It's all about writing for pleasure... and cos I'm making you.

A big part of getting better at English is practice. While we could conjugate verbs until the cows come home I thought it might be a little more interesting, and easier on all of us if we blogged instead. How this will work is basically I will post a new topic every fortnight. In this fortnight I want you to log in and write at least 50 words, either as an original post of your own, or a comment on what someone else has said.

While I want this to be relatively free and engaging; remember where you are. All comments must be appropriate for both school and the part of the world we live in. I want this to be fun for everyone and while I understand that sometimes people's opinions differ (which is a good thing) I don't want anything disrespectful or intentionally insulting written. To help with this I have invited all my students' parents to join the blog and so they too will be able to see what you are writing. I suppose what I am saying is that if you wouldn't want your mother to know what you have said, this blog is not the place to say it.

I will check (I get an email every time someone posts) to see if you are contributing, and no, it's not optional. It is a compulsory part of the course I am running. That being said, it doesn't mean it has to be unpleasant.

Well done for checking the blog out and I look forward to reading your thoughts on the first topic.