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Blogging with Sixth Graders

I am about to start blogging with my sixth graders.  One of the challenges I have is grading their responses to each other.  Truthfully, some of the posts leave nothing to respond to, so how do you mandate a response?  I'm just starting this blog in my classroom, so I'm going for extra  credit.  Here's my rubric.  What are your thoughts?  I'm also rewarding groups who have full participation the opportunity to eat popcorn while reading.  Let's see how this goes.

Blog Buddies _____/16

Score	Blogged	Peer Feedback (+1)	Response (+1)
4	Blog post states title and author of the book you’re reading.  Post contains 3 – 5 sentence summary about what you’ve read this week (including page numbers). Post contains one of the following: a text to text connection, a self to text connection, or a text to world connection. Connection is 2-3 sentences and includes FRIES as support. FRIES are noted.	Peer feedback  demonstrates understanding of the blog post.  Peer feedback includes an engaging question that inspires the reader to think deeper.	Response to feedback is meaningful; 1 – 2 sentences answer the question
3	Blog post states title and author of the book you’re reading.  Post contains 2 – 5 sentence summary about what you’ve read this week (including page numbers). Post contains one of the following: a text to text connection, a self to text connection, or a text to world connection. Connection is 2-3 sentences and includes FRIES as support, although they are not noted.	No bonus	No bonus
2	Blog post includes a  2 – 5 sentence summary about what you’ve read this week (including page numbers). Post contains one of the following: a text to text connection, a self to text connection, or a text to world connection. Connection is vague.	No bonus	No bonus
1	Blog post includes a summary about what you’ve read this week. Text to text, text to self, text to world connection is vague.	No bonus	No bonus