Over the past couple of months we have noticed that student's blog structures have improved. More capable students are drafting blog posts that clearly use the correct structure for the text type. Less capable students are drafting blog posts that demonstrate at least a rudimentary understanding that there is a certain order for each kind of text.
The aspect we haven't observed yet is an increase in the use of appropriate language features. That is our next step for teaching blog post writing...or rather writing the text types recount, information report, and explanation.
To aid this process, I have updated the Blog Guide poster to include the language features and examples of those features.
