ENGL 1202 Portfolio Assessment #1 Answer Sheet

Student Name: ID Number: Teacher: Group: Instructions: Complete the following portfolio assignment below on a computer. You will need to submit your completed work to Turnitin.com before your class meets in week 4. The portfolio assessment is worth 25% of your final grade in the class and it is based on an article adapted from The New York Times titled: Seeing social media more as a portal than a pitfall by Perri Klass, M.D., which your teacher will give you in week 3. When submitting your work to Turnitin, please delete these instructions from this document as well as the instructions for the paraphrasing, summarizing and reflective writing. Doing this will keep your Originality Report score low.

Paraphrasing:
Paraphrase the two highlighted sentences from the article in the boxes provided. Be sure to include an in-text citation in each paraphrase in order to receive full credit: 1)

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Summarizing:
Write a brief summary of roughly 100 words in the box below describing the writers perspective about social media use by young adults. In addition, briefly summarize the articles advice to parents regarding this issue. Be sure to include an in-text citation for the article and a full reference for it after your summary to receive full credit.

Reflection:
Write a reflective response based on the article of 150-200 words in the box below describing how social media can be used constructively by young people. You may use ideas from the article and/or your own ideas. Be sure to use an in-text citation to receive full credit.