DISCUSSION POST- OTHER WORDS FOR HOME BY JASMINE WARGA
For this week’s discussion, choose ONE of the following prompts for response. Please indicate which prompt you’re responding to. Your response should be at least one paragraph.
1. Contrast Jude’s relationships with Layla, Sarah, and Miles. What do their actions toward her say about them? Be specific. 2. Look at the passage on pg. 82. Warga writes, “America, I realize, has its sad and tired parts too.” What do you think she means by that? We get this observation from Jude — in what way does her character, and her experience, add additional weight to this statement? 3. “Lucky” is a word Jude encounters in America: “I am learning how to say it/ over and over in English./ I am learning how it tastes— / sweet with promise/ and bitter with responsibility.” What do you think she means by this? Use specific details from the book to explain your response. 4. Why do you think Warga decided to tell Jude’s story in verse? How does this affect your reaction to the story? What do you think the author wanted you to understand about Jude and her family? Why couldn’t she tell you these things in ordinary prose?
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Title: Exploring Relationships, Culture, and Language in “Other Words for Home” by Jasmine Warga
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Title: Insights from Senior Citizens: A Reflection on Family, Community, and Aging Part I: Interview with Two Senior Citizens (Age 65+) Interview 1: Interviewer: Hello, thank you for agreeing to be interviewed for this
Instructions
Part 1: Interview with Two Senior Citizens (Age 65+)
Provide a transcript of your interviews using these questions. Plan to interview at least two senior citizens in order to complete the assignment.
Questions:
How old are you?
Where were you born/raised?
What was your family composition? How many siblings?
Were your parents married? Did they ever divorce?
What is your highest level of education?
What is the biggest difference about families now, as opposed to when you were being raised?
What do you think today’s families are lacking?
What were your parents’ roles in your household?
Was the community (neighbors, church, schools, etc.) more involved in the raising of families/children in your day? How so?
Do you have any regrets?
Are you involved in any activities?
What could society do to better support you as you age?
If you had to offer me one piece of advice about life, what would it be?
Part II: 5- Paragraph Essay
After you complete the interviews, review our readings of Week 2 Lessons. Write a 5-paragraph essay to include the following:
Compare the two interviewees’ responses
Address any public policies available to support senior citizens
Describe what are your two biggest ‘takeaways’ from these interviews
Support the statements within your essay by including at least two (2) in-text citations with matching references from this week’s readings or by using research from other credible outside sources. -
“Overcoming Pronunciation Challenges for Vietnamese Learners of English”
I. Vietnamese learners of english often encounter specific
pronunciation challenges.
1. vowel pronunciation
2. constant challenges
3. word stress and intonation
II. Conclusion -
“Identifying and Assessing an Aggregate Population for Community Health Nursing Intervention”
I provided a power point slide – I am responsible for one part just need the info .
question to be answered –
ggregate (Target) Population ‐ 10 points/10%
• Identifies an aggregate population, based on age vulnerability, culture, or chronic disease, to develop a community health diagnosis, plan, interventions and evaluation.
• Includes a thorough description of the aggregate population.
• Aggregate population is based on three or more elements or risks that impose a negative impact on the health of the community, identified in the community assessment. • Identifies gatekeepers or key informants who will assist the community health nurse in gaining access to the population of interest. -
Title: “Constitutional Scrutiny of State Anti-Spam Statutes and the Legality of Spamming”
Read the case study on pp. 417-419 of the textbook and answer the following questions:
Would a state anti spam statute that specifically prohibited pornographic, obscene, terroristic, and fraudulent emailing withstand constitutional scrutiny? Why or why not?
Is spam really so bad? Why can a business lawfully send unsolicited traditional mail, or make unsolicited phone calls (as long as their is no violation of a no-call list) but spamming violates the law? -
“Cost Considerations in Manufacturing and Producing Quality Products: A Memo to the Supervisor”
SCENARIO
You are employed by a firm that produces tangible products. These products are then sold to a consuming populace that is unaffected by place, income, sex, race, age, or any environmental concerns. These products are acquired and used across the spectrum of consumers.
REQUIREMENTS
Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. An originality report is provided when you submit your task that can be used as a guide.
You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.
Prepare a memo (suggested length of 1–3 pages) to your supervisor that addresses the following:
A. Identify the three types of costs when quality considerations are made.
B. Explain each of these types of costs using examples.
C. Evaluate the three types of costs considering the trade-offs within manufacturing a product and/or producing a service.
D. Acknowledge sources, using APA-formatted in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.
E. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission. -
Title: Applying Normative Leadership Theory to a Decision-Making Case
Step 1: Each team member rewatches the video lecture “M4V4: Normative Leadership Theory and Models” under Module 4 to get familiar with the Normative Leadership Theory.
Step 2: Each team member reads the following case, applies the Normative Leadership Theory, and post your own answers of the 9 questions following the case by Thursday, June 20.
Case: You are the Vice-President of Production in a small manufacturing company. Your plant is working close to capacity to fill current orders. Now you have just been offered a contract to manufacture components for a new customer. If the customer is pleased with the way you handle this order, additional orders are likely and they could become one of the company’s largest clients. You are confident that your production supervisors can handle the job, but it would impose a heavy burden on them in terms of rescheduling production, hiring extra workers, and working extra hours. How would you decide whether to accept the new contract?
Applying the Normative Leadership Theory, what are your answers to the following questions in this case:
How important is the technical quality of the decision (decision significance)?
How important is team member commitment to this decision?
Do you have sufficient information to make a high-quality decision?
Is the problem well structured?
If you were to make the decision by yourself, is it reasonably certain that team members would be committed to the decision?
Do team members share the organizational goals to be attained in solving this problem?
Is conflict among team members over preferred solutions likely?
Do team members have sufficient information to make high-quality decisions?
Based on your answers to these questions, what’s the best decision-making style for this case? -
Capital Budgeting Analysis for AIU Industries: Choosing the Best Investment Opportunity “Enhancing Education Delivery Systems: Improving Slides for Effective Presentations”
Capital budgeting is utilized to determine if a project is worthwhile. The net present value (NPV), payback period, and internal rate of return (IRR) methods are used to rank and select which project to undertake. The following video outlines the NPV and IRR method of capital budgeting:
Net Present Value (NPV): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFFkFMfotT0
In this assignment, you are required to prepare a PowerPoint presentation reviewing 3 projects. You will calculate the NPV, IRR, and payback period for each project. Utilizing the capital budgeting calculations, you will need to select the best investment for the company. These calculations will be based on the following scenario:
AIU Industries has 3 potential projects to consider, all with an initial cost of $1,250,000. The company prefers to reject any project with a 4-year cut-off period for recapturing initial cash outflow. Given the cost of capital rates and the future cash flow for each project, determine which project the company should accept.
Cash Flow
Project A
Project I
Project U
Year 1 250,000 450,000 250,000
Year 2 250,000 450,000 400,000
Year 3 250,000 450,000 600,000
Year 4 250,000 450,000 800,000
Year 5 400,000 400,000 200,000
Year 6 400,000 400,000 800,000
Year 7 400,000 400,000 600,000
Year 8 400,000 400,000 200,000
Cost of Capital
4%
6%
8%
Please submit your assignment.
Submitting your assignment in APA format means, at a minimum, you will need the following:
Title slide: Remember the running head. The title should be in all capitals.
Length: 15 slides minimum
Body slides: This begins on the slide following the title slide and must be double-spaced (be careful not to triple- or quadruple-space between paragraphs). The typeface should be 12-pt. Times Roman or 12-pt. Courier in regular black type. Do not use color, bold type, or italics, except as required for APA-level headings and references. The deliverable length of the body of your presentation for this assignment is 15 slides. In-body academic citations to support your decisions and analysis are required. A variety of academic sources is encouraged.
Reference slide: References that align with your in-body academic sources are listed on the final slide of your presentation. The references must be in APA format using appropriate spacing, hanging indent, italics, and uppercase and lowercase usage as appropriate for the type of resource used. Remember, the Reference slide is not a bibliography but a further listing of the abbreviated in-body citations used in the paper. Every referenced item must have a corresponding in-body citation.
Please submit your assignment.
For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.
Grading Rubric: Maximum 175 Points
Grading Criteria Points
Deliverable requirements addressed; understanding of material and presenter’s message and intent are clear 70 points Followed assignment guidelines and criteria 35 pts Yes/Complete Mostly Not at all
Overall quality 35 pts Excellent Satisfactory Needs Improvement
Scholarly research that supports the presenter’s position is properly acknowledged and cited, and direct quotations may not exceed 10% of the word count of the body of the assignment deliverable 45
points Title slide, agenda, tables, exhibits, appendices or reference slides included 25 pts Yes Partially Not at all
Content is original with less than 35% match 20 pts Yes 36–50% 51% or over
Critical thinking: Position is well-justified; there is logical flow and examples 20 points Position is justified with examples 10 pts Excellent Satisfactory Needs Improvement
Presentation flows logically 10 pts Excellent Satisfactory Needs Improvement
Structure: Includes introduction and conclusion slides, proper slide format, and reads as a polished, academic or professional presentation, as appropriate for the required assignment deliverable 10 points Includes introduction and conclusion slides 3.5 pts Excellent Satisfactory Needs Improvement
Slides are formatted properly with 5 lines of text 3.5 pts Excellent Satisfactory Needs Improvement
Reads as polished academic or professional presentation 3 pts Excellent Satisfactory Needs Improvement
Mechanical: No spelling, grammatical, or punctuation errors 20 points Spelling and grammar are accurate 10 pts Yes Partially Not at all
Punctuation is accurate 10 pts Yes Partially Not at all
APA: Deliverable is cited properly according to the APA Publication Manual 10 points References are cited in accordance with APA formatting 5 pts Yes Partially Not at all
Reference slide is included 5 pts Yes Partially Not at all -
“The Power of Humor: Examining Katt Williams’ Comedy and Its Impact on Society”
we must choose a comedian to write about,
the comedian i chose was katt williams, here is
the instructions he wrote on the assignment.
Develop a structured argument about the way humor functions in the content of your chosen stand-up comedian, online influencer, cartoonist, podcast, satirical news program, television or web-based series, or feature film. This paper will explore how this creative material sheds light on its subject matter and should provide your analysis, outside perspectives, and supporting research.
Beyond it being funny or entertaining, does this comedian or comedic work connect to a broader discussion, social dynamic, or issue? Is it stereotypical, offensive, politically incorrect, or does it cross the lines of decency and Free Speech? On the other hand, does this material challenge audiences in a productive or meaningful way, or might it have an influential and positive impact on our thinking?
Be sure to include direct quotations, close examinations of scenes and dialogue, illustrations, etc. You must also incorporate at least five outside sources (reviews, interviews, articles, academic journals, etc). All borrowed and analyzed material must be cited during the paper itself and be listed according to MLA Format on your Works Cited page (which is required but does not count toward the 4-5 page minimum). -
“Pitch Perfect: Creating an Effective Business Plan Presentation for Investors and Stakeholders”
Objective
To prepare a presentation of their business plans appropriate for presentations to investors or other key stakeholders
To select appropriate audiences for their business plan presentations
Description
Students will develop an effective business plan presentation that can be used with investors and other key stakeholders.
Instructions
Prepare a ten-to-fifteen-minute narrated presentation using PowerPoint to present your business ideas. Your plan should identify the intended audience and discuss the main points of your idea in a persuasive presentation. If you are having difficulty recording audio, you may include your notes on the PowerPoint Slides.
Your presentation should be engaging and easy to follow.
It should take your audience to the next step of understanding beyond your executive summary, but it does not need to cover your plan in the depth of your written business plan. Your slides should introduce your topics and subtopics, but they should not be so wordy that the slides become the presentation.
If possible and appropriate, include graphics that will engage the viewers and add to their understanding.
Examples might be pictures of your product, graphs illustrating your timelines, and charts of your financial figures.
The presentation should be about 10-15 minutes in length.
To ensure that you meet this requirement, you should practice making your presentation out loud and, preferably, in front of at least one other person.
Your presentation should include your speaking notes.
The best way to accomplish this is to add your narrative to the slides, assuming you are using a package like PowerPoint that permits this. If you choose this option, be certain that the audio is incorporated into slides. If it is not, the audio will not accompany the presentation file when you submit it.
Another way is to make a video of you doing your presentation live. If you choose either of these options, practice your presentation several times so that it sounds lively and is engaging.
Alternatively, you may add your speaking notes to the notes section of your presentation package or submit a text file with your notes for each slide.
Review the rubric for this assignment.
Evaluation and Feedback
Funding Source Presentation will be marked in its entirety out of 100. The following rubric indicates the criteria students are to adhere to, and their relative weights to the assignment overall.
Activity/Competencies Demonstrated % of Final Grade
a. Describe the funding source that will see your business plan presentation. /20
b. Review your draft plan, identifying those areas that will be of greatest concern to the viewers of your presentation. /20
c. Create slides of your presentation using PowerPoint or other presentation software and Include graphics, tables, and other illustrations which will visually communicate your message. /25
d. Describe your presentation in text in the notes section of your presentation, in an accompanying text document, or by adding audio to your presentation. /20
f. Demonstrate good organization, including a strong introduction and conclusion. /15
Total /100