Task 1: Due Friday 13th November

The Power of Social Media

Research and find out information on social media. 

Consider these points when researching:

• When did social media first start being used?
• What was the original intention of social media? 
• How many people use social media?
• Why is social media so popular?
• What different forms of social media exist?
• What are some of the dangers of social media?
• How did people cope in a world before social media?

Written task:

• You are to write a speech putting forward two different sides to an argument. 

1. Life is better as a result of social media. 
2. Life is worse as a result of social media. 

Success criteria of features to include when writing your speech:

• 1st person perspective. 
• Direct speech.
• Rhetorical questions. 
• Lists of three. 
• Repetition. 
• Superlatives. 
• Facts, figures and statistics. 
• Similes and Metaphors.