In each chapter, there is a new dog, so I believe that when he has a new dog he is better.

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There is not one main conflict but it is more like little conflicts in little stories about his favorite dogs. Most of it is when Gary gets in certain pickles. Like when he falls in ice, or a snake almost get him. I would say there are two conflicts, man vs. nature and man vs. self. I said man vs. nature because he gets in problem like falling into ice and almost being bitten by a poisonous snake. And man vs. self because he has to deal with each dog dying( Not a spoiler, what do you expect from a dog book with little stories in it). No I do not think the conflict will resolve. 

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The conflict of this story so far is Man V.S Nature because in the first few chapters I have read all his dogs are dying. (I'm sorry if I made you cry, but you already read it and knew it was coming) it hurts me too though because ya know I love dogs. But I think he will overcome it. Because I mean all dogs die and he can always get a new dog even though it won't be the same as the others.

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My book's main conflict is man vs nature because all his dogs that he gets are dying. It is getting more complicating because people accidentally are killing his dogs now and he can't fix it without causing more conflict because you can't change the cycle of life.

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The struggling is Man Vs. Self because he is trying to overcome the dead of SnowBall.  He gets other dogs to help overcome it.  Yes, I think my character will solve the conflict.

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I love how the author tells detail about each and every dog and their feelings. Also how the author projects his thoughts into text in the book.

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The conflicts change in My Life in Dog Years. Every chapter/dog their is a new conflict. The dogs always solve the conflict by rescuing Gary from different situations. It is sometimes against nature but also against people.

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There isn't really a true main conflict but there is some minor conflicts like man vs. man when Gary had the bully Happy this was solved because of Dirk who scared off Happy or the fact that Gary's parents were alcoholics and didn't care for him so he learned to care for himself.

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I our story I think Gary is struggling with society. I think this because Gary is very shy, he only likes to hang around with dogs and nature. I think the people that bully him complicate his fear further. I think this might change if Gary just decides to give people a shot and stop being so shy.

My Life In Dog Years so far

So far I like this book, I mean it's with out a doubt not my favorite book ever but I should be able to finish it without going crazy. The thing I like most about this book is that it's about flippin' dogs I repeat flippin' dogs. I love dogs so much it's unreal. The way that this book relates to my life is again it's about flippin dogs. I have a lot of dogs and this is about a lot of dogs. 

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What I like about the book so far is that it has interesting stories involving dogs (one of my favorite animals) that make a man's life better. Like when cookie saved paulson's life. This story is related to my life because I have had many dogs in my life just like paulson.

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        In this book so far my favorite part is how the author, Gary Paulsen wrote every chapter about a different dog. It helps keep track of where I am in the book. It relates to my life because I also love dogs. Gary obviously also loves dogs by the way he wrote the book. I have to admit though, it's not my favorite book. It's pretty short and not very challenging.

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        I do not like the book. I think the Author was just trying to earn a little bit more money. The book just tells stories about important dogs in his life. A kinder gardener could do the same thing but it would be funny. The book is also to short. He could give more detail and more information because he kinds of just give the basic, like what the dogs look like or what they did. I do have some background information on it. I like my dogs to and I think they our important to me.

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I like that the book is about dogs. Most books I read are about animals. The descriptions of the dogs and the names of the dogs are interesting. I like how the dogs protect Gary Paulsen and some of them save his life.

This book relates to my life. Since I was a little girl I have had over dogs. I started out with two then they had puppies. She had 18 puppies three different times. We kept all of them until they got older. Then we got 2 more dogs.  After those two we found a stray and kept it. She became a good family and guard dog. All of my dogs have been pitbulls. We had a lot of dogs and the book mentions nine dogs.

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From what I have read so far, I can say that I like how each chapter is about a different dog. I also like how this book is about Gary's real life. I think it is amazing that he has such amazing experiences with dogs. I think this relates to my real life because I actually know people who rely on their dogs for comfort. I know that some people get along with dog's more than their own species. I have a friend who thinks of her dog like her child. I am happy for those who can enjoy their time with their dogs.

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I like how Gary treats the dogs like his family, how Gary takes them in and how the dogs are attracted to him. This book relates to my life because my parents family friend Tom who has owned over 20 dogs in his life so far. Tom cares for each one of his dogs as if they were his children.

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Welcome to your Literature Circle's blog! You will be using this space to discuss and share your ideas with other Bode students reading your chosen book. Before we get started, here's a refresher on how we use our blogs at Bode!

When Posting...

1. Reread your post for mistakes before you post it!
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4. Use images if you want, but don't use them if they are distracting. Any posts with distracting visuals will lose points when graded-- only use meaningful pictures. 
5. Don't spoil the book for anyone!

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1. Don't be a jerk when you reply to a blog post. Correcting spelling and grammar is ALWAYS off-limits-- that's not your job! Your response should be positive and supportive of your peer's writing. If you don't agree with what they are posting, that's fine! Just make sure that when you express your opinion, you do it in a way that isn't mean or insulting. Your goal is to add to a conversation-- not to shut one down. Remember! If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all!
2. If something isn't clear or is left untouched in the original post, ask away! Comments are a great way to suggest new blog posts or to begin a conversation. 
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