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1. In Sherman Alexie’s “What You Pawn I Will Redeem,” alcohol is a significant obstacle for Jackson Jackson. His drinking habits waste his money, impair his judgment, and derail his efforts to reclaim his grandmother’s regalia. Every time he drinks, he falls further from his goal, showing how alcohol can trap someone in a cycle of poverty and poor decisions. In real life, I’ve seen alcohol wreak similar havoc. It can lead to health issues, job loss, and broken relationships. People get so caught up in drinking that they neglect important parts of their lives, just like Jackson does.
2. Despite his flaws, Jackson Jackson has admirable qualities. He’s persistent, kind, and funny. He tries to buy back his grandmother’s regalia with his money, showing his sense of fairness. He’s also generous, often sharing what little he has with others, like when he buys drinks for everyone at the bar. While his lack of self-control and tendency to waste money can be frustrating, his good intentions and kind heart make him relatable and likable.

Part I: Research Narrative (500+ words – 2 pages)
The first section of the assignment will be a first-person narrative that tells the story of your research journey. It will let the reader know how your process began and progressed. I’m interested here in the chronological path of your process. Use the following questions as starting points or guides to tell your story:
Why did this question interest you? Why does it deserve to be answered?
How did you begin your research? What did you do next? Why?
What sources did you uncover? 
What did you agree or disagree with?
How did the sources affect your thinking?
How do the sources relate to each other? 
The first section of your assignment could be seen as a mini-version of a longer exploratory essay. As you can imagine, you can be drafting this section throughout the process.
Part II: Annotated Bibliography (minimum of 4 entries); at least two (2) sources should be accessed using the HCCS library databases.
An annotated bibliography is like an expanded Works Cited (MLA) page where your reader sees not only the formal citation but also a paragraph containing a summary and explanation of each source. You will list your sources alphabetically according to MLA citation style (Links to an external site.) as you would in a Works Cited page. Each formal citation will be followed by a short paragraph containing:
A description and summary of the work (100-150 words). Take a few sentences to summarize the source and give the reader the main point of the source (or thesis, if appropriate) and a general sense of the whole work. Observe the conventions of summary in your annotations (author tags, present tense verbs, objectivity). 
Then, include an indication of the credibility, authority, or bias of the source (2 sentences). Some ways you can demonstrate credibility are by using the CRAAP Test (Links to an external site.), listing how you found the source (such as via the HCC library databases), saying the source comes from a respected publication (such as The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, or a peer-reviewed scholarly journal), or noting the author has credentials relevant to the source. 
A statement of how the source might fit into an argument, that is, how it might be useful for your own researched argument.
Your sources here will reflect how your research develops. There is no expectation that these sources are the ones that will appear in the final paper or that they will be “balanced,” that is, so many “for” or “against” an issue. In fact, it is unlikely that all the sources will appear in the final essay. Also, resist the impulse to select only those sources that support any opinions or judgments you may already have about your topic. Reserve judgment, and see where the research leads you.
NOTE: Your sources must be from the last decade. Sources that are more than ten (10) years old will not count towards your assignment. Also, you may not use Wikis, Blogs, Personal Websites and ProCon.org as cited sources.

Persuasive essay on should marijuana be legal or illegal. 
All sources and arguments need to come from either the AGAINST articles or the FOR articles. 
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What if anything is the relationship between religion and morality? How do religious ideas inform or distract from questions of the right, the good, and the fitting? And in particular, how can religious perspectives help to inform moral decision making in the business context?

Please review the Features of the Form of a profile, on page 111 in your textbook. You will use this resource to help you compose the first draft of your profile essay. By the end of this week and before 8 a.m. (Central Time) on Monday, you will submit your draft to the group Discussion Board so that others can provide you with feedback and help you make your essay stronger.
Content
This first draft should be at least 500 words long. Try to meet the requirements for the final draft as best as you can and submit an essay that you feel is as close to finished as possible so that the feedback you receive is more likely to be useful. However, do not be overly concerned with issues related to proofreading and editing at this point; you will have the opportunity to address these as you revise.
Be sure your primary focus is on just one day spent with the subject of your profile. You don’t have to organize this chronologically, from the start of the shift to the end. You can certainly do that, but you can also organize it around the questions you are seeking an answer to.
Be sure to let us see and hear the subject of your profile. We should feel as if we are in your shoes observing and interacting with the subject of your profile, so don’t hesitate to put yourself in the profile too, interacting with the subject of your profile.
Be sure to take time to craft an engaging introduction, one that draws the reader in by promising that the reader will discover something interesting about the job you’re profiling. Look on page 564 of our text for ideas about the different types of leads you could use for this essay. Leads are techniques for introducing this or any future essay.
Here is an introduction to a profile about our old friend, Larry, the Jimmy Johns driver, which I hope will give you some idea of what an effective introduction needs to have. The first two paragraphs are the introduction and then I move into the first paragraph of the body of the profile:
“So tell me the truth,” I said to Larry as we sat in a booth at the Jimmy Johns franchise off Blair High Road in Omaha, Nebraska, waiting for his first delivery of the day to be ready, “have you ever helped yourself to someone’s cookie or pickle, hoping they wouldn’t notice?” Larry, nearly 30-years-old with an oversized blonde mustache, laughed and assured me he had never in his five years of working as a Jimmy Johns driver stolen someone’s cookie or pickle. “But even if I had, I’m sure as shit not going to admit it on the record,” he added with another laugh, twisting the ends of his mustache, a habit of his, I discovered, whenever he was nervous.  
I’m happy to report that during our day together, Larry was willing to share other secrets about being a Jimmy Johns driver—such as how to improve the chances of getting a bigger tip or ending up with a free sandwich by the end of the day. In the end, what I learned about earning a living as a Jimmy Johns driver was what I expected for the most part—that the worst part is dealing with traffic all day and getting lost at times and that the best part is getting to be on your own for most of the day. But what I didn’t expect to discover is just how rewarding the job can be at times.
As I anticipated, one of the worst parts of the job delivering for Jimmy Johns is being stuck in traffic for most of the day. “That’s why I make sure to start my day with a full tank,” explained Larry as we sat at yet another red light . . . 

Select one of those stories and explore what you identify as the theme of that story with the evidence and textual support that leads you to that conclusion. While there may be more than one theme per story, you only need to explore one here.
Keep in mind that theme is more than a subject, so the theme is NOT going to be something generic like “Love” or “Greed.” Theme is the message of the story. Theme extends beyond the characters of a story and often relays a universal message that can be easily understood by the audience. Refer to your assigned reading from the textbook covering theme, if necessary. Remember, as indicated in this week’s lecture, that whatever you identify as the theme must be supported in the story. Therefore, be sure to use textual evidence to show how the story supports your conclusion of what you identify as a theme from your selected story.
There can be multiple themes per story, and each person is going to read the story differently based on personal experiences. The important thing is that you can find points of the story to support your answer and nothing in the story conflicts with your identified theme.
So, select your story, identify a theme, and be specific in laying out the support.

Final Project Part 1: Culture Analysis Paper
Culture to be analyzed (my unit in the military/office setting)
This assignment allows you to demonstrate mastery of course outcomes:
apply knowledge of the levels, components, and development of culture to inform decision making about organizational practices
analyze and describe the impact of organizational culture on performance
You will be asked to analyze an organizational culture. This could be the organization you work with, or it could be some other organization to which you have access. Remember that clubs, associations, and churches can be considered organizations.
Collect your data about the organization. Describe how you collected the data (observation, interviews, surveys).
Then, analyze the organizational culture along three dimensions: artifacts, values, and underlying assumptions. Give examples of behavior, speech, or symbols that illustrate your findings. This paper should be 4-6 pages in length. Any data used (interviews, surveys, websites, etc.) should be attached as appendices. You should use at least 3 course resources. 

The essay should be a minimum of 750 to 1500 words and should be double spaced in MLA format. Include an informal outline.
You may write on a topic of your choice but DO NOT choose abortion, matters of faith, or politics (you can check with me to see if political topic is acceptable). Please do not recycle previous essays. You should rely on reason, evidence, and logic to make your argument. Do not write an essay that is only informative. Do not tell me both sides without taking a stand. You should have a paragraph that you answer the opposition, so that it is clear you recognize the other side’s argument. Include an informal outline. Do not try to submit separately.
This essay needs a minimum of three sources: Two sources must be used for your side of the argument, and one source is needed for the opposition side of the argument. Incorporate at least one of them as a paraphrase. All must appear in the body of the paper with a proper in-text citation and a works cited entry on the last page.
Use the library database: click on HCC Libraries Online on the left. Click LAUNCH. Next, click DATABASES. Scroll down and choose “opposing viewpoint.” Search in this area for information to add as a quote or paraphrase as instructed above.
Be sure to check back before the essay is due for your Turnitin score. It is your responsibility to check it and revise if necessary. Plagiarized essays receive a 0 and cannot be redone.
Use ONLY the library database (link is in the course) or use Google Scholar. That means that wikipedia and any website ending in .com are not allowed.
Do not write in first person. It is assumed that the opinion is yours. Use third person point of view (Links to an external site.). And write link

ASSIGNMENT: Using your research question, working thesis, and outline from Touchstone 1.2, create an annotated bibliography that provides a synopsis of your sources and an explanation of how you will use them.
As this assignment builds on Touchstone 1.2: Write a Research Question, Thesis, and Outline, that Touchstone, as well as Touchstone 2.1, must be graded before you can submit your annotated bibliography.
Sample Touchstone 2.2
In order to foster learning and growth, all work you submit must be newly written specifically for this course. Any plagiarized or recycled work will result in a Plagiarism Detected alert. Review Touchstones: Academic Integrity Guidelines for more about plagiarism and the Plagiarism Detected alert. For guidance on the use of generative AI technology, review Ethical Standards and Appropriate Use of AI.
A. Assignment Guidelines
DIRECTIONS: Refer to the list below throughout the writing process. Do not submit your Touchstone until it meets these guidelines. Refer to the Sample Touchstone for additional guidance on structure, formatting, and citation.
1. Annotated BibliographyMake sure to:
❒ Alphabetize the entries, according to APA Style.
❒ Include the required bibliographic information in APA format for each entry.❒ Include 5-6 sentences for each entry that provide a short summary of the source (with page or paragraph-numbered citations) and how you plan to use it to support your argument.❒ Include at least seven entries in your annotated bibliography, all of which must be credible (i.e., authentic, reputable, authoritative), reliable (e.g., contains current and valid data collection and analysis), and relevant academic sources.(Use Google Scholar if you do not have access to an academic search database through your institution).❒ Choose your own sources, but use no more than three websites (there is no limit on the number of online scholarly journals used).❒ Thoroughly check the formatting requirements for the different source types.❒ After each relevant entry indicate the source type in parentheses (book, peer-reviewed journal, newspaper/magazine, and credible website) by including the source type in parentheses after the relevant entry.2. Reflection❒ Have you displayed a clear understanding of the research activities?
❒ Have you answered all reflection questions including specific and concrete examples that provide thoughtful insight in all responses?
❒ Are your answers included on a separate page below the main assignment?B. Reflection Questions
DIRECTIONS: Below your assignment, include answers to all of the following reflection questions.
Accurately recording bibliographic information is essential and saves you time, as you can transfer this information to the References page of your drafted essay. Each source entry should include a brief summary of the source as well as 3-4 sentences describing how you intend to use that source to build or support your argument. Discuss how your annotated bibliography meets these criteria. (2-3 sentences)
Which strategies were most helpful for you when searching for credible sources? (2-3 sentences)
What difficulties did you face while searching for credible sources? How did you overcome these difficulties? (2-3 sentences)
C. Rubric
Advanced (100%)Proficient (85%)Acceptable (75%)Needs Improvement (50%)Non-Performance (0%)
Annotated Bibliography
Fulfill all annotated bibliography requirements and include usable notes on sources. (40%)Meets all source criteria, thoroughly and effectively summarizes the core ideas for all sources with citations and effectively explains how each source will be used to support the argument.Meets all source criteria, effectively summarizes the core ideas for all sources with citations and effectively explains how each source will be used to support the argument.Meets the majority of source criteria, summarizes the core ideas effectively with citations for the majority of the sources (one or two source summaries may lack detail), and explains how the majority of the sources will be used to support the argument (for one or two sources, the explanation of support is unclear).Meets some source criteria, summarizes the core ideas for some sources (many summaries are absent or lacking in detail or may not contain citations. Explains how some of the sources will be used to support the argument (for many of the sources, the explanation of support is unclear or absent).Meets few or none of the source criteria, summarizes few or none of the sources (or the summaries are all lacking in detail or do not contain citations), does not explain the connection to the argument, and/or summaries and/or citations included are inaccurate.
Quality of Sources
Choose reputable, academically appropriate research sources. (30%)
All sources are credible, reliable, relevant, and properly formatted as exemplified in the course instruction. Source data/URLs are present and accurate.Majority of sources are credible, reliable, relevant, and properly formatted as exemplified in the course instructions. Source data/URLs are present and accurate.Some sources are credible, reliable, relevant, and properly formatted as exemplified in the course instructions. Source data/URLs are present and accurate.Majority of sources are not credible, reliable, relevant, or properly formatted as exemplified in the course instructions. Source data/URLs might not be present and/or accurate.Sources do not adhere to the quality standards taught in this course, there are minimal sources present, and/or . source data/ URLs are non-existent or inaccurate.
Style
Establish a consistent, informative tone and make thoughtful stylistic choices. (10%)
Demonstrates thoughtful and effective word choices, avoids redundancy and imprecise language, and uses a wide variety of sentence structures.Demonstrates effective word choices, primarily avoids redundancy and imprecise language, and uses a variety of sentence structures.Demonstrates generally effective style choices, but may include occasional redundancies, imprecise language, poor word choice, and/or repetitive sentence structures.Frequently includes poor word choices, redundancies, imprecise language, and/or repetitive sentence structures.Consistently demonstrates poor word choices, redundancies, imprecise language, and/or repetitive sentence structures.
Conventions
Follow conventions for standard written English. (10%)
There are only a few, if any, negligible errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage.There are occasional minor errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage.There are some significant errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage.There are frequent significant errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage.There are consistent significant errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage.
Reflection
Answer reflection questions thoroughly and thoughtfully. (10%)
Demonstrates thoughtful reflection; consistently includes specific and concrete examples that provide thoughtful insight, following or exceeding response length guidelines.Demonstrates thoughtful reflection; includes multiple specific and concrete examples that provide thoughtful insight, following response length guidelines.Primarily demonstrates thoughtful reflection, but some responses are lacking in detail or insight; primarily follows response length guidelines.Shows limited reflection; the majority of responses are lacking in detail or insight, with some questions left unanswered or falling short of response length guidelines.No reflection responses are present.
D. Requirements
The following requirements must be met for your submission to be graded:
Double-space the bibliography entries and use one-inch margins.
Use a readable 12-point font.
All writing must be appropriate for an academic context.
Composition must be original and written for this assignment.
Plagiarism of any kind is strictly prohibited.
Submission must include your name, the name of the course, the date, and the title of your composition.
Submission must include your reflection questions.
Include all of the assignment components in a single file.Acceptable file formats include .doc and .docx.
Your research question, thesis, and outline must be graded before your annotated bibliography will be accepted.
E. Additional Resources
The following resources will be helpful to you as you work on this assignment:
Purdue Online Writing Lab’s APA Formatting and Style GuideThis site includes a comprehensive overview of APA style, as well as individual pages with guidelines for specific citation types.
Frequently Asked Questions About APA StyleThis page on the official APA website addresses common questions related to APA formatting. The “References,” “Punctuation,” and “Grammar and Writing Style” sections will be the most useful to your work in this course.
APA Style: Quick Answers—ReferencesThis page on the official APA Style website provides numerous examples of reference list formatting for various source types.

Writing Assignment
Write a multi-paragraph essay that takes a side to Kara Woodridge’s blog article, “Social Media: Friend or Foe?” For this writing assignment, your response should be persuasive, thoughtful, and detailed, showing various points that support the same topic. Logical evidence that backs up your opinion should be used throughout. Your essay should clearly explain your view on whether or not social media is a friend or foe and why you feel this way.
The first paragraph will offer an interesting introduction to the social media topic and your take on it. The following three paragraphs need to include: the main points that develop your assertions, evidence to support them, and an analysis explaining how the evidence supports the main point.
Each paragraph should have a topic sentence that clearly states your point and details to support/prove this point. You should have transitions between paragraphs that show why each point appears in this order. At the end of your last paragraph, you should include a concluding remark that gives a final interesting thought on your topic.
A grading rubric will help you develop your paper.  Your essay will be graded using five separate categories: Purpose, Thesis Statement, Supporting Ideas, Paragraph Development, Grammar & Punctuation, and MLA format.
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ive included a rubric, reading passage, and previous material that can be inserted as needed