Your task: Create a blog (3 web pages on a website) – Write and illustrate a plot summary of events in the short story “This world is made for monsters” – illustrate the short story using pictures you find online. Also identify two related themes (see below)
Seneca’s sandbox has a guide to creating a website, here. Other sites where you can create websites include Weebly and WordPress.
Using PowerPoint: The requirement for this blog/infographic assignment is visual layout and text. This video goes over creating a basic web layout using PowerPoint. (You’d customize this based on your own colours, titles, images and content). PowerPoint Designer can help provide layout ideas, if you have access to Microsoft Office 365 (students can get Seneca licensing for Microsoft products).
Pictures are required and must be referenced appropriately on an “Image References” Page
Also – Identify two related science fiction themes or topics (xenophilia, for example) and explain how you see them appearing in the story. You must use accurate, relevant quotations (~use PQC) to help explain where you see this theme occurring
Read student work samples from past courses in EAC234 to see how previous students knocked this out of the park.
Marks breakdown for Blog (18%)
3 marks: 3 substantial pages in the blog
3 marks: More than 3 relevant, well chosen images that illustrate the plot summary
3 marks: More than 3 well-written, relevant, precise page titles
2 marks: Two themes relevant to the plot summary. Two quotations illustrating each theme (and you have explained clearly why you think the quotation indicates that theme). Use PQC structure (make a point, provide a quotation, and comment on why you think the point is supported by that quotation. The “comment” part of the paragraph is often several sentences in length).
2 marks: Proofreading and grammar corrections are apparent
2 marks: Effective use of colour and design
3 marks: Word choice and tone is appropriate (not excessively elaborate)
