Answer ONE of the following questions after reading Francine Prose's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read." Your response should be well thought out with very few if any grammatical or sentence errors.  Your response should be 200-300words in length. It is due Thursday before 11:59pm.

#1: Prose is highly critical of the quality of both I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and To Kill a Mockingbird. If you have read either, write an evaluation of her criticism of the book. Is she setting up this book to be unfairly judged?

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#2: Prose is skeptical of using literary works to teach values. Write a journal entry in which you support or challenge her position using specific examples to support your position. 

I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read

How American High School Students Learn to Loathe Literature

Francine Prose

Franci

1.

In a minimum 250 words, write a paragraph that answers the following questions:

What does the word "literacy" mean to you?

How does Gee define discourse?

What is a discourse "identity kit"?

Why does Gee believe that discourses are "inherently ideological"?

Do you agree with him? Disagree? Both? Why? (Use examples and explain)

2. 

Do some research on "learning vs. acquisition." You can look for the terms together, separately, or both. In a minimum 250 words answer the following questions:

What did you learn about the difference between acquisition and learning? How does it compare to what Gee says?

What is something you have learned? How do you know?

What is something that you have acquired? Would it be difficult to learn? Why or not? (explain and use examples)

3. 

For your post,

Answer the two following questions and create two critical, thoughtful responses.  Use in-text citations from the readings to support your point of view.

For each respond 150 words.

1. Find and explicate the passage in Roman Fever that you think exemplifies the core irony of the story. 

2. Analyze how Wharton characterizes Mrs. Ansley and Mrs. Slade. Pay close attention to how social rivalry and social status are important aspects of their relationship.

Roman Fever by Edith Wharton:

For major: Interdisciplinary Studies and minor: Communication Studies

Essay #1 - Reasons and Goals 

Discuss the reasons for your academic major and professional plans/goals. Be sure to include items such as previous/current work experience, internships, classroom/lab experience, etc., applicable to your future goals and plans.

Maximum length: 300 words.

Provide your answer below:

Essay #2 - Involvement/Leadership/Service 

Provide the details on your involvement, leadership and service experiences listed earlier in the application. Highlight outstanding achievements, leadership roles and how you feel you have made a difference in your community.

Maximum length: 300 words.

Provide your answer below:

Essay #3 - Challenges 

Discuss any challenges you have faced on your journey to college and ho

2.4: Events of the 20th Century

showing critical moments in B.C. First Nations political development which you will find below.

You will be required to rank important events in BC's history according to their significance for people today.

Once you have completed the chart, you will use the information that you collected to write a thoughtful response.

TEXT ON SUBJECT YOU HAVE TO USE

The McKenna-McBride Royal Commission was established in 1912. The commission's findings and the policies created as a result had a significant impact on First Nations people of British Columbia. The decisions regarding reserve landdetermining how territory was added, reduced, or eliminatedwas of enormous consequence to B.C. First Nations people.

The McKenna-McBride Commission (1912-1916), was named after federal minister McKenna and provincial premier McBride. Its task was to visit each First Nations community in B.C., consult w

Question 1: What makes a Human Resource Approach Strategic? And to give form to a strategic HR approach, which tasks or elements should be a part of it?

Appendix:

-          PPT Annual HRM cycle

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Question 2: How would you define a performance assessment system and what are the dos and donts when building such a system?

Appendices:

-          PPT performance assessment and the additional materials provided

Question 3: What are the differences between the old and the new labor treaty? In what way can or should HR adept to the new way of working and new generations in the workplace?

Appendices:

-          PPT Identification of. Talent and the additional materials provided

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1. The outline must be done MLA 

2. Create a Formal sentence outline 

3. Provide the MLA heading in the top left corner of your document

4. Write the working thesis after the heading. Keep in mind, this is just an outline. so your thesis is subject to change as you write your essay

5. For the outline, you won't necessarily be focusing on your introduction and conclusion but more so the body paragraphs. Make sure to include a little background information (to make sure you understand why this is or has been a concern and to help your reader understand the context of your topic),  at least 3 reasons that support your argument, and the most prominent opposing view(s). I will check for all of these items in your outline. Missing information can result in point deductions.

6. Every item should be in sentence form. Phrase and s

Read the following chapter of your textbook and upload your notes

Carah, N. & Louw, E. (2015). Making news.  In N. Carah & E. Louw, Media and society: production, content and participation. Sage publications, Ltd. (pp.124-145)

Note-taking

DO NOT simply cut and paste quotations from the text to fulfill the requirements for taking notes for each subsection. You will not get any grade for doing this as this does not demonstrate your understanding. It only indicates that you can select quotations. Only use quotations in the manner indicated below, where the writers use particularly evocative language.

First contact

Scan the document

You will understand more if you quickly scan the chapter. Read the questions that start the chapter, the writers objectives for the chapter (under the heading In this chapter we) and the conclusion. By reading these parts of the chapter you will

Report Writing and Research Methods

ENC2201

Do a Report at least 17 pages following the structure:

1. Cover page

2. Abstract

3. Introduction (4 or 5 pages)

• Hook/Grabber
• Background information
• Problem Statement
• Question
• Hypothesis/Hypotheses
• Thesis Statement

4. Literature Review

5. Method

6. Results

7. Discussion

8. Limitations and Implications

9. Conclusions

10. References

 Please read The Moral Instinct, by the celebrated psychologist, cognitive scientist, and linguist, Steven  Pinker. Take notes as you read this provocative essay. In your "Main  Discussion" post select two or three ideas that struck as being  particularly interesting or important. In your first sentence identify  the points you will discuss. Then thoughtfully discuss the points that  you selected.

 Make sure that you submit two posts: (1) "Main Post" - one post should address the discussion topic. (2) "Response Post"  - one post should be a response to another person`s post. Each post  needs to be 15 - 20 sentences in length. Also, make sure that you read  all or almost all of the posts of your classmates. You are reminded that  in your discussion posts you will be expected to show that you are  integrating ideas from the assigned unit readings and the ot