B. Read the text quickly and decide which sentence best describes the article.
The blog is about... a. what a husband learned about his wife's interests online b. how to improve your own blog by following some advice c. how to decide what to write about on your blog http://www.problogger.net/archives/2013/11/15/what-my-wife-has-taught-me-about-blogging-after-just-3-months/ |
The answer is...................................................................................................................................b
C. Read the text slowly this time and see if you can answer the questions below.
Think carefully before writing your answers, and for writing practice, use full sentences. 1. What's the name of Vanessa's blog? 2. How long had she had her blog when her husband wrote this article? 3. Has Vanessa had a lot of help from her husband? 4. Does she have many visitors to her blog? 5. Why does her husband say he wanted to write the article? 6. What does point one tell us about Vanessa as a person and a blogger? 7. From point two what do we learn about Vanessa's style and content? 8. What's the main topic of point three? 9. Point Four is about when to write a post in order to receive the most responses. What time is that and what can we learn from that? 10. What does point five teach us? 11. Point six deals with 'involving others', how can we explain what this means? 12. What's the final point, number seven, about? 13. In the summary the writer says Vanessa isn't a 'poster child'. What can we guess he means by this? 14. Why does the writer finish the text with a question? 15. Did the writer (Vanessa's husband) include any of Vanessa's good points in his own article? |
Check your answers here.
1. What's the name of Vanessa's blog? Style and Shenanigans. 2. How long had she had her blog when her husband wrote this article? She had had her blog for three months. 3. Has Vanessa had a lot of help from her husband? No, she has 'intuitively' built the blog on her own. 4. Does she have many visitors to her blog? No, but the readership is increasing and she has had new opportunities. 5. Why does her husband say he wanted to write the article? He wanted to write the article because over the last three months he's been inspired and learned many things especially by the way she's increased her visitors. 6. What does point one tell us about Vanessa as a person and a blogger? According to the text Vanessa is happy to engage with people who she doesn't know. Her readers began as strangers and are now friends. 7. From point two what do we learn about Vanessa's style and content? We're told that she has started to use a more personal style and added details from her own life. She's also added some informal pictures of herself. This has made the blog more engaging. 8. What's the main topic of point three? Point three is about her posts being helpful to people. It tells us more about the content of Vanessa's blog which is advice on colour, brands of fashion and home wares. We also learn that visitors to the site have begun asking for advice. 9. Point Four is about when to write a post to receive the most responses. What time is that and what can we learn from that? In Vanessa's experience posting at 7am is the best time to post. If we want to be a successful blogger we should know when our audience is most likely to read our posts. 10. What does point five teach us? Point five encourages us to do other activities other than blogging if we want to increase our blog's readership and also make money from it. By becoming part of other social activities and involving herself on similar Facebook pages and blogs, Vanessa is again creating more opportunities for herself. 11. Point six deals with 'involving others', how can we explain what this means? Vanessa has invited other people to write on her blog. Vanessa used people who had a similar style to her own so as to compliment her own posts. 12. What's the final point, number seven, about? The final point recommends using visual content on our blog as they are very popular with readers. According to the text pictures work well on social media sites. 13. In the summary the writer says Vanessa isn't a 'poster child'. What can we guess he means by this? We can guess that the writer is suggesting Vanessa isn't a 'perfect' example of a blogger. 14. Why does the writer finish the text with a question? When an article finishes with a question it makes the reader feel they are being engaged personally. It seems like the writer is really interested in your opinion. 15. Did the writer (Vanessa's husband) include any of Vanessa's good points in his own article? Yes, he used helpful content (point 3) included links to other sites (point 6), and visuals (point 7). |
D. Finally, now you've seen how it's done, write your own article giving advice to post on the internet.
Think about something you know really well and how you could give advice on that subject. Similarly to the article you read, break it down into points so your reader can easily follow your ideas. |
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