Blog or Web Post Assignment Overview and Part 1 - 5%

The Blog assignment involves writing a short article for a web post or blog. This can be in response to any of your favourite sites as long as the topic is appropriate for school. It can be a reflective response to an article, it can be your experience with a particular topic or situation, or it can merely be a discussion of some aspect of the topic with which you are familiar. NO research is required, and in fact, this should be entirely your own ideas or thoughts. Do not include research. Give me your thoughts & Ideas.

Part 1 Outline 5% - The first part of the assignment is due on Wednesday August 10, 2022.

The first part of the assignment is to complete an outline and audience analysis. The outline should contain all the main points you will discuss in your paragraphs (a minimum of 3 paragraphs). Consider your audience and purpose of writing your blog or posting.

Please use the template on page 2 to complete this activity. This part of the assignment is worth 5% of the total.

Your assignment will be graded according to the rubric below. Grading of Outline 5%

0-1	2-3	4-5
Outline is incomplete or missing no link Not enough detail included Topic is not clear Little understanding of audience and purpose evident Paragraph lacks detail to support topic and topic sentence	Outline is mostly complete Link Some detail included Topic is pretty clear Some understanding of audience and purpose evident Paragraph detail is mostly good some support for topic and topic sentence may need to add points	Outline is complete Link Appropriate detail Topic is clear and usable Student shows understanding of audience and purpose Each paragraph shows details to support topic and topic sentence

Please ensure that you have included a link to the web site/blog that you are using.

Your Name:

Topic:

Blog/Web Site Title/Topic: Name of blog or Web site - include link to site

Audience: (who are they in general, what will they want to know, why do people read the blog or web site that

youre responding to)

Main Message or Purpose of your blog/web post: (the one you are writing, not the one you read)

Include the main points that you will discuss in your paragraphs this is a point form outline

Paragraph 1:

Paragraph 2:

Paragraph 3:

Paragraph 4: (if needed)

If you have a fourth paragraph, you must show an outline for it as well.