Best Writer

Prepare
Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read Chapter 1 in your course textbook: College Writing Handbook.
This course is designed to intentionally walk you through the steps of the research process. While research is the process whereby you locate and evaluate sources related to a specific topic, you need to start with the bigger picture! It is important to set clear goals about what general subject to research and then work to narrow that focus. You will do that with the assignments and activities in Week 2, so feel free to look ahead and examine the path you’ll take. But this discussion helps put you on the path.

Reflect
Every professional field is different, which seems obvious though the reasons are more complex than it might seem. These differences are partly due to the specific outcomes or job titles associated with the field as well as the types of duties the profession requires. Differences also result from the particular soft skills associated with the field, the mindset required, and the actual day-to-day experience within that profession. Think about the professional field that you intend to enter. How directly is it related to your major? What do you already know about your intended profession? What has drawn you to it?

Write
In 250 to 300 words, address the following points:
Identify the professional field (academic major or career track) that you are interested in.
Describe what has led to your interest in this field.
You should write several sentences here developing both your personal and professional reasons for this.
Explain a specific aspect about this field that most excites you.
Think about qualities or job duties that seem most compelling or intriguing to you.
Examine areas within your field that you might like to know more about.
Knowing that you will soon begin the research process, you might consider where this research will take you.

asking these questions, What are the major differences between Spanish and English colonization process in terms of Church and Race?
How are the concepts of Fragmentation and Unity relate to the US and Latin America? How can we see it in the text?
Describe the phases of Annexations.
How slavery might have impacted the standings of the US with Latin America?
Why made the Caribbean so important for the US?

Be specific when crafting your essay. Link your thoughts with the texts and materials using appropriate citation. Ground your
essay on the materials in order to prove your comprehension of the materials. Even if you provide your voice/opinion, your
critic needs to be based on the texts. Thus, please, quote the texts to explain and/or justify your thoughts and overall answers.
Then, cite correctly. (using Gonzalez chapter 1-3, Marti -Nuestra America and Vazquez 2009 main events)

Identify the themes that appear throughout the narrative, “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe.
When your assignment is completed, your paper will:

1. Clearly identify, via your introduction and thesis statement, the focus of your analysis
2. Reveal to your reader, via your topic sentences, where your observations occur in your chosen work
3. Provide direct quotes in each body paragraph that illustrate to your reader supporting evidence for your analysis
4. Correctly cite your sources in your paper through the use of parenthetical citations following MLA formatting
5. Correctly cite your source on your Works Cited page following MLA formatting
6. Meet the minimum page and source requirement for the assignment
Quotations: While each of your body paragraphs must contain at least one direct quote from the story.
Page Length: 5-7 FULL pages (This page count DOES NOT include your Works Cited page.)
Sources: This assignment is not a research paper! The only source you will use for this analysis is the assigned story, “The Cask of Amontillado” By Edgar Allan Poe

Examine the structural functionalism, social process, and conflict theories. Next, select one of the theories and defend it against the other approaches. Explain why this theory is the strongest.

Outline each of the following three approaches: the major and minor ideas of Gottfredson and Hirschi’s general theory of crime, Elliott’s integrated social process theory, and Thornberry’s interactional theory. Typically, people support parts of a theory, not the entire theory. After identifying the components of each theory, integrate, paraphrase, and personalize the ideas, choosing parts of each theory, to create a whole theory you support.

Review the labeling perspective’s definition of why adolescents become delinquent. Outline the strengths and weaknesses of the theory, choosing to defend or refute the theory. State and explain your position, supporting your statement with at least one professional source, not including your textbook, written within the past five years.

Discuss the benefits and limitations of juvenile courts applying the concept of free will and rationality to violent juvenile criminals. Choose to defend or refute this approach. State and explain your position, supporting your statement with at least one professional source, not including your textbook, written within the past five years.

Investigate and discuss the biological, psychological, and sociological causes of the behavior of delinquent girls. Find a recent delinquent girl case occurring within the past three years. Research the case, using more than one professional source. Apply what you have learned about the biological, psychological, and sociological causes of the behavior of delinquent girls to the case. Explain why the delinquent girl committed the crime. You might find the Girls Study Group (2013), Hannah (2015), and iResearchNet materials to be helpful.

Apply the feminist theory to the changes in patterns of crime by females. First, investigate delinquent female crime patterns and trends for the past five years; then, share your findings. Next, choose a side. One group argues that changes in delinquent female crime patterns and trends is the direct result of the women’s liberation movement. The opposing side holds that delinquent female crime patterns and trends is an indirect result of the feminist movement, creating more criminal opportunities, growing group support for illegal behavior, and weakening social controls, especially by parents. Support your statement with at least one professional source, not including the textbook, written within the past five years. You might find the Green (2016), Hannah (2015), Princeton University Future of Children, and Sexton (2015) materials to be helpful.

For this assignment, you will be writing a letter to a School Board (First draft = 500 words). Then you will revise the rough draft and add to it to write a final version (1200 words) for Module 3. This final essay will also be uploaded to your ePortfolio.
PROMPT:
Imagine, that the local School Board is considering whether or not to provide funding for a comprehensive arts education program for elementary and middle schools in their district. They are also seeking advice about what a high quality arts education program would look like. The board is seeking public opinion about this project.
Your task is to research the topic “Why Study the Arts?” You then need to write a persuasive essay in the form of a letter to the school board that argues why the board should adopt a sequential arts education program for all students in the district. You can take on the role of a parent, a teacher, or a concerned citizen. This first draft is meant to be only about 500 words. The final draft (1200 words) of your letter to the school board will be submitted as part of Module 3.
Support your views with specific reasons and examples from your own experience, observations, or readings. Describe all examples in your own words – no cutting and pasting from other sources unless they are short, direct quotes. If you refer to examples from your text simply state the source within the essay.
Finally, be sure to ask for something specific. Do not just say, “The arts are great!” The reader understands that…what do you WANT from them? How would the money be used? This should be clear in every paragraph and should be reinforced by the examples/arguments you provide.
You may find it helpful to have a sample format letter. Try this one out. It may be helpful in getting started. Sample Form Letter to Local School Board – Summer 2019.docx
Resources for Research in Arts Education:
Chapters 1-3 in your Creating Meaning etext
Hint: A super place to find research studies is pps xv-xvii and look for all pages labeled RU (Research Update)
Websites
Americans for the Arts Action-Oriented Research
Create CA (LOTS of great information!)
Why Arts Advocacy is Needed Now More than Ever
California PTA Association
Business letter format
For this assignment, use a business letter format. This means you will need to track down the mailing address of a local school board or district office. If you are uncomfortable using your personal address in a class assignment, simply use Fresno State’s mailing address: 5201 N. Maple Ave Fresno CA 92740
Resources
Owl at Purdue University: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/professional_technical_writing/basic_business_letters/index.html
University of Wisconsin, Madison: https://writing.wisc.edu/handbook/assignments/businessletter/

Describe your overall topic, why it is important and why are interested in it.
List major themes, subtopics, or trends in research questions, results, and or conclusions
Body
The body of your literature should deal with each theme by providing an overview of the characteristics of them and then sub-topics and related studies in each sub-topic.
Each sub-topic should be a narrowly grouped findings related to the theme.
There should be a continual narrowing focus of the literature review as you progress through the themes and sub-topics
Summary
Discuss the contributions of this body of literature to the broader field of education.
Identify and discuss the pros/cons, strengths/weaknesses of this body of literature.
Discuss what is missing from this body of literature and what will serve as the focus of your study/methodology.

I am focusing my literature review on blended learning and the focus is utilizing the station rotation model in a junior highsocial studies classroom (6th, 7th, and 8th grade students.) This topic is important to me because I am conducting a research study in implementing blended learning in my classroom.

Assessment Description
For this assignment, in 1,000 words, you will need to complete the following:
Select a topic in media of your choice (e.g., violence in video games; social media use by celebrities; gender portrayals in television shows). Analyze how researchers using each of the following theories would approach studying the topic.
Framing Theory
Social Learning Theory
Critical Theory
In the analysis, be sure to include:
The types of data each theory would use to study the topic
The types of methods each theorist would use to collect and analyze data
Comparison of the strengths and limitations of each approach to study the topic
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide.
An abstract is not required.

Benchmark Information:
This assignment assesses the following competency:
Compare and contrast how different theories are applied to a situation.

Discuss and development of new tourism products in independent hotels in Riga: reviving tourism after Covid-19.

reflection paper – on Gospel (limit: 4 pages, typed double spaced, 12 point type). In these papers, you will
· Select two of the passages discussed in class from the Gospel
· What are the major points of the stories (brief summary)?
· What insights do the stories give into who Jesus is? How to others in the stories respond to Jesus?
· What challenge do these texts give
o To you: How might this text change you?
o To the Church/Christianity: How should the contemporary Church change to align with this teaching?

Here are the assigned readings in Mark for class discussion and analysis:
2/1: Mark 1:1-14 and 3:1-12. The Urgency of the Proclamation and the Authority of Jesus
2/3: Mark 6:31-52, 8:1-10, and 8:17-21. Feeding the Multitudes and Walking on Water
2/8: Mark 8:27-38. Who is Jesus? What kind of Messiah dies? What is a Disciple?
2/10: Mark 9:32-52: Those who followed… What are you asking? Son of Timaeus
2/15: Mark 14-16: The Passion

I uploaded the first two powepoints as help i will upload the others soon.

OVERVIEW
After reading the assigned articles/case studies for the Module: Week, you will write critiques of
the 2 case studies provided in Module 3: Week 3 (Read: Statements Compelled from Law
Enforcement Employees) and Module 5: Week 5 (Read: Peace Officers Bill of Rights
Guarantees Responding to Union Demands with a Management Sanctioned Version).
INSTRUCTIONS
Each case study critique must be between 3–5 pages (not including the title, abstract, and
reference pages) in current APA format and must discuss the major facts of the case. You must
tell whether or not you believe the right decisions were made and why. Follow the guidelines
listed below:
 Identify the important facts in the case study.
 What decisions were or were not made in the case study?
 Do you believe the decisions or best practices were appropriate?
 Discuss any alternative solutions to the problem and support those solutions with
additional research (in other words, support your solution with similar cases).
 Conclusion
 Bibliography
 Make sure each section is labeled appropriately (Facts, Decision, Alternative Solution,
Conclusion).
 Citation style: current APA
 All papers must use the following format:
o Times New Roman
o 12-point font
o Double spaced
o 1” margins from left to right and top to bottom
 Do not forget to review the grading rubric.v