Category: English

Question One:  
Use your own power point to construct a five paragraph essay on your country.   
Main Idea Paragraph will begin with your thesis.  Follow up with three sentences that explain the idea. 
Support paragraphs:  3
Each support paragraph will begin with a topic sentence that relates the evidence in this paragraph to the thesis.  
Reflection: 
Do an honest reflection on how you experienced the global unit of our class. 
Question Two:
Five Paragraph Essay that imagines your future self using cognitive skills to structure each paragraph.  
1. Name yourself, provide a physical space to represent your perspective, ask a hard question.
2. Describe in concrete detail the most important person at this time. 
3. Describe in concrete detail how this person has a characteristic movement.
4. In two words in the first sentence, give the two sides of the conflict.  
5. How do you think you will resolve this conflict?
Submit your final exam to me over email by May 17 at midnight . 

English 5 / Hart     Essay 3       Spring 2024     Inquiry, Research, and Argument: An Original Researched Argument and Report
Due Date is Thursday 16 May in Classroom A217
Instructions and Tasks
Reading and Critical Thinking.
First, writers should closely read and respond to Sebastian Junger’s Tribe, available at bookstores, including the “Introduction,” the four middle chapters, and the ending chapter for discussion of Junger’s issue and arguments.  Second, writers should use critical thinking standards and argumentation skills to analyze and evaluate various “better and worse” arguments in at least three other cases from library or other relevant reading research. This means writers should develop a worthwhile research question on the extent that Junger’s solution has credence, and then investigate it to support and/or refute the need for what Junger calls “tribe”, as better and worse ways to improve human thinking and actions to increase “belonging” among people, through “collective effort.” As well, be able to define and evaluate the term “collective effort” in the context of research.  Last, compose an evaluative thesis statement on the real need for “collective effort,” as Junger argues for it. Personal experience and previously assigned course reading may be added to this discussion to corroborate arguments found in Tribe and outside published sources, in order to argue on the “better and worse” aspects of Junger’s issues in terms of a worthwhile researched solution.
Inquiry, Research, and Argument
To investigate a noteworthy research question on Junger’s claim and position, inquire into course readings, library resources, internet sites, databases, current periodicals, and media that provide examples of new viewpoints on cases other than Junger’s or even opposed to his claim at the end of his “Introduction” to Tribe. New texts would be arguments of evidence and information, worthy of investigation and inquiry to argue a strong position and thesis on issues relevant to Junger’s major position and claim. Writers should illustrate how problems and conflicts are not only relevant to Junger’s basic argument in Tribe, but also that people need or not need to intervene so that writers will need to use more reasons for people to support and/or act on the concept of “tribe,” to counter-balance threats and from the actions and behaviors of individuals and whole nations, confirming the better and worse need for collective effort. Solutions to current issues are unsettled, including on immigration, global warming, climate change, value of education, need to assimilate and overcome psychological negativity, cultural, social, and political conflicts, political violence, national and international aggression, wars, crime, environmental degradation, natural disasters, homelessness, and individual mental illness.   
A clear guiding purpose should be prominent but not necessarily stated; however, it should be determined and reflected by substantial content, order of paragraphs, reasons and evidence, illustrative details, a scholarly academic tone, and appropriate length.
Current political and cultural issues, local and/or global, can be exposed.
6.  Concepts, elements, and principles of reasoning, emotional behavior, accountability, value judgments, standards of critical thinking, acknowledgments, warrants, and intellectual values should be applied so that writers can increase grade credit by accurately using terms and vocabulary of critical reading, writing, and thinking from English 5.
Reading and Writing Process
Use applications from reading and writing assignments as appropriate, leading to Essay 3, such as paragraph structure, thesis development, quoting and paraphrasing.  Other skills yet to be introduced, reviewed, and practiced are:  Critical Thinking Standards, Coherence, Subordination, Citations, Sentence Style, Ethical and Emotional Appeals, and Nominalizations.
MLA Format, Organization, and Style, illustrated by the course model research paper and other instructional materials, for reference:
Standard course essay heading includes writer’s name, course and number, name, date and title centered over the main text.
The title should indicate the subject of Essay three.
The Works Cited page is separated, on the last page.
Cover pages or plastic folders are unnecessary.
Indent all paragraphs and use double-spaced pages, without extra spacing or headings between paragraphs.
References must be “in-text” (no foot-noted references, please).
Omit formal outline.
No late papers.
Sample Start Up Short Reading:
Thunberg. “Three Speeches” opinions from No One is Too Small to Make a Difference. 2019
Opinion piece by Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware. “American Civil War.” cnn.com. 16 March 2024
Suggested Writing for Discussion (not a drafting sequence)
Position or first opinion paper
Writers’ annotations and discussion on the Tribechapters and outside sources
Planning paper or paragraph outline
Suggested Writing Stages/Schedule
First ideas                  04 Apr
Idea draft review       11 Apr
Second draft review  18 Apr
Later drafts review    25 Apr
Later drafts review    02 May
Later drafts review    09 May
Final draft and works cited page 16 May
https://blackbooksdotpub.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/sebastian-junger-tribe_-on-homecoming-and-belonging-twelve-2016.pdf
Essay 3                       Second Draft Review
Check progress on a convincing or persuasive argumentative essay for the assignment. Here is a suggested pattern of organization, similar to other essay assignments.
Beginning Paragraph(s)
What are the issues in Sebastian Junger’s argument? Why do Americans and others need “tribe” and collective effort (or not), to counter-balance cases of global and/or local existential threats and improve inclusivity in our society? Therefore, be sure to read, annotate, paraphrase or summarize how Junger defines “collective effort” and “tribe,” in the book, Tribe.  If necessary, use a brief example from the text of Tribe. 
First, use full introductory sentence patterns to introduce and paraphrase Sebastian Junger’s issue, position, and a thesis on “collective effort” and “tribe,” from Junger’s introduction to Tribe. Introduce new resources of alternative viewpoints and arguments in the same way for each additional source. Second, use a “later reference” and a concise signal verb for these previously introduced references. Review for correctness so that you can summarize and introduce challenges and/or alternative views to Junger’s thesis relevant to the reasons and evidence in cases that Junger himself has asserted on the needs and values he argues for and against. Conversely, retrieve evidence of how Junger challenges and or refutes opposing cases.
Thesis:  Compose a sentence as a two-part concessive thesis, reflecting the better and worse sides, even if you will likely revise it, given more and better information from research and reading.
Middle Discussion Paragraphs
Check that your thinking, reading, and research so far has yielded a position on the extent you can defend your thesis.  Paragraphs on whether Junger’s thesis is or is not effective and realistic should begin with reasons, not examples. Then, using point-by-point paragraphs, discuss reasons for or against the two sides as you understand them.
Examples:
A better or stronger side uses effective evidence that “tribe” and collective effort succeeds because it has roots in Native American culture.
Worse or weaker side shows how collective effort is problematic and might fail because people resist it in favor of individual effort, even rejecting the Native American views.
Paragraphs: No matter where the thesis appears, check that in the paragraphs respond well to a guiding purpose:
State paragraph topics as premises and/or reasons to build prominent support of your thesis;
use relevant evidence to support the topics and reasons for thesis and include several appropriate kinds of evidence from “Making Value Judgments,” such as brief examples, quotations, statistics, facts, and paraphrases;
connect evidence to topics and reasons and explain their significance and relevance to the thesis, in “AXES” and other paragraphs;
acknowledge alternative value and existence of other viewpoints and contrast other reasons and evidence as being accurate, clear, relevant, and sufficient;
explain how evidence is relevant or significant to the thesis so that readers can understand the other side of the issue and not lose track of the thesis.
Research the Topic for MLA Style
Use a research question to compose a trial thesis and rough outline, and keep a running list of possible sources.
Be able to acknowledge and cite sources to avoid plagiarism.
For M.L.A. style, to incorporate source material in-text, use signal phrases and verbs to tell who is making an assertion; also, use present tense unless you need the verb to name an action in a specific time of the past. Example:
Back in 1940, in “When the Negro was in Vogue,” Langston Hughes wrote that white people were coming in to “The Cotton Club” in Harlem to see black people, but black people still wouldn’t be allowed to visit “The Stork Club” on Broadway in Manhattan.
Final Works Cited List should identify only the sources applicable to your essay.

Drawing from the rhetorical strategies and examples of argument and persuasion discussed in class, write a well-developed, thesis driven 5 page essay that responds to the following topic: 
In “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July,” Frederick Douglass draws upon principles stated in the Declaration of Independence to highlight the contradictions between the nation’s ideals and practice with regard to human rights. Similarly, Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman?” utilizes rhetoric to deliver a powerful message. She boldly vouches for women to have the same rights as men and asserts her claims that women, even African American women, were worthy of respect and rights in the United States of America. What rhetorical techniques do Douglass and Truth use to convince their audience to accept their claim? Explain how the rhetorical strategies of each author reinforce their argument. Which writer gets the message across more effectively, and why? 

Instructions
Paper 3 Guidelines: Cover Letter & CV (aka résumé)
How to Upload Your Assignment
Submit your cover letter and resume as a single MS Word document; your cover letter should come first, followed by your resume. (I know this may mess up your formatting a little – don’t sweat it).
Assignments MUST be uploaded to this dropbox as a Microsoft Word file (.doc or .docx file extension). 
Do NOT submit a “Text Submission” by clicking the “Write Submission” button!
Do NOT submit a PDF!
Scenario
You’ve just graduated from college and are ready to apply for your first job!
Assignment
Length: Your cover letter should be no longer than 1 page long; your CV should be 1-2 pages
Your task is to produce two separate documents: a 1 page cover letter and a 1-2 page CV for a job in your field. These documents should be combined and uploaded to Blackboard as a single MS Word file, your cover letter should come first, followed by your CV.
You may use ChatGPT to help you on this assignment, but remember that your cover letter and CV need to reflect your unique personality and experiences.
Spend some time on the Internet and find a web site where jobs are posted in the field you’d like to work in. Responding to the specific guidelines you find in your job posting, and drawing on chapter 18 from Technical Communication, craft a carefully written cover letter and CV that represents you and your accomplishments in the best light possible for this specific job. The CV and cover letter should not include any made-up information – they should accurately reflect your own personal experience. (If there are things you know you’ll be doing before graduatation, like summer sea terms, etc., you can list these on your CV).
Cover letters and CVs might seem simple, but they are some of the most challenging documents we’ve had to write in this class yet. They are hard to write because they are so important—they’ve got to be perfect, otherwise your application will get tossed into the slush pile.
Be sure to start this assignment early so that you can return to your documents several times in order to revise, edit and proofread them. Read chapter 18 closely and follow the guidelines for CVs and application letters you’ll find on pages 411 and 419 respectively.
Chapter 18 contains a lot of useful information, and examples of different types of cover letters and resumes. For the purposes of our course, I’d like you to avoid using the sample CV on page 412 and the sample cover letter on page 418 as a model. The other sample CVs and cover letters in chapter 18 are more appropriate.
When writing your cover letter, keep these things in mind:
you should not simply be repeating information that you’ve already presented in your CV. Rather, use the cover letter as an opportunity to make yourself stand out.
A cover letter is actually a very carefully worded argument, the purpose of which is to persuade the reader that you are far and away the best candidate for this job.
Showing that you’ve done your homework and researched the company you’re hoping will hire you goes a very long way – make sure to include specific points about what makes you a particularly good fit to work at this specific company
CVs are also harder than they seem. When writing your CV, keep these things in mind:
Be a meticulous perfectionist when it comes to the formatting of your CV – it has to both look great and be very easy to read quickly.
You should never, ever be dishonest in a CV – work with what you have, but make sure to present it in the best light possible. THAT SAID, in this scenario you’ve already graduated from college. So, you can add professional experiences that you expect to have by the time you graduate if you’d
like.
for the CV just write down what I should say in the video put it in a different 
page. 

What is the federal government’s responsibility toward helping the poor and in ending extreme poverty?

(Note: don’t turn in a bulleted list. Arrange your ideas in paragraph form in a way that makes sense to you.)
Define what bias is and what type of bias you’re identifying and working with: Key terms are going to be very important for this essay, so making sure you and your audience have a shared understanding of whatever kind of bias you’re talking about is important.
Identify the creator’s bias: Everybody is biased in some way, and this assignment is asking you to think specifically about the ways in which news media is biased. Find the direction your source is leaning, then find examples in the work that you’re analyzing that give you clues. 
Discuss the ways the creator makes their language match their bias: Carefully analyze both of your chosen sources for instances of bias and the ways that bias shapes the way the information in each article is being presented. 
Compare the two sides and their use of bias: Every source is going to use bias in different ways to accomplish different things. How do your two sources work similarly? How do they work differently? Are they using different types of biased writing or presentation, and if they are, then to what purpose? If they’re using similar types, what value do those types of biased writings hold? 
Think through the value of bias: Your aim in this paper is to demonstrate a point about the importance of subtle or obvious examples of bias and how they influence the truth of a subject being reported on. This can be a personal take on bias and how you feel it effects the reporting of truth with a lower-case “t”, or a more general breakdown of the value or detriment that biased writing holds.
Remove your own bias from the discussion: For this paper, you aren’t giving your opinion about the discussion of your chosen topic. You’re not meant to give an opinion on anything except for the purpose of biased writing, and use your sources in order to think through the ways in which bias effects writers and their creations.
Your essay should include a thesis statement at the end of your introduction that provides a map of your paper. The thesis should summarize your main claim about the purpose of bias in news media, what sources you’re using, and quickly touch on the direction those sources lean. 
To support your essay, make use of quotes and paraphrase, citing your work in MLA format. Even more than the last essay, this is going to require the use of quoting, with a limit of two quotes per body paragraph at most. 
Specifications
The final draft of this assignment will be due Sunday, April 14th by 11:59 PM. The final paper needs to be at least four full, double-spaced pages long (meaning you should have some writing on a fifth page, or be touching the bottom of the fourth). 
The assignment should be written in Times New Roman, 12 point font, double-spaced, with 1 inch margins all around.

1. Some critics believe almost all autobiographies are written to express a theme of hardship and struggle. Considering the autobiographies you have read in this course, agree or disagree with this theory. Please refer to 3 specific autobiographies that we read for this class. 
2. In autobiographies written by women such as Maxine Hong Kingston, Emma Goldman, Zora Neale Hurston (and others), the writers often include a critique of gender. Briefly describe 3 major issues these 3 female writers examine that relate to exploring gender. (You may pick a different point for each writer if you want.) Support by referring to the specific writers. 
3.  Frederick Douglass, Harry Crews, Mary McCarthy, bell hooks, and Mary Karr (and others) all portray themselves as children. What are three distinct challenges these writers had to handle when writing about their childhood selves? How successful were these writers in dealing with these issues? 
4. Some autobiographies have bad characters. How do the works of Harriet Jacobs, Pascal D’Angelo, Richard Wright, and Vivian Gornick make us believe that they are truthful in describing the “villain” so we sympathize with the narrator against him?
5. Compare your own memoir that you submitted to any other memoir that you feel bears a resemblence to yours. Indicate 3 techniques or themes that you share with this writer. 
5. What are 3 issues that need to be mastered by anyone writing an autobiography?

please, I just need it adjusted into the proper APA format and also the pictures below are the instructions to follow.

Essay 4: “What do you Want to Know?”
Throughout college and, quite frankly, life, we need to better understand many things. This might be for an essay, to decide which product to buy, to decide on the best strategy to market a product, to decide how to vote, or to learn about anything! In this assignment, you will develop a simple question that needs some research to answer. There is flexibility about the topic, but it must be a question you do not already know the answer to.
The Prompt
You develop the prompt for this assignment in collaboration with me. If you are facing a specific decision you will have to make, we can use that; if you have an assignment for another course, we may be able to use that; if you don’t yet know which 4-year college you want to attend, you could research that; if you want to investigate a subject we discussed in this class, you can; perhaps you want to compare career paths? There’s lots of flexibility, which can be freeing but also paralyzing — don’t worry, I will guide you through this. Ideally, though, this should be prompted by a real-world question you have.
Audience
This will vary depending on your research question, but for most of you, it will be a co-worker or classmate. You will be explaining to them why the decision you have made after conducting your research is the right one.
Process
Identify what you want to know. Do you have a decision to make soon? Do you want to learn more about colleges where you can study for your four-year degree? Do you want to learn more about a topic of another class of future career? 
I want to know more about why healthcare isn’t free- Revise topic question- What are the key factors influencing the success or failure of free healthcare systems in countries and how do these systems impact the treatment and management of diabetes?
Professor Comments: This is a good place to start. You will very quickly need to narrow down which country (/countries) you intend on looking at, as you can’t possibly review all of them in one paper. The focus on diabetes is a good idea, assuming you are able to locate material on how the condition is treated (and financed, managed, outcomes, etc). Make sure you translate the specifics about diabetes back into the first half of the question, as if you try to look at all of the “successes” and “failures” of multiple systems in multiple ways in multiple countries, you will not have much room for focus or analysis
Submit your final topic choice for essay 4 here phrased as a question.  Revise topic if needed: “What are the key factors influencing the success or failure of free healthcare systems in America and how do these systems impact the treatment and management of diabetes?”
Pre-writing and research questions. What do you want to know and why? Why does this decision or answer matter? What questions do you have? What questions do you need to be able to answer in order to make an informed decision? In a series of activities in and outside of class, you will examine what questions you need to ask and answer.
Research Questions (these are incorrect according to the professor so please come up with direct research questions based on the topic question)
How much money a government puts into free healthcare affects how well it handles chronic conditions like diabetes?
Do things like health ads and regular checkups help keep chronic conditions, like diabetes, under control in countries with free healthcare?
Does having enough hospitals, technology, and trained staff make a difference in treating conditions like diabetes in places where healthcare is free?
Does it matter if healthcare decisions are made by one central group or by smaller groups across different areas when it comes to managing chronic conditions within free healthcare systems?
How do things like how much people know about health, their cultural beliefs, and having support from others affect their ability to handle chronic conditions like diabetes in countries with free healthcare?
Professor Comments: Each of these could in fact be a central question for a whole paper as they are still quite broad. For research questions, you need much more focused and specific things you would need to learn about. For example, in order to answer your question here (“How much money a government puts into free healthcare affects how well it handles chronic conditions like diabetes?”) you would need to know which countries/governments have free healthcare, what the annual cost is (to the government and to individuals through taxes or whatnot), how diabetes is typically managed/treated, what the outcomes are on average. Do you see how that one main question needs you to answer a bunch of other smaller questions first before you can then come back to the main question?
Research. After an orientation session with the librarian and learning about locating and assessing sources, conduct research on your topic. Identify at least three sources that will help you make an informed decision/answer your question. Document your sources in MLA format and describe the content of each. Submit this as an annotated bibliography 
Once you come up with 3-4 research questions please search annotated bibliography using only this website and complete the prompt below. Attach the link and provide information with Minimum of three sources in MLA, with hanging indent, double spaced, and in alphabetical order. Each entry should be followed with 2-3 sentences, addressing what this source is (book, article, website, etc), what it is about and how you might use it to help you write your paper, if it is primary or secondary, and if it is reliable (and why/why not).
Using : https://www.ebsco.com/find-my-organization 
Organization: CUNY LAGUARDIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Annotated bibliography from website 
Organize your ideas. Look back over what you wrote in the previous steps and the sources you have found. Identify what you think your answer might be — this will be your main argument (your thesis). What are your pieces of evidence for this decision/answer? How will you structure your essay? Develop an outline for your draft. Submit this for feedback by Mon 27 November.
Draft. Now you have a road map (your outline), write your essay. You may find you want to reorganize some ideas, edit your examples, or adjust your main argument, and that’s fine. Create a complete draft of your piece. 
Revise. Review your draft for coherence and structure. Are you telling your reader what they need to know and in an order that helps them understand your answer/decision? Are you providing examples and details to help persuade your reader? Does your evidence help you make your case? Revise your essay so that you are happy with it and then submit by Monday 4 December
Edit and polish. Use the feedback you received from your peers as well as your own proofreading skills to revise and enhance your essay/application. This essay will be going to an outside audience with the power to grant you what you want, so make sure you create the compelling and coherent argument you want 
Submit Final Draft Paper.

PART AWRITE A GOAL STATEMENTThis should include your future goals and your plan to achieve them. You may include background or personal information regarding your motivation for choosing your major, career and goal as well as information that was helpful in the development of your plans. ( my goal is to get an associate degree in science and apply for nursing) Part B Goal
During your education you will most likely be writing a Personal Statement. This could be for a scholarship or applying for transfer to a university. For this assignment, I’d like for you to consider applying for scholarships/transfer and to write your Personal Statement needed when applying for scholarships/transfer.
Every semester, Cuyamaca and Grossmont offer scholarships in which there is a deadline to apply. There are also outside scholarships to apply to as well. Every fall semester, many students apply to California State Universities (CSU), University of California (UC) and/or private schools for transfer. At some point in your educational journey, you will need to write a Personal Statement.
Instructions
Choose ONE of the Personal Statement topics below for this Discussion. Choices – Describe a situation where you made positive or impactful choice that helped shape you into the person you are today. (Applicant must demonstrate a proper use of spelling, punctuation, and grammar. Answer must be between 100 and 200 words).
Career Goals – Please tell us about your career goals and how your education at Grossmont/Cuyamaca College will help you meet those goals. (Applicant must demonstrate a proper use of spelling, punctuation, and grammar. Answer must be between 100 and 200 words).
Choose a Personal Statement Question you’d like to answer for this discussion. Hint: there are 8 questions to choose from when you click the UC Personal statement (Insight) website below. You can choose one of these questions. You can also use any question you find at a private university and/or scholarship you choose to find on your own. Whatever Personal Statement Question you choose, your answer needs to be between 100 and 200 words).
GCCCD Scholarship WebsiteLinks to an external site.
Cuyamaca Scholarship WebsiteLinks to an external site.
Grossmont Scholarship WebsiteLinks to an external site.
University of California Personal Statement (Insight) WebsiteLinks to an external site.
TIP: Every semester, Grossmont/Cuyamaca offers Scholarships to students. Click on the links above to start your Scholarship Application FOR REAL! Please include the question that you will respond to in this discussion. Happy Writing!