From the informational text that you have chosen, select 3-4 vocabulary words to be focused on within the lesson plan that you began in Topic 1. You may use this lesson for your mini-unit that will be due in Topic 6.  Add your vocabulary words under “Key Vocabulary” on the “Academic Language” template.  From the 12 academic language functions in your required reading, select one […]

As mentioned previously, at the end of this course, you will create an annotated bibliography on a topic within your major field of study. This week, you will begin to explore how to generate keywords to use as you search for sources for your research question. Review the GEN103 Ashford University Library: Keywords are Critical video (transcript) and reflect on the videos listed in the […]

Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin is arguably the most influential novel ever written. It changed the course of U.S. history (For more on the influence of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, see the video, David Reynolds: Harriet Beecher Stowe: Uncle Tom’s Cabin.). In “Articulating Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” Jim O’Loughlin argues that Uncle Tom’s Cabin was so popular and influential because Stowe reflected “existing tropes […]

In an essay of at least 500 words, discuss why you think Othello did to Desdemona what he did at the end of the play.  (I’m using vague language here to avoid spoilers here!)  What he did was wrong and even unthinkable, and yet he did it.  Shakespeare offers a number of hints throughout the play of what would drive a man to do such […]

Homer Assignment II Read three of the books from The Odyssey including Book I. Choose one character and trace that character’s traits throughout your reading assignment. Write a five-­‐paragraph character analysis-­‐interesting insights about the character-­‐of the character of your choice. Choose from the books listed below: Book I: You MUST read Book I. Invocation and part summary –council of the gods-­‐ Athena visits Telemachos in […]

A term paper of no lessthan 1500 words (you can have as many over that amount as you wish) will be written on a Topic which you should select from a list of Language Development Hypotheses.  This list is provided at the very end of this survival message, and is also available in the Class Requirements Section of the online Course.  The Term Paper is to present […]

Your assignment is to create an ethics code for a hypothetical government entity or agency. Please describe the agency you propose, then create an ethics code for your agency. You can find helpful suggestions at the Institute for Local Government. This should run 2-3 pages in length. It should not be solely an aspirational code, meaning you need additional details on actions that are considered […]

Compare Ivan Danko from Red Heat to Viktor Navorski from The Terminal. This assignment is for a very short essay of between 250 and 350 words (include the word count at the end). No additional research and no references. Do not retell the plot of the films, but focus on the points from our discussions after we watched them. If you feel the need to […]

Your synthesis essay, or literature review, should be 2000-2500 words, not including your “Works Cited” pages at the end of the review. In other words, the text of the paper should be 2000-2500 words. In addition your synthesis essay should include at least 10 scholarly sources in the “references” section. As stated above, this means that you may decide not to use all 12 sources […]

Final Paper – THIS IS A THREE PART ASSIGNMENT PAPER – Read each numbered segment carefully for full instructions on the number of pages required for each segment – The total paper must be at LEAST seven pages in length.   YOU WILL LOSE POINTS FOR NOT FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS.worth 150 points – this is where you can make us some points!  Please remember to complete ALL […]