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Recommendation Report
For this assignment, you will consider what you have learned about how organizations use social media, and you will write a recommendation report, recommending that the English department at SCSU consider a new social media platform.
Right now, the English Department uses several platforms: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and a blog. (A few years ago, the department tried a LinkedIn group, but it has been inactive for about 6 years.) There are a great many platforms to chose from (like Pinterest, TikTok, Snapchat, or even a podcast, among others).
The important thing, whatever your choice, is that you provide evidence that your recommendation is appropriate for the English Department. That evidence could include outside research about the platform (perhaps showing typical users of the platform fit the demographics of the English department), ENG Facebook analytics (available on Blackboard), information about “typical” department members, based on user personas (see the last few pages of the ENG Social Media Style Guide), or other sources.
So, for example, if I was going to recommend that the department start using Instagram (not an option for you, since the department already uses it), I might argue that it is an appropriate choice because 1) Instagram users are typically between 15 and 30 years old, like most SCSU students, information I have found in researching the platform; 2) SCSU has an active Instagram page, with almost 4000 followers, so there are likely to be many ENG majors already on the platform; and 3) looking at ENG FB analytics, the posts that get the most engagement are those with images, so an image-heavy platform like Instagram makes sense. Of course, I would include examples to back all of those things up (like pointing to a few specific ENG Facebook posts with high engagement due to their including images).
While there are many places online that will give you suggestions for how to write a recommendation report (and since this is a professional writing class, I would normally have you write a more formal report), it is probably easiest to think of this more as the kind of argument paper you probably wrote in ENG 110 or 112 (or whatever first-year writing course you might have taken at another school):
Start with an introduction, reminding the reader of what your purpose is and saying what you will be recommending.
Give a description of the platform you are recommending: how it works, and how businesses and organizations typically use it.
Give your reasons and evidence for the recommendation. Remember, this isn’t just “I use Tik Tok, and I really like it, so the department should use it.”  Have some good reasons and solid evidence that will really show why it will work for the English Department. (If you want to argue that Tik Tokis popular among students at Southern, you need to be able to prove it, other than saying all of your friends use it.) Show an understanding of both the platform and an understanding of how the English Department uses social media and what it needs from a platform.
Describe how the department would use it, specifically. Discuss how it would meet the department’s goals (see the “Purpose and Goals” section of the Social Media Style Guide).
Give a few examples of posts (maybe a week’s worth) so the reader knows what it would look like. Don’t just give a general description; create actual posts, or find posts that already exist (maybe from another academic department) that do the things you say would work for ENG.
Wrap up with a conclusion.
A few final important details:
The report will probably be about 4-5 double-spaced pages long 
Your audience for this report will be the chair of the English Department, and any colleagues she chooses to share it with. Do not assume that readers are familiar with your proposed platform, or that they have more than a general knowledge of social media. Give details that would be appropriate for a brand new user when describing the platform.

Reading Response Assignment: Week # 5
Step 1- Complete the reading assignment: Freire and Kohn
Step 2-Annotate the reading by Talking to the Text
Step 3-Please compose two paragraphs identifying Freire’s and Kohn’s main points in the first paragraph. The first sentence should address a common theme. The next six sentences should introduce each reading selection with its main points and titles. Finally, you will need to provide a sentence with a direct quotation, commentary, and parenthetical citation that validates the main point.
In the second paragraph, you have the option to only address one reading selection as it relates to you. However, you may choose to address how you made connections to all. Each paragraph should have at least one direct or indirect quotation from the reading to support your claims. Please use MLA format. In addition, the required length of each paragraph must be at least 8 sentences long. 
Example: 
Paragraph 1- example
Many people have a desire to graduate college one day; however, without the proper motivation, this desire is simply a dream. Johnathan Williams argues that people need to physically write their educational goals on paper and post them, so they can visually be reminded of  their commitment to success, in his article, “I Need a Degree.” Williams pushes many of his friends to succeed in small goals because “small successes lead to greater self-esteem and more motivation” (32). Next, Rebecca Cox strongly believes that many irrational fears can adversely affect first-year college students’ success in college unless they have a fear-management strategy, in her article, “The Student Fear Factor.” According to Cox, many  English students are simply overwhelmed by the volume of expectations and assignments and will say, “I’m not going to be able to make it”, when all they need to do is find a support network for the courses they have (20). For example, write two more sentences that relate to the two articles. Make sure to include content in your own words. As a result of  success building strategies, many people have graduated from college, started businesses, and accomplished their goals.
Paragraph 2- example
The portion of William’s article where he described how he helped his best friend was compelling to me because it reminded me of the time when my God -Father helped me to overcome my fear of writing. In this portion of the article, Williams told his friend that not helping his best friend in life would be an eternal stain on his permanent record in Heaven (33). My God-father told me that I had to succeed because I represented him. He could write well, and he was determined to teach me the tenets  of writing. I wanted to write well. I listened to everything my God-father shared with me, just like Williams’s best friend listened to him. I practiced day and night using the skills my mentor gave me. I am sure the best friend followed instructions too. In the end, I accomplished my goal of becoming a better writing  much in the same measure of success as the best friend who graduated from college in the article.

I’ve attached the PowerPoint to follow and the Assignment I submitted that I want to refer to. 
After reading the PowerPoint presentation on Toulmin’s methods of analyzing the validity of an argument, I would like you to analyze a claim yourself.  Choose ONE claim you have been working with (perhaps from your Exploratory Essay or from a discussion board post), or find one in a discussion board another student has been working on (You need to use a claim including the word “should.” For example, All elderly drivers SHOULD be required to pass yearly competency tests).
Next, Using the exact format you saw in the PowerPoint, you will apply the Toulmin scheme to your claim.  Be sure to use all of the following components to the argument: claim, stated reason, warrant (unstated assumption), conditions of rebuttal, backing. Remember, you only need to complete a Toulmin analysis on one claim.