Blog Article Assignment
You will choose a current social topic, issue, or trend that is affecting your community (I have chosen the new virus “Covid-19”). This may be something that affects you personally (I am currently jobless because of the current situation). This may be something affecting either your local, regional, national, or international community. For example, affordable housing in San Diego or the overuse of plastic and its effect on the Earth. Try to narrow your topic so you can write a short opinion piece on it of only 2-4 pages.
You will likely need to do a little internet research on your chosen topic in order to get a complete understanding of it.
Your blog article should be more than just informational—it should include your own personal opinion and argument about the social topic/trend. Support your opinion/argument with reasons you feel this way and why your audience should agree. If you include any information from another source, cite that source by including a hyperlink to it. For example: “Quoted” or paraphrased information (https://www.usnews.com/news/the-report/articles/2018-07-27/americas-schools-arent-working-for-americas-kids).
Your blog article should meet expectations for writing for the web—it should include a catchy title, image(s), and use an easy to scan format such as short paragraphs, lists, sections headings, bold font, etc.
Use the https://writingcenter.ashford.edu/blog-post and Ways to Support an Argument.pdf
guides to help you.
Length: 500-2000 words max
Due Date: Thursday of Week 10
Genre: Opinion Editorial Blog Article
Format: Web/Blog writing format expectations, Easy to scan
Audience: Those in your community (local or broad) who may or may not necessarily share your opinion on this topic
Purpose: Effectively inform and persuade your community
Grading Rubric (150 points total):
- Topic chosen is a current topic, issue, or trend affecting a local, regional, national, or global community 10 pts
- An effective argument is made where the position or overall claim is clearly and directly stated 20 pts
- Blog includes a short introduction to the topic 20 pts
- Sufficient and persuasive evidence/reasoning is provided to support argument 30 pts
- Blog article and writing for the web writing expectations are met 40 pts
- Writing uses a respectful tone and is free of sentence-level errors 30 pts
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