Instruction
Please note there are two parts to the assignment. You will write a blog and then write a short reflective paragraph reflecting on of one the core concept of communication. PART I - Writing a Blog (35 marks) Read the scenario below and write a blog according to the guidelines below. As a newly employed millennial, you have been hired by the Toronto Star to write blogs about social issues. As a blogger for the news corporation, you have been asked to write about dated social attitudes towards Canada's First Nations using Thomas King's "Dead Indian: Too Heavy to Lift" and Drew Hayden Taylor's "This Boat is My Boat." Your blog post needs to educate your readers that such attitudes are detrimental to Canada's Indigenous communities. Blog Guidelines Please ensure that your blog assignment includes the criteria: Between 550-650 words double spaced An introductory paragraph with an opening strategy development to the thesis A thesis statement or governing idea in last part of the introduction Written in the first or third person point of view. The body contains well structured and developed paragraphs with supporting details from each reading respective reading The body organizes its ideas applying one of the principles of organization Examples from the reading are quoted or expressed in your own words and have signal phrases References to examples are indicated via signal phrases such as "In Drew Hayden Taylor's "This Boat is My Boat"......." Contains grammatically correct sentences, spelling, and apply formal language in expressing its position Sources outside readings are cited in-text in APA Style and in a References at the bottom (to avoid plagiarism) PART II - Reflective Paragraph Guidelines (10 marks) For this part of the assignment, ensure that you write two short reflective paragraphs based on the following guidelines: One paragraph discusses the audience and purpose of the blog and how this influenced your writing One paragraph discusses either the organizational strategy, the point of view, or examples chosen from the readings explaining how it helped your blog and/or your audience and purpose.Each paragraph is 5-7 grammatically correct sentences. REFERENCES https://hazlitt.net/feature/dead-indians-too-heavy-lift https://this.org/2004/07/06/myboat/