Write a 600-750 word essay about a scene from Beowulf or from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight that was NOT included in the film adaptation you watched. Explain why it was excluded and what it would have brought to the film if it had been included.

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DISCUSSION ESSAY

You have watched two film adaptations of medieval stories. Write a 600-750 word essay about a scene from Beowulf or from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight that was NOT included in the film adaptation you watched. Explain why it was excluded and what it would have brought to the film if it had been included. Say whether or not the film adaptation is successful. Use MLA style for your essay.

Provide an exploration of the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic qualifies an an adverse childhood experience to be a predictor of homelessness.

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DISCUSSION ESSAY

Provide an exploration of the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic qualifies an an adverse childhood experience to be a predictor of homelessness.

How does poetry stimulate the imagination? Examine its role in the development of appreciation in the natural world and in developing imagination in children.

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Poetry

How does poetry stimulate the imagination? In this first assignment you will examine its role in the development of appreciation in the natural world and in developing imagination in children.

Select one poem from among those read this week in each of the following sections:

  • Animals and Nature
  • Poems to Stimulate the Imagination
  • Verse, Riddles and Wordplay, or Nonsense

Write a 350- to 700-word paper wherein you explain the following:

  • Your choice of poems
  • How poems can instill an appreciation for animals and the natural world in children
  • The role of rhythms, moods, images, and patterns in your chosen poems
  • How the rhythms, moods, images, and patterns in your chosen poems add to or detract from the poem
  • How poems can stimulate imagination in children
  • The benefits of teaching poetry to children

 

Introduce the essay by explaining the activity (what are the steps you did to prepare yourself). Describe the place that you chose to do your deep listening exercise, and explain why this place was meaningful to you (why you chose it).

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Assignment 2: John Cage 4’33” Deep Listening Reflection

Parameters: At least 500 words, double spaced 12 pt. Font (Times New Roman or Cambria) with 1″ margins.
USE MS WORD OR PDF TO UPLOAD FILE
Grading: You will be graded on completeness (answering all the questions in your essay), thoughtfulness in your responses, and quality of your writing (good grammar, construction and organization).

Instructions:
Find a safe place outside that is meaningful to you where you can sit undisturbed for some time.
Sit comfortably, with your back straight and your arms and shoulders relaxed, placing your hands in your lap or on your thighs.
Take 3-5 deep breaths to center yourself.
For 15 minutes (set a timer on your phone) close your eyes and open your ears to all of the sounds around you, as if it was a musical performance
Make mental note of the things you hear, and how they make your feel. They might bring up thoughts and memories, but once they pass, re-focus your mind on the sounds you are hearing.
After you do this deep listening exercise, write a reflection about your experience that includes the following:

Introduction:
Introduce the essay by explaining the activity (what are the steps you did to prepare yourself)
Describe the place that you chose to do your deep listening exercise, and explain why this place was meaningful to you (why you chose it).

Body:
Give an accounting of the sounds you heard from start to finish
Explain the sounds that you heard, and describe them in detail
Describe the thoughts, memories, feelings and emotions you felt during the deep listening

Conclusion
Reflect on the experience – explain what you liked about it and what was challenging
Discuss whether or not you heard the sounds as being musical, the way John Cage interprets sounds
Describe your overall experience of the activity

Choose an Enlightenment author and one of his/her works and discuss the prevailing theme(s) and sentiments(s) of the work, its place and/or importance in its own time, and its influence on modern day thoughts and beliefs.

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Enlightenment Essay

Choose an Enlightenment author and one of his/her works and discuss the prevailing theme(s) and sentiments(s) of the work, its place and/or importance in its own time, and its influence on modern day thoughts and beliefs. Major authors of the Enlightenment include Immanuel Kant, Rene Descartes, Voltaire, Denis Diderot, Jean le Rond D’Alembert, David Hume, James Beattie, Mary Wollstonecraft, Ben Franklin, and the Marquis de Sade. For your search, you may use the electronic resources available through Library Services such as Lit Finder, J-STOR, or Academic Search Complete, or any other good quality database for this assignment. Students should write in 3rd person perspective. The paper should include in-text citations for any quotes or ideas used and a Work Cited page to acknowledge the source(s) of the essay.

Describe how things ended; was the dilemma resolved, unresolved, or worsened by subsequent situations? In your opinion, how could things have been handled more ethically?

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Mark Twain’s tongue-in-cheek advice to youth

PROMPT A:

This week we read Mark Twain’s tongue-in-cheek advice to youth. Select two of the readings and two of the video clips and create your own list of advice to youth. Be sure to list the readings and clips you selected. Your list can be ironic like Mark Twain’s, but it cannot be offensive. Offensive, for the purposes of this assignment, means singling out any group or gender as the target of inappropriate comments and insults. Remember, your list should aim at getting youth to behave ethically.

PROMPT B:

It is very likely that while you read some of the selections for this week or watched the video clips you remembered a situation in which you, or someone you know, were faced with (directly or indirectly) an ethical dilemma. This could include a workplace situation, or an issue at your house of worship, or even discovering a secret about one of your neighbors.

  • Describe the scenario/problem/dilemma
  • Were cultural differences involved?
  • Describe how things ended; was the dilemma resolved, unresolved, or worsened by subsequent situations?
  • In your opinion, how could things have been handled more ethically?

Reading options

Norton Reader:

 

Research the status of sea level rise in South Florida today and the ways in which it is being addressed through State processes.

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Sea level rise in South Florida

Think about a reason given by those who disagree with your position for the topic you have chosen in this module: Focus on one reason, not all the possible arguments that they might make. Now, summarize that point as accurately as you can (about 50-75 words). Then, write a refutation or rebuttal to their point (about 100 words).

My topic is: Research the status of sea level rise in South Florida today and the ways in which it is being addressed through State processes. Make an argument that the solutions today are or are not sufficient.

Here is a link to a web page that will help you get started with your research: https://sealevelrise.org/states/florida/.

After interacting with the “Additional Resources” section on Borges, discuss what is Magical Realism? Does Borges use Magical Realism in his work “The Garden of the Forking Paths”? How effective is this technique to allow us to see the text from a unique perspective?

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 Magical Realism

After interacting with the “Additional Resources” section on Borges, discuss what is Magical Realism? Does Borges use Magical Realism in his work “The Garden of the Forking Paths”? How effective is this technique to allow us to see the text from a unique perspective? Use evidence from the story to support your argument in about 500 words

 

Discuss the relevance of Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song” and “War” to Caribbean identity.

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DISCUSSION ESSAY

Discuss the relevance of Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song” and “War” to Caribbean identity.

summarize the story you read. Using your knowledge of Spanish, you will describe details of Luis’s family and what you learned about their lives.

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THE STORY OF LUIS – SUMMARIZATION

In this lesson, you will summarize the story you read. Using your knowledge of Spanish, you will describe details of Luis’s family and what you learned about their lives. In six sentences, in Spanish, summarize what Luis has shared about his family. Do not use a translator. Your sentences will be short and simple. You should use the vocabulary and structures modeled. Your summary should contain the most important pieces of what Luis shared