A research paper on Adoption – the Advantages.
Introduction
Thesis Statement
Body with 3 topics
3 sub topics for each topic
Conclusion
9 Notecards
Annotated Bibliography
Citations
Category: English and Literature : English
Due Date: Monday, 20 March at 11:59 PM
Instructions: Essays test your reading comprehension as well as your ability to articulate ideas in a clear and concise manner. Below is the second essay assignment. Read the topics carefully, and select the one that interests you the most. Please see the section “Formatting and Submission Rules” to learn how you should format and submit your essay. (You are required to incorporate a minimum of two outside sources in your essay, and you are required to include a Works Cited page.)
Topic 1: School Uniforms. In many countries, school uniforms are common. In Japan, for example, most junior high and high school students are required to wear school uniforms — a tradition that goes back to the late 19th century. The United States, on the other hand, does not have a history of requiring students to wear school uniforms; rather, school uniforms are usually reserved for private schools, especially Catholic schools. Recently, however, this has started to change. Many school administrators across the United States have been rethinking the practicality of dress codes and have instead been embracing mandatory school uniform policies. Some have praised this trend in favor of school uniforms, noting that it cultivates self-discipline among students, but others have criticized it for hampering students’ ability to express themselves. Consider the pros and cons of mandatory school uniform policies. In an essay, argue whether more schools across the United States should or should not require their students to wear uniforms.
Pre-writing assignments questions and answered are attached below please use .
A research paper on Adoption – the Advantages.
Introduction
Thesis Statement
Body with 3 topics
3 sub topics for each topic
Conclusion
9 Notecards
Annotated Bibliography
Citations
In your final project in the course, you will pick one of the roles below to perform as a writer and follow the directions related to just that one role. You will only be able to upload one file when submitting your work, so please upload the essay portion of your work and provide a Google Drive link for the multimodal element. Please remember to make the link accessible so that anyone with the link can view it. You need to officially submit this work by the day and time noted in the course calendar, but you are free to submit the work at anytime before that.
The Role of the Writer
Deliverable – a portion of a scene from a course reading, a scene substantively rewritten by you, a reflection on the rewriting on the scene, and a PowerPoint or screencast (with two sources to help make your argument).
If you choose to take on the role of the writer, you will revise a single brief moment from one of the pieces of fiction read this semester, reconsidering its action and language or shifting the perspective of the scene to present the point of view of a different character who appears in it. You may even completely reimagine a story, changing the gender or race of one of the primary characters or setting the moment in a different time period and/or location. No matter which path you choose to travel, you must retain the original themes intended by the author.
Let me use a short story to show how I might reimagine a scene:
“Georgiana,” he said, “have you ever considered that the mark upon your cheek might be removed”? “No,” she said smiling. But seeing the seriousness of his question, she said, “The mark has so often been called a charm that I was simple enough to imagine it might be so.” “On another face it might,” answered her husband, “but not on yours. No dear, Nature made you so perfectly that this small defect shocks me as being a sign of earthly imperfection.” “Shocks you!” cried Georgiana, deeply hurt. Her face reddened and she burst into tears. “Then why did you marry me? You cannot love what shocks you!” We must explain that in the center of Georgiana’s left cheek there was a mark, deep in her skin. The mark was usually a deep red color. When Georgiana blushed, the mark became less visible. But when she turned pale, there was the mark, like a red stain upon snow. The birthmark would come and go with the emotions in her heart.
Perhaps I might rewrite this scene to make Alymer both the scientist and the possessor of the birthmark, and I might make Georgiana the one who cannot stand its presence. I would need to be careful, though, that in making this choice, I am not completely changing the vision of the author. I would need to be able to argue that my rewritten version deals with the author’s intended themes.
Justification / Reflection Section for the Role of the Writer
Along with your rewritten scene, please include an, at least, 300-word reflection minimum (500 maximum). The reflection should answer the following questions:
What types of changes did you make?
Why did you make the changes you that you did?
Why do your changes not detract from the author’s original vision for his or her or their play?
The writing should be formal and follow the rules for academic writing and use APA 7th edition formatting (title, brief hook+thesis, body paragraph(s), conclusion)
The rewritten scene and reflection are two different parts of the assignment – you need to rewrite a scene + reflect on the choices you made as an author + include what you see below in the PowerPoint. The original scene, the rewritten scene, and reflection should be submitted in a single Word file together. The PowerPoint, with original language not used in the reflection, should be submitted as a Google Drive link.
Please note that citing your images does not count as using and citing sources. The sources must be meaningfully used.
Multimodal Element for the Role of the Writer
In addition to writing a scene, you will include a multimodal element, a narrated PowerPoint that addresses a board of investors interested in investing in a movie version of the story that includes your rewritten scene.
The PowerPoint should use images, words, and your voice to address the following questions:
Why would contemporary audiences be interested in a movie version or a new movie version of your story?
What are two of the story’s central themes? Remember, a theme is never a single word. A single word is called a topic or subject.
Why do those themes still resonate with modern-day audiences?
Who would star in this new production and why?
What work have the actors done in the past that would suggest they would make sense in the roles?
What types of clothing, based on the setting, region, and time period, would your primary actors in the scene wear?
What songs might you include on the soundtrack? Why did you choose the songs you did? How do they speak to the themes in the play?
Make sure that you include a title slide, an introductory slide with a hook and thesis, and body slides that focus on the argument promised within your thesis. The PowerPoint should have five body slides, so that’s eight slides overall (title slide, introductory slide, five body slides, and a References page slide)
Include two sources that you cite on the slides when used in an ending References page slide using APA 7th edition formatting, web-based (like .edu or .gov sites ) or database sources (found through library databases like ProQuest or J-Stor).
The following article is from 2018, but it’s an example of the type of resource that I mean: https://www.bustle.com/p/why-the-yellow-wallpaper-by-charlotte-perkins-gilman-should-be-required-reading-in-2018-9936873 (Links to an external site.).
https://www.ted.com/talks/kate_messner_how_to_build_a_fictional_world (Links to an external site.)
Please note that citing your images does not count as using and citing sources. The sources must be meaningfully used.
The Role of the Actor
Deliverable – performance of a scene, comparison of your scene to another actor, and written reflection (with two resources included)
Video or PowerPoint
I will admit that every now and then, I will bust out my version of Hamlet’s soliloquy, “To Be, or Not To Be.” If you’re like I am, then this is the assignment for you. Record yourself performing all of the roles in a portion of a scene from a course reading or record yourself reciting a full poem. This should be at least 2:00 minutes long and must be from a story or poem that was read and discussed in the course. Find a visual representation of your story or a reading of your poem, like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMs_eWF8oEI. Share a link to it or embed the scene into the presentation. Discuss one similarity and one difference between your approach to the scene and the other actor’s approach.
Reflection
In two pages, reflect on your performance in a formal academic essay with an appropriate title, introduction with a hook and thesis, body paragraphs (with cited sources, a conclusion, and a References page, all APA 7th edition formatted). Your thesis should note two strong points you will argue for about your performance choices and one weakness you may have noticed upon reviewing your work. For instance, when I do pretend to be Hamlet, I always pause after the second “be.” I find this to be an effective technique, adding to the suspense of the line. People have heard the line so many times that they know the ending, but I intentionally pause to disarm my audience and to allow them to savor this very famous line even more.
What conscious and unconscious choices did you make that informed the final performance as you watched yourself perform the scene? Did you change any of the words, even unconsciously? Did you use an accent, which I will admit to doing? Did you use body movements as you said the lines? Did you change your voice to reflect if it was male or female, or was that not of primary importance to you? Did you use props or change your clothes to reflect the setting and period, or did you do a reimaging of the scene, maybe taking it into modern times?
Since it’s a reflection essay, it may seem tricky to include resources, but include, at least, two sources that speak to some aspect of your performance. For instance, I may include a quote from Ruth Negga, a female who has also played Shakespeare, about her approach to vocalizing and presenting the words of a male and note a similarity or difference between our performances, or I might include a source that provides information on how actors normally approach the role of Hamlet and discuss how I did or did not follow the norm.
This is an example of a source that I might use: https://www.stagemilk.com/hamlets-advice-to-the-players/ (Links to an external site.)
These should not be generic sources on what it means to perform in a play. These should be meaningful sources like the example I include here.
Your sources should be cited within the body of your work through in-text citations and in a References page using APA 7th edition formatting.
Please note that citing your images does not count as using and citing sources. The sources must be meaningfully used.
The Role of the Literary Critic
Deliverable – a literary analysis (cited textual evidence from the story or poem you choose is required and two cited resources are required to help you make your argument) and a PowerPoint (with original language and two cited resources included to help you make your argument)
Reflect on the ideas the roles intersectionality, agency, and control play in shaping, transforming, and redefining an identity in American fiction. Pick a story or poem and consider how various societal constraints the characters or speakers cannot control impact things like their mental and physical reactions to their environments and the social, economic, and/or cultural limitations and boundaries they face. Focus on two connecting intersectional ideas (gender and race, class and race, age and ability, etc.). Using, at least, one piece of textual evidence from a story or poem in each paragraph and, at least, two cited resources, consider how the ideas function in the text.
Your thesis should have three parts: The story + the argument you will make about the story + your two or three supporting points for the argument (these are sometimes called justifications)
Thesis example – In Richard Johnson’s novel Once Again, the author uses the ideas of class and gender to demonstrate the metaphorical blindness of the characters by showing how they fail to see the social struggles of those they claim to love (first supporting point) and how they fail to recognize true love when presented with it (second supporting point).
Introduction (with a hook and thesis)
One paragraph arguing for the existence of the intersectional ideas and identity. (with cited textual evidence from the poem or story, at least one analyzed piece)
Second paragraph arguing for the existence of the intersection ideas and identity. (with cited textual evidence from the poem or story, at least one analyzed piece)
Two cited sources must appear in the body of your argument
Conclusion
References page
You may focus on health-care related issues or social, professional, and/or cultural concerns, maybe even both.
Please include two resources, credible web-based resources (.edu or .gov only) and/or library database resources (from databases like J-Stor and ProQuest). This should be a formally written and formally formatted argument that includes analyzed textual evidence and full accountability for all of the sources used.
Here is a way to think about how to approach the paper: I’ve seen “The Yellow Wallpaper” reduced to being described as a story about a woman’s descent into madness, but is that what the story is really about? Does she descend into madness, or is she driven into a precarious psychological situation by constraints placed upon her by others based on her gender and domestic and social standing? Is the story really about a progressive loss of psychological and even physical control, or does the experience of being victimized by her husband, his role as a doctor, and the society he represents result in a creative rebirth where, in the end, the woman triumphantly re-envisions her “self”?
When looking for a source to use in my paper, I might paraphrase and cite from a source like this one: Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in particular, American women considered deviant or morally corrupt were deemed mentally unwell and subjected to medical institutionalization. Superficially, this may have looked like a product of early psychiatric innovation; however, the pathologization and institutionalization of deviant women actually functioned as a heavily classed and raced form of social control designed to preserve the gender roles of the time. Specifically, women’s mental health and minds were medicalized, with traditional domesticity viewed as the perceived cure. At the same time, the very fact that the patriarchal establishment considered it necessary to medicalize nonconforming female behavior suggests that women of various backgrounds were indeed challenging and creating resistance to gendered expectations. The medical act of framing female autonomy as a form of mental illness sought to obstruct women from having the agency to make social change in terms of gender.
Autonomous and Insane: The Gendered, Classed, and Raced Pathologization of Women’s Minds
This should be a formally written and formally formatted critically analytical and argumentative essay that includes analyzed textual evidence and full APA 7th edition formatting and accountability for all of the sources used.
Multimodal Element for the Role of the Literary Critic
In an originally written and narrated PowerPoint (meaning, none of the wording or sources should come from your essay), that combines words and images, develop a mini conference presentation for an audience of academics or healthcare professionals who may teach the story or poem themselves and argue for why your chosen story or poem is still relevant to study in the modern world. You may consider, as you make your argument, things like how your chosen story or poem has been used and referenced within pop culture or even within the medical profession.
In a no less than 2-minute PowerPoint, include a title slide, a slide with a full introduction, the hook and thesis, and slides that use your voice, the written word, and visuals to address your argument about your point and why that point proves your story is one that still connects with those who exist in the word today. Use, at least, 2 credible and resources (web-based or database). All of the sources used must be cited on the slides and on an ending References slide. Cite as you would if you were citing within an essay. The PowerPoint should have five body slides, so that’s eight slides overall (title slide, introductory slide, five body slides, and a References slide)
The Role of the Literary Super Sleuth
Deliverable – a formal essay (cited textual evidence from the story or poem you choose is required and two cited resources are required to help you make your argument) and a PowerPoint (with original language and two cited resources included to help you make your argument)
“Identifying the most important word in a text can help students, especially struggling readers, understand bigger or more abstract ideas and themes by allowing them to focus on a small portion of the text.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/21/learning/lesson-plans/teaching-close-reading-and-compelling-writing-with-the-new-sentences-column.html (Links to an external site.)
If you take on the role of the literary super sleuth, you will be tracking down the most important word in a text and arguing for why that word is the most important one. Of all of the words you could have chosen, why did you choose that one? How does the word you’ve chosen from the fiction encapsulate the author’s primary argument? In a two page, formally written APA 7th edition formatted paper (with an introduction [hook and thesis], body paragraphs, conclusion, and References page) argue for what you think is the most important word in one of the assigned texts in the course. Keep the argument in the text, so do not write about dreams, in general, for instance, if you take on a text with that word. Focus on how the author specifically uses the idea of dreams and dreaming in the text. Include two properly cited resources to help you make your argument. All of the sources used must be cited in the text and in an appropriately formatted References page.
Your thesis must have three parts: The text + the argument you will make about the text + your two or three supporting points for the argument (these are sometimes called justifications)
Multimodal Element for the Role of the Literary Super Sleuth
You’ve been asked to present at a medical conference or a college. They would like you to take your argument and present it to a group of nurses or high school students. In a narrated PowerPoint, with original language, find four images that encapsulate your chosen story or poem’s primary theme and that relate to the word you’ve chosen. These images should be appropriate for the audience you will address, either a medical audience or a first-year freshman literature course.
In a no less than 2-minute APA 7th edition narrated PowerPoint, include a title slide, a slide with a full introduction (the hook and thesis), and slides that use your voice, the written word, and visuals to address your argument about your word and make your discussion relevant for your audience, so it needs to include and discuss images and ideas appropriate for your audience, nurses or high school students. Use, at least, 2 credible resources (web-based or database) to help you make your argument. All of the sources used must be cited on the slides and on an ending References page slide. Cite as you would if you were citing within an essay, so directly on the slides themselves and on a References slide. The PowerPoint should have five body slides, so that’s eight slides overall (title slide, introductory slide, five body slides [four images + a conclusion], and a References page slide)
Please note that citing your images does not count as using and citing sources. The sources must be meaningfully used.
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Title: Observing Development Assignment
Introduction:
Early childhood professionals need to be aware of the developmental milestones within various developmental domains. A simple way to assess children’s attainment of developmental milestones is through the use of a developmental checklist. This allows teachers to differentiate instruction for children at all developmental levels. In addition, it provides valuable information that can be shared with parents and can be used to determine if a child should be referred for further evaluation.
Without question, the best way to understand a child’s developmental level in any area is by observation. This assignment puts you in the perspective of a teacher who is using a developmental checklist to assess children’s development. You will use anecdotal records created during observations, developmental checklists, and your knowledge of child development to determine whether a child’s development is typical or atypical.
You will choose three children of different ages to observe. The children should be between 0 and 35 months old.
The Assignment
In this assignment, you will observe three children using the attached videos (one for each age group).
Read and review this Assignment Guide and the Observing Development Grading Rubric before beginning.
Choose three children of different ages to observe. The children should be between 0 and 35 months old.
Child 1 must be less than 12 months old.
Child 2 must be between 13 and 23 months old.
Child 3 must be between 24 and 35 months old.
Seek permission from the center director, teacher, or parent to observe each child. You must observe each child for a minimum of 45 minutes while they are NOT sleeping.
You may observe the children in any approved environment, including a child care setting or in the child’s home. Schedule a time to observe that works well for all involved.
Prior to observing the children, you will also need to select one or more developmental checklists. Select at least one checklist for each child you plan to observe. Be sure to note the age range covered by the checklist to ensure it is appropriate for the child. You may choose to use more than one checklist for each child, and you do not need to use the same checklist for all children you observe.
Resources by Age: Birth to 6 Years Checklist (opens in a new window)
https://pathways.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Ability_birth-to-6-years_Checklist.pdf
Under the heading Resources by age you can click on each item 0-3 months, 4-6 months and so on.
Developmental Checklists (opens in a new window)
http://vlc.nccommunitycolleges.edu/storyline/EDU234-May2019/M2-documents/Developmental_checklists_Updated2012.pdf
Milestones Checklist (opens in a new window)
http://vlc.nccommunitycolleges.edu/storyline/EDU234-May2019/M2-documents/milestoneschecklist_updated.pdf
During your observation, take anecdotal notes using the “Narrative Observation Sheet.” Your notes on the Narrative Observation Sheet must be objective, not subjective. Record what you see and hear. Do not include subjective comments, your opinion, or recommendations on the Narrative Observations Sheet.
Example of an objective statement: The boy in the red coat looked up and smiled. He then picked up the spoon with his right hand and began eating his applesauce. He said, “I’m so hungry!”
Example of a subjective statement: The boy was happy because he liked applesauce, so he ate some.
After your observation, compare your notes from the Narrative Observation Sheet to the developmental checklist(s) and the information in your textbooks and module readings. Then, using that information, write a 3 to 5 paragraph summary for EACH child discussing the developmental characteristics of the child. In your summary paragraphs you should:
Note and developmental milestones/characteristics observed and whether what you saw was typical or atypical for the age of the child.
Identify strengths or areas for improvement in the domains you observed.
Connect what you observed with your prior experience and knowledge, including what you have learned in this course and any information you received about the child from a parent, teacher, or another adult.
Cite your sources appropriately using APA format and include them in a reference list at the end of your summary paragraphs. APA format help can be found in a variety of places but I find the Purdue OWL site to be very helpful.
Audience:
Your audience for this assignment is both families, parents, and caregivers of the children as well as early childhood professionals, such as speech-language pathologists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and behavioral therapists.
The following four (4) files will need to be submitted:
Three (3) Narrative Observation Sheets (one for each child). You will have to scan each of these and then save them as PDF files so you can submit them electronically.
One (1) file that includes summaries for all three children (2 to 3 paragraphs per child). Any references used should be included after the summaries in APA reference format.
Grading Criteria: Your assignment submission will be evaluated using this rubric:
Observing Development Assignment Rubric (MS Word Document) Observing Development Assignment Rubric (MS Word Document) – Alternative Formats
(opens in a new download window)
Resources: In order to successfully complete this assignment, you will need to utilize all resources.
Writing Assignment Guidelines (opens in a new window)
https://vlc.nccommunitycolleges.edu/bb-templates/writing-assignments.html
Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) (opens in a new window)
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/general_format.html
Clearing Your View: Staying Objective in Observation (opens in a new window)
https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/video/clearing-your-view-staying-objective-observation
4C Writing Observations: Documenting a Child’s Development Through Observations (opens in a new window)
Look at Me! Using Focused Child Observation with Infants and Toddlers (opens in a new window)
https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/video/look-me-using-focused-child-observation-infants-toddlers
Formatting Requirements
Put your name, course and section number, and assignment title at the top of the document.
Use one-inch margins.
Use a 12-point Times New Roman font.
Use double line spacing in the document.
Introduction:
This assignment allows students to observe the elements of a print rich classroom and the teacher’s role in building print awareness skills in young children.
The Assignment
This assignment has 4 parts:
Part 1. Watch the two vidoes: ” Six Skills of Early Literacy” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4Soey3NETU and ” Teaching Phonological Awareness, Alphabet Knowledge, and Concepts of Print in Preschool Large Group https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuDE_5zozaE&t=334s Once you have viewed the videos choose 3 of the strategies discussed in the video that promote print awareness. Discuss these strategies in a paragraph that focuses on the strategies and how you will implement them in your classroom. The paragraph should be a minimum of 7 sentences.
Part 2.: When thinking of a print rich classroom decide on some materials you would like to have in your classroom that would promote print awareness.One of my favorites is word walls:) Here are a few examples you may want to consider but do not limit yourself to these: (environmental print, different types of books, materials to promote play with print such as items to create a shopping list or birthday card, different textures of letters ……. )
*Research and find 5 items that you would choose. Pictures of these 5 items must be included with a 5 sentence write up (for each item) discussing why you chose that item and how it will help promote a print rich classroom as well as print awareness in the classroom.
Part 3: Observe in an early classroom environment (children ages 3 years to 5 years) to determine the appropriateness and adequacy/lack of print rich materials and teacher interaction implementing strategies that promote print awareness. Included with your submission should be the attached observation form filled out by you and the classroom teacher where your observation takes place. (If observation form is not included, points will not be earned for this section)
Make a list of the print rich items and teacher strategies promoting print awareness that you see. The list must include 3 items and two strategies at a minimum. Give specifics – what types of books do you see, charts, posters, calendars, paper, crayons, pencils, software……. Strategies: Is the teacher showing children print directionality, lower case and upper case letters, distinguishing between letters and words, reading aloud to children, items labeled …. Each example should be discussed (in a minimum of 5 sentences ) the following questions:
*how does the activity promote promote print awareness
*how would you implement the items into your classroom?
**Pictures must be included for the 3 items
Part 4: a summary paragraph (minimum of 7 sentences) should be included that focuses on the importance of print worthy classroom and the teaches role in building print awareness in the classroom. (pull from your text to support your discussion) Chapter 16: Developing a Literacy Environment
Grading Criteria
Maximum points are given when:
1. Video examples are included and discussed (10 points)
2. A list of 5 chosen classroom items is included and discussed (5 points for each item)
3. Observation notes are included (30 points) This is section 3.
4. Summary paragraph included of a minimum of 7 sentences and contains quality reflections (15 points)
5. Photos attached for each of the 2 parts (10 points)
6.Textbook reference is included in the summary paragraph (10 points)
Points are deducted for errors in spelling and grammar. Also noted is clarity of the submission and students comprehension of the content.
Resources : Textbook: Chapters 14 and 16
Reading 101: A Guide to Teaching Reading and Writing: https://www.readingrockets.org/teaching/reading101-course/modules/print-awareness/print-awareness-practice
Word Walls: https://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/word_walls
Emergent Literacy: Activities in a Print Rich Environment: http://www.redleafpress.org/Assets/ClientDocs/supplemental-materials/112702_1127_Activities_in_a_Print_Rich_Environment_guide.pdf
Concepts of Print: https://www.education.vic.gov.au/childhood/professionals/learning/ecliteracy/emergentliteracy/Pages/conceptsofprint.aspx
Print Awareness: Guidelines for Instruction: https://www.readingrockets.org/article/print-awareness-guidelines-instruction
In your final project in the course, you will pick one of the roles below to perform as a writer and follow the directions related to just that one role. You will only be able to upload one file when submitting your work, so please upload the essay portion of your work and provide a Google Drive link for the multimodal element. Please remember to make the link accessible so that anyone with the link can view it. You need to officially submit this work by the day and time noted in the course calendar, but you are free to submit the work at anytime before that.
The Role of the Writer
Deliverable – a portion of a scene from a course reading, a scene substantively rewritten by you, a reflection on the rewriting on the scene, and a PowerPoint or screencast (with two sources to help make your argument).
If you choose to take on the role of the writer, you will revise a single brief moment from one of the pieces of fiction read this semester, reconsidering its action and language or shifting the perspective of the scene to present the point of view of a different character who appears in it. You may even completely reimagine a story, changing the gender or race of one of the primary characters or setting the moment in a different time period and/or location. No matter which path you choose to travel, you must retain the original themes intended by the author.
Let me use a short story to show how I might reimagine a scene:
“Georgiana,” he said, “have you ever considered that the mark upon your cheek might be removed”? “No,” she said smiling. But seeing the seriousness of his question, she said, “The mark has so often been called a charm that I was simple enough to imagine it might be so.” “On another face it might,” answered her husband, “but not on yours. No dear, Nature made you so perfectly that this small defect shocks me as being a sign of earthly imperfection.” “Shocks you!” cried Georgiana, deeply hurt. Her face reddened and she burst into tears. “Then why did you marry me? You cannot love what shocks you!” We must explain that in the center of Georgiana’s left cheek there was a mark, deep in her skin. The mark was usually a deep red color. When Georgiana blushed, the mark became less visible. But when she turned pale, there was the mark, like a red stain upon snow. The birthmark would come and go with the emotions in her heart.
Perhaps I might rewrite this scene to make Alymer both the scientist and the possessor of the birthmark, and I might make Georgiana the one who cannot stand its presence. I would need to be careful, though, that in making this choice, I am not completely changing the vision of the author. I would need to be able to argue that my rewritten version deals with the author’s intended themes.
Justification / Reflection Section for the Role of the Writer
Along with your rewritten scene, please include an, at least, 300-word reflection minimum (500 maximum). The reflection should answer the following questions:
What types of changes did you make?
Why did you make the changes you that you did?
Why do your changes not detract from the author’s original vision for his or her or their play?
The writing should be formal and follow the rules for academic writing and use APA 7th edition formatting (title, brief hook+thesis, body paragraph(s), conclusion)
The rewritten scene and reflection are two different parts of the assignment – you need to rewrite a scene + reflect on the choices you made as an author + include what you see below in the PowerPoint. The original scene, the rewritten scene, and reflection should be submitted in a single Word file together. The PowerPoint, with original language not used in the reflection, should be submitted as a Google Drive link.
Please note that citing your images does not count as using and citing sources. The sources must be meaningfully used.
Multimodal Element for the Role of the Writer
In addition to writing a scene, you will include a multimodal element, a narrated PowerPoint that addresses a board of investors interested in investing in a movie version of the story that includes your rewritten scene.
The PowerPoint should use images, words, and your voice to address the following questions:
Why would contemporary audiences be interested in a movie version or a new movie version of your story?
What are two of the story’s central themes? Remember, a theme is never a single word. A single word is called a topic or subject.
Why do those themes still resonate with modern-day audiences?
Who would star in this new production and why?
What work have the actors done in the past that would suggest they would make sense in the roles?
What types of clothing, based on the setting, region, and time period, would your primary actors in the scene wear?
What songs might you include on the soundtrack? Why did you choose the songs you did? How do they speak to the themes in the play?
Make sure that you include a title slide, an introductory slide with a hook and thesis, and body slides that focus on the argument promised within your thesis. The PowerPoint should have five body slides, so that’s eight slides overall (title slide, introductory slide, five body slides, and a References page slide)
Include two sources that you cite on the slides when used in an ending References page slide using APA 7th edition formatting, web-based (like .edu or .gov sites ) or database sources (found through library databases like ProQuest or J-Stor).
The following article is from 2018, but it’s an example of the type of resource that I mean: https://www.bustle.com/p/why-the-yellow-wallpaper-by-charlotte-perkins-gilman-should-be-required-reading-in-2018-9936873 (Links to an external site.).
https://www.ted.com/talks/kate_messner_how_to_build_a_fictional_world (Links to an external site.)
Please note that citing your images does not count as using and citing sources. The sources must be meaningfully used.
The Role of the Actor
Deliverable – performance of a scene, comparison of your scene to another actor, and written reflection (with two resources included)
Video or PowerPoint
I will admit that every now and then, I will bust out my version of Hamlet’s soliloquy, “To Be, or Not To Be.” If you’re like I am, then this is the assignment for you. Record yourself performing all of the roles in a portion of a scene from a course reading or record yourself reciting a full poem. This should be at least 2:00 minutes long and must be from a story or poem that was read and discussed in the course. Find a visual representation of your story or a reading of your poem, like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMs_eWF8oEI. Share a link to it or embed the scene into the presentation. Discuss one similarity and one difference between your approach to the scene and the other actor’s approach.
Reflection
In two pages, reflect on your performance in a formal academic essay with an appropriate title, introduction with a hook and thesis, body paragraphs (with cited sources, a conclusion, and a References page, all APA 7th edition formatted). Your thesis should note two strong points you will argue for about your performance choices and one weakness you may have noticed upon reviewing your work. For instance, when I do pretend to be Hamlet, I always pause after the second “be.” I find this to be an effective technique, adding to the suspense of the line. People have heard the line so many times that they know the ending, but I intentionally pause to disarm my audience and to allow them to savor this very famous line even more.
What conscious and unconscious choices did you make that informed the final performance as you watched yourself perform the scene? Did you change any of the words, even unconsciously? Did you use an accent, which I will admit to doing? Did you use body movements as you said the lines? Did you change your voice to reflect if it was male or female, or was that not of primary importance to you? Did you use props or change your clothes to reflect the setting and period, or did you do a reimaging of the scene, maybe taking it into modern times?
Since it’s a reflection essay, it may seem tricky to include resources, but include, at least, two sources that speak to some aspect of your performance. For instance, I may include a quote from Ruth Negga, a female who has also played Shakespeare, about her approach to vocalizing and presenting the words of a male and note a similarity or difference between our performances, or I might include a source that provides information on how actors normally approach the role of Hamlet and discuss how I did or did not follow the norm.
This is an example of a source that I might use: https://www.stagemilk.com/hamlets-advice-to-the-players/ (Links to an external site.)
These should not be generic sources on what it means to perform in a play. These should be meaningful sources like the example I include here.
Your sources should be cited within the body of your work through in-text citations and in a References page using APA 7th edition formatting.
Please note that citing your images does not count as using and citing sources. The sources must be meaningfully used.
The Role of the Literary Critic
Deliverable – a literary analysis (cited textual evidence from the story or poem you choose is required and two cited resources are required to help you make your argument) and a PowerPoint (with original language and two cited resources included to help you make your argument)
Reflect on the ideas the roles intersectionality, agency, and control play in shaping, transforming, and redefining an identity in American fiction. Pick a story or poem and consider how various societal constraints the characters or speakers cannot control impact things like their mental and physical reactions to their environments and the social, economic, and/or cultural limitations and boundaries they face. Focus on two connecting intersectional ideas (gender and race, class and race, age and ability, etc.). Using, at least, one piece of textual evidence from a story or poem in each paragraph and, at least, two cited resources, consider how the ideas function in the text.
Your thesis should have three parts: The story + the argument you will make about the story + your two or three supporting points for the argument (these are sometimes called justifications)
Thesis example – In Richard Johnson’s novel Once Again, the author uses the ideas of class and gender to demonstrate the metaphorical blindness of the characters by showing how they fail to see the social struggles of those they claim to love (first supporting point) and how they fail to recognize true love when presented with it (second supporting point).
Introduction (with a hook and thesis)
One paragraph arguing for the existence of the intersectional ideas and identity. (with cited textual evidence from the poem or story, at least one analyzed piece)
Second paragraph arguing for the existence of the intersection ideas and identity. (with cited textual evidence from the poem or story, at least one analyzed piece)
Two cited sources must appear in the body of your argument
Conclusion
References page
You may focus on health-care related issues or social, professional, and/or cultural concerns, maybe even both.
Please include two resources, credible web-based resources (.edu or .gov only) and/or library database resources (from databases like J-Stor and ProQuest). This should be a formally written and formally formatted argument that includes analyzed textual evidence and full accountability for all of the sources used.
Here is a way to think about how to approach the paper: I’ve seen “The Yellow Wallpaper” reduced to being described as a story about a woman’s descent into madness, but is that what the story is really about? Does she descend into madness, or is she driven into a precarious psychological situation by constraints placed upon her by others based on her gender and domestic and social standing? Is the story really about a progressive loss of psychological and even physical control, or does the experience of being victimized by her husband, his role as a doctor, and the society he represents result in a creative rebirth where, in the end, the woman triumphantly re-envisions her “self”?
When looking for a source to use in my paper, I might paraphrase and cite from a source like this one: Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in particular, American women considered deviant or morally corrupt were deemed mentally unwell and subjected to medical institutionalization. Superficially, this may have looked like a product of early psychiatric innovation; however, the pathologization and institutionalization of deviant women actually functioned as a heavily classed and raced form of social control designed to preserve the gender roles of the time. Specifically, women’s mental health and minds were medicalized, with traditional domesticity viewed as the perceived cure. At the same time, the very fact that the patriarchal establishment considered it necessary to medicalize nonconforming female behavior suggests that women of various backgrounds were indeed challenging and creating resistance to gendered expectations. The medical act of framing female autonomy as a form of mental illness sought to obstruct women from having the agency to make social change in terms of gender.
Autonomous and Insane: The Gendered, Classed, and Raced Pathologization of Women’s Minds
This should be a formally written and formally formatted critically analytical and argumentative essay that includes analyzed textual evidence and full APA 7th edition formatting and accountability for all of the sources used.
Multimodal Element for the Role of the Literary Critic
In an originally written and narrated PowerPoint (meaning, none of the wording or sources should come from your essay), that combines words and images, develop a mini conference presentation for an audience of academics or healthcare professionals who may teach the story or poem themselves and argue for why your chosen story or poem is still relevant to study in the modern world. You may consider, as you make your argument, things like how your chosen story or poem has been used and referenced within pop culture or even within the medical profession.
In a no less than 2-minute PowerPoint, include a title slide, a slide with a full introduction, the hook and thesis, and slides that use your voice, the written word, and visuals to address your argument about your point and why that point proves your story is one that still connects with those who exist in the word today. Use, at least, 2 credible and resources (web-based or database). All of the sources used must be cited on the slides and on an ending References slide. Cite as you would if you were citing within an essay. The PowerPoint should have five body slides, so that’s eight slides overall (title slide, introductory slide, five body slides, and a References slide)
The Role of the Literary Super Sleuth
Deliverable – a formal essay (cited textual evidence from the story or poem you choose is required and two cited resources are required to help you make your argument) and a PowerPoint (with original language and two cited resources included to help you make your argument)
“Identifying the most important word in a text can help students, especially struggling readers, understand bigger or more abstract ideas and themes by allowing them to focus on a small portion of the text.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/21/learning/lesson-plans/teaching-close-reading-and-compelling-writing-with-the-new-sentences-column.html (Links to an external site.)
If you take on the role of the literary super sleuth, you will be tracking down the most important word in a text and arguing for why that word is the most important one. Of all of the words you could have chosen, why did you choose that one? How does the word you’ve chosen from the fiction encapsulate the author’s primary argument? In a two page, formally written APA 7th edition formatted paper (with an introduction [hook and thesis], body paragraphs, conclusion, and References page) argue for what you think is the most important word in one of the assigned texts in the course. Keep the argument in the text, so do not write about dreams, in general, for instance, if you take on a text with that word. Focus on how the author specifically uses the idea of dreams and dreaming in the text. Include two properly cited resources to help you make your argument. All of the sources used must be cited in the text and in an appropriately formatted References page.
Your thesis must have three parts: The text + the argument you will make about the text + your two or three supporting points for the argument (these are sometimes called justifications)
Multimodal Element for the Role of the Literary Super Sleuth
You’ve been asked to present at a medical conference or a college. They would like you to take your argument and present it to a group of nurses or high school students. In a narrated PowerPoint, with original language, find four images that encapsulate your chosen story or poem’s primary theme and that relate to the word you’ve chosen. These images should be appropriate for the audience you will address, either a medical audience or a first-year freshman literature course.
In a no less than 2-minute APA 7th edition narrated PowerPoint, include a title slide, a slide with a full introduction (the hook and thesis), and slides that use your voice, the written word, and visuals to address your argument about your word and make your discussion relevant for your audience, so it needs to include and discuss images and ideas appropriate for your audience, nurses or high school students. Use, at least, 2 credible resources (web-based or database) to help you make your argument. All of the sources used must be cited on the slides and on an ending References page slide. Cite as you would if you were citing within an essay, so directly on the slides themselves and on a References slide. The PowerPoint should have five body slides, so that’s eight slides overall (title slide, introductory slide, five body slides [four images + a conclusion], and a References page slide)
Please note that citing your images does not count as using and citing sources. The sources must be meaningfully used.
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