Creative and Critical Thinking
ASSIGNMENT 3: Making Inferences
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Learning Target (Curricular Competencies):
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Writers use inference in their text to make their writing more interesting. It's not necessary to tell the reader every detail. Good readers make inferences, or conclusions, as they read. It's an important skill for understanding text, as authors often imply themes and ideas, without stating them outright. Instead, writers let readers draw their own conclusions about what is happening.
However, it's very important to be able to tell the difference between fact and opinion. It is especially difficult to do this on social media. If we are looking at the history of social media, we also have to look at how social media has grown to influence users and shape online media and communication. Sometimes the influence is positive and sometimes it is negative with severe consequences. It is important to look at the facts on both sides of the story.
Task:
Choose one of the following social media cases to examine and evaluate. Make inferences. Summarize the situation and then formulate your own opinion on the case remembering that your opinion should be based on the facts. Consider how this situation would be different if social media was not a factor? How does this show, or not show, that social media has changed media and communication? Write a 200 word response.
Options:
1. Courtney Love sued for defamation
2. Judge dismisses case of accused twitter stalker
3. Rupert's wife won't get twitter handle back any time soon
4. or find your own case. Provide the link.
Assessment: Below you will find the exemplary criteria used to assess the assignment.
Learning Target: (Exemplary 6/6): Exemplary comprehension of the task and clear accomplishment of the objective. Student effectively evaluates the article by summarizing, and forming an insightful opinion in response to the prompts.
Written Expression: Exemplary (6/6): Sentence structure and vocabulary are varied, skillfully written, and carefully chosen. Work has been proofread and there are few or no errors in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammar. Content contributes to the central idea and makes insightful connections with logical organization.
Submission
Use the "1.3 Making Inferences" link on the main page of this section of the course to upload your assignment to your teacher for marking.