After reading your selected journal article specifically geared for teaching nonfiction across the curriculum, write a thread that includes the following: A brief summary of the teaching nonfiction across the curriculum article that you selected Comparison/contrast with content with the Tompkins text Comparison/contrast with your own experiences related to reading instruction Citation of an article […]

  After reading "The Story of an Hour," answer the questions below, making sure to support your answers with specifics from the text. 1)  How is the setting important to the story?  In your answer, make sure to discuss both the time and locale (physical location).  2) Discuss how symbolism is used in the story, making […]

Watch the video, then evaluate the speech by addressing the following:  Audience: What was the speaker's target audience? How do you know? Introduction: Identify the speaker's attention-getter, topic, and thesis. Did the attention-getter grab your interest? Why or why not? What was the speaker's thesis or central idea?  Body: How did the speaker support her […]

 Read "Enlightenment Engineer" by Noah Schahtman: (https://www.wired.com/business/2013/06/meditation-mindfulness-silicon-valley/all/).   Then write a response that discusses what you read..  This should be your own response NOT A SUMMARY. 

Persuasive Full-Speech Outline Draft Instructions: Prepare the persuasive full-speech outline. (Please view the sample outline attached here for more guidance.) The outline should have enough content to deliver an 8-10 minute persuasive speech. The outline should include the following: Specific Purpose Central Idea(aka Thesis Statement or Preview Statement) Introduction– capture attention, establish YOUR speaker credibility, preview […]

Our textbook informs us that we make arguments and encounter arguments throughout our daily lives. We are beginning our semester by analyzing visual arguments, arguments that use photographs or art to persuade an audience about an idea. Gifs and memes are great examples of visual arguments that we see every day on social media.  One […]

Main Ideas, Short Summary and Hypothesis. Read the pre test ( pages 5-6) -List 4-5  Main ideas -Write a short summary ( one paragraph 4-6 sentences). -Write a Hypothesis/ Generalization (2 -3 sentences) Read exercise I (pages 14-15) -List 4-5 Main ideas -Write a short summary ( one paragraph 4-6 sentences) -Write a Hypothesis/ Generalization […]

Main Ideas And  Short Summary. Read the pre text ( pages 6-7) List 4-5  Main ideas Write a short summary ( one paragraph 4-6 sentences). Read exercise I (page 16) List 4-5 Main ideas Write a short summary ( one paragraph 4-6 sentences) Read exercise II (pages 18-19) List 4-5 Main ideas Write a short […]

Instructions The goals of an informative speech are to explain a specific subject and to help the audience retain the information for later use. This will be necessary at many different points in your life – education, career, parenting, etc. so this will be good practice for your future! This assignment has three parts:  Recording, […]

For this assignment, you will first carefully analyze a contemporary problem to discover its causes–some of which may lie hidden in abstraction. You must also consider all the possible ways for addressing the problem and then come to some conclusion about the most appropriate solutions. (Here is a list of possible research problems. Please note […]