What Are They Blogging About???

Today we are going to see how people around the world are reacting to news. You are going to do a specific internet search to find out what people are blogging in reaction to today’s top stories.

First go to google.com Under the “more” tab at the top center of the page, you select “blogs”

From there, you see a bunch of news stories. Find one story that you think is interesting and read it. Then go back to the google page and click on the green line that says “all # blogs” That is a list of all the blogs where people have written about that topic. Select three to read.

Here’s what you do with all of that. In your journal,
1) Write the title of the news story you read. Say who wrote it and where it appeared.
2) Summarize the major ideas of the story (who, what, where, why, when, how).
3) For each blog you read, write the blog site address.
4) Last but not least, write what you think about the issue.


Here’s a sample:
I read Free Wallace & Gromit episode and more for 20th anniversary of series written by JC Fletcher from joystiq.com. The article says that the makers of Wallace & Gromit made a free game, well free until November 8. They also released something for Xbox that costs $20 instead of $35.

Three blog sites:
www.gamingwithchildren.com
www.gamingangels.com
www.el33tonline.com

I think it’s cool that someone is giving away a free game, but since it’s only for four days, it’s not a super great deal.