Blog Grading

Blogs should be graded by you, the teacher.  A blog should not receive a better grade if it is longer than another person's.  They should be graded on the quality, not quantity.  If a blog is really long compared to others, all of it should be completely relevant, as opposed to somebody who may write a shorter blog but gets to the point clearly.  Grammar should not be taken into consideration if the blog is still fully comprehensible.  Writing a blog on this does not show punctuational errors, and not everybody would want to have to write it in a Word document then copy and paste it here.  Once the blog is no longer understandable due to these errors, it should be marked down.  A 3 on a blog post should be a post that: answers all parts of the question, is backed by evidence, and gets the point across clearly.  A 2 would answer the question with some proof, and occasional grammatical errors that might alter the reader's understanding of the post.  A 1 would strictly answer the question, and be very simple in structure without evidence or reasons why.  The only time a 0 should be given is if a blog is not done or if it is an overall mess of what is supposed to be done.