In this lesson, you will venture out and observe the people around you. Tune out what they are saying and then sit back and watch. Take notes on what type of gestures (emblems, regulators, illustrators, adaptors and affect displays – see further details below) are they using? How often do they use each one? Are they aware of these gestures? You will then use your notes to write […]

  Informative Essay Revision Due Week 7 and worth 150 points Have you ever needed just the facts? At times a formal, objectively written approach is more appropriate or even critical for establishing credibility so that your audience will listen and get informed! The key to informative writing is making the shift from personal opinion to objective facts. This assignment will provide you with the […]

  Only Read Chapter 6 Students are expected to have completed the assigned readings prior to attending that class session – and be prepared to comment critically. Rather than providing mere summaries of course readings, students will be asked to analyze and synthesize information from the assigned readings while reflecting on their own lived experiences using personal examples, situations they observe in organizations and within […]

   Essay 2: Research Paper For your second essay, you will be responsible for researching and writing an argumentative essay. Your paper should be three and a half to four pages, and you should use MLA formatting. Your paper will use three outside sources, and these will be documented in your paper via in-text citations and on your Works Cited page. I will provide you […]

After reviewing the discussion of genre in Chapter 4 of Film: From Watching to Seeing, demonstrate your understanding of one selected genre using a feature-length film. Note: Several films are listed in Chapter 4 as emblematic of a specific genre. You are allowed to choose a film or genre not mentioned in Chapter 4, but you are strongly encouraged to email your professor to receive […]

   This opening paragraph should include: Hook, Author, Title, Main character (s) you are focusing your literary analysis essay on, A short summary of the novel, and Thesis statement, which is debate-able and narrow in focus, and which  you will argue for in the body of your essay using specific details, descriptions, and most importantly, direct quotations from the text.  The book name is “Another […]

  Create an Annotated Bibliography ASSIGNMENT: Using your research question, working thesis, and outline from Touchstone 1.2, create an annotated bibliography that provides a synopsis of your sources and an explanation of how you will use them. As this assignment builds on Touchstone 1.2: Write a Research Question, Thesis, and Outline, that Touchstone must be graded before you can submit your annotated bibliography. Sample Touchstone […]

 1. First, carefully read the two stories posted here and on the next page, and while you are reading them, think about the question I asked you at the end of the LECTURE.  A Dark Brown Dog.docx The Law of Life.docx  2. Then read Shakespeare’s Sonnet 19   https://www.sparknotes.com/nofear/shakespeare/sonnets/sonnet_19/  Hello everyone.  By now you have read the two stories, “The Law of Life” and “A Dark Brown Dog,” […]

Plato provided an overview of the ideal city and its people. It’s almost utopic, but much of it was in form, rather than application. Aristotle discusses the benefits and disadvantages of different governmental systems, including timocracy, oligarchy, tyranny, and democracy. How does he view democracy, and why? Does our democracy, as we practice it today, support his findings, or not? Having in mind that education, […]

Directions: Present a literary argument from one or more stories we have covered and provide adequate supports and details.  Papers must be 3-5 pages, double spaced. The Works Cited page must be included but is not counted as a page of writing. The Works Cited page must include the short story or stories you are writing about and any research material you use. The paper […]