Pukman @ WinK: the community that time didn't forget

As you remember, the blogging guideline for Writing IV is 7 posts a week. That includes typing posts, book reviews, and any other posts that you do. Now 11 weeks have passed since the beginning of the semester. That means that you should have written about 77 posts, with a minimum of about 50.

What can you do if your number of posts is much less than this? A few ideas:

1. Make sure you always paste your typing into your blog.
2. Do a "reading marathon": read 3-5 easy books in a week and write a simple book review for each one. This will help you to read faster and also to write book reviews faster. Remember that you need at least 12 book reviews in your total posts over the semester, but you can increase the number of book reviews if you wish.
   
3. Get used to writing short posts often. You shouldn't need more than 5 minutes to write a short post about something you did recently or some other interesting topic.
4. There are only 2 more classes left after today's. If you have a problem you need to do something very soon. Plan when you are going to write more posts. We calculate 12 weeks in a semester, so the quota for the whole semester is 12 multiplied by 7 = 84 posts
   
5. If you haven't already, write an essay based on the content of your presentation. 5 paragraphs is a good length.
6. If possible, make a podcast. This shows that you are willing to make an effort, and it brings together speaking, writing, and multimedia in one post. Both your essay and podcast can be based on the same material.
7. Don't waste class time. Come on time. Ask questions during the class (not after) if you don't understand something. If you have problems using the computer, don't waste time chatting in Japanese. At the least, you can just write an ordinary post about what you did. For example, for the podcast, just writing your script is a valuable step forward. For the essay, one well-written paragraph is a good post and leaves you less work to do in the next stage.