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Writing a blog post

Overview

The purpose of a blog is to share knowledge or experience on specific topics ranging from cooking to travel to
technology. Blogs are often a way of sharing personal thoughts and reflections on a topic and so may also be used to
share opinions and commentary on a variety of issues.

Another feature of a blog is that they invite or encourage readers to comment on or discuss the content and therefore
they are a way of connecting people with similar interests. Blog posts tend to be informal in style and provide
opportunities to share personal experience and opinions using conversational language.

Tips for writing a blog

Language – think about:


• the audience – this will be people you don’t know but who are interested in the topic you
are writing about.

• the tone – a friendly, conversational style with casual language rather than formal
language works best for a blog post.
• opinions – blogs are a platform for sharing opinions so include plenty. Using a variety of
adjectives will help with this.

• engagement – a range of structures, tenses, sentence lengths and interesting vocabulary


will catch the attention of your reader.

Organisation – think about:


• the structure – although a blog is not a formal text, structuring your blog post is important
to help guide the reader through.
o Title: this gives an idea of what the post is about
o Introduction: this puts the post in context and makes it clear why are you writing
this post. A short opening sentence works well here or even a question. Some
blogs address their readers directly at the start with a casual greeting, such as
‘Hello everyone’, but this is not essential.
o Main body: this should contain concise paragraphs dealing with the different
points you want to make; experiences you are recounting and ideas you are
sharing.
o Ending: A final sentence to encourage a response to your post is a good way to
round off a blog post
• linkage - link your ideas and experiences with connectives to help lead the reader
through your post and use adverbs to help make time frames clear.
Example of a blog

Comments

The learner uses a title to catch


Lessons learnt from a school exchange
the attention of potential readers of
the blog.
Have you ever been on a school exchange trip? I

recently returned from one to Germany. The 1000 Contextualises the topic in this
opening paragraph.
km coach journey was exhausting, but the speedy

German motorways were pretty exhilarating.


Uses a wide range of vocabulary
and a variety of adjectives to give
On arrival in Munich, we had a wonderful warm opinions.
welcome from our host-families and the next day at

school, I had sports lessons and an art workshop.

Breaktime table tennis tournaments were a great way

to learn German and make new friends.

School starts much earlier in Germany, at around 7.30

am, which I found tough, although I can’t complain Uses well-linked sentences of
varying length.
about the 1.30 finish.

School exchanges are important because they help us The learner uses concise
paragraphs to separate ideas and
appreciate different cultures, yet we also see that young uses a mixture of simple and complex
structures.
people everywhere face similar issues.

Next year’s school trip is to the Alps. What an Uses a conversational style,
suitable for engaging readers in a
adventure that will be. blog post.

What do you think about school exchanges?


The learner encourages
engagement from readers by asking a
question at the end.
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