Explain if these attributes are part of an “identity script” you’ve been given (Wood, 2016, p. 51), “reflected appraisal” (Wood, 2013, p. 48), “direct definition” (Wood, 2016, p. 47) or through “social comparison” (Wood, 2016, p. 50). Make sure you reference the textbook and use appropriate terminology.

Read the information carefully below for specifics and then click on the subhead above “Week One Assignment – Journal” and you will be able to access the assignment.
Overview
Each week, you will submit a two-page journal entry on a topic defined by your instructor (below). These assignments are called journal entries because they require you to become self-aware, take a look at yourself and your relationships, and define a clear action plan for improvement.
Journal
Self-concept is the mental image we have about our skills, abilities, knowledge, competencies, and personality. But, where does that mental image come from? How do you know about your skills and abilities? Do you know what your personality is, or do other people tell you? These questions lead us to the text’s definition of self: “a multidimensional process of internalizing and acting from social perspectives” (Wood, 2016, p. 46). In other words, our sense of self is developed through interpersonal communication.
Part 1
After reading Chapter 2 in the textbook, write down seven words that describe you and your skills, abilities, interests, personality traits, and roles. Examples might be responsible, ambitious, good-looking, funny, outgoing, etc. It is important to provide specific examples and a backstory of why you chose those words.
Then ask a friend or family member if these words ring true and what they might add or delete to develop a more full-bodied portrait. What did they add or subtract? Were there any surprises?
Explain if these attributes are part of an “identity script” you’ve been given (Wood, 2016, p. 51), “reflected appraisal” (Wood, 2013, p. 48), “direct definition” (Wood, 2016, p. 47) or through “social comparison” (Wood, 2016, p. 50). Make sure you reference the textbook and use appropriate terminology.
Now comment on what influences your self-concept? Identify the “particular others” (Wood, 2016, p. 47) who have been and are now significant in your life. How have these people influenced the words you chose to describe you? How have they communicated to you about the traits you listed? How did they express their appraisals of what you defined as important parts of you? Can you trace how you see yourself to these individuals? What role did they play in your ideas of what makes you “you”? What scripts did they provide you about who you are, or who your culture or family is? Do you follow some of those scripts today? Why or why not? What other life experiences have shaped who you are today? Please describe with examples.
Part 2
“Attachment styles” (Wood, 2016, pp. 51-54) provide a generalized overview of how we may approach relationships in the future.
Attachment Styles and Close Relationships – R. Chris Fraley
www.web-research-design.net
“These surveys are designed to measure your attachment style–the way you relate to others in the context of close relationships. There are two surveys you can take. Survey Option A This survey is designed to provide you with in-depth information about your attachment style and your personality.” Here is a link to an interesting attachment style test that is FREE QUIZ: http://www.web-research-design.net/cgi-bin/crq/crq.pl. These test results are not blueprints but they do provide clues to how we respond in relationships. As a companion to this test — read attachment styles in our book (secure, fearful, dismissive, and anxious-avoidant) for a more full-bodied description (Wood, 2016, pp. 51-54).
Take the test and in the journal write about whether the results from the attachment style fits. I do not need to see the test. All of this is confidential since it is a journal. The more truthful we are the better we can develop new approaches to how we communicate. It is important to be specific about the results. Then reflect to see if the results make sense? Write about where you land with a little bit of history when it comes to caregivers in your life and how they may have shaped your attachment style. Use terminology and reference some book or outside articles.
(You are required to address both parts 1 and 2. The questions are meant to be prompter questions; write about the topics or questions that work for you.)
Due: Sunday 11:59pm (PT)
Length: Two pages
Requirements:
· Use terminology from the text/citations along with relevant examples (e.g. particular others, direct definition, reflected appraisal, social comparison, identity scripts, attachment styles – secure, dismissive, fearful, avoidant, etc.).
Use APA style for citations to the text, other course resources, and outside sources.
Reference listed for all sources you cite.
MS Word format.
Grading:
5% of your final grade. · The Journal grading rubric is available here here and on the Course Resources page.
Wood, J. (2016). Interpersonal Communication: Everyday Encounters (8th ed). Boston MA: Cengage Learning.

Writing a reader Response Essay | Character Development and Evidence

Read “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (in the course textbook). Reflect and respond to the story by selecting 3-4 major ideas from the story. For each main point that you select, support that point with quotes from the story, and then share your analysis of how and why the main point and evidence/quotes/examples fit together.
Your submission should look something like this:
Topic Sentence: Character X is important because—
Cited Evidence: We see Character X fulfilling this role when he says” so and so” (Marquez, year, page or paragraph number).
Analysis: by making that statement, Character X becomes a major figure in the story because he is so and so…
This format is our basic academic paragraph, and we’ll use this format throughout the course for all assignments.
Once you complete this process, look at the paragraph outlines and ask: what is the overarching theme of all of these main points? How do they tie together? Once you answer this question, write a thesis that demonstrates your over-arching point—the point evidenced by your 3-4 body paragraphs.
We’ll return to this format in Module 5 to draft our thesis and first paragraphs for our final portfolio, so really pay attention to the process of constructing those body paragraphs, then using those paragraph outlines to define and craft your thesis.
Remember that reader-response paragraphs are less formal than other types of academic writing. However, as we are working to master APA academic writing, please do not use First Person, so no “I” in these paragraphs or in the thesis.
You may also choose to write from one of the following prompts:
Explain how the concepts of good and evil co-exist in this story, and which one you think wins out in the end. Use specific lines of text from the story to support your assertion.
Does the fact that Marquez is a South American writer have any influence on the developments of this story? Does its international setting have any impact on the reader’s potential understanding of the story?
For a successful critical thinking assignment, you must:
Have a strong thesis statement that you craft after constructing your evidence-based paragraphs.
Use specific textual support from the short story in the body of your paper.
Proofread for errors in spelling, grammar, and writing mechanics. Vary sentence structure and sentence length to add interest.
Follow correct APA guidelines with regard to font style, size, margins and spacing.
Use APA when citing the text; include a reference page citation at the end of the paper for the short story in the anthology.

Note:
Reader-Response Essay: A Reader-Response Essay focuses on the way in which you, the reader, responded to the essay. Like all strong essays it has a substantive, focused thesis. That thesis relates an understanding of the reading that is specific to you as a reader. Your purpose in a Reader-Response Essay is to demonstrate a deep understanding of at least one aspect of the reading, and to convey the importance of that understanding to the reader

Related Works

Our textbook has a section at the end of each short story titled “Related Works.” The point of this section is for students to use their critical thinking skills and make connections between different literary works. With that in mind, construct an argument that examines how “The Cask of Amontillado” and “A Rose for Emily” are related and how “Once Upon a Time” and “Water Names” are related to each other. You could also choose any two stories that work for you.
Many 1A instructors use the rhetorical mode known as compare and contrast. That being said, if you are comfortable with this particular type of essay, you have the option to choose any two characters from anything we have read this semester and point out their similarities and differences. Make sure you point out an equal number of similarities and differences, and make sure to provide direct quotations to support your points.
Essay requirements:
-Length: 3-5pgs. Minimum, not including the Works Cited page. Make sure it’s a full three pages, not two and a half or two and three quarters.
-Make sure you have three quotations in each body paragraph. You also have the option to paraphrase. If you paraphrase an example, you still need to provide the proper MLA in-text citation.
-Works Cited page
-Follow MLA format (first page, spacing, font, parenthetical referencing, Works Cited page)
-Make sure you turn your essay to Turnitin.com the same day the essay is due. Any essay that is not turned into Turnitin.com will not receive any credit.
Any essay that fails to meet the three-page minimum requirement will be lowered by one letter grade. Any essay that does not have a Works Cited page will not be graded.

There is a decline in the elephant population in a specific area in Africa. You are an activist trying increase the elephant population. You are required to present a proposed solution to this problem. Create a proposal to solve this elephant problem.

There is a decline in the elephant population in a specific area in Africa. You are an activist trying increase the elephant population. You are required to present a proposed solution to this problem. Create a proposal to solve this elephant problem. Please include the following:
Background Information. (Describe the main biome where elephants are located; describe an ecosystem, and describe 4 other types of biomes)
Name and discuss how elephants are threatened in Africa. (Research)
Discuss how biodiversity can affect the increase and decline of the elephant population.
Differentiate between the types of population growth models that can increase or decrease the elephant population.
Discuss how community populations relate to your proposal.
IMPORTANT: Additional resources are welcomed for more support, but the grade associated with the information from the book designated for this class will be the measurement tool to assess your paper.

Probation and Parole Critique

For this assignment, you will need to research and find two additional probation and parole websites that are NOT included in this weeks Readings and Resources module.
Once you have found the websites that you are going to use for this assignment, you will be required to provide a critique of each website. Specifically, you will critically review each website and then evaluate the two websites using the following format for each website:
Title of website
Web address
Date Accessed
Initial impression of the website
Overview of contents on the website
Ease of navigation throughout the website
Graphics on the website
Resourceful links to other websites
Value to the course content
Reason why you chose this website to critique.
Please answer each numeric question with scholarly information obtained from the website. Please follow the format of 1 through 10 when answering the questions.

Jail and Prison Systems

Each student will select a specific region of the United States based on the Federal Bureau of Prisons map located on their website (Federal Prisons)
(Links to an external site.)
Once you have reviewed the region that you have selected, please review the various states that are included within your region. From that region, select 2 jails and 3 prisons from any system (local, state and/or federal) and provide the following information:
Name and location of facility
Type of facility (jail, prison, local, state, federal, etc)
Overview of population demographics and custody level
Overview of Special Programs or Issues specific to this facility
Reason why you selected this facility for this assignment

Identify which political party you think meets your individual needs, why?.

1. Identify which political party you think meets your individual needs, why?.
2. Identify which political party meets your community’s needs, why?
3. Compare and contrast the platforms of two of the following: the Republican, Democratic, and/or Libertarian parties in the U.S.
4. What do you think can be done, on behalf of the parties, to attract and/or increase the policital activity of millenials.
5. When did African/Black Americans split from the Republican party and why?
6. What do you think the future of party/partisan politics is in the U.S.?
7. What are core statistics related to party affiliation and voter participation across the political parties?