Category: English

AMERICAN HORROR STORY 
The Topic: Choose a recent television show that you think says something compelling about our society. To keep your analysis relevant, the episodes you will discuss must have been created within the last two years. If you don’t watch TV, you might take a look at the most popular shows on various streaming services and watch one episode. You can write about several episodes or even a single episode for this essay. 
The Assignment: Write a well-developed, analytical essay in which you make a debatable argument about the show or its impact on viewers. The following advice will prove helpful: “In interpreting TV, you still need to rely on your skills in description and summary because you need to describe the show for your reader, but your purpose will be to go beyond these writing tasks towards the construction of interpretive arguments about the cultural significance of your topic” (Maasik and Solomon 249). Think of this essay as a graded draft of your research paper—you will build on this essay for the research paper.
Pre-writing Questions:
What kind of issues does the show address?
What are the show’s hidden messages?
What kinds of graphic images appear?
What stereotypes does the show perpetuate or challenge?
What cultural myths or ideologies does the show perpetuate?
What does the dialogue reveal about the characters?
Which characters tend to be mocked and which characters are taken seriously?
What is the genre of the show?
Requirements:
At least 4 full pages
Introduction with hook and persuasive thesis statement
Body paragraphs with topic sentences, specific support from the show, and analysis
Quotations from three outside sources
At least one must come from a peer-reviewed journal or book accessed through the library
The rest must come from the library databases
Thought-provoking conclusion
Works Cited (include the TV show)
MLA format
Tips
Make sure that your thesis goes beyond stating that the show has a positive or negative influence. Aim for an original argument that reveals something about our culture or the show’s deeper message. 
Your three sources must come from a library database or a book.
Although you might have trouble finding a scholarly article about your TV show, you might find articles about the social issue or TV genre you are exploring.
Your research paper will be a continuation of this topic, so choose a topic and TV show that you find compelling.
This is an analysis essay, not a report or a review. 

Persuasive Essay on Themes
Use of any AI tools is prohibited for this assignment.
This is an assessment opportunity. You will submit the outline for the essay by May 15th, and the final essay by May 24th. Review: Elements of a persuasive essay.
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Essay is 1000 words, in 12-point Times New Roman font, double-spaced, and following MLA formatting.
Here is the outline you need to fill out and submit by May 15th: 3.4 Essay Outline (Google doc) click on “File” then “Make a Copy”. OR 3.4 Essay Outline (PDF file) you can copy and paste into a Word document.
Choose a robust theme statement that identifies a theme in Death of a Salesman, its significance, and evidence for it. This theme statement will form the thesis of a persuasive essay. You may use one of the themes discussed in this learning activity or pick one of your own. Then, in a persuasive essay, explain the importance of your chosen theme.
After you have put your ideas in writing, read through your piece and ask yourself these questions:
Am I using grammar and spelling correctly?
Does the way I use punctuation help the expression of my ideas?
How can I rewrite this to make my ideas clearer to the reader?
Don’t be afraid to rewrite. Remember that nothing is “carved in stone” until you produce your final version and hand it in!
This is an assessment. Feedback and suggestions for improvement will be provided by your teacher using the following success criteria. Press on the tabs to understand the assessment expectations and success criteria.
Success criteria:
Introduction opens with an effective hook and finishes with an explicit thesis statement about a specific theme.
There are three clear “points” that work to prove your thesis. Each body paragraph develops one point.
The topic sentence of each body paragraph makes a clear statement (states your point clearly), and the paragraph remains focused on the specific point you are making.
Each body paragraph interweaves textual evidence and analysis. Every idea is backed up with textual evidence, followed by an explanation as to how that chosen evidence illustrates your idea. Quotes are embedded seamlessly into sentences and follow proper in-text citation formatting. Quotes must include page numbers.
Ideas are complex, compelling, and relevant to your chosen thesis statement.
Conclusion summarizes your arguments and makes a final comment on the subject.
Evidence of the revision process is clear. Student submitted their draft on time for feedback and incorporated the feedback into their editing process.
Essay demonstrates understanding of the play and includes symbols/motifs from the play in their analysis.
Essay demonstrates understanding of proper persuasive essay structure.
No errors in writing (includes grammar, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure)
Proper MLA formatting (both in-text and Works Cited)
Writing is clear, structured, and contains clear transitions in order to organize sentences.
Uses formal, 3rd-person language with no contractions or colloquialisms. Uses present tense and uses active voice rather than passive voice. (Resource: Active vs. Passive Voice)
MLA Resources: MLA In-Text Citation Guide; MLA Citation Guide
Submit your outline for feedback here (due May 15th)
Please note that failure to hand in your outline on time means you lose out on valuable feedback, as well as lose marks on the final essay in the “revision process” category of the rubric.
Review the feedback you have received on your essay outline and consider the following questions:
Do you need to modify your thesis statement? How?
What do you need to add or modify in your outline?
Are your supporting examples sufficient?
Make any necessary changes to your essay outline.
Submit your final essay here (due May 24th)
Works Cited:
Gottfried, Martin. Arthur Miller: His Life and Work. Da Capo Press, Cambridge, MA, 2003.ACLS Humanities E-Book, http://tinyurl.com/y69ynxlk

Research Paper using the book The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates (MUST HAVE THE BOOK ON HAND). Must use atleast 2 scholarly sources to back up the research question. Work cited page has to be attached too. I have some secondary sources available if needed. My idea was to write about the significance of memory in the book but feel free to come up with another topic.

Instructions
Review the following websites using the CRAAP test criteria, or currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, and purpose. Use The CRAAP Test Worksheet as a guide if needed.
-The Nutrition Source
-Natural Health News and Science
-MyPlate
-Nutritional Data: Know What Your Eat
Discuss the following questions:
-You are a Core Nursing student who has been assigned a research paper about patients’ dietary needs. Which website(s) from the above list would be appropriate for an academic essay. Why?
-Which source(s) from the list would not be appropriate for an academic essay? Why not?
1What is another website you would use for your patient’s research?
https://southcentral.edu/webdocs/library/CRAAP%20Test%20Worksheet.pdf
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/
https://www.naturalnews.com/
https://www.myplate.gov/
https://nutritiondata.self.com/

Engage in a 2-3 page summary and response dialogue with the source (not including cover pages, headings, reference lists, or reflection questions). This will involve providing a detailed summary of the source’s argument and responding to that argument with your position based on the information provided in the source. Answer reflection questions. 

please wring 1000 word speech talking about animal abuse , the negative affects , what can be done to change it and a personal connection

Choose a planning neighborhood in the City of Buffalo and create a “pre-planning” neighborhood profile that would set the stage for a place-based planning effort. The assignment is not to determine a plan for a neighborhood, but to provide context for guiding a neighborhood-based planning effort. For this project, students will:
●Describe the location of the neighborhood.
○https://www.buffalony.gov/DocumentCenter/View/9444/PlannerNeighborhoods?bidId= (https://www.buffalony.gov/DocumentCenter/View/9444/PlannerNeighborhoods?bidId=)
●Use publicly available data sources to build demographic, economic, and housing profiles.
○https://data.buffalony.gov/stories/s/a235-4wxj (https://data.buffalony.gov/stories/s/a235-4wxj)
●Perform a SWOT analysis of neighborhood assets, physical conditions, and public life.
○Pre-planning plan, list of locations to take photos
●Describe sub-areas and uses within the neighborhood as appropriate.
●Use primary and secondary information to create a list of possible neighborhood considerations.
●Identify neighborhood-based constituents (organizations, institutions, public officials, community groups, etc.) and key contacts that would be important to engage in the planning effort.
●Where will the community’s role in the planning process fall on the spectrum of community engagement? Describe methods to gather additional community input. What resources will the community need to fulfill this role? What will
be your obligations to the community in return?
This assignment is due 5/14 – 4/2 is a day to do field work for this assignment

all instructions in detail in the file
The Technology is Internet of things 
The source :
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/03/23/1069199/the-next-generation-of-conne
cted-iot/

Review your group members’ podcast recordings (their SoundCloud links) from the previous module in the discussion board.  Then, post feedback to each of your peers by answering the following questions:
What is the purpose or central topic of this podcast?  How clearly is it communicated?
How well does the interviewer maintain a conversational and natural style?  Does she or he sound more like they are reading a list of questions/a script or having a conversation?  How might she or he improve and be more spontaneous and conversational?
Describe the vocal quality of the interviewer.  Does she or he display good vocal quality and variety?  How could this person improve on vocal quality?
How well does the interviewer (not the guest) communicate or build her or his own ethos (community, values, and competence)?  How does she or he present a self image that will be compelling to listeners?  How could that self image be better communicated or improved to help the podcast accomplish its purpose?
What are the most and least compelling aspects of the introduction and conclusion?  How well does the introduction draw the audience into the topic?  How well does the conclusion summarize the key points from the interview?  What could make the introduction or conclusion better?
Your feedback should:
Provide useful feedback that your peer can use to improve or enhance performance future online public communication. (33 points)
Reference specific events or segments of the recording by both their content and a timestamp (at least once per peer feedback post).   For example, you might write something like, “I really liked the way you transitioned from your guest’s answer to the question about her education (at 1:37). I wonder if you could have done something similar when transitioning from the first to second question (at 0:45).” (33 points)
Follow the formatting as noted in the submission instructions below. (33 points)
i will post the links

Please follow the picture for information you can write and change the quote based on the one that you have to use. You can change it for what you see fit but only use the source least. You can add other details about the person I interviewed that makes sense about her in the interview.