AP+LIT+RESOURCES+&+BLOGGING

**TS ELIOT READS THE LOVE SONG OF J. ALFRED PRUFROCK** media type="custom" key="22463752" media type="custom" key="23506860" media type="youtube" key="ooOL4T-BAg0" height="315" width="560" [] [|NORTON SITE TO HEAR POEMS--OFTEN RECITED BY AUTHOR] "Make voyages. Attempt them. There's nothing else." --Tennessee Williams NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE: AMERICAN WINNERS

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**Q2 BLOGGING CHALLENGE: **
[|PARODIES THAT WORK: READ ONE OF THESE!]

STRATEGIES FOR INCREASING READERSHIP ON YOUR BLOG Q2
For Q2, you are going to increase your readership. Here are some possible strategies (in no particular order).

1. Pay attention to when you post--which day of the week and what time of day. Time it for when more people are online and will have the chance to see your blog

2. Add your other online presences to your blog. Consider updating your status on facebook, twitter or tumblr when you post a blog. It's magic.

3. Publicize your goal-to your classmates, your teachers, your friends, your clubs or teams.

4. Add more blogs to your blogroll, and then READ THEM> and COMMENT ON OTHER BLOGS. That will get you more traffic as well.

5. Tag your posts, so others can find your blog if they are searching google for a particular topic or thread/

when you post--day of week, time of day

subject of post

publicize it--TELL your friends, announce in other classes, invite them to comment, make your self a professional card

follow others and comment on their blogs

see CC video below

add your facebook, twitter, tumblr, my space, etc pages to profile

See this video on how to avoid copyright infringement when you add images to your blog:

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 * Q1 BLOGGING RESOURCES **

**[|NEED AN IDEA FOR A BOOK? EVERY BOOK YOU COULD EVER WANT IS PRIORITIZED ON THIS INFOGRAPHIC> ENJ]OY**
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 * So do you sample in your blogs? 1989 video might be worth it, just to see Will Smith as Fresh Prince, before he knew he would be Will Smith**

= BLOG URLS =

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[|The Ultimate Reading blog: MUCH MADNESS IS DIVINEST SENSE]

[|My fave reading blog: be warned, Beowulf is even in the title]

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[|wow. Blog of infinite imagination]

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great reference tool for lterary terms: [] [|FULL TEXT: Between the Acts by Virginia Woolf] [|AP reference sites: full texts available for many novels & plays]

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