Tag: Language and Culture

Assignment ContentResource: Week 4 Electronic Reserve ReadingsFor your Week 4 assignment discuss how two contemporary writers speak out against the historical marginalization of their respective groups.Create a slide presentation of 10-14 content slides with speaker notes. The slides should include the following:A title slide including the title of your presentation, your name, and the names of the two authors discussed in your presentation 4-6 slides on one of the authors with the following content:
a brief biographical overview
the historically marginalized group(s) the author represents
a summary of the literary work by this author which you read
identify how this work encourages understanding and inclusion and how it opposes marginalization.
4-6 slides on the second author with the following content:a brief biographical overview
the historically marginalized group(s) the author represents
a summary of the literary work by this author which you read
identify how this work encourages understanding and inclusion and how it opposes marginalization.
Final slide should present references for sources (literary or other sources) used in the presentation.Express your ideas in clear, correct language. Use the third person (he, she, they, him, her, theirs).Refer to your Week 4 readings and videos as resources for this assignment. Cite, using APA citations–both in-text and end citations–the videos, literature, and other sources that you may use.Format your citations in the final slide according to appropriate APA guidelines. Use in-text citations for any quotations or other source information in the content slides. Follow this model for your PowerPoint:
Requirements: 10-14 Content Slides 80 With Speaker Notes With 80 Words on Each Slide Speaker Note Times New Roman Size 12 Font Double-Spaced APA Format Excluding the Title and References
Be sure to include an introduction with a clear thesis statement along with a conclusion
Please be sure to carefully follow the instructions
Please be sure to include at least one in-text citation in each ppt slide
Please be sure to read, use, and cite the sources provided which you can access by clicking on Week 4 Electronic Reserve Readings. Please be sure that any additional sources are credible or scholalry
Please be sure to include title, conclusion, and reference slides in the ppt
Please be sure to include a background and at least one image on each ppt slide whether its a photograph, statistic, graph, document etc.
Please use the 5×5 rule for the ppt slides
No plagiarism

Have a conversation with someone from a different generation than your own about one of the topics listed below
Racism
Reality TV
Patriotism
Global Warming
In your paper, discuss how Culture and Perception may have impacted the conversation. Be sure that your paper is coherent,
clear message. Do not write your paper with: “I asked this the question, then I asked this question.” Instead, have a clear focus
to demonstrate your understanding of how culture impacts one’s interactions.
12 pt. Times New Roman font.
• Include your name in the upper right-hand corner only (no date, section #).
• Begin typing on Line 3
• This paper should be single-spaced and not to exceed one page. Any content that exceeds 1 page will not be considered.
• Save the document with the first letter of your first name, full last name, underscore, SP1. For example: cjackson_SP1, then submit as a PDF document.

Choose either “We Wear the Mask,” “If We Must Die,” or “Harlem” and write a response where you choose a line or two and discuss the figurative language being used and how it contributes to your interpretation of the poem. You must cite the lines that you are discussing in your response.
I expect for this response to have complete sentences, correct grammar, and no spelling/typing mistakes.
Your posting should be well-written, critical, and thoughtful.I would strongly recommend you to write the response in Word first, review and edit it, and then copy it into the Canvas window.

Choose either “The Flea” or “A Valediction Forbidding Mourning” and write a response where you choose a line or two and discuss the figurative language being used and how it contributes to your interpretation of the poem. You must cite the lines that you are discussing in your response.
I expect for this response to have complete sentences, correct grammar, and no spelling/typing mistakes.
Your posting should be well-written, critical, and thoughtful.I would strongly recommend you to write the response in Word first, review and edit it, and then copy it into the Canvas window.

You are required to give a substantive comment on two of your classmates’ responses.
Use the REPLY button to keep the posting threads intact
The comment should be at least 50 words and I will not give credit for comments like “Me too” or “I agree.”
Responses should show a high degree of thoughtfulness.
Review the discussion thread before posting.
All postings must be original work.
-“The Ruined Maid””Some polish is gained with one’s ruin,” said she.”We never do work when we’re ruined”The figurative languages that are used in these two lines of the poems are metaphor and alliteration. The term “polish” is used a metaphor describing the new life Amelia had adopted from the rural grime. “We never do work when we’re ruined” is alliteration being used in the poem.Amelia had been ruined by becoming a rich man’s mistress and living the life of luxury. I think that “We never do work when we’re ruined is basically saying that since Amelia became the rich man’s mistress she doesn’t have to work because he gives her anything that she may need.
-The Ruined Maid by Thomas Harris — “Your hands were like paws then, your face blue and bleakBut now I’m bewitched by your delicate cheek(Lines 13-14)In the Poem The Ruined Maid by Thomas Harris discuss the dismissal of a housecleaner also known as a maid. The figurative language used in these two lines are a simile and metaphor. The word “like” used in line 13 is used to compare the maid’s hands to animal paws. That means at first the maid was sweet and delicate, but now the maid is rougher. In line 14 it describes being turned by the maid’s delicate cheek. The maid turned her cheek and left now the audience is to believe the made is evil.

MLA format using what has already been written and cited. Improve upon areas of this essay using the specific feedback the instructor left from the previous assignment and per the Essay Rubric grading. Edit, add, delete, as necessary to best fit the instructor′s expectations I may be missing. He uses an analysis called The Method in this analytical writing. It is important that I reflect on what is interesting and relevant, and not ″summarize″ per se as I did previously. This assignment was/is already substantially completed. It needs fine-tunning.

When I think of fallacies and the arguments they encounter, my head immediately goes to those pesky commercials slamming politicians. As general election is fast approaching here in Wisconsin the mudslinging commercials are flooding in. There is a Lt. Governor by the name of Mandela Barnes (D) who is seen as the target in these commercials paid for by Senator Ron Johnson (R). The advertisement goes into explaining that Barnes needs to be taken out of office as he is single handedly destroying Wisconsin with his liberal behavior.  The argument involving his liberal behavior has to do with the criminal justice side of politics. Johnson leads the common viewer to believe the following actions Barnes is taking is going to create Wisconsin into a huge criminal lawless land. One of Johnsons’ strong points in the argument claims that ONCE Barnes joins “The Squad”, a democratic group consisting of six women, one action will lead into another. Once this action supposedly happens, they will start to defund the police. Johnson backs this statement up by claiming that Milwaukee’s crime rate is up by almost 100 percent. After this claim, he moves on to say that Barnes wants to abolish ICE, open our borders to illegal immigrants, and eliminate cash bail for inmates. Again, these assumptions about Barnes were not backed up by evidence not elaborated on. Johnson ends the mudslinging campaign ad stating he approves this message. 

There were several fallacies that I noticed in this quick thirty second smear ad. The biggest one included the “Slippery Slope” fallacy typically used in a lot of government positioned advertisements. This fallacy typically is used to claim an event that is going to happen, which then leads to another, and so forth. A snowball effect could be used as comparison. When Johnson claimed that Barnes was going to join “The Squad” composed of several well-known democratic women, it was going to lead to a few other key events involving crime, crime proceedings, and immigrants. Another prevalent fallacy would include the lack of evidence to support all of Johnsons’ claims about Barnes.  The only “evidence” that appears in the ad is about Milwaukee crime rate jumping up almost 100%, but it wasn’t backed up by a source or elaborated into at all. If you were to read more into the political scheme of the ad, you could also say there is the fallacy of false dilemma. The only way this would be a fallacy is if the viewer knew about both parties involved and the actions they have taken to get to where they are today.  It could be viewed as a two-option system, Johnson could be proclaiming that Barnes is a worser option than himself. There are many fallacies that one could find in a political campaign advertisement alone, politics are full of them. Aside from this mudsling ad about Barnes, Johnson has been known to create a multitude of them for anyone that runs for any political position in the state of Wisconsin. 

In about 500 words, discuss your takeaways from the article. You can use these questions as guide:
How did Pura Belpré’s life and work reflect and respond to the need for representation in children’s literature?
What necessitated the creation of this award? How does the award itself honor Belpré’s legacy?
How did the creation of the award challenge the status quo of awards? How was its creation and the work of its creator the result of activism?

The purpose of this assignment is to assess an existing resource for learning to decide whether you recommend it or not for classroom use. Your classroom can be online, on-site, or hybrid. The resource can be any of the following media types: video, audio, visual, text, game/simulation, or Web 2.0.
To complete your assignment, you will
1.Select an objective, learning outcome, or standard addressed in a lesson that you teach or plan to teach.
2.Find and preview/listen an existing resource that you would integrate in the lesson that you teach, or plan to teach, to enhance learning and address the objective, outcome, or standard.
3.Use the corresponding Selection Rubric from Smaldino et al. (2019) to assess the appropriateness of the selected resource and decide whether you recommend it or not for your classroom use.
4.Annotate and analyze the findings of your assessment and prepare an argument.
5.You can present your argument in writing or via a narrated presentation in video format. You will limit your analysis to two double-spaced pages of content for a written paper, or two minutes of presentation for a video format.
Include the following elements in your presentation:
1.Objective, learning outcome, or standard that is expected to be enhanced with the resource.
2.Type of classroom: online, hybrid, or on-site
3.Name of the resource/material and type (video, audio, visual/still image, text game/simulation, or Web 2.0)
4.Your decision: Do you recommend the resource for your classroom use?
5.Analysis of the rubric findings that supports your decision.
6.Pros and cons of using the selected media type for learning. Support your pros and cons with the literature (i.e., with Smaldino et al. or any other resource).
Criteria for Assignment 3:
If the presentation is within the page or time limit, Assignment 3 will be graded as follows:
1.Elements 1 through 4 are included (1 pts.)
2.The analysis of the rubric findings supports the decision (4.5 pts.)
3.Pros and cons are analyzed and based on the literature cited APA style and presented with correct writing/speech (4.5 pts.)
Readings and Material for Module 2Smaldino et al. Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8
Bates Chapters 8.6, 9

Theme Exploration: The point here is to create a close reading of the text to argue for the message that you believe the author is sending about that theme and to show how the characters (where applicable), symbols, setting and language are used by the author to develop that theme. In short, what do close reading and analysis reveal about what the author might want us to think or consider about the theme? I chose “YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN” which incorporates a similar theme and explores it.
My topic is theme exploration about FAITH and the reading I want to be compared with is YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN is attached
topic requires you to apply critical thinking and analytical skills and, hopefully, some creativity.
Requirements:
Purpose: to demonstrate that you have a deeper insight or understanding of your chosen text(s) by using analysis, critical thinking, and logical development in your writing.
Audience: your classmates and professor
Length: 3 to 4 pages
S-tyle: ML.A, no title page, double-spaced, heading on the left (teacher name, student name, course title, date), pages numbered with last name and the page number. Parenthetical citations and Works Cited page are required, assuming you include sources. Be sure to cite the author and not the editors of the text. Here are an example works cited entry for using literature from the textbook:
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. “Young Goodman Brown.” Literature, The Human Experience: Reading and Writing I3′ edition, edited by Richard Abcarian, Marvin Klotz, and Samuel Cohen, Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2016, p. 77.
The parenthetical citations include the author’s last name and the page number. For example, (Hawthorne 79).*
Additional information on quoting/citing:
Don’t just place a quote in your paper. You need to discuss that quote and its significance to your developing point or idea.
Always introduce and explain any quotes.
Summaries and paraphrases require citations just as quotes do.
Writing Literature Essays:
Use the texts you are writing about to support the points you are making. This means you must use quotes, summaries, and/or paraphrases. Failure to document your sources using MLA guidelines is plagiarism, so be sure you understand how to do so properly.