College Composition I assignment
College Composition I unit 4 assignment
Helping Others Through Your Words and Experience
Writing does many things, including allowing you to use the power or your own words and personal experience to help others to solve, deal with, or address a problem they are facing. Think back to when you have faced problems in your life, whether you were grieving the loss of a friend or loved one, or whether you needed help with managing your time during your first months as a college student, or you may have needed help with budgeting, for example, and how it’s quite likely you turned to others for help. They may have shared their experience and offered you suggestions for how to cope in these situations. You may have even turned to the writing of others, a self-help book, or a blog post written by someone going through the problem and sharing solutions.
Here, for example is a list of blog posts where writers use their experience to help others:
52 Education Blogs You Should Follow
The Cool Cat Teacher
Random Acts of Leadership
Leadership and Learning
50 Must-Read IT Blogs from BizTech
Iron Firemen
15 Nurse Blogs to Follow
Social Psychology Network
Now it’s your turn to be the person others turn to for help, the person whose words, in this case your written words, console, help, and guide.
Assignment Instructions
In Unit 2, you examined some well-written business reports, academic journal articles, and blog posts. For your Unit 4 Assignment, you will practice applying what you learned about writing effectively to craft your own 3-4 paragraph, personal expression blog post aimed at helping others to address a problem.
As you probably know, a blog or web log is a generally informal online journal written by either individuals or groups. As Caroline Forsey notes, blogs can provide individuals a powerful (and often very profitable) platform for sharing knowledge, while also providing companies with a valuable venue for sharing information:
What Is a Blog,