Allocate at least 5 hours to complete this field experience.  Elementary English language arts teachers constantly collect data on literacy-related tasks to track and analyze student progress and teacher efficacy.  The purpose of this assignment is to collect data during your field experience and use it to select appropriate research-based methods and strategies for teaching English language arts.  In this assignment, you will use the […]

Option 2 – Critical Writing Assignment on Interview with the Dalai Lama Write a 1200-1500 word paper in which you critically analyze the perspective of the Dalai Lama as found in Module 7 of the course from the vantage point of John Hick’s pluralistic hypothesis, which is encountered in the same module. You need not agree with Hick’s position and you may role play if […]

This assignment is identical to the first reflection paper in the course. Please write a short reflection paper of at least 1300 words (12pt, double space, 1” margin, conformed to Turabian or to the style guide native to your major field of study) reflecting on one of the texts we have discussed in the class. Please avoid generic paper topics (i.e. “Plato’s Politics”) and strive […]

The assignments for week 5 and 6 will help you develop your critical eye when it comes to reading the literature. The goal is for you to use this as an opportunity to identify the research design and methods that are being carried out by the authors.  This skill will serve you moving forward as it will allow you to draw from the literature for […]

 Several of the works we have read this semester focus on a relationship between two or more people (Gilgamesh and Enkidu, Bata and Anubis, Joseph and his brothers, Ruth and Naomi, Medea and Jason, Phaethon and his father, Orpheus and Eurydice, etc.). Choose two different works and write an essay that makes an argument aboutthe theme of relationships. Some questions to consider: What defines a […]

Please READ: Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard.  As an intro to this, please note that Chekhov wrote in many ways for Stanislavski who developed “Method” acting and is therefore intentionally very realistic.  Chekhov insisted that his plays were comedies, Stanislavski often treated them more like serious drama.  Look for the comedy – often through understatement and character neglect towards their actual situation.  This play is often defined […]

select an allied health (nonphysician) profession; this can be your own profession or another profession that interests you. Some examples of allied health professions include physical therapy, respiratory therapy, pharmacy, nursing, physician assisting, radiography, ultrasonography, nuclear medicine, medical laboratory, medical assisting, phlebotomy, and many others. Discuss a situation in which an individual in this profession might be held liable for negligence. Also discuss ways to […]

Journal Two: Identifying Conflict in Two TextsRead About Journals in ENG125: Introduction to Literature for more information about the purpose and expectations for journals. This week, you continue writing your journal entries. This journal entry is designed to help you document ideas about conflicts in literature, which will contribute to the information required for the Week Three Draft and the Week Five Literary Analysis. Recognizing conflict is […]

For this assignment, you will analyze a research study that was published in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. This study is typical of how communication research findings are presented in scholarly journals. It follows a set pattern that all research studies in the empirical tradition follow, so you will look more at its “structure” than its content. Go to “The Impact of Language Variety and […]

Part I: The three poets chosen for this week are among the leading poets of contemporary American literature (there are many others, however). As you read their work from the Poetry Foundation’s website, read a little bit about their biographies as well. How do you see these poets fitting into the American literary tradition as we have experienced it so far? Part II: One contemporary trend in poetry is […]