Welcome to Junior Wordvoodoo

Welcome to Junior Wordvoodoo!

Your journey towards amazing story and poetry writing starts here...

But, before we start, a few rules for the blog:

1. Everything you do on the blog MUST be your own work. This is the NUMBER 1 rule. Although it might be tempting to get help with the tasks - from your teacher, your parents, your friends - you MUST resist that temptation.

2. ALWAYS check your work thoroughly before you post it. Lots of children write and redraft their work in Microsoft Word first. Then, when they are completely happy that it is the BEST they can do AND has no careless mistakes - they copy and paste into BLOGGER. Why don't you do the same?

3. NEVER miss the deadline for each task. The blog can only work if EVERY child posts their work on time - and even missing the deadline by a day or two spoils the blog for EVERYONE else.

Please make sure you obey all of these rules - and we should all get along fine.

Now, how do you go about posting on the blog? Here are some simple instructions:

1. Go to www.blogger.com










2. Login with the email and password you used when you set up your BLOGGER account. This should take you to your DASHBOARD.










3. On your dashboard, there should be a list of all the blogs to which you belong. Underneath where it says 'Junior Wordvoodoo', click on the blue box which says NEW POST.










It is in this new window that you post your task. But make sure you remember:

• TITLE: Make sure you give each piece of work a title. This would either be the title of the poem or story you write.
• TOOLBAR: At the top of the window, there is a 'toolbar' which can help you 'format' your text. However, I would prefer you NOT to play around with the size and colour of what you write on the blog. So keep the layout simple please.
• LABELS: At the bottom of the window, there is a box called 'Labels for this post'. In here, you should write your BLOGGER ID (that is the name you created for yourself when you set up your account). Then, after a comma, write the Task number. For example: poemwriter, Task 1
• PUBLISH POST: When you are completely happy with your post, press PUBLISH POST and it will appear on the blog for everyone to see. If you want to save it first and come back to it, just click SAVE NOW - and it will still be there for you next time you log in.

I hope this gives you all the information you need to make your first post - now you just need to read the first TASK and give it your best shot.

If any of you have any questions at all, just EMAIL me and I will always reply very quickly.

Mr Savage