When you respond to a classmate’s blog keep these sentence starters in mind to show that you have really interacted with their thinking (from a teacher in Singapore, Paula Guinto’s, blog):
- I really like this post because ____________________
- I agree with you when you say ________________ because _______________
- I disagree with you when you say ______________ because ______________
- When you talk about _________________, it makes me think about ________________ because ______________
- Something about _____________ that you might not know is _____________
- Something I learned from reading this is _______________
- This is great! It reminds me of _______________ because ___________
- I think I understand what you are saying, but could you please explain ________________?
- I like what you say about _________________ because ___________.
- I’m confused by what you mean when you say ______________ because ________.
- I understand how you feel, because ____________.
- This post was so interesting to read because ______________.
HI Jaclyn. Thank you for visiting our class blog. TAG is a really good acronym for commenting. I also love the sentence starters! Do you mind if I post these on our blogging and comment guidelines page? I think some of my students who struggle with commenting would really enjoy using the sentence starters. Happy Blogging!
By all means, you are more than welcome to use these commenting sentences. As you can see, I am using them with permission from another teacher. Thanks for the comment. I look forward to checking out your blog.