Explain how the process of completing your research project has affected your understanding of an issue or event in society.

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Task: Explain how the process of completing your research project has affected your understanding of an issue or event in society.

Length: At least 1200 words

Sources: No minimum number of sources. Cite any sources you use in APA format.

Due date and grading: This assignment is due by the end of Week 8. It is worth 10% of your course grade and will be graded with a rubric. To view the rubric, access the assignment from the Assignments area of the classroom.

Outcomes you should achieve by completing this assignment

Organize information clearly in an explanatory essay (Course outcomes 1 and 2)
Use an introduction paragraph with a thesis statement and a concluding paragraph to frame an essay (Course outcomes 1 and 2)
Demonstrate accurate grammar and mechanics in writing (Course outcome 3)
Topic

You began your research project by reading an article from the news about a current issue or event in society. Your goal in this essay is to explain to your professor how the research and writing you have done for your research project changed your understanding of that issue or event. You will explain what changes occurred in your understanding and how those changes occurred.

Here are some questions you can consider in developing ideas for your essay:

What changes occurred in your understanding?
Do you know more about the issue/event now than you did before? (Probably!)
Do you look at the issue/event from a different perspective following your research?
Have you reconsidered opinions or assumptions that you held at the beginning of the semester?
How did those changes occur?
Which sources from your research had the greatest effect on your understanding?
Did the process of writing about your topic affect the way you thought about it?
What role did interaction with your classmates and/or professor play in your understanding of your topic?
Organizing and supporting your essay

Your essay must include an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion.

The introduction should gain your reader’s attention, orient the reader to your topic, and state your thesis.

The body of the essay should include focused body paragraphs in support of your thesis statement. There are various ways you might choose to organize information in the body of your essay. Here are some suggestions you can consider:

You might focus each body paragraph on a step of the research process and how that step affected your understanding of the issue/event.
You might focus each body paragraph on your understanding at a particular time relative to the research process (before, during, after).
You might focus each body paragraph on a particular aspect of the issue/event and explain how your understanding of that aspect developed during your research.
The essay’s conclusion should answer the question “So what?” by placing the essay’s explanations into a larger context. To accomplish this, you can consider addressing one or more of these questions:

Will your current understanding of your event/issue affect your future actions or decisions? If so, how?
What lessons—about interpreting current events, about your field of study, about the research process—can be drawn from the experience of completing the research project?
Is research of the sort done in WRTG 112 a worthwhile activity? Why or why not?
Point of view

First person (I/me/my) is appropriate in this assignment, but second person (you/your) should be avoided.

Formatting your assignment

Incorporate these elements of APA style:

Use one-inch margins.
Double space.
Use an easy-to-read font between 10-point and 12-point.
Include a title page with the title of your paper, your name, and the name of your school.

This paper is supposed to be completely first person and should be about my experience on researching and writing my research paper and what I learned from this journey. Below I will be attaching my research paper and other discussion posts to aid the writing process. I am not looking for any sources, but if you do, you can just use the same citations from my essay.
I really need this to sound personable, yet sophisticated, I really need at least a B on this paper to pass my class. Thank you. I hope that the essay is easier to write since I provided all of the necessary sources to complete the essay. Thank you so much again

Reflect on how deep knowledge words and morphemic analysis can be a useful study tool and or test-taking technique. (3 to 5 sentences or 100 to 150 words.)

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Refer to a course syllabus and identify this week’s assigned reading for A&P (or another class). Choose a chapter from this week’s assigned reading and list the deep-knowledge words from the chapter on the Vocabulary Self-Assessment ChartPreview the document. Most deep-knowledge words are in bold. You must have a minimum of 15 deep-knowledge words.

For each word, rate your understanding of the word: associative, comprehensive or generative. Fill in the box with today’s date to show your understanding as of today.

Any word that you only have an associative meaning of, use the steps in the morphemic analysis. (find at least 2 in your reading)

a. Underline the root, circle the prefixes and suffixes.

b. Look for words you know that are similar and have a common root.

c. Use this word in a sentence. Make sure the sentence is specific enough to show the true meaning of the word. Does your sentence make sense?

d. Reassemble the word and note how you can remember it, write it on your paper

For any word that you have a generative knowledge of, you must provide substantial evidence that you can use the word in the correct context and with the correct meaning by writing an original sentence on the vocabulary self-assessment chart.

Over the next few days, monitor your progress mastering these words by noting the date on the chart when you reached the generative level of understanding. When you have reached the generative level of understanding, check the word off in the progress column of the assessment chart.

Reflect on how deep knowledge words and morphemic analysis can be a useful study tool and or test-taking technique. (3 to 5 sentences or 100 to 150 words.)

Fill out the Vocabulary Self-Assessment Chart documentPreview the document (this is the same as the attachment above) and submit to this dropbox for grading

Discuss one strength and one weakness for each of these six articles on why the article may or may not provide sufficient evidence for your practice change

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Submit a summary of six of your articles on the discussion board. Discuss one strength and one weakness for each of these six articles on why the article may or may not provide sufficient evidence for your practice change.

What are the main differences between Beccaia’s and Lombroso’s explanations of the reasons people commit crimes?

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The study of modern European and  American ideas about crime and justice begins with the radical new ideas of the Age of Enlightenment.  How do these  new ideas differ from the views of crime and punishment held by the previous generations?

What are the main differences between Beccaia’s and Lombroso’s explanations of the reasons people commit crimes? How do these explanations compare and contrast with everything that you have learned during your undergraduate studies? Provide at least two examples to illustrate your point of view.

The end of 19th century brought about a new interest in juvenile delinquency. Summarize the most important findings introduced by Shaw ad McKay while focusing on the following question: can we apply their findings to explain the crime situation in the city of Chicago in the 21st century? Provide some specific examples, utilizing statistics about crime spikes in Chicago in the last decade.

The sociology of law views the law as a product of social forces. Identify at least 3 different theories about how societies develop and create their legal standards, while addressing the following question: is our current legal system, in the United States, a product of any of the theories that you  have identified?

What were the extraordinary changes in the nature of the law that took place during Holme’s time on the bench? Do you see any similarities to our times?  If yes, provide some examples, if not explain why not.

 

Discuss what conclusion can be drawn based upon this comparison and analysis.

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For this essay, in an approximately 6-page paper, you will bring together at least three texts (Fire In Paradise, and two sources from your own original research) to assess key issues raised by the book. You will carefully read the book, annotate major ideas and quotes, and respond with your thoughts and ideas. Then you will use nonfiction library research to add depth to your analysis. Sources selected may be drawn from current events, historical, cultural, biographical, or other theoretical contexts, but they need to be found through the library database. Compare the ways in which these three texts (the book, and two sources from your research) address a topic of your choice, and discuss what conclusion can be drawn based upon this comparison and analysis.

Since this is a synthesis essay in which various parts are being connected together to form a cohesive argument.buse templates from to present the arguments. They Say/I Say:Academic Writing 4th Edition pages 101-114.

Develop your topic and argument logically and cohesively.

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In the following assignment, you will write a literary analysis of the poems below ( Ive also attached them as a file)
– you can critique each poem in their own paragraph & then do a summation of the 2 poems in 1 paragraph. Im okay with whichever think you way its best for literary analysis
Poetry
“Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night”
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rage at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see the blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
B Dylan Thomas (1914 – 1953)
“Psalm of Life”
Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream! –
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.
Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.
Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
Is our destined end or way;
But to act, that each to-morrow
Find us farther than to-day.
Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.
In the world’s broad field of battle,
In the bivouac of Life,
Be not like dumb, driven cattle!
Be a hero in the strife!
Trust no Future, howe’er pleasant!
Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Act,–act in the living Present!
Heart within, and God o’erhead!
Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time;
Footprints, that perhaps another,
Sailing o’er life’s solemn main,
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again.
Let us, then, be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait.
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 – 1882)
In your essay, you will present both comparisons (similarities) and differences (contrasts) of the authors’ development of the themes of life and death. Be sure to analyze tone, metaphor, simile, diction, style, and most importantly, the core meaning of the selections. I don’t needs author life story.
Content Requirements
Develop your topic and argument logically and cohesively.
Your thesis should drive the content of your essay.
State specific examples of the literary techniques in your essay (for example, don’t just say the author uses a rhyme pattern to convey his message; be specific about how and why.) no plagiarism
you can critique each poem in their own paragraph & then do a summation of the 2 poems in 1 paragraph. Im okay with whichever think you way its best for literary analysis

Prepare a four to six page persuasive or informational essay on a topic of your choice.

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Prepare a Speech

Review the steps for preparing and delivering an effective speech that you explored in the textbook and in the learning activities.
Prepare a four to six page persuasive or informational essay on a topic of your choice.
Use the following checklist to ensure that your speech is effective:

Choose a topic that is relevant and interesting to your audience, with a clear purpose.
Ensure that you adequately research your topic.
Include an introduction that gains attention and orients the audience.
Be sure that your speech is clear, vivid, appropriate, well-organized, and powerful.
Be sure that each main point is supported adequately.
Create a speech with personal style by asking direct questions and creating immediacy.
Be sure that your conclusion summarizes your thesis and provides closure.

Assignment Submission:

The use of outside resources is strongly recommended, and all speeches must be cited using current APA format.

Policy Change in the United States Justice System

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Essay 3: Proposing Change Within an American System or Institution

Background: For Essay 2, you learned about and critiqued one specific American system or institution in light of its racial/systemic bias. Essay 3 will ask you to pivot. You will focus on your Essay 2 topic, but rather than critiquing, you will propose change with the intention to persuade. Worth up to 150 Essay points.

Prompt: In an essay of at least 2,000 words, respond to this prompt: Propose some type of meaningful, reasonable change in policy or procedure as a means of mitigating or reducing racial bias within a specific American system or institution. Use at least 4 credible sources, at least one of which originates from OneSearch. (Do not use a dictionary or encyclopedia as a source.) Include a works-cited page, which does not factor into the word-count.

Audience: Write to persuade a skeptical audience by “selling them” on your idea and its effectiveness. How will this inform the approach and the rhetorical tools you use in your argument? (Review elements of persuasion in your textbook.)

Some considerations/paragraph ideas:

  • What level/who is responsible to implement this plan/policy/practice? (local, state, national)
  • What would such a plan/policy/practice entail (funding, time, training, among many other factors)?
  • What would that look like and how might it be achieved?
  • Who is the intended group for implementation? Would it affect other groups/people?
  • Timeframe for implementation?
  • How might this plan/policy/practice gain support?
  • Any successful comparisons or examples, or reasonable speculation about its potential effectiveness?
  • Potential downsides and/or limitations of this plan/policy/practice?
  • Counterparagraph: What about….? Yes, but…?

Warning: Stay focused on the prompt! While your intro will contextualize the issue and your body paragraphs may refer to some of the problems, in this essay you are not critiquing and evaluating the system or institution. Your primary task is to propose reasonable, even achievable, solutions and to convince skeptical readers of their necessity/importance.

Assignment details:

  1. To support your ideas, use at least 4 credible, approved sources. While you do not have to use an academic or peer reviewed source, at least one of your sources must originate from OneSearch. Do not use a dictionary or encyclopedia. Again, all of your sources must be approved by me before you proceed. If you find new sources during your research process, do not move forward with them until I’ve given the okay.
  2. Intro and thesis: Keep it under ¾ of the first page.
  3. Include more than three body paragraphs. For this particular essay, I suggest at least six. One body paragraph should address opposing views. All body paragraphs should include at least one source, well integrated and cited. Rule of thumb: if your body paragraph reached one full page or more, see where you can break it into two paragraphs.
  4. MLA page-layout: 1” margins; 12-pt. TNR font; double-spaced from start to finish. Include a title and paginate. Use MLA formatting when introducing and citing sources and format the sources in your essay as they are formatted on the works cited page.
  5. Provide a correctly-formatted works cited page that includes all of the sources used in your final draft. The works cited list does not count toward the word-count minimum.
  6. Turnitin score should be under 12%. You will get a chance to test-run one of your final drafts and lower your score, if needed, before submitted your essay.
  7. Your analysis should be written with college prose; that is, using complete sentences, correctly spelled words, and lacking grammatical errors. It should show evidence of having been proofread, too (no typos).

Discuss the implications of being a first generation college student. What are the challenges these students face vis-a-vis identity, culture, family obligations and pressures, feeling “othered” from fellow students on campus?

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Discuss the implications of being a first generation college student. What are the challenges these students face vis-a-vis identity, culture, family obligations and pressures, feeling “othered” from fellow students on campus? How might students approach these challenges to move towards eventual academic and personal success? Utilizing the works of Castro and perhaps Rodriguez, coupled with an outside academic source, analyze the implications and approaches to being a first generation college student.
Suggestions for outside reading include essays on first generation student success rates, campus housing limitations for first generation students, the non-traditional college student in the classroom, programs designed and implemented to encourage first generation college student success, inclusivity culture on campus or lack thereof on college campuses.

Demonstrate how problem-posing approaches to education benefit the student and the classroom environment at large. In other words, why is Freire such a staunch advocate for the implementation of problem-posing education over the long utilized banking concept? What are the potential advantages to transitioning away from a banking concept and towards problemposing? In an education system struggling with maintaining student success (such as here in America) how could problem-posing curriculum lead to advancement in education? Utilizing Freire’s work coupled with an outside academic source, analyze the problem-posing educational theory and the implications of such an approach being implemented in the educational curriculum of struggling systems.
Suggestions for outside reading include essays on Finland’s educational system (currently ranked the most successful education system of industrialized countries), the Montessori method of education, which mirrors many of Freire’s tenets, or articles on contemporary career expectations/what interviewers are looking for in potential hires (the ability to readily problem solve).

Sherry Turkle, a professor of the Social Studies of Technology, has written extensively about the effects of technology on human relationships. What evidence does Turkle provide for her main argument that technology has served to diminish the quality of our relationships?

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Have a look at the assignment question below ii) Now read the sample review. Read the accompanying comments on the side as you go. Is this is a well written review in your opinion?
Critical review task
Sherry Turkle, a professor of the Social Studies of Technology, has written extensively about the effects of technology on human relationships. Read Chapter 1 (Connectivity and its discontents) from her book Alone Together: Why we expect more from technology and less from each other. What evidence does Turkle provide for her main argument that technology has served to diminish the quality of our relationships? How persuaded are you by this argument?