Should more gun control laws be made?

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Topic: Gun control
Issue: Should more gun control laws be made?
Stance/thesis: More gun laws should be made in order to ensure safety use of weapons.

How does the draft hold together? Which paragraphs don’t connect well with preceding or subsequent ones? Give specific examples:

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For this Peer Review Workshop, answer the following questions as you respond to your classmate’s Essay Rough Draft:

Provide thorough and thoughtful responses to the following questions. Yes and No answers are insufficient, so comment, explain, or offer suggestions for all responses. You may also write on the draft and mark grammar and punctuation mistakes.

(Content) Summarize the main idea of the draft briefly in your own words.
(Organization) Does the opening establish a clear starting point for the paper (a thesis, or at least a focused topic)? Would some other part of the draft make a better introduction?
(Voice) Does the paper conclude with a whimper or a shout? Is the conclusion merely repetitive, or does it synthesize ideas, suggest new directions of thought, re-evaluate the introductory statements?
(Structure) Has any significant aspect of the question/ main claim/ thesis been neglected?
(Analysis) Is there any point where the paper tends to fall from the level of analysis to the level of observation/ summary?
(Organization) How does the draft hold together? Which paragraphs don’t connect well with preceding or subsequent ones? Give specific examples:
(Organization, Evidence) Are there paragraphs that seem less coherent or less convincing than others? If so, choose one and explain how it might be clarified and/or better supported.
(Evidence) Select the best phrases, paragraphs, and/or ideas in the paper. Can they be exploited more thoroughly? How?
(Mechanics) Note problems with sentence structure, grammar, word choice, and other mechanical issues.
Respond to any questions/ concerns/ challenges the writer poses about her/his own draft.

How has your understanding of family and family roles influenced your assessment of children and their families?

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Critical reflection of your growth and development during your practicum experience in a clinical setting has the benefit of helping you identify opportunities for improvement in your clinical skills while also recognizing your clinical strengths and successes.

This week, you will write your last and final Journal Entry, reflecting on your clinical strengths and opportunities for improvement. Further reflect on your pediatric patients you have seen and the conditions that you have diagnosed and treated. Review your Journal Entry that you submitted in Week 1.

Journal Entry (2–3 pages):

Explain what most excited and/or concerned you throughout your pediatric clinical experience.
Discuss how your personal definition of family and family roles has changed or stayed the same.
How has your understanding of family and family roles influenced your assessment of children and their families?
Explain how your understanding of culture (both the culture of the provider and that of the child and his or her family) has changed and how it may have influenced the assessments you conducted during your practicum.
Assess how you did with accomplishing the goals and objectives you developed in Week 1 for the practicum experience.
Based on your practicum experience, refine your existing goals and/or develop new goals for your continued education and professional practice. Be sure to consider the NAPNAP Position Statement on Age Parameters for Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Practice.
Use title page and references according to APA.
Please see Journal 1 and 2 which are attached as reference and as and example.

Discuss the theme of “The Necklace.”  You may also write a 4-paragraph examination of Mathilde or Loisel. 

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In a 4-paragraph essay, with the following format:  7, 9, 9, 4 — discuss the theme of “The Necklace.”  You may also write a 4-paragraph examination of Mathilde or Loisel.  Your choice.  The essay MUST be exactly 4 paragraphs, no more, no less:

7-sentence introduction

9-sentence body paragraph

9-sentence body paragraph

4-sentence conclusion

Please follow the MLA guidelines for formatting a college essay.  Refer to the Purdue University OWL MLA (Google it) and take a look at the format.  The format is the same as for the poetry essay.

You must submit the essay through the Turnitin.com link directly above.  Please note that if your percent match rate in Turnitin.com for you essay is more than 23%, you will fail.  Please use paraphrase, not direct quotation, and obviously, please do not copy material from sources on the internet.  Use YOUR powers of deduction and writing.

 

How is social media affecting young adults, parents, or teens for better or worse?

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Argumentative Essay (Phase 1)

Overview of the argumentative essay: Throughout the course, you will build a 4-5-page argumentative essay. An argumentative essay requires writers to explore a topic (issue), collect and consider evidence, and establish an opinion on the topic in a brief way. The complete essay must incorporate research (quotes, summarization, and paraphrasing), and you must cite the research using APA in-text citations and a corresponding References page.

The final product, written in five phases, requires the following:

Assess the writing situation. See page 8 of Chapter 1 in your textbook, English Composition, for specific information about the writing situation.
Choose a topic.
Research the issue, and analyze evidence to form an opinion.
Write a claim (thesis statement) that is supported with reasons from credible sources.
Write an introduction that announces your purpose and hooks readers.
Write 3 body paragraphs (including at least 1 quotation, 1 summarization, and 1 paraphrase with corresponding in-text citations and Reference page).
Write a counter-argument paragraph that addresses an opposing opinion.
Write a conclusion that restates your claim and summarizes the evidence.
Write the Title Page and Abstract
In this unit, you will work on the first phase of your essay.

For this Unit 2 Submission, submit only the opening paragraph (double-spaced, in 12-point Times New Roman font, with in-text citations) and the APA-style References page for grading (please do not submit the entire worksheet).

Your tasks for this week are as follows:

Finalize the topic for your paper based on the topic you selected for the Discussion Board in Unit 1 and the feedback your instructor and peers provided, or select one from the list of topics/issues below. You can select any topic you like, but you must obtain approval from your instructor first. This is to ensure that the topic is appropriate for an argumentative essay and related to an issue that will hold your interest when you return to this essay in the coming weeks.
Review the source in the Topic Bibliography on your topic.
Locate a similar, credible source on the issue using the AIU Library and this Internet search tool, by conducting a key word search based on your research topic. Think about the evidence you find so that you can form an opinion. Here are some additional tools to assist with your search:
AIU Library Orientation Libguide
TRAP test to ascertain the credibility of your sources.
Complete the unit 2 worksheet to assist you in composing an opening paragraph for your essay (do not submit the worksheet; it is for guidance purposes only with this Submission). Your opening paragraph should establish a thesis statement that reflects the essay’s overall claim and explain the importance of the selected topic. Be sure you support the claim with two reasons based on evidence, and include at least 1 quote from the sources that you assembled in Steps 2, 3, or 4. Explain the rationale for the selected quote(s).
Include properly formatted APA in-text citations and a corresponding Reference page for the one quote used in the opening paragraph.
NOTE: For assistance with this assignment, please refer to the assigned readings listed under Unit 2 Learning Activities, as well as your intellipath® lessons.

Topics/Issues to Choose From

Is TV a leftover media source from the past that will soon be outdated, or is TV keeping up with the times and attracting new viewers?
How is social media affecting young adults, parents, or teens for better or worse?
Should high school students be required to take a civics course as a graduation requirement?
Should journalists try to be objective to regain the public’s confidence?
Do charter schools hurt traditional public schools?
Are drug courts the solution to addressing nonviolent drug offenders?
Should forensic techniques require federal approval for use in court?
Should the U.S. government provide universal health care?
Do video games portray positive or negative gender stereotypes?
Reference

Google Scholar. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://scholar.google.com/

What would be your strategies for thriving within one of the country’s preeminent universities renowned for innovation and academic excellence?

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What would be your strategies for thriving within one of the country’s preeminent universities renowned for innovation and academic excellence?

Demonstrate knowledge and critical understanding of the principles of property law and the underlying system of land ownership in England and Wales with consideration of Scottish Law differences.

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Scenario

The local Air Cadets occupy land and buildings to the south-east of the redeveloped airfield under a standard business tenancy. They use a number of huts (erected around 1990) and two Portakabins (sited around 1995) for their training activities. There is also a shed, built of stone, that was erected when the airfield was an operational wartime base and used as a resting room for pilots awaiting their ‘scramble’ call. The Air Cadets as an organisation, in their various forms, have held a lease on this area of the airfield since 1959. Specific clauses in the lease state:

  • ‘the use of premises on the land shall be as Headquarters for an ATC Wing provided that there is no nuisance or annoyance caused by such use’;
  • ‘the tenants must repair and keep in repair the stone shed, any additional buildings, and all hedges, ditches, fences and gates on the demised premises’;
  • ‘on termination of the tenancy, the tenants shall remove all building and other erections and works so as to restore the land to the condition in which it was when it was taken over.’

The Air Cadets have been holding over since 2018 when the contractual terms came to an end. They have continued to pay rent to the MoD and, more recently, to Airside Developers Ltd. and have now applied to Airside Developers Ltd. (as their landlords) for a new lease. The landlord is opposing the grant of the new tenancy and is relying on Section 30(1)(f) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, stating that they wish to demolish the existing buildings and to clear the land so need full possession.

The landlord is not claiming that they will reconstruct any of the premises or that they will carry out further construction work. The Air Cadets assert that the existing buildings on the land are tenant fixtures and so cannot be demolished by the landlords, However, the landlord asserts that the existing buildings are fixtures and as such are part of the land and can be demolished.

Task

Critically assess the scenario above, and using your current knowledge of property law, write an essay to advise the Air Cadets on:

  1. whether the huts, and Portakabins are tenant’s or landlord’s fixtures?
  2. the extent to which Airside Developments are likely to have satisfied Section 30(1)(f) of the Act and the potential consequences for the Air Cadets as tenant.

You should present a reasoned argument, supported by appropriate authority. Whilst this task has two sections, consideration should be given as to how part b (advice on the grounds for refusal) might be affected by your argument in respect of part a (whether the buildings are landlord’s or tenant’s fixtures). Your advice should be legal, not practical (i.e do not recommend that the Air Cadets consult a solicitor) and should include reference to appropriate cases. Although you are asked to provide advice, your answer should be in an essay format, not a letter or a report.

Learning outcomes

Code Description

LO1 Demonstrate knowledge and critical understanding of the principles of property law and the underlying system of land ownership in England and Wales with consideration of Scottish Law differences.

LO2 Articulate the features and impact of common law and statutory provisions.

LO3 Evaluate and articulate the function and effect of leasehold ownership, the legal relationship between landlord and tenant, third party rights, covenants and contracts for the sale of land.

LO4 Undertake critical analysis of information, draw logical conclusions based on legal principles and communicate arguments and analysis and effectively, using relevant legal terminology

Should the country’s policies remain the same? Should they be more restrictive?

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There is great debate over the United States’ immigration policies. Should the country’s policies remain the same? Should they be more restrictive? Should our borders be closed for an indefinite period of time? Present a solid argument, presenting your opinion on the topic of legal immigration into this country.

Very Important: This essay is to address LEGAL IMMIGRATION ONLY.

Illegal immigration is not to be a factor in this essay!

5 outside sources

Use of contractions and/or any forms of “I” or “you” will result in -2 points for each occurrence.

How has globalization, reaganomics and outsourcing affected the Chicano working Class?

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How has globalization, reaganomics and outsourcing affected the Chicano working Class?

Sources: Do not use outside sources, only course sources/materials

All material in modules after exam 1 can be used to support your answer. This includes power point presentations, article, videos and documentaries.

Use of sources/material:

Make sure to use variety of type of class material/sources to support your answers or least 2 different types. When appropriate quote from sources/material… this makes for a well supported essay.

Make sure to to define and explain the following terms in your essay:

Globalization

Reaganomics (trickle down or supply side economics)

Outsourcing

Also make sure to explain:

Affects on the Chicano working class and solutions

Essay;

should be 5 to 7 paragraphs long

should be written in paragraph form

should have an introduction, body and conclusion

Should quote from class sources/material such as presentations, articles, videos and documentaries

should use at least 2 types of sources from course material

What would a basic outline look like?

I) Introduction (1 paragraph)

Introduce the terms that you will be covering in your essay

II) Body (3-5 paragraphs)

define and explain each term ( 1 paragraph for each term) and use course material to support your answer

lll) Conclusion (1 paragraph)

Summarize or analyze affects on Chicano working and solutions and use course material to support your answer

https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-outsourcing-middle-class-jobs-20160630-snap-story.html

Prepare a persuasive critique including at a minimum 3 characteristics identified in the video as to why they believe this individual fulfills this distinction.

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Watch the Malcom Gladwell interview video on youtube (link: ) (14:48) on what makes an Outlier.

Students are to identify a recent Outlier (popular within past 5-7 years). Students should prepare a persuasive critique including at a minimum 3 characteristics identified in the video as to why they believe this individual fulfills this distinction.

Papers should be 2-3 pages in length (not including title page and references) and must be written according to APA format. Margins, page headers, running head, and in-text citations must all follow these guidelines.