If you could “unlearn” anything from your formal or informal education, what would it be?

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Diagnostic Writing

If you could “unlearn” anything from your formal or informal education, what would it be?

Compare and contrast driving in the winter and driving in the summer. Describe a single memorable day in your life. Explain why a certain sport is your favorite.

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Examination Questions

Answer the following questions according to the instructions given. Note that responses to both questions must be included in the same submission in order for your examination to be graded; otherwise, it will be returned to you for revision.

  1. Write a composition using one of the following topics. Your composition needs to be three to five paragraphs long. It must contain an introduction, a body, and a conclusion.
    • Argue for or against the limitation of speed limits.
    • Compare and contrast driving in the winter and driving in the summer.
    • Describe a single memorable day in your life.
    • Explain why a certain sport is your favorite.

*For the purpose of this examination, sport is defined as “an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment without a predetermined outcome.” If you choose to explain why a certain sport is your favorite, please ensure that the chosen sport fits this definition.

  1. Write an email cover letter to submit electronically for a job application. The job can be anything you choose (it doesn’t have to be based on a real job listing), but it must be a specific position. For example, if the job is at a restaurant, you might apply to be a manager or a sous chef. Use full-block style for your email’s formatting. You can base your letter on your own qualifications, or you can make up all the details you need.

Note that you cannot use a form letter or a template in constructing your response to Question 2. When you use a form letter or template, you give little to no thought to wording or formatting, and you are not actually creating your own cover letter; you are simply filling in the blanks of someone else’s work.

Checklist

Ask yourself these questions after you answer the questions for your exam.

  • Is my composition three to five paragraphs long? (It must include an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion.)
  • Did I select a topic for my composition from the list given in the instructions?
  • Did I fully expand on the topic I selected for my composition? (Example: If you chose to describe a memorable day, you should only describe one day.)
  • Does my cover letter apply to a specific job?
  • Did I include all parts of a an email cover letter?
  • Is my cover letter written in full-block style?
  • Did I answer both questions on my own, without help from the Internet?
  • Are both answers saved in one document?
  • Is my work saved as a Microsoft Word document or in Rich Text Format?

 

 

In an 1800 essay, based on the short story “her head a village” and “going to the moon” to analyze one broad social issue from the list below.

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CASE STUDY

Based on the short story “her head a village” and “going to the moon” analyze one broad social issue from the list below. You must also incorporate real life events (list is provided) to elaborate on the social issues as well.

In an 1800 essay, based on the short story “her head a village” and “going to the moon” to analyze one broad social issue from the list below. You must also incorporate real life events to elaborate on the social issues as well. Topics and real life events to research are also provided

Step 1 Social Issue. Choose one of the issues listed below and do some research to understand how that issue has been discussed and made significant in Canadian society. You will incorporate this research into your final paper.

Step 2: The Essay. Based on the two texts ( I also attached here), your goal is to analyze the broad social issue that you have chosen from the list below. Your essay can take any approach that you like. You might compare how this issue is represented, argued about and/or resolved in the two texts. Do the literary texts tell us something new or different about the issue from what is presented in the social commentary? In what ways are literary features of the texts—including imagery, narrative structure, and characterization—employed to develop a discussion or representation of this issue in the texts?

You don’t have to agree with how the texts address the issue, necessarily. This assignment gives you the opportunity to engage in discussion of a larger social issue, using the literary texts as well as information from your more general research into events and social and cultural debates. You can debate with the literary texts if you like!
The scope for this essay is quite broad. You are encouraged to take time to plan your essay, decide early on a specific question or focus, and use your skills in outlining and drafting.

Social Issues – Preparing for Research

Introduction
In this assignment, you will read about events and debates which contributed to discussion around multiculturalism and identity politics in Canada in the 1990s. As Kamboureli notes, much of this discussion was based in concerns around the politics of representation and echoes issues we have examined in the fiction. You will also be encouraged to consider, as Kamboureli does, how these discussions have shifted today. In this assignment, you will study in detail a particular issue as it is explored in this historical material.
In her introduction to the anthology, Kamboureli argues that “the period between the mid-1980s and the mid-1990s was intensely characterized by specific manifestations of that trait Canadians want to believe is peculiar to them, anxiety about identity. Anxiety about the tensions between the dominant and the minority cultures was hardly a new development at that time, but a certain confluence of events and circumstances marked the era in ways that continue to resonate today”. The following research will help you to become knowledgeable of these events and circumstances and to engage critically with the issues and debates that were raised. Before engaging with the questions below, take a moment to reread Kamboureli’s summary of these events in her introduction to the second edition; this summary is in the first 2 paragraphs of the section entitled “Canlit and Its Trauma of Belatedness.”
Choose 1 of the following issues as a focus. Then, as you research the historical events and debates listed below, consider how they express, develop and comment on this focus issue. Remember that this research and reflection will, together with your analysis of this issue in two literary texts, form the basis of your essay.

Broad Social Issues:
Socially-constructed positions of identity. How are different positions constructed in society (what images are used, what power is associated)? How are conflicts between these positions negotiated?
The relationship between cultural identity, history and memory.
Authority and Authenticity. Who can speak? Who should speak? Questions of Power.
Balancing identities based on nation, religion, culture, sexuality, and gender, and the question of freedom. What happens when freedoms conflict?

Experiences of Immigration and Multiculturalism

Choose news articles to elaborate on the news issue. For this research you may find the Canadian newsstand database, CBCA Reference and Current Events particularly useful, as well as government documents. Based on one of the broad issues listed above, explore several of the topics and events below, looking at how the issue or debate is defined and articulated. You will then combine this information with your analysis of that issue in the fiction.
As you look for information, you will find essays and arguments, news reports, debates between writers in newspapers and possibly some government documents. Your goal is to get a sense of the large issue being addressed. Many of these events happened over 20 years ago; to place them in context, you may also want to do some research on how similar issues are addressed in the media and in cultural commentary today.

Why did the protest take place? What was the inciting incident? What is the background to that incident? Who organized the protest? Who were the protesters?

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Call for change!

Instructions
The topic you select for this assignment must be a protest or event where people are seeking change. The following are some possible topics for you to consider:

Protests over the death of George Floyd
Ontario high school students walk out for climate change
Indigenous Day of Action
G20 Summit
Idle No More
Not Another Black Life
Occupy
Hong Kong Umbrella protests
Arab Spring
Oka crisis

If there is a topic you are interested in that is not on the previous list, you may pursue it as long as the topic you select is a protest or event where people are seeking change. If you are unsure about your topic, you may contact an ILC Academic Officer.

Research the protest or event. Use the following questions to guide your research:

Why did the protest take place? What was the inciting incident?
What is the background to that incident?
Who organized the protest? Who were the protesters?
Where and when did it take place?
Did it remain peaceful or were there damage or casualties?
Did any change result from the protest?
Bold text startSelect the type of media productBold text End you want to create. You must choose to create one of the following options.

Option 1: Photo essay

Check out some examples of photo essays online. Media outlets like The New York Times and Time magazine share a variety of examples.
Create a photo array of 6-9 photos that appropriately captures your topic. Since you were likely not taking photos at any of these events, you will have to research online for images. As this is a school project, not for profit, you will not have to pay royalties, but be sure to credit the photos you choose using proper MLA format. Check out the MLA Citation Guide to review the MLA citation style that you’ve been using throughout the course.
Aim to narrate a story with your photo essay. Include a title or write a caption for each photo. Think about the overall message(s) you want to convey with your photo essay about the chosen topic and make deliberate choices with your selection and arrangement of photos and title/captions to build the message(s). What do you want your audience to take away from your photo essay?

Why you decided on this topic.
A brief description of the events you are portraying, which should include your research – reason, name of organization, date and place, and other relevant information.
Explain at least three decisions you made in shaping your assignment.
Describe a challenge you encountered and how you overcame it.
For this assignment, you will need to submit your photo essay or podcast and your artist’s statement.

Your teacher-marker will grade and provide feedback on your work using the following success criteria and rubric. Before submitting your assignment, review the success criteria and rubric. If you are unsure about how to format your assignments, citation or what constitutes plagiarism, please review the following support pages:

Referencing and Formatting Submission Guidelines(Opens in new window)
Avoiding Plagiarism Guide(Opens in new window)
Success criteria and rubric

Photo essay:

Selects elements that represent different perspectives.
Organizes elements logically (media production).
Shows balanced, journalistic coverage of the event.
Shows care for detail and presentation.
Uses images or voice for maximum effect on the audience.
Uses images or voice with purpose and intentionality.

Artist’s statement:

Contains background details on the event.
Shows depth of consideration of goals and challenges.
Demonstrates a strong command of the English language.
Uses appropriate tone/voice for purpose and audience.
Organizes ideas logically and concisely.

Adheres to the conventions of grammar, sentence structure, and spelling as appropriate for the purpose.

What stood out to you about Tuesday’s assigned reading? How do each of these essays view language and/or education? What do you think of their viewpoints?

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Ancillary Assignment for 1/17

Respond to the following questions in two short paragraphs:

Reading Reflection:

1)What stood out to you about Tuesday’s assigned reading? How do each of these essays view language and/or education? What do you think of their viewpoints?

2)Writing Project 1 Topic Brainstorm: What are some potential WP1 topics? What is interesting about these topics? What do you feel like you need to say about this topic? Does this topic connect to the readings in any way?

These questions are prompts to help guide your reflections, but you do not have to answer every question. Just make sure to have two short paragraphs: one about the reading, the other about potential WP1 topics.

Answer to1) 4,badenglish_fromminorfeelings,shouldwritersusetheirownenglish
Answer to 2)

What was your main point? What reasons did you provide in your attempt at persuasion? Why were you (un)persuasive with this topic and this particular audience? Explain what caused your success or failure.

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Introductory essay

Read What is Argumentation? (pp. 6-11) in the Introduction 1 of the English 200: Expository Writing II textbook. Then complete the Introductory Assignment and upload it to this assignment.

Your Assignment: Identify a time when you were OR were not successful in persuading an audience (a person or a group of people) to act upon, agree with, or believe a particular idea.

  • What was your main point?
  • What reasons did you provide in your attempt at persuasion?
  • Why were you (un)persuasive with this topic and this particular audience? Explain what caused your success or failure.

Purpose:

The purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate your awareness of argumentation at the start of the semester. It also introduces the teacher to your writing ability and style. This assignment is introductory, and therefore it is a low-stakes assignment. You will be given full points for completing the assignment.

Pre-Writing:

To help you complete this assignment, consider the follow prompts:

  • What formal and informal groups/organizations/communities do you belong to? (classes, clubs, societies, church/religious, dorms/floors, neighborhoods, jobs/staff, sports teams, sororities/fraternities, families, etc.)
  • What controversies/disagreements/issues exist within these groups? What are/were your ideas about these issues? Have you participated in discussions? What were your opinions and reasons?
  • Who did you try to persuade? Were these attempts formal, addressed to governing bodies, committees, councils, etc.? Or were these attempts informal, addressed to discussion participants, friends, colleagues, etc.?
  • Were you successful in your persuasive arguments? Why/Why not?

Write a critical essay in which you use Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom to answer the prompt. In your essay, provide a valid and plausible response based on your understanding of the prompt.

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Critical approach essay

Directions: Write a critical essay in which you use Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom to answer the prompt. In your essay, provide a valid and plausible response based on your understanding of the prompt. Be sure to support your writing with specific textual references in addition to any references to literary techniques and/or elements. Be sure to:

• Write a response based on the prompt

• Avoid plot summary

• Use specific textual references in addition to any references to literary techniques and/or elements to support your analysis •

Organize your ideas in a unified and coherent manner

• Follow the conventions of standard written English

Choose one of the poets (or poems) we have read for this class and write a paper that compares and contrasts the author/work to a popular contemporary poet or artist/musician. Discuss the similarities and differences in how the works interact with the social norms or cultural values of the time in which they were created.

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DISCUSSION ESSAY

OPTION ONE:

Choose one of the poets (or poems) we have read for this class and find 2-3 scholarly articles discussing the author or work you chose. Consider the assertions or claims of each of the scholarly articles, and then try to identify areas in which the scholars agree and disagree with one another. Finally, pick a side (or, come up with a new side or position) and then write a paper discussing the poet/poem, the scholarly articles, and your position.

OPTION TWO:

Choose one of the poets (or poems) we have read for this class and write a paper that compares and contrasts the author/work to a popular contemporary poet or artist/musician. Discuss the similarities and differences in how the works interact with the social norms or cultural values of the time in which they were created.

Requirements:

  • 2000 words in length
  • 2-3 scholarly sources
  • Proper MLA style (including in-text citations and Works Cited page)

 

In what way does the story reinforce or challenge (or simply describe/exemplify) some social norm or cultural value? Provide evidence from the story to support your assertion. In other words, what is some statement or message you think the story is making about people or society–and what is your evidence for that?

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DISCUSSION ESSAY

Choose one of the short stories we have read for this class. Write a paper addressing the following matters:

  • In what way does the story reinforce or challenge (or simply describe/exemplify) some social norm or cultural value? Provide evidence from the story to support your assertion. In other words, what is some statement or message you think the story is making about people or society–and what is your evidence for that?
  • Do you agree with the statement or message you think the story is putting forth–why or why not? Wherever possible, use evidence to support your position. (For example, if you believe the story is making a statement about institutional racism in the real world, refer to studies or statistics to show why you agree/disagree with the statement.)
  • What other considerations should the author or readers take into account as it relates to the underlying message or statement of the story? Did the story get some things wrong, or leave some things out? Could it have gone further to illustrate its point? Discuss matters like character, setting, plot, etc., as you analyze the story.

Requirements:

  • 1000-1500 words in length
  • 2-3 scholarly sources
  • Proper MLA style (including in-text citations and Works Cited page)

 

you think outrageous behavior is necessary for an artist or group to capture the public’s attention? Why or why not? Discuss 5 examples of extreme or outrageous behavior that artists or groups have exhibited to get the public’s attention.

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Movies

Part 1

  1. What do YOU think the top 10 movies of all time should be. List them out 1-10.
  2. Next to each movie explain why you think it should be in the top 10. It’s ok to look up what experts say are the top 10 films of all time. You may agree or you may not. I want to know what you think. Next to each movie you listed give a brief explanation as to why you included it and its significance.
  3. Are there any movies in your list that are also on the official top 10 movies of all time? Everyone’s lists may be very different and that’s ok!
  4. Next, share with us YOUR personal top 10 favorite movies. (This is an entirely different list from the first list you made).
  5. How have movies impacted your life (childhood and now)? Please include specific movies that have impacted you. Explain in detail.
  6. Share with us one movie you think everybody needs to see before they die. :)

Part 2

Answer each of the following questions in detail:

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  1. Do you think outrageous behavior is necessary for an artist or group to capture the public’s attention? Why or why not?
  2. Discuss 5 examples of extreme or outrageous behavior that artists or groups have exhibited to get the public’s attention. This does not have to be a current artist/band.
  3. Attach links or pictures to your examples.
  4. According to the most current information, what are the top ten best selling artists/bands of all time?
  5. Which artist or group do you think will be the next to make the list of all-time best selling albums?
  6. Share with us the name of an artist or band you currently are listening to. Which song of theirs would you recommend your classmate’s listen to?