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what makes Atticus finch a good father/role model

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Intro: talk about the theme of ambition in Macbeth and discuss its impact on the play as a whole as well as today in 2020 Body paragraphs: analyze two passages in the play and how Shakespeare conveys the theme in these passages. What meaning is created?

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With reference to both ‘Warren Pryor’ and ‘University,’ assess the irony of the children's responses to their parents giving them the opportunity to better themselves.

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What can be done about gun control in the United States?

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Should we continue using E-books instead of paper books?

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Our book identifies these four as sources of imaginative writing. Go to the website of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Links to an external site.) and choose one of the pictures listed below. Write four opening lines for a story based on that picture. Each line must capture one of the sources. For example, for Girl with a Pearl Earring (Links to an external site.) by Johannes Vermeer:

Dream: I will wear this on my wedding day.
Risk: Perhaps my mistress will never miss this; she has so much jewelry.
Mystery: No one would ever guess that the key to the whole puzzle lies in this earring.
Play: The last time I wore this, I had an adventure I will never forget!
Here are the pictures (you can search the site by typing in the title of the picture).

The Organ Rehearsal by Henry Lerolle
Judith with the Head of Holofernes by Lucas Cranach the Elder
The Stolen Kiss by Jean Honore Fragonard
The Happy Mother by Jean Honore Fragonard
A Dance in the Country by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
Tea by James Tiss

Journal 3 - Experiment with Genres

Choose one of the opening lines you wrote in the above exercise and write a continuation in three genres: the start of a story, a few lines of a poem, a piece of creative non-fiction. Don't worry if you don't complete these. The idea is to experiment with different genres, to help you choose the genre you want to write in for your major creative work during the rest of the course.

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In Modules 1 and 2, you practiced reviewing the writing of professional authors in your writing workshops. Those workshops were designed to help you recognize how authors use various elements of creative writing in their work, as well as practice giving feedback.

In this module, the whole class will practice together, in a large workshop. You will give the kind of feedback that you will be required to provide when you review the first and second drafts of your workshop peers' creative expressions.

Read this first draft of a short story: Kathleen Approaches a Cookie
1.Consult the rubric to help you think about what to say in your feedback.
2.Compose one or two paragraphs of feedback and post them to this discussion.

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"You will create an argument as a thesis and support it with specific quotes and concrete examples from the text as well as outside critical sources.  You will need 5 critical sources BESIDES the text itself .  You will need to have at least 3 quotations from EACH critical source. 

When you are writing your research paper, remember the following:

1.  Don't start with a  general statement.  Your focus is always the text, and what it consists of. Think of your argument as the answer to a question.  The purpose of a research paper is to analyze a specific element or character in the text. The narrower  your argument is, the stronger your argument.  Social or Historical context  (for example,  Women's rights, racism, World War II) is only important as far as it is described  by the author in the text.  Write only what is true for the text. 

2.  Be sure to incorporate your quotes from the text and from the critical sources  into your argument.  These quotes are the evidence to prove that your argument is accurate and critical to understanding the text.  You need to always do three steps:

        - Explain the meaning of the quote.

        - Show how the quote supports your argument

        -  Show how the quote is critical in understanding the text

3.  Don't use "I" or "in my opinion", or " in this essay"  .  You do not need to announce yourself. Just focus on the proving the argument.

4.  Don't summarize the plot.  You are writing for an informed audience.  Only give events from the text as a focus for your argument. 

5.  Your conclusion should be an answer to the question "why is my  argument important?"  Do not use the phrase "in conclusion"

6.  Be sure to make your argument specific.  Choose a specific character, or specific theme or element.  Do not try to include every part of your text.  Your research paper should a intensive exploration of a critical part of the text, NOT a shallow survey of everything that exists in the text. You can find detailed information about the argumentation in  our textbook, The Norton Introduction to Literature, Chapter 32, The Writing Process, starting on p. 1938,  Arguments as well as detailed information about the research process in the Chapter 33, starting on page 1951

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"Choose one of the plays, and focus on 1 scene from the play that  is crucial to the entire play. 

Create an argument that  proves HOW it is crucial to the play as a whole. As you create an essay ( 2- 3 pages) be sure to reveal how the scene works in the play.  Here are some important questions that your essay needs to address.

What leads up to the scene?

What is each character trying to achieve in the scene?

How does it change the remainder of the play ?

What does the playwright reveal about the characters in the scene?

How do the characters use language in the scene to try to obtain their goal in the scene?

Is the scene public or private?

Are the characters aware of other each other in the scene?

Are the characters being honest with each other?  with themselves?

The essay needs to have a beginning, a middle, and an end.  You can include a BRIEF summary of the action of the scene, but remember that you do not have to summarize the plot of the play.  Be sure to use multiple quotes as evidence to prove your argument."

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Read “Why Grammar Counts at Work ” by Susan Adams (Forbes)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2012/07/20/why-grammar-counts-at-work/#16680a7e421f

and answer the following, each in several complete sentences:

Summarize Adams’s main ideas and explain why you agree or disagree with her.
Adams concludes her article with several reasons why utilizing correct grammar and mechanics leads to career success. Choose one reason and explain it in your own words.
Given your learning from Adams’s work, as well as our lessons this week, discuss one aspect of grammar and mechanics you will be working to improve in your writing. Explain what steps you plan to take, and outline a clear goal for yourself.
Be sure that your Reflection is at least 150 words and fully answers all questions and make sure to let the Reflection Rubric guide you.

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In this assignment, read “As We Are Now.”  write a 5-7-page summary/analysis of the book using the life-course framework to explain the behaviors and outcomes of the book’s principal characters. This will not just be a review of the material. This is your opportunity to relate the issues and circumstances in the story to the material covered in this class. To accomplish this, tell us the story in one page or less. Then, you must analyze this woman’s life and death, using the life-course framework, combined with other relevant class material, as she struggled to survive in a situation that quickly developed to a level of discomfort that she found unbearable. The following are examples of the types of questions that you must ask yourself. These are suggestions; you may have questions of your own.

USING THE LIFE COURSE PERSPECTIVE AS THE UNIFYING CONCEPT, consider these
points:
•    What life events, cohort experiences and personal choices led her to this unhappy situation?
•    What are the personal and social conflicts that she confronted?
•    What are the physical and mental health factors that led to her emotional breakdown and final act of rebellion?
•    How might she have fared today? Are there safeguards in place, in the 21st Century, to prevent this from happening?

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Objective: Create an  essay comparing and contrasting two competing ideas or theories, and the relevant arguments thereof, using templates in the process.

1. The essay should be a Word or PDF file. 

2. It should be written in 12 point font, double spaced and no less than 900 words.

3. It needs to cite all sources used (3-4 sources should suffice).

Possible Topics:

1. Socialism vs Capitalism

2. Traditional vs. Online Media

3. Democracy vs. Monarchy

4. American vs French Revolution

5. Classical Music vs. Hip-hop

6. Alcohol vs Marijuana

7. Orange County vs L.A. County

8. Email the professor a suggestion. It should be commensurate with college-level discussion (i.e., no apple juice vs orange juice, Nintendo vs Playstation, Kanye vs Post Malone, etc).

“Before starting the topic, organize the thoughts in a logical manner. Develop some kind of a chart/graph/table to have a visual picture of how the final draft should look like. In this type of academic writing, it is important to focus on the comparable qualities & characteristics of the subjects/events/people to impress the target audience. It means the author should pick original criteria to draw parallels or stressing the gap between the objects.”