Category: Essay

Topic: Rationale Essay ( Developing a Play Curriculum )

Students are required, with a small group of peers, to plan a play activity for a small inclusive group of young children (3-8 years of age)
in an early years or school setting. The precise composition of the group is up to each student or group, but should include children of
different ages and stages of development, culture, gender and needs. The activity plan should indicate clear learning intentions for the
children, with links to current curricular frameworks, resources needed, the role of the supporting adults and how the activity is to be
differentiated for children at different stages of development, culture, special needs and gender. It should be a fully inclusive play
activity plan.

Your group will present your PAP to your peers and tutor in your tutorial time. Your group is expected to present for approximately 5
minutes. Each person in your group will present for one to two minutes a section of the PAP. Your group presentation will need to use a tool
such as Powerpoint or Prezi to ensure your PAP is clearly understood by the audience. Your group is also expected to set the activity up as
you would for the group of children you are planning for so that the audience gains an understanding of the planned activity.

In this course we offer you a formative feedback opportunity because the presentation will support you in the content for your essay and will
give you an opportunity to get feedback outside of graded assessment. This means you will have the chance of experimenting, taking risks and
learning without the fear of being graded. It is a chance for you to learn and get feedback for your assignment. After the presentation of
the PAP you will have time to act on the feedback and make any changes necessary. The PAP can then be submitted as an appendix to your essay
and it is worth 25% of the grade for the essay. When you upload your PAP with your essay there is no word count but it must be no more than
two A4 pages with 11 point font.
Part 2. Play Activity Rationale (2,000 word essay format) – SUMMATIVE TASK

The purpose of this essay is to analyse, rationalise and justify your activity plan with reference to the broad spectrum of readings studied
within the course to date and your own reading. You will, in essence, be justifying/providing reasons for your plans and strategies used
through academic debate. (e.g. Is this play? Why? Critically evaluate the place of play in a planned curriculum.)

You will need to reference your plan in the essay to illustrate your discussion.

Illustrate via a timeline an overview of Aotearoa as a nation including your choices of the many
migrations and some major events
• In a 1200 word essay discuss the impact, of at least two migrations or one migration and an
historical event, on current education and employment prospects.

The academic essay Assignment in this unit will be a written, cohesive argument for a specific change in your community or workplace. The Assignment should take the form of a persuasive essay, in which you will provide reliable evidence from at least four sources to support the argument for change that you are advocating. You will also need to address a counter-argument or misconception about your topic within the essay, as the ability to do so is a key component of a strong argument. Essentially, the essay will reflect what you have learned about writing effectively, using research, and creating a logical argument to influence an audience.
As long as your topic meets the Assignment requirements, there are no specific restrictions on the topic of an argument for change, unless noted otherwise by your instructor.
APA 6th Edition format for the document, including an appropriately formatted title page and References page
A thesis statement at the end of the introduction paragraph
Well-developed paragraphs that include evidence from sources to support your argument for a specific change in your community or workplace
Four reliable sources should be cited within the text of the Assignment; at least one of the cited sources should be either a book/ebook or a periodical article
All cited sources need to have full citations on a References page (except for any interviews you conduct, which only require in-text citations)
Standard American English and a formal tone throughout the writing
Only the third person point of view should be used
Achieving the above criteria should be your main goal with your academic essay. A strong and well-supported argument will be at least 4 pages (1,000 words long), not including the title page and references page.
Turnitin Analysis
A special feature is available to help you with reviewing your Unit 8 Assignment for plagiarism. When you submit your Assignment to the Unit 8 Dropbox, it will automatically be analyzed by the plagiarism detection tool, Turnitin. Soon Dorothy wrote back to Brian, indicating that she was prepared to accept $1,500,000, and asking whether he would pay cash in one lump sum on settlement. .Brian then replied:
you submit your Assignment, you will be able to view the Turnitin Originality Report. Originality Reports provide a summary of matching or highly similar text found in a submitted paper. When an Originality Report is available for viewing, an icon will appear in the report column of the Assignment Inbox. Originality Reports are only available in the Inbox. For this reason, you will need to download the report prior to the grading of the Unit 8 Assignment. To do this, click on the print icon at the bottom of the Originality Report. This will prepare a readable, PDF version of the Originality Report that you can save to your computer.
Submitting your Unit 8 Assignment:
Remember that you must use Word for this and all Assignments submitted for this class in order to be reviewed and graded by the instructor. When you are ready to submit it, go to the Unit 8 Dropbox and complete the steps below:
Click the link that says “Submit an Assignment .”
In the “Submit to Basket” menu, select Unit 8: Assignment Dropbox .
In the “Comments” field, make sure to add at least the title of your paper.
Click the Add Attachments button.
Follow the steps listed to attach your Word document.
To view your graded work, come back to the Dropbox or go to the Gradebook after your instructor has evaluated it

MUST BE WRITTEN IN UR OWN WORD!!!!
U CAN MAKE UP THE TEST.

Personality
Task A. Answer the following learning objectives

1. Briefly define personality (beginning of chapter).

2. Describe psychodynamic theory of personality.

3. Describe cognitive-social theories of personality.

4. Describe major trait theories of personality.

5. Describe humanistic theories of personality.
Task B: Tutorial or online activity with specific questions to be answered

1. Define and briefly describe the Big Five personality dimensions: Openness; Conscientiousness; Extraversion; Agreeableness, Neuroticism.

2. Rank yourself on each dimension and support your ranking [why?] with a list of activities you prefer to do [that illustrates each dimension]

Complete an online test which will provide you with your profile. Please note, your anonymous data will also be collected by the authors to complete their own research

Under personal questions at end, you can omit ones that do not apply

3 Provide an image/graph of your online profile and comment on how similar [or different] your [personal ranking [question 2]] score was compared to the test score [question 3]

Task C. Either describe the most interesting/surprising aspect of the chapter or apply (or explain) some aspect of this material to your life (or your future work life).

Word count:_______

References

Describe a problem you’ve solved or a problem you’d like to solve. It can be an intellectual challenge, a research query, an ethical dilemma-anything that is of personal importance, no matter the scale. Explain its significance to you and what steps you took or could be taken to identify a solution.

Assignment and Rubric for Essay #1: Traditional Argument (Claim with Reasons)
You will write a formal argumentative essay following the traditional (claim with reasons) model, incorporating research from a variety of sources to support a position/thesis of your choice on the topic of College Education. You are required to use four sources for your research: at least two of which must come from the assigned essays in your text (They Say/I Say, pages 205-295). Your essay�s position/thesis must be supported by at least three reasons, each of which will include at least two in-text citations (direct quotes and/or summarizations) from your four sources. Your essay will demonstrate a solid understanding of the argumentative strategies learned in ENG112 to support your thesis.
Format and Requirements
-MLA format (in-text citations and Works Cited List)
-A minimum of 5 pages, maximum of 7 pages (1,200-1,500 words) (No title page)
-Typed in Times New Roman or Arial, 12pt font, double spaced throughout, 1� margins
-Top left corner: your full name, date, course and section number.
-At center: your essay�s title (an original title, not just the topic of your essay)
-No block quotes or direct quotations longer than 1-2 lines of text.
-Submitted with your final essay: this Assignment and Rubric
RUBRIC
Content
Title & Introductory Paragraph with Thesis statement (Attracts reader�s attention, explains topic�s importance, outlines your claim�s reasons, and reflects critical thinking.) 10pts _____
First body paragraph(s) & reason with support (Reflects critical thinking and follows
clear argumentative logic. Incorporates at least two in-text citations) 10pts _____
Second body paragraph(s) & reason with support (Reflects critical thinking and follows
clear argumentative logic. Incorporates at least two in-text citations) 10pts _____
Third body paragraph(s) & reason with support (Reflects critical thinking and follows
clear argumentative logic. Incorporates at least two in-text citations) 10pts _____
Conclusion (Summarizes the argument succinctly. Restates, in different words,
importance of topic and strength of thesis.) 10pts _____
Strength and clarity of writing (grammar, mechanics, spelling) 10pts _____
Format & Development
In-text citations from four sources in Works Cited List follow MLA format 15pts _____
Works Cited List includes four required sources and follows MLA format 15pts _____
Submitted with Assignment & Rubric Attached. Essay shows evidence of
development based on Peer Review and suggested edits. 10pts _____

Find one credible, scholarly source examining the short story “A Good Man is Hard to Find. Avoid popular publications, such as magazines, newspapers, and other informational media that are not research oriented.
Post an annotation of your source. Your annotation should include:
• A complete APA citation of your source. (APA Citation Helper)
• A 150-word summary of the argument and key points of your source.
• 2–3 sentences explaining how the source is relevant to your paper on “ A Good Man is Hard to Find”
2. revise your “A Good Man is Hard to Find” essay by incorporating ideas and arguments from the outside source you located. (The Essay that you have done for me in a previous order, I have asked for revision due to the confusion of the story)

Topic: Media Analysis- Al Jazeera English Vs. BBC News
This assignment is for Journalism and Media class and it is about Media analysis. Compare two different media outlets to see how they cover Al Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula- Yemen group. (Note: this group is different than Al Qa’ida of Bin Laden). The Analysis should be between BBC news outlet in America and the Middle Eastern outlet “AL Jazeera News” in English on how both outlets cover Al Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula group. Find 5 events that involve the group if possible. If not, then just 5 stories about the group. Compare coverage of your group and include (you can use these numbers in your paper): A list of the stories you analyzed by headline, reporter byline, dateline, date it appeared. Brief background on your chosen news outlets, where published, circulation, reputation if you can find (2 or three sentences). This is especially for the overseas outlets. I’m not so concerned with US one. The bulk of the paper: You will analyze the similarities and the differences in the coverage of the terrorist group and their actions by the two outlets. What is the “frame” the outlet seems to be using? How does each outlet characterize the group and their actions? How would you evaluate their coverage? Superficial? Knowledgeable? even their words and phrases that they use. Are there daily breaking news reports, or long, in-depth pieces? Where are the reporters? Where are they located? Do they cover the humanitarian dimensions? Or only the political? Do they emphasize different aspects of the group or event or its repercussions? Examine similarities and differences and try to determine the reasons for variations in the coverage. Who are their primary sources of information in the stories by the two outlets? Count up the sources in each story by the following categories: a. Number of named U.S. officials b. Number of named non-U.S. officials c. Number of anonymous sources (“Pentagon spokesman said…” ; “A EU diplomat said…”) d. Number of “average” people quoted This can be a simple table or grid. Be careful to have sources produced by that outlet and not wire stories (like AP, AFP, Reuters) and NO opinion pieces. No commentary, op-ed, or editorials. When you search in Nexis, it tells you if it is an editorial. In addition, look at the Dateline at the very top of the story, which tells you WHERE the story was written. That can tell you a lot about the reporting. Are all Somalia stories being reporter from Kenya? What does that mean? Note: This Assignment worth a lot of my grade. so please do good research and try to make a deep comparison and analysis for both outlets as how they cover the terrorist group Al-Qa’ida. The essay should also be organized, your thoughts and ideas should be very clear, understandable and logical.