Me Thod Sheet - How To Write A Blog Entry

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Me­thod sheet - How to write a blog entry

Blog entry
A blog entry is a per­so­nal, sub­jec­ti­ve text in which you as a wri­ter have the chan­ce to
tell your rea­ders wha­te­ver you like. Ty­pi­cal con­tents in­clude:
- state­ment of your opi­ni­on on a cer­tain issue (simp­le pre­sent)
- re­ports of your own ex­pe­ri­ence (simp­le past)
Even though your blog entry can be writ­ten crea­tive­ly, it is al­ways good to fol­low a cer­-
tain struc­tu­re.

1 Plan­ning your blog entry


Read the task carefully.

Highlight important information.


> Who is your addressee?
> What is the purpose or reason for writing your blog?
> What is the content?
Dear rea­ders
Hi guys
2 Wri­ting your blog entry 
In this entry, I will tell you about ...
Introduction Today, I want to talk about ...
> Address your readers. Today, I'm going to talk about ...
> State what your blog entry will be
about.
In my opi­ni­on, ...
Main part (repeat this structure several I think ...
times) It is im­portant to ...
> State your opinion on the topic. In­te­restin­gly, ...
> Give reasons why you are of that To my sur­pri­se, it seems ...
opinion. The rea­son why I think ... is that ...
OR It is also im­portant to know that ...
> Talk about certain events and Un­for­tu­n­a­te­ly, ...
experiences. Can you be­lie­ve that ... ?
> Describe your experiences accurately
(=exakt/genau); think about what In con­clu­si­on, ...
happened and how it made you feel. To sum it all up, ...
Closing remarks I re­al­ly hope ...
> End with a conclusion that invites In re­tro­s­pect, ...
further comments or reactions from Loo­king back, ...
other bloggers. Last­ly, I want to leave you with the fol­-
lo­wing ques­ti­on:
Optional: Thank your readers

Tips on language and structure


Thanks for rea­ding (my blog)!
> See your blog as a form of
conversation and try to write the way Lin­king words:
you speak. As ...
> Use typical elements of spoken The­re­fo­re, ...
language like exclamations, short froms, Fi­nal­ly, ...
incomplete sentences, questions. Ad­di­tio­nal­ly, ...
> Use paragraphs to structure your text. In ad­di­ti­on, ...
> Use linking words. Apart from that, ...
After ...

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3 Re­vi­sing your blog entry
Use your method sheet to reread your blog entry.

Check your grammar, spelling and punctuation.

Use your dictionary to do so.

Ad­jec­ti­ves to de­scri­be a po­si­ti­ve ex­pe­ri­ence


> Im­pres­si­ve: “Our tour of Grace­land was very im­pres­si­ve.”

> Re­mar­kab­le: “The art­works and ar­ti­fac­ts at the Na­tio­nal Folk Mu­se­um were
re­mar­kab­le.”

> Su­perb: “It was a su­perb ex­pe­ri­ence lear­ning how to scuba dive.”

> As­to­nis­hing: “The sur­ge­on’s nerve-​racking ope­ra­ti­on was as­to­nis­hing.”

> Stun­ning: The stun­ning sight of the erup­ting vol­ca­no had ever­yo­ne sho­cked.

> Dra­ma­tic: Watching the award-​winning film was a dra­ma­tic ex­pe­ri­ence.

> Un­i­que: I'’ve al­ways wan­ted the un­i­que ex­pe­ri­ence of spen­ding the night in a
cave.

> Breathta­king: The breathta­king view of the Ga­la­pa­gos Is­lands makes me want
to visit again.

> Me­mo­ra­ble: Clim­bing Mt. Ever­est is one of the most me­mo­ra­ble ex­pe­ri­en­ces
of my life.

Ad­jec­ti­ves to de­scri­be a ne­ga­ti­ve ex­pe­ri­ence


> Ter­rible: Climb­ing Mt. Everest was a ter­rible dis­aster.

> Dan­ger­ous: Tak­ing that lonely road, was dan­ger­ous.

> Tense: The at­mo­sphere was tense.

> Pain­ful: Say­ing good-​bye to my best friend, was pain­ful.

> Scary: See­ing the cro­codile head­ing in our dir­ec­tion, was ex­tremely scary.

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