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HPS111 Assessment Task 2: Argumentative Essay –– Document 1 The second major written assignment for this unit is a 1,200-word Argumentative Essay due 8:00pm AEST Tuesday 2 nd February 2021. The AT2 essay constitutes 30% of the overall mark for this unit. There are four documents to assist you with completing the assessment: 1. The Assessment Task 2 (AT2) booklet (this document) is designed to explain the major written assessment, how to complete it, and the resources you’ll need 2. The AT2 Rubric is designed to outline and explain each criterion you will assessed on. The document can be found on the HPS111 CloudDeakin Website 3. The Example Essay is an example of an argumentative essay to give you structural and APA formatting guidance (you can ignore the content) 4. The APA 7 th Word template file (.dotx) is a special file type that will set up your cover page and styles for APA 7th, which will help you get your formatting correct. You don’t need to use this, but it might make your life easier than doing formatting manually. If you don’t understand styles, go see this video.
Attachments:
5945019_1_HPS111-at2booklet-T3-2020–1-.pdf

The so-called new media technologies – often referred to as Web 2.0 – encompass a wide variety of web-related communication technologies, such as blogs, wikis, online social networking, virtual worlds and other social media forms.
Based on the above statement:
Discuss the impacts of new media on the young generation in Malaysia and our culture.
What are the challenges faced by users with regards to the new media?
Suggest solution to the challenges faced by users with regards to new media in Malaysia.

Your Writing Process, Part 1
Write a paragraph reflecting on the process of composing and revising your fiction draft:
Which step did you find easiest?
Which step did you find hardest?
What have you learned from the process of writing this fiction piece?
What will you do differently when writing a piece in the future?
Your posts should be thoughtful, substantial, and properly proofread before posting. Each post should advance the conversation and share insights.
Deadlines for Submission
Post your initial response (250-300 words) no later than
Thursday 11:59 p.m. ET
Reply to at least two classmates (150-200 words each)
Attachments:
5945119_1_creative-writing.docx

Please open the link to the article
https://www.kiplinger.com/article/college/t053-c047-s002-how-to-tame-your-student-loans.html
Questions:
The article states “Bachelor’s degree recipients are estimated to carry an average debt burden approaching $40,000 per borrower at graduation”. Does this figure surprise you? Do you think the actual amount is higher or lower than that?
What can a student in college do now to help lower his or her student loan debt?
What are your thoughts on the 50-20-30 rule? Do you think that is something you could live by?

In the space below, write a script of at least 500 words in which the two characters analyzed above appear in a new context or narrative. Each character should relate his or her personal tale from a first-person perspective in the dialogue. As you write, consider how to maintain recognizable characters, consistent with Chaucer’s original pilgrims, when these figures are placed in a new context. The dialogue of the script is how the narrative is revealed. Your writing should establish at least three character traits per character, in order to ensure well-rounded character development.

There are a variety of ways teachers can promote culturally responsive partnerships with families. Here are just a few. First learn about your children and families, invite families to the classroom to participate in activities with their children. Home visits also reveal cultural values and norms in the home environment. Conferences and meetings build relationships. Sharing positive notes about their child. Relationship building is the first step. Next, sharing pertinent information about their child and their strengths as well as areas of improvement. Having a whole class reading 1 book. Providing the book to students and encouraging reading a chapter a night with family and having response questions to answer at school the next morning. Reading logs, where a parent signs off that the child read or had been read to. Parent involvement is key to promoting literacy at home. comment as you see fit. min 40 words or more

Why is it important to post and reinforce schedules and functional routines in an early childhood setting? min 40 words or more

Creative Writing Draft Revision
Continue work on your fiction draft this week. Utilize the comments from the professor and your peers to develop, clarify, add to, and revise your draft.
When you submit your Revised Draft on Sunday
please highlight all of the changes you implemented
between your draft and your revision so as to clearly demonstrate the adjustments that occurred as a result of the revision process.
Assignment Requirements
This assignment should be 1000 words in length, using Times New Roman size 12 pt font and double spacing
Attachments:
5945260_1_creative-writing.docx

Writing Exercise
Choose
one
of the following assignments (A or B)
A: Multiple Viewpoints
In this assignment, you will apply your understanding of the fiction compositional element of character.
Pick an event from your past or create an event that you want to write about. There must be multiple characters involved in the event you identify.
Utilizing the multiple perspectives, experiment with writing about the event from at least three different viewpoints.
For example, if I choose to write about a car accident, I’d write a paragraph from the driver’s perspective in the car. I’d write a paragraph from the perspective of the person who rear-ended him while texting. Lastly, I’d write a paragraph from the perspective of the elderly gentleman sitting on a park bench across the street who witnessed the whole thing. Be aware of how you are employing the first four steps of the writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising, and proofreading.
Challenge yourself to look at the various ways in which each viewpoint might be different. How can you accentuate certain aspects from each individual viewpoint? If you decide to use an event from your past as inspiration, remember that you’re not bound to that reality. You are NOT writing a nonfiction piece here where you are more responsible for the actual event. What you’re doing is using your actual experience as an inspirational springboard for imagining and developing a fictional experience. Don’t feel confined by what really happened; allow what really happened to release your imagination.
B: The “What if” Game
How to overcome writer’s block? Here is an exercise to get you warmed up and writing.
Imagine “What if?” For example, what if your sister developed the ability to fly? Would you be jealous or proud? How would you explain her to friends? Or what if all the dogs of the world rebelled against their masters on the same day? Write a list of “what ifs.” Be inventive, have fun, and there is no limit to your imagination for this.
Once you have the list, choose one and write for ten minutes exploring a scene in which this event came true. When completed, revise to a second draft, strengthen word choice, imagery, and thematic elements.
Assignment Requirements
This assignment should be minimum 500 words in length, using Times New Roman size 12 pt font and double spacing

Essay Analysis (LABEL EACH SECTION IN YOUR RESPONSE) 1. In “Essay Title,” First Last Name Author explores ……………………………… 2. He suggests that ……………………… 3. The author points out that ……………………. 4. In addition, Last Name Author conveys …………………………… 5. Free Write additional analysis from the Essay. 6. Similarly or In contrast, one might observe that …………… 7. Free Write – Support Transition position in agreement or disageement w/author’s viewpoint. 8. Free Write – Support Transition position in agreement or disagreement with author’s viewpoint. 9. Free Write – Support Transition position in agreement or disagreement with author’s viewpoint. 10. One might conclude that ………………………………………………..SKIP 2 SPACES (Last Name Author). Q.3 Examine Nossel’s argument in paragraph 6. Do you agree or disagree with the idea of an organization that would label information sources – a sort of Consumer Reports for fake news? Do you think it would work? Why or why not? Q.4 What news sources do you rely upon, and why do you see them as credible and trustworthy? Trace your news sources and evaluate each of them. What criteria do they have to meet for you to trust them? Use the following format to Label each question & start each sentence on a new numbered line. Q1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. The text you must read : SUZANNE NOSSEL Suzanne Nossel, a graduate of Harvard Law School, is a leading voice on issues related to freedom of expression. She has held executive roles in Amnesty International USA and Human Rights Watch and is currently the chief executive officer of PEN America, a leading human rights advocacy group. Nossel’s writing has appeared in several prominent newspapers and in scholarly journals such as Foreign Affairs, Dissent, and Democracy. She is a feature columnist for Foreign Policy magazine, where this essay first appeared in October 2017. The Pro–Free Speech Way to Fight Fake News After the gunfire ended, false claims that the Las Vegas carnage was the work of Islamic State terrorists or left-leaning Donald Trump opponents flooded Facebook pages, YouTube searches, and news feeds. Again, we saw how so-called “fake news” can fuel chaos and stoke hatred. Like most fraudulent news, those deceptive articles are protected speech under the First Amendment and international free expression safeguards. Unless they cross specific legal red lines — such as those barring defamation or libel — fake news stories are not illegal, and our government does not have the power to prohibit or censor them. But the fact that fake news is free speech does not nullify the danger it poses for open discourse, freedom of opinion, or democratic governance. The rise of fraudulent news and the related erosion of public trust in mainstream journalism pose a looming crisis for free expression. Usually, free expression advocacy centers on the defense of contested speech from efforts at suppression, but it also demands steps to fortify the open and reasoned debate that underpins the value of free speech in our society and our lives. The championing of free speech must not privilege any immutable notion of the truth to the exclusion of others. But this doesn’t mean that free speech proponents should be indifferent to the quest for truth, or to attempts to deliberately undermine the public’s ability to distinguish fact from falsehood. Both the First Amendment and international law define free speech to include the right to receive and impart information. The power of free speech is inextricably tied to the opportunity to be heard and believed, and to persuade. Fake news undermines precisely these sources of power. If public discourse becomes so flooded with disinformation that listeners can no longer distinguish signal from noise, they will tune out. Autocrats know this well and thus tightly control the flow of information. They purvey falsehoods to mislead, confuse, and — ultimately — to instill a sense of the futility of speech that saps the will to cry foul, protest, or resist. On social media, the problem is not one of control, but of chaos. The ferocious pace with which false information can spread can make defending the truth or correcting the record seem like mission impossible, or an invitation to opponents to double down in spreading deceit. The problem of fraudulent news right now is compounded by social and political divisions that undercut the traditional ways in which truth ordinarily prevails. Investigations, exposés, and studies fall short in a situation where a significant portion of the population distrusts a wide array of sources they perceive as politically or ideologically hostile — including sources that traditionally commanded broad if not universal respect. The debate over solutions to fraudulent news has centered on what the government, news outlets, social media platforms, and civil society actors like fact-checking groups can do. Each has an important role to play, but they also must respect sharp limits to their interventions. Of course, no president should routinely denigrate legitimate news that he dislikes — as Donald Trump continually does. But Trump’s misuse of his authority merely reminds us that it’s for good reasons that the Constitution forbids the government from adjudicating which news is true and which is false. Google and Facebook, as private platforms, should monitor their sites to make sure that dangerous conspiracy theories don’t go viral — but if they over-police what appears on their pages, they’ll create new impairments for edgy speech. Certainly, news outlets should strive to uphold professional and ethical standards, but they alone can’t convince cynical readers to trust them. Similarly, those who believe fake news tend to distrust the fact-checking outlets that try to tell them the stories are bogus. Ultimately, the power of fake news is in the minds of the beholders — namely, news consumers. We need a news consumers’ equivalent of the venerable Consumers Union that, starting in the 1930s, mobilized millions behind taking an informed approach to purchases, or the more recent drive to empower individuals to take charge of their health by reading labels, counting steps, and getting tested for risk factors. When there were only a few dishwashers to choose from, buyers didn’t need Consumer Reports to sort through their features and flaws. But when the appliance shopper began to face information overload, trusted arbiters were established to help them sort out the good from the bad. In decades past, news consumption centered on newspapers, magazines, and network shows that had undergone layers of editing and fact-checking. Most consumers saw little necessity to educate themselves about the political leanings of media owners, modes of attribution for quotes, journalistic sourcing protocols, the meaning of datelines, or other indicators of veracity. Now, with the proliferation of overtly partisan media, lower barriers to entry into public discourse, and information flooding across the web and cable news, consumers need new tools to sort through choices and make informed decisions about where to invest their attention and trust. The fight against fake news will hinge not on inculcating trust in specific sources of authority but on instilling skepticism, curiosity, and a sense of agency among consumers, who are the best bulwark against the merchants of deceit. A news consumers’ movement should include several prongs, building on PEN America’s newly released “News Consumers Bill of Rights and Responsibilities” from its new report, “Faking News: Fraudulent News and the Fight for Truth.” The movement should furnish credible information to help consumers weigh the reliability of varied news sources. It should include an advocacy arm to prod newsrooms, internet platforms, and social media giants into being transparent about their decisions as to what news is elevated and how it is marked. This movement should advance news literacy curricula in schools and equip the next generation to navigate the information ocean they were born into. It should conduct outreach to diverse constituencies and strive continually to avoid ideological bias. It should develop an investigative research arm to expose, name, and shame the purveyors of fraudulent news and their financial backers. And it might provide periodic ranking of, and reporting on, newsrooms and other outlets to hold them accountable to their audiences. The movement should also mobilize the public to become good news consumers by encouraging them to apply a critical eye to news sources, favor those that are trustworthy, validate reports before sharing them on social media, and report errors when they see them. Recognizing fraudulent news as a threat to free expression cannot be grounds to justify a cure — in the form of new government or corporate restrictions on speech — that may end up being worse than the disease. Unscrupulous profiteers and political opportunists may never cease in their efforts to infect the global information flow of information to serve their purposes. The best prescription against the epidemic of fake news is to inoculate consumers by building up their ability to defend themselves.Copy and paste your question here…