According to Wortham (2012), “Screening tests are administered to detect indicators that a child might have a developmental problem that needs to be further investigated” (p. 56). As a teacher you can then use these results to effectively plan how to best meet the needs of your students. For this assignment, start by analyzing two different children from the example “Developmental Checklists Birth to Five” […]

You have probably conducted a meeting at some time in your life – perhaps at school, a religious organization, or at work. You can probably imagine what it is like to prepare for the meeting, set aside time that everyone can meet, and then try to conduct it. The purpose of this activity is to apply correctly the key concepts, principles, and suggestions from Chapter […]

Following your reading in chapter 7, “Writing Instructions and Procedures,” you will write an instruction set for a technology, product, or process that utilizes and illustrates good business writing skills. Because instructions are such a constant part of our day-to-day life, you have certain level of familiarity with the genre, and you are able to understand what makes a good set of instructions from the […]

Write an analytical essay in which you explain and develop one important idea that you have found in your reading and writing process that is interesting to you and to which you can relate by experience or the experience of someone you know or have read about. From your list of ideas, choose one to focus on and upon which to build your essay.  Include […]

Project 3- Resumes/Cover Letters. Task: For this assignment, you will compose several different types of resumes  including: 1. Chronological- no more than 1 page 2. Functional- 1-2 pages 3. E-mail resume/ Cover letter- 1 page  5. Thank You Note- a paragraph or two The resume is probably the most valuable document you will compose during your college career. With that said, however, it is also […]

Not all conflicts are over insurmountable problems. In a room full of people, if you ask how many prefer that a roll of toilet paper hang over the roll or prefer it hang under the roll, you will get a near even split. Yet, everyone will admit that it really bugs him/her/them if someone puts the roll on “the wrong way.” In the following narrative, […]

Richard Wright’s “Big Black Good Man” is written from a limited omniscient point of view, where the narrator knows everything that goes on in one character’s mind and emotions, but sees other characters through that characters limited perspective.  James Joyce’s “Araby” and Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral” are both written from a first-person narrative point of view, which is more obviously based on that one character’s perspective. […]

For your writing scenario in this module, your work supervisor has asked you to choose one issue that is important in your field; you will be required to share your resources with colleagues at a weekly research-roundtable type workshop. The topics most relevant to the public will also be shared with a broader audience. Your supervisor is working on an online resource to provide outreach […]

Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (http://www.siecus.org/) (SIECUS) recommends a comprehensive approach to sexuality Education.  Read the article Pop Culture Sex Ed: What Media Teaches Us About Sexual Health (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deb-levine/sex-ed_b_859192.html), and reflect on the questions, “At what age should sexuality Education begin in a public school setting?  Is public or community Education an appropriate manner to teach sexuality?  What should the curriculum include or exclude?  […]

As you have learned in this first week of class, it is essential that you understand how to plan for effective instruction for students with disabilities. In the classroom, it is important for all lesson plans to not only integrate effective strategies for instruction and accommodations for students with disabilities, but to also align with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).   Your first lesson […]