Category: English

Drawing especially on the readings and the lesson content thus far, how do immigration regulations also work to regulate “the nation” and/or the citizens within the nation? How are hierarchies of gender, sexuality, race, and/or nationality relevant to immigration regulation?
For each Daily Discussion, you will create one original post that includes a discussion question, and respond to one of your classmates’ posts/discussion questions with a response discussion post.
The original discussion post should be 450-600 words, and must include a discussion question about the readings or course content for that day. Keep in mind the best discussion questions will be:
Open-ended- Questions cannot be answered with yes/no or either/or
Answerable by classmates- Questions do not require extensive knowledge from outside the course, and can be answered using knowledge/experience versus speculation
Substantive and relevant- Questions should be related to a significant point/argument in the course lesson or readings assigned for the day, and should ask us to consider the point/argument in the context of the themes of this course.
In addition, you will craft a response post that replies in a substantive manner to a discussion question posed by one of your classmates. The post should be at least 150 words.
The two discussion posts will be due by 11:59 pm each day. Discussion posts will be graded for originality, thoughtfulness, and grammar/organization. Out of the 30 points possible for each Discussion, the original post with a discussion question is worth a total of 20 points, and the response is worth a total of 10 points.

Purpose
Our first major essay for this class is an examination of poetic and musical verse. Your task is to use both music and poetry to argue a position on how the two art forms are connected. You will be close reading and analyzing an example of each type of text in order to do this.
This essay is shorter and more direct than the essays we will be writing later in the semester. It’s intended to get us used to writing again, to be brief enough to complete quickly, and to help us identify any writing skills we need to brush up on.
Task
To answer this prompt, you need to cite and analyze at least one song and at least one poem. The song can be any of your choosing, as long as there are lyrics for you to analyze. The poem can be any written by one of the authors on our poetry authors list, found on Canvas and included below.
Your prompt is:
In what ways are music and poetry connected, both in terms of their structure and their meaning? To best answer this prompt, you should select texts that you think have similar themes, points, or greater meanings in order to compare how they cover similar ideas in different ways.  
When picking a song, use your best judgement in terms of appropriate subject matter. There is no song too inappropriate for this essay, BUT you should pick a song that you are comfortable quoting from, writing about, and discussing with your peers and instructor.
Poetry Options
Any of the poets from our Composition and LiteratureLinks to an external site. textbook, starting in Section III: Poetry
Any of the poets from our https://oer.galileo.usg.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1015&context=english-textbooks . textbook, starting on page 48
Amiri Baraka
Amanda Gorman
Pablo Naruda
Anne Sexton
Requirements
A strong thesis statement that makes clear what argument you’re going to make.
12-point font, double spaced, Times New Roman
3 full pages
Citations from one song of your choosing
Citations from one poem written by the author of your choosing from our authors list
A works cited page
Process
Brainstorming your texts
You need to select at least two texts to use in this essay, one song and one poem.
The song can be any of your choosing, as long as it has lyrics. You should also keep content in mind; there are no restrictions, but make sure to pick a song that you’re comfortable writing about, quoting directly, and discussing with peers and your instructor.
The poem must be from an author from the Poetry Options list, available above and on the assignment pages on Canvas. There are a lot of options available in our course’s assigned textbooks, linked digitally on the Poetry Options list.
To select your texts, you should start by reading a selection of poetry and then brainstorm using the method of your choosing to identify a theme or meaning you are interested in investigating further. You can also start this process with music. Regardless of which text you start with, your aim should be to find two texts with themes or meanings you think overlap in a way that will be interesting to write about.
Once you have selected your texts, you should start the writing process by completing the Poem Citation Worksheet and Music Citation Worksheet. The order is up to you. These worksheets are intended to help you find the interesting parts of each text, figure out how to use them, select some citations, and write a works cited entry.
Writing the scaffold
Once you’ve selected your texts, you can start working on the scaffold. An essay scaffold is an outline – the goal when you create one is to prewrite a large portion of your essay in a useful order, so that when your write your first draft you already have a lot of set up done and have a good idea of what you need to talk about and where in the essay.
We will write a scaffold for each of our essays. Each will ask you to do the same thing – generate a working thesis, answer some questions about your introduction, fill out a number of paragraph sandwiches, and answer some questions about your conclusion. We are going to work on the first scaffold extensively in class, and will likely have class time set aside for the other scaffolds as well.
The scaffolds are laid out in the order you should work in. Start by generating a thesis, then fill out the information needed for your introduction, then fill out the tables for each body paragraph, then fill out the information needed for the conclusion.
The first thing you’re going to come up with is a thesis statement. A thesis statement can be revised and improved, just like any other part of your essay. Start with a “working thesis,” which is a thesis strong enough to get you writing, rather than trying to get the perfect thesis first. It’s easier to have a thesis that helps you write a draft then go back and change it. It’s quite common to begin a draft writing about one thing and then shift to writing about something similar but not identical. In this case, it’s better to change your thesis to match what you actually wrote about.
Some of the scaffolding information, like the thesis, will be repeated. Additionally, some of this information is going to be drawn from the citation worksheets, and can be copied over directly. This is on purpose; you’ll be returning frequently to important information.
What to include and where
Introduction
Your introduction should introduce your topic, include a thesis that asserts your argument, and make brief mention of the song and poem you intend to analyze.
First Analysis Paragraph
Your first analysis paragraph should include your analytical explication of either your poem or song, including a close look at its verse structure and a discussion of its figurative language.
Second Analysis Paragraph
Your second analysis paragraph should work like your first analysis paragraph, and analyze either your poem or song, whatever you didn’t pick for the first paragraph. 
One to Two Comparative Paragraphs
Over the course of at least one and possibly two paragraphs, you should support your thesis by comparing how your poem and song use language, structure, and meaning. This is where you assert how music and poetry use similar characteristics to convey similar meaning.
Conclusion
Your conclusion should reassert your thesis and the arguments you made to support it. You should end your essay buy opening up your claims to apply them more broadly.
What should you analyze?
There are two big categories of things worth looking at when analyzing verse: language and structure.
Language
Analyzing language means looking at the actual words being used, what they literally mean, and what they mean figuratively. Common things worth examining are metaphor, personification, hyperbole, and allusions, along with the emotional impact the language is trying to create.
Structure
Analyzing structure means looking at how lines of verse are structured, how sound is used, and how that influences the work’s meaning. Common things worth examining are rhyme scheme, poetic meter, alliteration and assonance, onomatopoeia, and other repetition of sounds.

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ASSIGNMENT: Write a THREE paragraph narrative essay about a time you learned something. This could be a skill you learned, a lesson you learned or some kind of information. Be descriptive in your assignment. Let the reader feel what you are feeling. Do not just describe the action.
Paragraph 1: Introduction:
Hook – grab the reader’s attention. This should be at the beginning of the paragraph.
Theme – what you learned from your experience. This should be at the end of the paragraph.
Paragraph 2: Body:
This is where you tell your story. It needs to be concise and clear. The action in this paragraph should rise toward a climax. The climax should come at the end of the paragraph and lead in to the conclusion.
Paragraph 3: Conclusion
-Thesis – this should be at the beginning of the conclusion – restate the thesis; remind the reader what the point is. If you need to wrap up the action in your story, do that then restate the theme.
-Wrap up – tie everything up, tell the reader how this lesson has changed you.
make it grade 9 level but use descriptive words to describe emotions.

Please use however many sources are needed when responding to the discussion posts. There are 6 different posts to respond to in 100 or more words. 1 post consists of a claim and evidence. I highlighted what has to be done. 

Read this assignment and follow the attached grading rubic. 
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Assignment: Argumentative Essay with Research
Length:  8-10 pages, MLA style
Grading Rubric
Requirements: 
Essay should cite at least five sources.  Two of those sources should be peer-reviewed scholarly articles.
The essay should include an identifiable thesis statement, background information and context on the topic discussed.
Your argument needs to include organized paragraphs and topic sentences.
Essay needs to be double-spaced and in MLA format.
Essay needs to include in-text citations and a Works Cited page (NOT the annotated bibliography – you only include on the Works Cited page those sources you cited in the paper).
Essay needs to address possible counter-arguments: either partially concede to these points or explain why they are not viable.

In this essay, you will be learning to work with two primary sources. Everyone must use Paulo Freire’s “The ‘Banking’ Concept of Education” and Michael Moore’s “Idiot Nation,” These texts share a number of common concerns—such as the Canon, the student/teacher dynamic, educational funding, issues of control in the classroom, the effects of education on students and society, and many more—but each author takes an individual perspective on those shared issues and makes a different argument. How do these ideas fit in with Freire’s? How does each author’s perspective agree with, build on, differ, or argue against another’s? 
Length: 1200-1500 words (with word count at the end!)
Full Rough Draft Due & MINI Conferences: Thursday, June 6, 2024 (bring 2 copies!)
Final Draft Due: Thursday, June 13, 2024 (hard copy AND emailed as .docx attachment)
Format: Times New Roman, 12 point. Double spaced. One inch margins. APA citation format.                            Full Header on the first page. Last name and page number at the top right corner of every page. 
For this essay, the skill set that you are learning is to control two sources equally, making and developing connections between them. To do this, you will be discussing how one other text from the unit (that you choose) creates a dialogue with the ideas in Freire’s “The ‘Banking’ Concept of Education.” In other words, this is somewhat similar to a “compare and contrast” essay that you might be familiar with, but with more depth: instead of just a simple compare and contrast (such as “this author says this, but the other author says that”), you will be going deeper into what ideas the authors share, how these ideas differ, how they might influence one another, and/or whether the ideas build on each other.
A good way to think of it is to put the two authors in conversation with each other about the theories and practice of education. While these authors are talking about issues within education, they aren’t making identical arguments–instead, they are focusing on specific ideas that are of particular interest to them. Your task is to discuss how these authors’ ideas compare to one another in terms of what they say about education. A good way to develop an argument is to start by identifying a concern that your chosen author shares with Freire (things like: education as an act of oppression, the student/teacher dynamic, education through dialogue, the uneven distribution of power in the classroom, curriculum as a form of control, etc. There are a few more listed at the top of this page, and we will be discussing many more in the coming weeks in our conversations about the texts).
Basing your analysis in their texts, some questions you might ask yourself in order to put the two authors into conversation are: In what way is your chosen text’s author building on or departing from the thoughts of Freire? (To be clear, Freire’s text pre-dates all of them except Achebe.) How do the two authors take different perspectives on the shared concern, and what influences that difference? Where is the common ground? Where do they depart from one another? How would they suggest moving forward? 

writing literaly analysis essay snow falling on cedars by david guterson after reading write a well organized essat in wich you analyze how the aauthor charecterizess mitamoto and creates a contrast between miaymoto and the setting both inside and outside the courtroom 
, make surew to include specific examples of imagery and word and choice as you analyze the authors choices and develop your essay do not merely summerize the plot.

Assessment Introduction and Instructions: Keeping track of the sources you have found to support your argument for change, assessing the credibility of those sources, and determining how you will use them to support your argument will help you write a more effective academic essay
This research planning guide will include four reference list citations and a well-developed paragraph for each source. In each paragraph, you will summarize the source’s main idea, assess the source’s credibility (in other words, describe how you determined that the source was appropriate to use for an academic essay, based on what you’ve recently learned about finding credible sources), and explain how you will use the source in your argument. For the Module 3 Assessment, you will include four credible sources related to your idea for change. For each source, begin by listing the reference list citation, followed by a paragraph discussing and assessing the source. Your Research Planning Guide should include the following:
Title page in APA format
Your revised thesis statement for an argument for change in your community
Four reference list citations in APA format
Four paragraphs (5–10 sentences per paragraph), one for each source, avoiding direct quotes throughout.
One of your sources should address a rival hypothesis or misconception about your topic (NOTE: The source does not have to oppose your thesis; it just needs to help you address a rival perspective)
Revise to ensure your writing is clear, concise, complete, and correct, following the Four Cs of good writing
Paragraphs should include the following:
1- to 2-sentence summary of the source’s main idea, followed by an in-text citation, e.g. (Smith, 2021).
Evaluation of the source’s credibility. Provide two reasons, such as the author’s credentials and the currency of the source; your evaluation should also include where you found the source (Library, Google search engine, government website, etc.). Use the criteria covered in Evaluating Information to guide your evaluation. Finally, paraphrase a key point from the source that supports or challenges your thesis and include an in-text citation. Discuss how you will use the source to support your argument for change in your community. If the source presents a rival perspective or challenge to your argument, indicate how you will address this challenge.
NOTE: No separate references page is needed, but each annotation should have a complete reference citation in APA format
Sources that would be appropriate for this academic essay are as follows:
Book, ebook, article, or a chapter from book or ebook
Periodical (e.g., newspaper, magazine, journal article)
Internet source (e.g., blog, organization website, article from internet site)
Video or audio source (e.g., documentary, video blog, TED Talk, podcast)
A primary source in which the authors of the content are the primary researchers (the ones who conducted research), e.g., a government report, case study, or speech
An interview with an expert source, either published online or conducted by the student.
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