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Read the case study to inform the assignment that follows.

Case Study: Alicia

6th grade, Age 11

Alicia is a sixth grade student currently receiving resource support for math and written expression. She attends all other subjects

within the general education classroom.

Her special education teacher, Ms. Kauffmann, reports that Alicia has average reading decoding skills and average to above average reading

comprehension skills. She particularly does well analyzing multiple choice and short answer questions related to reading content. Alicia

does have difficulty summarizing what she has read using her own thoughts and ideas and relies heavily on visual supports to aid in

comprehension.

Alicia does write complete sentences but struggles in organizing her ideas for writing and needs extensive support for pre-writing,

development of topic sentences, and organization of essays. In writing short answer questions, she does so with few grammatical errors.

When writing paragraphs and short essays, Alicia needs help editing her own work and making corrections. Punctuation errors are frequently

evident. She has excellent spelling skills, but struggles with subject-verb agreement, correct use of point of view appropriate to the

task, and in the development of thesis statements and topic sentences.

Regarding her math skills, Alicia struggles specifically with computation and reasoning/problem solving. In class, Alicia shows difficulty

in writing number sentences to solve a story problem, and in determining the operations to use. She relies on a calculator for all math

computation and benefits from extensive one-on-one support in math problem solving. She also struggles with converting fractions to

decimal notation and applying math concepts to real world situations.

The most recent psycho-educational evaluation report for Alicia is in her Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of Achievement scores.

The Woodcock Johnson III Tests of Achievement is a norm-referenced assessment that evaluates academic skills in the areas of reading,

math, and written expression. The standard score is 100, with a standard deviation of 15.

Reflect on what you learned this week about empowerment in organizations (Chapter 18). In this week’s YouTube video we look at empowerment and

discuss differences between empowerment and control. What are your thoughts about the video and its message? If empowerment is so effective, why

don’t we see more of it in the workplace? APA format.
NOTE: Remember that your discussion response must include the following:
1. A reflection on the concept we are discussing. Give us a summary of things you learned about this concept from your assigned chapter

readings.
2. A thorough example/discussion to support your reflection.
3. A final statement that tells us what you take away from this week’s lesson.
4. Properly formatted in-text citations and references.
5. Strong grammar, spelling, and mechanics.
6. In total your discussion should be at least 275 words.

Reading material: Chapter 18: Leading and Empowering Self and Others
Video:How Leaders Empower, When Managers Control.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9zCm2LarLA
Textbook: Interpersonal Skills in Organizations
Author: Suzanne C. De Janasz; Karen O. Dowd; Beth Z. Schneider
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education

This assignment will be a minimum of a full 4 page analysis of news information using sociological concepts. Articles must be current (since

January 2018) and may be taken from credible newspapers, journals, on-line news, or magazines (cannot be opinion pages, blogs or editorials).

The articles must address topics of importance to sociological discourse. This paper requires objectivity and the ability to apply sociological

concepts to current events. This is not an opinion paper. The assignment is worth 100 points.

1. Summarize the contents of the article in the first, introductory paragraph. This must include the date, title and origination of your

article. Explain the main events or points of the article. This must not go beyond page one. (20 points)
2. Analyze the article using at least one sociological theory. (25 points)
3. Explain the events or information in the article using a minimum of 4 sociological concepts. This should include explaining the concept using

your own words and applying the terms to the article. (25 points)
3. Conclusion (10 points)
4. Document your research sources in the paper (in-line citations) and at the end of your paper (works cited list). You may use new articles,

academic journals, policy websites and other credible sources of information. (10 points)
5. Formatting of the paper must follow guidelines noted in the document: Notes on Writing Assignments (posted in the content section). Usage of

proper English spelling, grammar and punctuation. (10 points)

ARTICLE LINK PROVIDED BELOW.

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Give an overview of the main barriers to access to medicines in Sierra Leone. Taking the example of one or two barriers, critically appraise one intervention being used to overcome this barrier/these barriers.

Write a 5 paragraph argumentative essay exploring one of the following topics. Ensure that you choose a side to argue and present documented facts to support your arguments. Also, include a bibliography with at least three different sources of information.

Does cellular respiration impact global warming? Explain

The Student Information System Requirements Definitions (SISRD) document is the requirements definition document of a new software product that

keeps track of the records of both courses and their offerings as classes for educational institutions.

The goal of this software product is to maintain and track information about the courses offered by the institution and the classes with which

these courses are offered. The product supports two kinds of classes— online classes accessible over the internet and face-to-face classes

offered on the grounds of the educational institution. The users of the system are the staff of the institution.

You are hired as a consultant software architect to design the class responsibility collaboration (CRC) cards for this system. From the Courses

and Classes Records System Requirements Definitions document, identify the classes of the system. Using the provided CRC card template, document

each class showing its responsibilities, collaborations, attributes, and relationships.

Links to UML drawing tools:

draw.io
Visio

Embed your diagram into your post to the discussion forum with each class showing its responsibilities, collaborations, attributes, and

relationships. For instructions on embedding files, view the document.

After embedding your model, make sure to complete the other deliverables listed below:
•CRC cards
•Verification and validation of your work
•An explanation of your work and how you arrived at your solution
•A reflection on your learning experience and lesson learned

Refer to the Discussion Rubric for directions on completing these discussions

Literature
View the list of American Essayists. Select an essayist who wrote after the Civil War (note, the list includes some pre-Civil War essayists. Do

not select a pre-Civil War essayist). Search the internet for an essay by your selected author and read it. Compose a thesis that has a

persuasive, debatable claim about the significance of the message or theme in the essay or the success/effectiveness of the essay as a whole.

Summarize the essay in your intro paragraph, end the paragraph with your thesis, and be sure to include your three points of evidence in your

thesis statement. Cite the essay as you would any article on the internet as you examine your points of evidence.

Submission Instructions:
Your essays should be in MLA Style and approximately 1625-1950 words, not including the Work(s) Cited page. Meeting the minimum word requirement

makes you eligible for a C grade. Meeting the maximum word requirements makes you eligible for an A grade. As with most academic writing, this

essay should be written in third person. Please avoid both first person (I, we, our, etc.) and second person (you, your).

In the upper left-hand corner of the paper, place your name, the professor’s name, the course name, and the due date for the assignment on

consecutive lines. Double space your information from your name onward, and don’t forget a title. All papers should be in Times New Roman font

with 12-point type with one-inch margins all the way around your paper. All paragraph indentations should be indented five spaces (use the tab

key) from the left margin. All work is to be left justified. When quoting lines in literature, please research the proper way to cite short

stories, plays, or poems.

Should you choose to use outside references for prompt one or two, these must be scholarly, peer-reviewed sources obtained via the APUS library

(select Advanced Search and check the Peer Reviewed box). Reliable open web sources may be used for prompt three. Be careful that you don’t

create a “cut and paste” paper of information from your various sources. Your ideas are to be new and freshly constructed. Also, take great care

not to plagiarize.

Some Major American Essayists

Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)
St. John de Crevecœur (1725–1813)
Thomas Paine (1737–1809)
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
James Madison (1751–1836)
Alexander Hamilton (1757–1804)
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
Margaret Fuller (1810–1850)
Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
Frederick Douglass (1817?–1895)
Herman Melville (1819–1891
James Russell Lowell (1819–1891)
Mark Twain (1835–1910)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902)
H. L. Menken (1880–1956)
E. B. White (1899– )
Ralph Ellison (1913–1994)
Louis Auchincloss (1917– )
Betty Friedan (1921– )
James Baldwin (1924–1987)
William F. Buckley Jr. (1925– )
Gore Vidal (1925– )
Edward Abbey (1927–1989)
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968)
John McPhee (1931– )
Joan Didion (1934– )
Garry Wills (1934– )
Jonathan Kozol (1936– )
Barbara Ehrenreich (1941– )
Stephen Jay Gould (1941–2002)
George F. Will (1941– )
Garrison Keillor (1942– )
Annie Dillard (1945– )
Dave Barry (1947– )
Katha Pollitt (1949– )
Bill Bryson (1951– )
Brent Staples (1951– )
Deborah Tannen (1951– )
Anna Quindlen (1952– )
Cornel West (1953– )
David Sedaris (1956– )
Malcolm Gladwell (1963– )

 

Environmental Resources

Using the assigned readings from Week Five, write a 50- to 75-word response to each of the following questions. Your responses will be assessed according

to the accuracy of the content.

Minerals

1. How do minerals affect society?
2. What is the difference between metallic and nonmetallic minerals? Provide two examples from each category and discuss their uses.

Mining

1. How are minerals extracted from the Earth and processed?
2. What are the different ways minerals can be mined? Provide a brief description of at least three types of mining.
3. What effect does extracting minerals have on the environment?

Soil

1. What is your definition of soil? What is soil composed of? Why is soil important to the environment?
2. What types of organisms are found in soil? Determine the relationship between soil and organisms.
3. What is soil erosion? How can soil become polluted? What effect does soil erosion and pollution have on the environment?
4. What is the purpose of soil reclamation?

Forestry and Rangeland Resources and Management Strategies

1. Differentiate between government-owned and public lands. Which government agencies are involved with government-owned lands? What is the purpose of

government-owned lands?
2. Why is the forest an important ecosystem?
3. What is your definition of forest management? What is its purpose? Describe the concept of sustainable forestry.
4. What effect does the harvesting of trees and deforestation have on forests and the environment? Is there a preferred method for harvesting trees?

Explain.
5. What is a rangeland? Describe rangeland degradation and desertification. What effect does degradation and desertification have on the environment?
6. What is overgrazing? What effect does this have on rangelands?
7. What strategies can be employed for managing and conserving forests and rangelands?

Agriculture

1. What is the difference between industrialized and subsistence agriculture? What effect do these methods have on the environment?
2. What is one agricultural challenge, other than soil erosion, that society faces? Explain your answer.
3. How would you describe sustainable agriculture? How does it affect the environment? In regards to agriculture, what are the advantages and

disadvantages involved with genetic engineering?

 

 

 

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper on American art before and after World War II.

include an examination of the artwork of three artists total. Select two artists who worked during the Great Depression and one Abstract Expressionist

artist.

include discussion of the following in your paper:

-At least one example of art from each artist with a description of the subject and style of the work.

-An examination of the purpose of artwork created during the Great Depression. Were your examples used as tools for social reform? What other types of

messaging was present in works from the 1930s?

-A description of how Abstract Expressionism emerged in post-World War II America and how it differed from the art work of the 1930s.

-A description of the style of your Abstract Expressionist artist and why he or she was interested in this style of abstraction; was there a “meaning”

to their work?

 

 

In a 3 page paper address the following:
Identify and describe five scientific methods of research inquiry and how you would apply them to a research Project.
Be sure to provide examples.
Develop a hypothesis focused on the professional practices of criminal justice practitioners.
An example of a hypothesis would be: You could propose a hypothesis that focuses on whether law enforcement is better equipped to handle terrorism post

9/11 or whether airline safety has improved since the attacks of 9/11, etc.
Then select two methods of inquiries and how you would apply them to your hypothesis to reach a conclusion.