Category: English

Find a peer-reviewed article related to: Piaget, Vygotsky, Erickson, Kohlberg, Gilligan, on moral development, or any other topic (bullying, identity development, etc and connect it to the reading for this week: Only chapter 1-3 in the book: Educational Psychology Developing Learners, 11th edition, by Jeanne Ellis Omrod, Eric M. Anderman and Lynley H. Anderman. Pick something that interests you! This article must have been published within the last 10 years. Read through the article and in address the following questions (answer in question format, 1-2 paragraphs per question).
Please cite quotes from the book and only use this edition!
1) What was this article about? How did it relate to Chapter 1, 2, or 3?
2) What were the three key ideas from the article? What was the main conclusion of the article?
3) How can you apply these ideas in your future classroom?
4) What was the most interesting or eye-opening part of the paper (what about it made you select it?
5) What three questions do you still have about the topic of the article?
6) Upload a copy of the article with your submission.

Read Morgan Pace’s “Let’s Talk, Longhorns”–and explore its rhetorical situation: What are the author’s purpose(s) and stance? Who is the intended audience? How well does the author use the genre (an op-ed in a campus newspaper) in conveying the message? What is the context surrounding this argument and what is the conversation to which it contributes?
Here is a web address for the reading — https://thedailytexan.com/2020/07/03/lets-talk-longhorns/

For the final draft of your Summary Essay, please follow these directions:
1. If you use any direct quotations OR if you paraphrase/put into your own words any information from any sources — outside sources or the sources I provided — you need to use signal phrases, in-text citations, and create a Works Cited page. ***Since everyone in the class used information from the two sources I provided, I will expect to see, at the very least, in-text citations and a Works Cited page for those two sources. If you used any other sources, including Youtube videos, online encyclopedias, web articles, etc., you will need to cite those in-text and add them to your works cited page.***
At this point in the course, you’ve learned about plagiarism, MLA format, and how to cite information. If you do not cite your sources and provide a Works Cited page, I will assume that your paper is plagiarized, and you will be subjected to the disciplinary actions outlined in the course syllabus. Let’s please all avoid this by making sure that we use proper citations and provide Works Cited page!!
2. Your final draft must be AT MINIMUM 500 words. Points will be deducted if your paper is less than 500 words. You are certainly welcome to write more than 500 words if you wish, but remember what Shakespeare said- brevity is the soul of wit.
3. You may not simply resubmit your draft without making any revisions. I will not grade it, and I will reassign the essay to you to complete again. You should have completed several videos and readings on how to revise a rough draft, so I am intentionally looking to see whether you applied the information you learned from the videos to your final draft. This includes, among other things, checking your signal phrases and in-text citations, checking to see if you revised your grammar (I don’t expect grammar to be perfect, since we have only just started discussing it in class, but at least make an attempt at editing it), looking at whether your thesis is in the form of an argument that can be supported with details, and looking to see whether your supporting points are introduced in the introductory paragraph. If you haven’t already, please make sure you complete the readings and watch the videos on revision.

Examine three separate symbols (define them as either traditional or incidental) and describe how they work as signs within the text. Each of the three sections of the body of your essay will examine the one symbol and argue its symbolism. These sections must provide concrete textual details and your analysis of those details. Be sure to write a literary introduction, which have a different focus than ENC 1101 essays. A thesis appropriate for literary analysis is also required. A brief conclusion is also required. Guidelines can be found in the writing instruction in the module.
Each body paragraph must follow the FCEA paragraph model and should have a strong topic sentence that outlines the claim or focus of the paragraph, a narrowing to the specific focus/issue of the paragraph, an illustration of the concept from the text (textual evidence/quotes in MLA documentation), and your analysis of how the quote explicates the concept or argument of the paragraph (FCEA is covered in the modules). Remember not to rehash the plot excessively! Give only the supporting plot elements that are important (and specific) to your analysis. A good rule of thumb is no more than two sentences of plot summary per body paragraph (not including quotes). Quotes from the text(s), placed in MLA in-text citational format, are required for this

Please read this and the two other articles for thought material. You may have to do other research, as well, in order to write and discuss your essay topic. You do not have to outline the articles, but you must discuss them and their content in your essay response.. Be prepared to discuss: Is Literacy Important to a Democratic Society? Why or why not?
* What is democracy?
* Why is schooling mandated in all 50 states?
* Is literacy king, or is multimedia enough? Why? Explain.
* Why is the ability to comprehend and write expository text of special importance to this topic? We are in an election year. Use your mind, your observations and any examples you can think of. We are living this right now.
Your essay: 3-5 pages., Times New Roman 12, 1 inch margins, double-spaced.
Be certain to be factual, engaging, and use examples to illustrate your points. As you are writing, consider how this expository writing task differs from a narrative. I expect you to use examples from these three readings, as well as engage in your own research. Chat GPT copying, in whole or in part, will result in a fail.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-moment-youth/201405/what-is-education-insights-the-worlds-greatest-minds
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/two-thirds-of-american-kids-cant-read-fluently/

Instructions
Compose a two-paragraphs. The minimum word count is 150-words. The Writing Assignment must be an uploaded Word document. The Feedback Form can be a Word document or a PDF or an image.
Respond to this prompt: What subject have you chosen for your annotated bibliography?
Paragraph One
Introduce the subject.
Focus on at least two possible points you will explore.
End the paragraph with a possible/working thesis (or research question) statement for the annotated bibliography.
Remember, a research question is not a thesis statement, but answering it becomes a thesis statement. This statement will change as you research and write your annotated bibliography. If it doesn’t change, then you might not be fully engaging with the research.
Paragraph Two
Explain your research process.
Explain where you will be looking for sources. (Google, the internet, the library, and the library databases are not sources. They are places to locate sources.)
Will you be using library databases? Which one(s)? Why?
Are there any websites that may be credible? Which one(s)? Why?
For practice with MLA source documentation, create a works cited entry for one of your possible sources.
This is still not the completed annotated bibliography.
Remember, you will need to complete the Feedback Form with your WA4 response in order to gain full points.

To write two discussion posts regarding “The Lonely Londoners” The 350 words should slip in two posts. For each discussion question, you should pick out a textual detail from the assigned reading that strikes you as significant and accompany it with your questions and brief reflections (aim for 100-300 words). They can be on any two questions that interest you about the weekly readings, and which you would like to see addressed in class. PS: take reference from the pic

Write an essay over the short story “The Rocking Horse Winner” by D. H. Lawrence. The main focus of the essay is over how the archetypes in the story tie into the overall theme. The thesis statement must be clear and not to broad and be over what archetypes are present in the story and what the theme is. The essay must include an introduction, 2-3 body paragraphs and a conclusion. I need to incorporate at least two other sources into the essay, however I’m limited as to what websites I can pull information from, so I will be including a doc with some websites that were approved. Please do not use any other sources besides the website you pulled the story from and the websites I have included. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to ask. Thank you in advance!

Inventing the backstory of “The Man of the Crowd”
The first detective fiction ever, Poe’s “The Man of the Crowd” is, in many ways, a blank slate, upon which the reader might project his or her own significances. Compose a short screenplay/sсrіpt, inventing an origin (and/or outcome) for the titular Man of the Crowd. Where did he come from? How did he become the way he is? Did he live a normal life before his addiction set in? What does he do during the day? What happens after the actions of Poe’s short story? Each student will be assigned a random 19th-century professional that must be incorporated into the titular Man’s backstory/origin story. MY 19TH CENTURY PROFESSION IS A RAT CATCHER
The text has been uploaded to Canvas, Files. Your creation must be adapted in sсrіpt/screen play format. Create a new and exciting adaptation that builds on to the themes, plot, and conflict of the “The Man of the Crowd”! Submission Specifications
Due Thursday, March 28 @ 2pm, Your submission must consist of at least 1100 words, not counting title or header information. It must be submitted in 12-point, Times New Roman font. There is no upper limit on word count. Use correct grammar and spelling. Proofread your writing. Spellcheck is required for the final product.
Rules regarding plagiarism apply. Partial or total use of AI-generation counts as plagiarism.
You may add new events that precede or follow the action of the source material. The details of your short story must match and conform with the fictional universe of “The Man of the Crowd,” set around the time of the publication of the piece in 1840. Avoid anachronisms (things that did not exist or could not occur around the year 1840).
You may borrow up to 50 words directly from the source text, but this is not required. Place any and all words or phrases borrowed from the source in “double quotations.”

Hawaii Grown
Maui’s Food Waste Is Causing A Big Problem. Now, Some Residents Are Tackling It Themselves
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Food accounts for roughly 19% of all the trash thrown out in the county, which lacks a municipal composting facility.
By Marina Starleaf Riker July 23, 2023
Reading time: 8 minutes.
It was barely 7:30 a.m. on a warm summer morning, and Gerry Ross had already heaved 1,500 pounds of food scraps into the trailer hitched to his four-wheeler. Maui County locator map
The Maui farmer fired up the engine and rumbled down the dirt road to the sliver of land where he isn’t growing fruit, vegetables, coffee, cacao or herbs. He parked the rig next to a dozen compost piles and then announced: “This is the Department of Organic Alchemy.”
Gerry Ross uses the compost he makes to provide nutrients for everything grown at Kupa’a Farms. (Marina Riker/Civil Beat/2023)
Maui County doesn’t have a government-run composting facility that can take in food scraps from the general public and turn them into soil that can fertilize the earth.
Instead, an estimated 82 million pounds of food waste was dumped in Maui County landfills in 2019, the most recent year for which data is available in the county’s draft solid waste management plan.
Ross is among Maui residents who have taken solving the island’s enormous food waste problem into their own hands.
Over the course of a year, he transforms an estimated 100,000 pounds of leftovers from Pacific Whale Foundation’s on-boat buffets, scraps from two restaurants and waste from a local hot sauce manufacturer into microbe-rich soil that powers his 6-acre organic farm.
In the past, he’s also composted carcasses of invasive axis deer that have overrun his Kula neighborhood. But as much as observing the natural processes of decay fascinates him, there’s only one reason he spends eight hours each week tending to the piles: sheer necessity. Up to 70% of Ross’ diet comes from food he grows on his property. He then composts all of the food scraps, which he returns to the earth in the form of nutrient-rich soil. (Marina Riker/Civil Beat/2023)
“If there was a municipal facility, I could spend more time farming and less time making compost,” Ross, 67, said. The amount of food waste dumped at landfills in 2019 accounted for an estimated 19% of everything thrown out in Maui County.
A draft of the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy, a federally funded plan to grow the economy, said creating a municipal compost facility should be a top priority to grow Maui’s agricultural industry. Expanding composting could both improve soil health and keep trash out of the landfill that’s already at risk of filling up.
“If we’re going to farm regeneratively, it’s pretty much the top thing to do,” said Mikey Logatto, who runs Mana Microbes, an Upcountry Maui composting company.
Across the U.S., food waste creates more greenhouse gases than the airline industry. But local governments in Hawaii have been slow to adopt curbside programs as a way to combat the climate crisis like those created in other municipalities spanning from Portland to Denver to Arlington County, Virginia. There are even some government agencies in places like Oregon, Washington and New York where composting is more widespread that have tapped the practice to turn roadkill into soil.
In Hawaii, however, lawmakers only last year changed the law to allow commercial composting in agricultural districts, which had served as one of the many barriers to small farmers who might also want to produce compost on their farms. Instead, private companies have largely led the way in championing new composting programs that make it easier for residents to keep their food waste out of the landfill.
Some municipal composting programs allow residents to discard food waste in government-provided carts for free, which are picked up like garbage on collection days. (Marina Riker/Civil Beat/2023)
But Maui County officials hope the future will be brighter for composting operations in the years to come. Council member Gabe Johnson, who oversees the committee focused on agriculture and environment issues, is planning to tackle the county-level compost barriers in the next few months.
Meanwhile, the county Department of Environmental Management, which oversees waste and the landfill, is planning to establish a new composting facility in the next couple years.
“There’s a huge need for compost on Maui,” said Gretchen Losano, who runs West Maui Green Cycle. “We just have to figure it all out so that people can get the compost they need to be able to grow the food that we need, instead of relying on 90% of our food being imported.”
Without a steady source of high-quality compost, Maui farmers end up having to ship in nutrients to add to soil from the continental U.S. (Marina Riker/Civil Beat/2023)
While the county works on its own facility, Losano is in the midst of running one of her own. It’s the only commercial compost center on Maui currently permitted by the state Department of Health to accept food waste and compostable food service ware like disposable cups, bowls, plates, trays, forks and spoons that are otherwise dumped in the landfill. Losano partnered with a handful of Maui schools to launch composting programs, with a focus on helping her community’s keiki build the habits they need for a sustainable future – like separating food waste from garbage. By the fall, she hopes to launch a curbside pickup for West Maui residents, which she’ll use to collect data to understand exactly how she could scale up her facility to take on all of the compostable waste from restaurants, hotels, schools, businesses and residents.
“It’s the systems that need to change,” Losano said.
Farmers say composting is key to regenerative agriculture, which restores soil health in the process of farming. (Marina Riker/Civil Beat/2023)
At least five states — California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont — have passed laws to keep food out of landfills, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Vermont, for example, bans people from throwing away food scraps in the trash and instead requires uneaten food to be donated to people in need or used for animal feed, composting or anaerobic digestion.
“It’s all totally doable,” Ross said. Even as a prolific backyard composter, Ross believes that the most sustainable future is having a government-run compost program that takes the work out of residents’ hands. For a typical farmer, Ross said it’s not possible to juggle tending to crops, dealing with deer, preparing for drought and then also navigating the complicated permitting rules that are set in place at a state level to commercially produce compost that’s safe for the general public.
Gerry Ross strains compost at his farm in Upcountry Maui. He said that compost can be used to help restore nutrients in swaths of farmland that have been degraded from pineapple and sugar cane farming. (Marina Riker/Civil Beat/2023)
Creating compost out of food scraps is a delicate science. Ross, worked as a geologist for governments and as a university professor before becoming a farmer, builds each pile carefully by hand, layering coconut husks, dried leaves and food waste in a specific order to ensure there’s just the right amount of moisture and oxygen. Sometimes, he adds leftovers from eco-minded friends visiting Maui who’ve learned to bring him their scraps instead of throwing it out before heading to the airport. Every so often, he’s also the guy who’s called when someone stumbles on a freshly struck deer along a Kula roadway. Years ago, Ross learned how to turn the dangerous nuisance into a coveted source of nutrients for his crops.
And he isn’t the only one who’s recognized the opportunity: Maui County’s axis deer task force also explored what it might take to mix the carcasses with greenwaste as a way to help local farmers grow more food.
Food waste that would otherwise rot and turn into methane in the landfill can be composted and used to feed plants, taking carbon out of the atmosphere. (Marina Riker/Civil Beat/2023)
“You know,” Ross said, “roadkill season is just around the corner, right?”
But for now, the farmer has to do all the work himself. After he covers the heap of organic matter under each tarp, it takes several months for the pile to transform into the fertile soil. He already had a plan for the latest batch: mixing it in the earth to grow 300 new heads of lettuce, 100 cabbage starts and two more trellises of cherry tomatoes. “It’s full of life,” Ross said, while scooping up a handful. “And it used to be on someone’s table.”
Civil Beat’s coverage of Maui County is supported in part by grants from the Nuestro Futuro Foundation.
“Hawaii Grown” is funded in part by grants from Ulupono Fund at the Hawaii Community Foundation and the Frost Family Foundation. 300 word paper MLA based off of that article and answer specific details from the article to support your reasoning. Written in paragraph form with paraphrases and direct quotations cited per MLA guidelines
1. What is your emotional reaction to the reading and what prompted that reaction?
2. What do you think is the purpose of the article and who do you think is the intended audience use specific details from the text to support your answers?
3. in terms of the problem, are you curious to learn more about and what connections do you see between the problem? Disgusted in the article and your community
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