Choose one of the poems discussed in the Voices and Visions: Emily Dickinson video and explain what it is about and how you think some aspect of her life might have affected her writing of the poem.

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In Emily Dickinson’s poems “My Life Had Stood a Loaded Gun” and “I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died,” she speaks in the voice of someone (or something) different from herself. In one poem she is a speaking gun; in the other she is dead. What effect does this have for the reader? What does it tell you about Dickinson that she so easily identifies with something other than her own experience or identity?
Choose one of the poems discussed in the Voices and Visions: Emily Dickinson video and explain what it is about and how you think some aspect of her life might
have affected her writing of the poem.
Please read the PowerPoint on Emily Dickinson and read the assigned poems. Then, using a “Work Overview” from one of her poems, write about the opinion in the overview of what the poem means and how you understand it. You do not have to agree with the overview’s author’s opinion. Discuss the poem, quote from it and from the overview, and follow MLA Style when you document your sources.

What is the concern/issue identified for the focus of the interaction between the client system and social worker?

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SW 427

Individual Assessment Assignment

This assignment is an exercise in assessing a client system from the content and process of your engagement with an elder during the semester.  Using the Individual Assessment format that follows, the assessment will provide an opportunity to organize information from your experience with an elder for the purpose of understanding the elder and his or her situation, and proposing alternatives for promoting her or his well-being. In practice this review should take 3 to 4 hours of interviewing, one hour of documentation and at least three hours of writing the narrative.

Please cite any resources used (follow APA format) and the persons with whom you consulted or collaborated to complete this assignment. Only typed narratives will be accepted. This should be double spaced, with a cover page.

  1. Identifying Information

Client system demographics (i.e. race, age, gender, work environment (if applicable), living environment, location of residence, etc.)

  1. Presenting Concerns/Issues

What is the concern/issue identified for the focus of the interaction between the client system and social worker? How does the client system perceive his/her situation/concerns?  What does the situation mean to him/her? Identify concerns/issues in order of priority from highest to lowest from the perspective of the client system and from the perspective of others significant in the client system experience.

  1. Background of the Concerns/Issues

How did the situation come to be as it is?  How long has it been occurring?

What has been done up to the point of the interaction between the client system and social worker to manage the concerns/issues?  What is the intensity of the concern/issue?  What stressors are emerging as a result of the concern/issue or are contributing to the concern/issue?  What intrapersonal, interpersonal, and/or contextual factors and forces are

impacting the situation?

  1. History

Provide relevant medical/health/physical; psychiatric; education; economic, employment; family dynamics; experience of physical, sexual, and/or emotional abuse; spiritual; and/or developmental history.

  1. Current Functioning/Mental Status

Appearance: dress, posture, body movement; Speech: speed, volume, pattern, tone; Emotional Adjustment: affect, mood, stability/volatility; Thought Process/Cognitive Functioning: content, perception, associations, comprehension, judgment, reasoning; Sensory Perceptions: hearing, sight, hallucinations; Mental Capacities: orientation to person, place, time, concentration, memory, intelligence; Attitude

  1. Family/Economic/Social/Spiritual/Cultural Situation

Create an ecomap of the client system’s current relationships and interactions.  Describe the contents of the ecomap.

  1. Coping Mechanisms/Resourcefulness

Identify general client system strengths and the functional strengths that are associated with each of the general strengths

  1. Goal Development

Who and/or what is the focus of the planned change effort? What are the client system’s desired outcomes/goals?  [The wording of the goals reflects the principles of clarity, specificity, measurability, reality, legality, and positivity.]  How will/might progress toward and/or achievement of the desired outcomes/goals be measured?

  1. Motivation

Identify the direction and strength of the motivation for and commitment to addressing the presenting concerns/issues and achieving desired outcomes/goals.

  1. Conclusions/Summary

Briefly summarize the evidence [factual data and observations] and develop hypotheses that reflect alternative explanations of the situation.  Relate the hypotheses to theory.

  1. Plan Development

What alternative(s) exist for managing the concerns/issues and achieving the desired outcomes/goals?  What alternative(s) is (are) recommended?  What intervention strategies will be employed to achieve desired outcomes?  Identify evidence that supports the recommended interventions. What actions by whom and when will be necessary to achieve desired outcomes?  What challenges [real, perceived or potential obstacles] to achieving the desired outcomes might be present?  What can be done to manage or avert the challenges?)

  1. Ethical/Value Dimensions

Identify and discuss the ethical and value issues involved in this situation.

  1. 13. Write a summary of the content, process, and outcome of your experience over the semester with your elder.

Reflect on the meaning of this experience for both you and your elder.  What changes have you observed in your elder? How has this experience impacted your elder and you? What have you learned?  How will what you have learned affect your practice as a generalist social worker?

 

 

 

Discuss one or both of these two women and how they affected how we now understand Emily Dickinson’s works

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Discuss the influence of Susan Huntington Gilbert Dickinson and (or) Mabel Loomis Todd, two women who sought to publish Emily Dickinson’s works, on her poetry and on her work in general. Susan Dickinson inspired many of Emily Dickinson’s poems ; Mabel Todd edited them. Discuss one or both of these two women and how they affected how we now understand Emily Dickinson’s works—choose at least two of Dickinson’s poems to support your thesis. Include a Questia article in your research.

Please write a short story about a situation or conflict of your choice

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Please write a short story about a situation or conflict of your choice, in either the first person or the third person and in either the present tense or the past tense—the choices are yours. Your story should be no longer than five pages.
You should make ample use of detail and imagery, avoiding abstractions, generalizations, and Please write a short story about a situation or conflict of your choice. Details should be both concrete and significant—and keep in mind that an image appeals to one or more of the five senses. Remember to have confidence in your own, unique voice (a combination of diction, syntax, rhythm, idiom). Remember, too, that conflict is the engine of any good narrative, and that in a story something has to change. Don’t forget about rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.

In 3-5 paragraphs (about 500-600 words), provide the historical and cultural environment for the society of the time, as well as a general overview of the major mythic elements.

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In 3-5 paragraphs (about 500-600 words), provide the historical and cultural environment for the society of the time, as well as a general overview of the major mythic elements. Next, you will create an annotated bibliography of a minimum of 6 sources, using MLA or APA format. You must complete both an abstract and an annotated bibliography that contains specific elements for this assignment. Therefore, it is critical that you follow the directions provided as you create this assignment.
Select one area of concentration:

Greek/Roman mythology
Indian/Asian mythology
Germanic/Norse mythology
African mythology
North/South American mythology

Write a thesis statement that narrows the scope of your project. This is a single sentence that states the theme that you are going to investigate. See the “Guide to Writing an Annotated Bibliography” for more information.
Locate 6 potential sources; 2 of which must be either scholarly books or articles from an academic journal. The remaining 4 may be web-based. Only ONE of these web sources can be an encyclopedic site, e.g. Wikipedia, About.com, Britannica online, etc .

What is your plan for future success? What strategies are you going to use?

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How does this major connect with your career/future goals? *
Please tell us why you left and why you now feel you are ready to return. *
What is your plan for future success? What strategies are you going to use? *
(the major is computer science.

Is Extreme Parenting Effective?

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Is Extreme Parenting Effective? Possibilities: yes or no. Your answer and reasons become your thesis and main points.

We begin with the primary source Amy Chua who talks about driving her two girls to excellence. The secondary sources are all the articles written in response to Chua, some for, most against.

Sources
Minimum of Chua’s article and two articles from the secondary sources in your Reading Assignments: Carey, Brooks, Kolbert, and Cha. The source may not speak specifically on your main point, but you may find valuable information, examples, or statistics.

Length
Minimum of 650 words. Try not to go more than 100-200 words over the minimum.

Process
Generate ideas. Post to Discussion.

Organize ideas that you generated in Discussion on Pro-Con Sheet. Submit to Dropbox

Outline ideas. Submit to Dropbox.

Write rough draft.

Read articles and highlight/note points, examples, and statistics that are relevant to your essay.

Use mixture of summary, paraphrase, and quotation to integrate your sources.

Include Outline & Works Cited Page

What is rapid sequence intubation (RSI)

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What is rapid sequence intubation (RSI)
The benefits associated with RSI
The risks associated with RSI
Implementation of RSI in South Africa and the challenges of RSI in South Africa (as paucity of SA data)

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Focus on at least four laws or cultural practices in Part Two of Utopia to argue that More uses reason and logic to eliminate or control human failings, i.e., deadly sins, present in his sixteenth-century culture. For example, how do Utopians use laws/customs to control or eliminate lust? The seven deadly sins are pride, greed, gluttony, lust, sloth, envy, and anger. Use direct quotes from Utopia to support your argument.
Address the required topic for that text
• Use evidence from the literary text (quotes) to support your argument(s).
• Include a works cited page for quotes from the literary text.
Use a standard essay format: introduction, supporting paragraphs, and a conclusion.

What are some of the essay’s best sensory descriptions? Where could it use more?

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after reading the essay my struggle with eating disorders. Can you answer all the question in here
1. CONFLICT
Does the story have a clear strong conflict, in which you can answer what they want, what’s in the way and why it’s important?
What is it?
Is it resolved by the end?
How might the conflict be more clear or impactful?
o 2. DESCRIPTIONS
What are some of the essay’s best sensory descriptions?
Where could it use more?
How might they help you imagine the story better?
o 3. ORGANIZATION
How is the essay organized?
Does it capture your attention right away or does it take a while to get going? Is there a better place for it to begin?
What question is holding you in suspense? Is it held until the end of the essay?
Does the essay avoid unnecessary tangents and details?
Any parts which might need to be cut?
o 4. DIALOGUE
Where might the essay include more or less dialogue?
How might they make it sound more natural or interesting?
Is it punctuated correctly?
o 5. VOICE
Where does it feel like the narrator’s natural voice really comes through
Where could it come through more?
Any clichés and overly formal language they should avoid?
o 6. PURPOSE
What is the main point of the essay?
How might the author’s insights and reflections on the story be more clear?

o 7. OVERALL
Any other suggestions to help improve the essay?