Category: Writing

My topic:Role of parental involvement in child Academic Achievement
After reviewing research that is relevant to your proposal topic, you are now ready to move onto developing a hypothesis! You will use the techniques discussed in this module to formulate a hypothesis for your topic that is clear, specific, identifies all your variables, and has a clear prediction about the relationship between your variables. Remember that a hypothesis should be straight-forward and to the point, and is often times just one or two sentences.
For this assignment, you should develop your hypothesis using the concepts we’ve reviewed this week. There is an additional question to answer on the assignment document provided below.
Assignment Instructions: Assignment: Hypothesis for Research Proposal.docx
You can complete your assignment on the document provided above and re-submit it here.
Please review the rubric attached to this assignment so you are aware of grading expectations.

Directions:
Produce a 3-4 page rough draft. Please submit the draft the day before you come in for your conference–or, at the very least, a few hours. Please make sure you use 12point Times New Roman, and that the document is double spaced with “Before” and “After” spacing set to zero.
The essay should be developed from your first “mini-essay,” and should take into account my feedback and suggestions for revision (as you receive them). It will be assessed on the basis of your introduction (whether it grabs the attention of the reader); illustrations (whether you provide adequate examples where needed); and detail (whether you offer substantive, vivid description of your personal connection to your object and the backstory, memory, emotion, aspect of yourself, or persons of whom it reminds you).
When you’ve completed your rough draft, please submit it to the Canvas assignment box. Also, be sure to have an electronic copy of your paper with you at the conference, or a hard copy, so that we can look over it together.
Format Guidelines
No title page. Simply put a title (name, year, class, paper title) on the first page, on the top left. Single space it.
Be sure to number your pages at top or bottom (excluding the first) and put your last name in the header or footer: e.g. “Nagy 2.”
Dimension
Sophisticated
Competent
Needs Work
Points Earned
Intro, Illustrations, and Detail
(20points)
Opening sentences grab the attention of the reader and draw her into the personal connection. Author describes personal connection using adequate details and specific examples follow (16-20 points)
Student offers a fairly vivid opening and provides some examples. Student could have offered greater detail and additional examples (10-15 points)
Student lacks a substantive detail or examples. (0-9 points)
Correct Grammar and Spelling
(10points)
Student’s writing shows minimal grammatical and spelling errors. (10 points)
Student has a strong grasp of grammar and/or spelling but shows some errors. (6-9 points)
There are consistent errors in grammar and/or spelling
(0-5 points)
Format (10points)
Author uses Times New Roman 12 point font. S/he uses double spacing throughout with no “Before” or “After” spacing.
(10 points)
Author follows proper format with some exceptions.
(6-9 points)
Author follows proper format.
(0-5 points)
40 Points Possible
Total Points Earned:
Rough Draft Checklist:
Times New Roman 12 point font
Double Space (except for the top left name, date, etc.)
Set “After” spacing between paragraphs to zero.
Make sure each paragraph begins with standard indentation (typically one tab)
Make sure to have a title that reflects the main idea(s) of the essay
Make sure to number the pages (except for the first) and place your last name before the page number in the header (or footer, if you prefer)
Look over grammar, spelling, punctuation
Make sure to place relevant information in top left corner of the essay, on the first page. This includes your name, the date, the class, and my name.
(Please make sure the, don’t write professionally. My english is not that good. So make some mistakes, it’s okay.)

Essay 1 Directions:
After reading our Week 1 texts, including Carol Dweck’s “The Power of Believing You Can Improve,” Arel Moodie’s “The Secret to Student Success,” Jack Kavanagh’s “Fearless Like a Child,” Chimamanda Adichie’s “The Danger of a Single Story,” Jamil Zaki’s “Self-Care Isn’t the Fix for Late-Pandemic Malaise,” Maya Angelou’s “Alone,” and Cherrie Morgaga’s ” The Welder,” explain two primary factors which can help us to become more successful and resilient in our personal, academic, and professional lives. For example, you might focus on:
growth mindset (Dweck) and asking for help (Moodie)
OR
rising above single stories (Adichie) and finding community (Angelou)
OR
becoming fearless (Kavanagh) and standing up for change (Moraga)
NOTE: the two success and resilience factors you provide will serve as a “working thesis statement” for Essay 1.
Organization Tips:
In the introduction, include a series of hooksintroducing the topic of success and resilience (a quote from someone famous, which is introduced and cited, thoughtful statements, anecdotal story, etc.) and end with a clear thesis in the last sentence listing the two factors you think are most influential inhelping us to reach our goals.
Then develop a full body paragraph on each factor listed in your thesis (make the body order match the order of points listed in your thesis). In body paragraph 1, start with a clear transition and topic sentence showing which success and resilience factor you are discussing, (make this match the first point in your thesis), such as growth mindset (Dweck), or asking for help (Moodie), orbecoming fearless (Kavanagh), or rising above single stories (Adichie), or assisting others (Zaki), or finding community (Angelou), or standing up for change (Moraga). Then follow the topic sentence with your own explanation for why this ingredient is so important. Illustrate your point with details and direct quotes with quote marks (copy the exact words) from one of our Week 1 Module course texts. The two support quotes from one of our Unit 1 texts needs to be in proper MLA format using a clear signal phrase, quote marks around the author’s words, and parenthetical source citation. End body paragraph 1 with a wrap up sentence on the paragraph point for smooth finish.
In body paragraph 2, start with a clear transition and topic sentence showing which success and resilience factor you are discussing, (make this match the second point in your thesis), such as growth mindset (Dweck), or asking for help (Moodie), or becoming fearless (Kavanagh), or rising above single stories (Adichie), orassisting others (Zaki), or finding community (Angelou), or standing up for change (Moraga). Then follow the topic sentence with your own explanation for why this ingredient is so important. Illustrate your point with details and direct quotes with quote marks (copy the exact words) from one of our Week 1 Module course texts, including two support quotes with proper MLA format using a clear signal phrase and parenthetical source citation. End body paragraph 2 with a wrap up sentence on the paragraph point for smooth finish.
Remember to use the MLA format for quotes with a signal phrase at the beginning and parenthetical citation at the end for sources with time stamps (TED Talks), page numbers (articles– when provided), or line numbers (poetry), such as:
Dweck explains, ” ” (5:13).
Zaki states that ” .”
Moraga describes, ” ” (lines 47-48).
Note: since there is no page number for the Zaki quote, there is no parenthetical citation since the author’s name is in the signal phrase. In this case, since there is no page citation, the punctuation goes inside the quote mark: Zaki states that ” .”
After developing two primary factors which help us to become successful and resilient in body paragraphs 1 and 2, add a body paragraph 3 which provides your own example from personal experienceillustrating how these success and resilience factors helped you to achieve a specific academic, personal, or professional goal (excelling in a class, passing a rigorous test, an accomplishment in sports, an improved relationship, completing an important work project, advancing to a supervisory position, etc.) For example, you might describe struggling in a challenging algebra class in high school, but then developing a growth mindset combined with asking for help to improve, trying new study techniques, and finishing the semester with a solid “B.”
In the conclusion, wrap up your thesis points in different words, refer back to your intro. hooks and paper title to frame the paper for your readers, and explain how these success and resilience factors will help you in the future. End on a positive note, encouraging your readers to find their own success and resilience ingredients which will help them to flourish in life as well.
After the conclusion, on a separate page include a Works Cited for the two class sources quoted in your paper (the Works Cited page is not included in the page count).
On a separate page after the Works Cited, list five writing techniques that you used in your paper which we have reviewed together about creating an effective academic essay (engaging intro. hook, clear thesis, clear body paragraph topic sentences, effective quotes, concrete details for response, smooth transitions, conclusion framing paper with intro. and/or title tie-back, etc).
Note: This is not a research essay. Your examples should be based on our Week 1 texts for body paragraphs 1 and 2, as well as your own personal experience for body 3. There is NO OUTSIDE RESEARCH.
Additionally, be sure to include 2 support quotes (copy the exact words and put them in quote marks) from our Week 1 texts in body paragraphs 1 and 2 (4 quotes total).
As you begin writing Essay 1, consider the different strategies and examples that our Week 1 sources use to illustrate their arguments. Use these texts as a model of writers using clear points and vivid examplesto develop the points in their thesis, and be sure to do this in your essay as well.
Brainstorming Questions to Help Develop Essay 1:
The following questions will help generate ideas to create a compelling argument about specific factors which can help us to be more resilient and successful in reaching our goals.
What factors help to create success and resilience?
Which factors in our Week 1 texts resonated the most with you, such as growth mindset (Dweck), or asking for help (Moodie), or becoming fearless (Kavanagh), or rising above single stories (Adichie), or assisting others (Zaki), or finding community (Angelou),or standing up for change (Moraga)?
What ingredients contribute to our ability to face and overcome challenges we encounter?
What obstacles have you overcome during your personal, academic, and professional journeys?
Which accomplishments are you most proud of?
How were you able to reach these goals?
In what ways have these experiences shaped who you are?
Where are you in your personal, academic, and professional journeys right now?
What are your goals for the future?
What have you learned by facing and overcoming challenges and how will this help in other areas of your life as well?
(You don’t need to answer all of these in your essay, but addressing as many as possible will help you to have a well thought out discussion).
Unit 1 Texts
“The Power of Believing You Can Improve” by Carol Dweck
“The Secret to Student Success” by Arel, Moodie
Fearless Like a Child” by Jack Kavanagh
“The Danger of a Single Story” by Chimamanda Adichie
“Self-Care Isn’t the Fix for Late-Pandemic Malaise” by Jamil Zaki
“Alone” by Maya Angelou
“The Welder” by Cherríe Moraga
Essay 1 Grading Criteria:
Has the author created an original and compelling essay in response to the assignment prompt?
Does the author have a strong thesis listing two success and resilience factors?
Does the essay engage the reader? (Use your unique voice to appeal to your audience. Give it a great title and opening “hook.”)
Does the author successfully establish their own claims and evidence to illustrate their thesis? Evidence will consist of two support quotes each for body paragraphs 1 and 2 from the Week 1 texts, as well as the writer’s own specific example from personal experience in body 3.
Is the evidence from two of our course texts integrated and cited correctly in MLA format with smoothly integrated quotes (lead-in point and context, quote with signal phrase, parenthetical citation, quote commentary)?
Is the conclusion of the essay effective? Does it resonate?
Does the essay demonstrate awareness of audience?
Does the writer use an effective structure that carefully guides the reader from one idea to the next? Is the essay well organized? Are paragraphs focused and ideas developed logically?
Is the essay thoroughly edited so that sentences are readable and appropriate for an academic paper?
Does the writer effectively use MLA format with the proper heading in the upper left corner, numbered pages in the upper right corner, a centered title, left-justified paragraphs, double-spaced, Times New Roman 12-point font?
Does the author include a Works Cited page at the end of the essay with two class sources which are quoted in the paper listed alphabetically by author’s last name, double-spaced, with subsequent lines of the same source indented? Are the article titles and TED Talk titles capitalized and in quote marks? Is all of the punctuation formatted properly?
Essay 1 Meets the Following English 120 Student Learning Outcomes:
Use reflective writing to explore aspects of their identities, career goals, interests, learning experiences, and/or values.
Develop and support their own position in relation to academic, social, and/or cultural genealogies of thought.
Analyze academic texts to support claims, identify how authors create meaning, and critically engage with the larger significance of key concepts.
Construct clear, well-organized writing which demonstrates an awareness of audience and purpose.

Give a brief overview of the four causes of substance-related and addictive disorders (biological, cognitive, behavioral, and sociocultural)
This should be at least 350 words

BE SURE to submit ONLY a Word document to TurnitIn. NO PLAGARISM PLEASE. My country is switzerland.
I only need submission #1 done. I sent you the full plan for future reference.
Below are the elements needed to complete submission #1. For the first document you USE the Titles and Subtitles making the adjustments indicated in red.
The facts, figures, and basic info needed to be covered is entered in Gray. These might be appropriate in certain places as simple numbers or lists but they generally will need a description and explanation.
The portion written in BLUE tells you what you need to do with the facts and how to describe the GRAY information.
Other than the Darker Titles and Headers, everything written herein should be stripped and replaced with what that information is. However, DO NOT remove the titles and headers. You may add more to sections of the document identifying what will be in the following section.
This document indicates where in the final marketing plan this portion fits and offers guidelines about citation and writing style rules.
Guidelines about writing overall and citations.
The demographic section will count 3 points. economics will count 5 points, formatting and citations are worth 2 points.
Example of Submission written for the USA. To be used as a reference- not to be copied exactly.

Step 1: Write a rough draft of your essay and include it in this assignment. Please note that I am not reading these rough drafts, but I want to make sure that everyone has one written so that they can spend some time editing and revising. So a rough draft is part of this grade. (20 pts)
Step 2: Review the rubric for the essay, then answer each of the following questions. You must be specific; you can’t say “I reviewed the PowerPoint.” You also can’t say “I haven’t used one yet.” Your answer must clearly show that you know the rules.
Copy and paste your sentences that show that you’ve used the following components, then answer the questions. (25 points) Do not forget this part! Also, do NOT put your answers in quotes (except, of course, for answers 3 and 4 when you are including quotes). Highlighting your sentences in your rough draft for me to find does not fulfill this part of the assignment.
1. What is your creative title? How do you know you’ve written it correctly? (See Titles PowerPoint) Write the title with your answer.
2. How do you know the appositive is used and punctuated correctly? (See Appositives PowerPoint) Write your appositive with your answer.
3. How do you know you used the colon quote correctly? (See Varying Quotes PowerPoint) Write your colon quote with your answer.
4. How do you know you’ve used the embedded quote correctly? (See Varying Quotes PowerPoint) Write your embedded quote with your answer.
5. How do you know you’ve used the semicolon sentence correctly? (See semicolon section in textbook). Write your semicolon sentence with your answer.
The rough draft, questions, and sentences must be submitted on the same document. Rough draft on top, questions and sentences right below. (5 points for submitting on same document)
5 points for formatting your responses like the sample below.
Your answers to the questions should be formatted like this. (Note: Your sample on one line without quotation marks –unless actually designating a direct quote– and the answer to the question on the next line.)
1. What is your creative title? How do you know you’ve written it correctly? (See Titles PowerPoint)
Bucs Beat the Saints in a Decisive Victory
I know my title is written correctly because all significant words are capitalized and key words from the essay are used.

Research has determined that explicit and systematic reading instruction is essential for students to become proficient readers, whether beginning readers, struggling readers, or high-performing students. Systematic instruction follows a logical sequence from beginning to progressively more advanced skills. Explicit instruction does not assume that children will learn the core components of reading on their own, but instead provides a controlled and supportive environment in which to learn the skills correctly the first time. These skills are taught through modeling, guided practice with immediate, corrective feedback, and sufficient repetition in multiple contexts to support mastery and automaticity, including differentiation to meet the needs of all learners.
View the videos, “Literacy Lesson First Grade” and “3rd Grade Main Idea Lesson.” Create a graphic organizer to compare and contrast how the two teachers used the following five components of effective literacy instruction:
Explicit instruction with modeling
Systematic instruction with scaffolding
Student practice with multiple opportunities
Assessment and progress monitoring
Feedback
Write a 250-500 word analysis addressing the following questions:
How was each lesson taught effectively?
How could modeling have been improved?
How did each teacher address exceptionalities (ELL, gifted and talented, special education) during the lessons?
How did each teacher scaffold the lesson to meet students’ various needs?
Support this assignment with 2-3 scholarly resources.

Based on Lecture 1, and the 4 news articles (PDFs), Buck 2012 (PDF), Sells 2007 (PDF) & Sachedina 2006 (PDF), answer the following questions in about 2 paragraphs each, or more, if specified by the prompt. A paragraph consists of about 5-7 sentences.
1) Based on the Module One lecture, explain what is meant by the “Muhammadi Revolution,” and then describe at least two changes that the Muhammadi Revolution brought to pre-Islamic Arabian society. After this, identify three points from the lecture that stood out to you. Make sure that these points come from different sections of the lecture as a way to demonstrate that you engaged with the entire lecture. Re-state these three points in your own words and, for each one, explain how these points expanded your knowledge about the Qur’an and/or Islam as a whole. Please note if and how each point either countered or reinforced your expectations about the Qur’an and Islam.
2) Based on the lecture and news articles on the Qur’an controversy, discuss at least three misconceptions about Islam and Muslims. For each point, counter it with information that would lead to a more accurate understanding.
3) This question should be based mainly on your reading of Sells (2007), keeping in mind that readings from this book were at the center of a national-level controversy. If you were a new undergraduate at university who did not enroll in a Qur’an class and these excerpts were included as part of your freshman orientation, required reading, what would your reaction be and why?
4) Also based on Sells (2007), describe in your own words, at least three important lessons Sell’s reading taught you about the Qur’an, its topics, its language, its sound qualities, and the meaning of its surahs. After reading Sells (2007), Buck (2012), and revisiting the news articles, discussion and lecture expand upon your initial discussion post about the Qur’an controversy. Drawing upon Buck (2012) and at least one of your classmates’ discussion posts, elaborate upon at least two new insights you have developed regarding the 2002 controversy about teaching the Qur’an. With this, discuss how the Buck (2012) and. What role did the stereotyping of the Muslims Islamophobia, and political events play in this controversy? Or, if you believe that this has nothing to do with Islamophobia, stereotyping, or politics, explain your position. In your own words, explain how controversies such as this could negatively impact teaching courses on the Qur’an or Islam in general. If yes, highlight at least one reason to support your viewpoint. Or, if you do not believe that this controversy is likely to have a negative impact on undergraduate education, explain why not.
5) Based on Sachedina (2006), explain in your own words what the Qur’an teaches us about other world religions? Then, drawing on at least two examples from the reading, discuss how the Qur’an offers a model of coexistence among Muslims and non-Muslims.

watch it here: https://youtu.be/XhceEJ1R_vY?t=1.
For this weeks discussion, reflect on what you observed in Sound and Fury. Describe what you saw in terms of:
Audism
The three views of deafness
Medical
Social
Cultural-Linguistic
What struggles do the Deaf individuals go through?
What struggles do the families of Deaf individuals go through?
In addition, I would like everyone to address the question posed at the end of the movie – Is not implanting a Deaf child with a cochlear implant abuse?

Prepare a 4-page environmental analysis briefing report that examines environmental issues that affect the health care organization you have selected, including the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats you have identified for the organization.
For this assessment, use the Environmental Analysis Briefing Report Assessment Template [DOCX] to prepare a 4- page briefing report. Imagine creating this report for your CEO to review. Keep your report precise, clear, and professional.
Provide a brief introduction to this report and its purpose.
Use the factor from the AHA’s most recent Environmental Scan report you chose for the first assessment and evaluate 3 environmental issues you feel best relate to this factor and your organization.
Using a tool of your choice or a tool your current workplace uses (e.g., TOWS, SWOT, PESTEL, et cetera), evaluate where the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, or threats exist related to this factor.
Explain the tool you chose for the internal and external analysis and why you chose it.For example, if you chose workforce as your factor, what tool would you use to determine the issues?
Explain the environmental issues you identified using the tool you chose and that are related to the AHA factor you chose. Explain how these issues impact the growth of the organization and why.
Explain your plan to address the issues identified in your analysis.
Use evidence to support your assertions about how you would address the issues.For example, for workforce, you might consider SHRM as one of your resources.
Depending on the factor chosen, consider additional data and resources from reputable sources and associations such as the American Hospital Association (AHA), American College of Health care Executives (ACHE), National Center for Health care Leadership (NHCL), National Institutes of Health (NIH), et cetera.
Attach the tool you used as an appendix after the reference page of your report.
Supporting Evidence: Include at least 5 academic or scholarly sources that match their in-text citations.