This document contains materials for an Academic Interactions class including:
- Conversation starters on various topics like law, business, and engineering to spark class discussions.
- Instructions and samples for a listening and note-taking activity involving a conversation between classmates.
- An introduction to the 5Rs note-taking strategy of record, reduce, recite, review, and reflect.
- Upcoming homework assignments including a Chapter 2 test and setting up the first tutoring conversation session.
Stylish Academic Writing (SAW) is a rather new concept but gaining its popularity since Helen Sword published her book at Harvard University in 2012. This presentation exploits some of the key principles of the book as well as looks at online concordancers (JTW, based on BNC of English language) designed to help you craft academic sentences.
Stylish Academic Writing (SAW) is a rather new concept but gaining its popularity since Helen Sword published her book at Harvard University in 2012. This presentation exploits some of the key principles of the book as well as looks at online concordancers (JTW, based on BNC of English language) designed to help you craft academic sentences.
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Assignment 7 (30 points)Accounting TheorySpring 2017Course Work Book - Company Project Remember to express your thoughts in your own words. Do not simply cut and paste your response. (except where you are told to cut and paste)Remember to indicate how the value is determined!Reminder: Your portfolio is due and TO BE PRESENTED…You will be asked to present at least one item from your portfolio (you will present one or two items from your portfolio of which you are most proud)Due Tuesday, May 02, 2017Read the Items Found on Canvas for Week 8by 11pmREADAICPA Guidance on Relevant Controls AICPA AU-C 240.27 and AICPA AU-C 315.19, 21, 30, and 31http://www.aicpa.org/Research/Standards/AuditAttest/Pages/clarifiedSAS.aspxAICPA AU-C 240, Consideration of Fraud in a Financial Statement Audit (AICPA AU-C 240)AICPA AU-C 315, Understanding the Entity and Its Environment and Assessing the Risks of Material Misstatement (AICPA AU-C 315)AICPA AU-C 330, Performing Audit Procedures in Response to Assessed Risks (AICPA AU-C 330)The AICPA consider certain controls to be "always relevant." What are they? (6)123456READPCAOB Auditing Standard No. 5, An Audit of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting That Is Integrated With an Audit of Financial Statements (PCAOB AS 5)http://pcaobus.org/Standards/Auditing/Pages/PreReorgStandards.aspxPCAOB Auditing Standard No. 13, The Auditor’s Responses to the Risks of Material Misstatement and PCAOB Auditing Standard No. 15, Audit Evidence (PCAOB AS 15)How does the PCAOB Define:PerformancePCAOB AS 15.20InspectionPCAOB AS 15.15ObservationPCAOB AS 15.16InquiryPCAOB AS 15.17Read the Items on the Canvas assigned for Week 6See Also Additional Assignments and Readings on CanvasFinal Exam DistributedWednesday, March 15, 2017Wednesday, April 12, 2017Wednesday, March 22, 2017Wednesday, April 19, 2017Wednesday, March 29, 2017Wednesday, April 26, 2017Wednesday, April 05, 2017Wednesday, May 03, 2017
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http://www.aicpa.org/Research/Standards/AuditAttest/Pages/clarifiedSAS.aspxhttp://pcaobus.org/Standards/Auditing/Pages/PreReorgStandards.aspx
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Death of Socrates
Paper #1
Current Events Video Project on Ethics, Corporate Social
Responsibility, and Sustainability (See due date in Blackboard)
Introduction: So far this semester, we have learned how to record
the transactions of a business. As part of this course, we, as
instructors, are interested in you also learning about the social
and ethical responsibilities of businesses. I have taken an
assignment that I assembled for a business management class and
am scaling it down for your class (their paper was a midterm 100
point paper, yours is a 3 page 30 point paper).
This paper has several parts that cumulatively will give me insight as
to how you understand the material. I am putting significantly more resources here than what you
actu ...
RUBRICS - check listAccuracy, relevance• Is your sum.docxtoddr4
RUBRICS - check list:
Accuracy, relevance:
• Is your summary and understanding of the reading accurate?
• Does your summary address the most important parts of the argument made?
• Is your film scene selection relevant?
• Is your film scene analysis (description and interpretation) accurate and clear?
Style and composition:
• Are your answers/arguments well-structured (intro, pros and cons, conclusion) and
well supported?
• Are your sentences grammatical and complete? Is your use of words accurate?
Have you used a spell and grammar checker before handing in your work?
I. Answer 2 of the following prompts. Write about 3 paragraphs each. (30 pts each =
total 60 pts)
1. Plastic. Summarize Heather Davis’s (P.347-358) main arguments about plastic
(history, aesthetics, control and separation of the human and the non-human, down-
cycling) and show how the films Waste Land, Albatross, and The Island and the Men can
be seen to engage with (at least some of) these arguments. Pick an exemplary scene in
each film to support your discussion. (“Pick” means: describe what kind of shots, editing,
framing, soundtrack are used and what effect they produce or how they invite us to feel.
Remember the Ivakhiv chapter if you need help with this.)
AND/OR
2. Islands
Summarize Hau’ofa’s and Patel and Moore’s arguments about how capitalism is linked
to colonialism/imperialism and to the creation of the idea of “nature” - and of certain
groups of people as part of this nature – making them available as something to be
exploited, extracted, and disposed of.
Contrast the way Chris Jordan (director of Albatross) and Iñaki Moulian (director
of The Island and the men0 have us thinking of islands, their historical past and present,
and the way they have become available for capitalism. Pick an exemplary scene in each
film to support your discussion. (“Pick” means: describe what kind of shots, editing,
framing, soundtrack are used and what effect they produce or invite us to feel. Remember
the Ivakhiv chapter if you need help with this.)
AND/OR
3. Non-humans
Summarize how De la Cadena explains three different indigenous (Awajun Wampi,
Mapuche, and Quechua) views of the non-human. Summarize how Haraway understands
entanglement. How do Daughter of the Lake and The Island and the Men invite us to
sense non-human actants and human-non-human entanglements? Pick an exemplary
scene in each film to support your discussion. (“Pick” means: describe what kind of shots,
editing, framing, soundtrack are used and what effect they produce or invite us to feel.
Remember the Ivakhiv chapter if you need help with this.)
II. Answer the following question. Write 1-2 paragraphs (20 pts)
The potential of open endings
Patel and Moore as well as Haraway encourage us to think less about what things are
and more about how things become, how they happen, transform, interrelate, impact on
each other. Give an exemplary quote from each text to illustra.
RUBRICS - check listAccuracy, relevance• Is your sum.docxjoellemurphey
RUBRICS - check list:
Accuracy, relevance:
• Is your summary and understanding of the reading accurate?
• Does your summary address the most important parts of the argument made?
• Is your film scene selection relevant?
• Is your film scene analysis (description and interpretation) accurate and clear?
Style and composition:
• Are your answers/arguments well-structured (intro, pros and cons, conclusion) and
well supported?
• Are your sentences grammatical and complete? Is your use of words accurate?
Have you used a spell and grammar checker before handing in your work?
I. Answer 2 of the following prompts. Write about 3 paragraphs each. (30 pts each =
total 60 pts)
1. Plastic. Summarize Heather Davis’s (P.347-358) main arguments about plastic
(history, aesthetics, control and separation of the human and the non-human, down-
cycling) and show how the films Waste Land, Albatross, and The Island and the Men can
be seen to engage with (at least some of) these arguments. Pick an exemplary scene in
each film to support your discussion. (“Pick” means: describe what kind of shots, editing,
framing, soundtrack are used and what effect they produce or how they invite us to feel.
Remember the Ivakhiv chapter if you need help with this.)
AND/OR
2. Islands
Summarize Hau’ofa’s and Patel and Moore’s arguments about how capitalism is linked
to colonialism/imperialism and to the creation of the idea of “nature” - and of certain
groups of people as part of this nature – making them available as something to be
exploited, extracted, and disposed of.
Contrast the way Chris Jordan (director of Albatross) and Iñaki Moulian (director
of The Island and the men0 have us thinking of islands, their historical past and present,
and the way they have become available for capitalism. Pick an exemplary scene in each
film to support your discussion. (“Pick” means: describe what kind of shots, editing,
framing, soundtrack are used and what effect they produce or invite us to feel. Remember
the Ivakhiv chapter if you need help with this.)
AND/OR
3. Non-humans
Summarize how De la Cadena explains three different indigenous (Awajun Wampi,
Mapuche, and Quechua) views of the non-human. Summarize how Haraway understands
entanglement. How do Daughter of the Lake and The Island and the Men invite us to
sense non-human actants and human-non-human entanglements? Pick an exemplary
scene in each film to support your discussion. (“Pick” means: describe what kind of shots,
editing, framing, soundtrack are used and what effect they produce or invite us to feel.
Remember the Ivakhiv chapter if you need help with this.)
II. Answer the following question. Write 1-2 paragraphs (20 pts)
The potential of open endings
Patel and Moore as well as Haraway encourage us to think less about what things are
and more about how things become, how they happen, transform, interrelate, impact on
each other. Give an exemplary quote from each text to illustra ...
3. CONVERSATION
STARTER 130A
If the police use a trick to prove a crime, is it possible to use the
trick against the accused in the court? Why/Why not? Can you
think of any examples?
(Law, Ahmed 130A)
4. CONVERSATION
STARTER 130A
Whether you've been in business one week or five years,
obtaining funds is always the most important issue. But what
type of financing works best for businesses? What do you know
about financing a business?
(Kholood Albhkali, Business, 130A)
5. CONVERSATION
STARTER 130A
Sometimes engineers rely on their instincts to solve problems.
However, if one’s instincts aren’t right, this could lead to drastic
consequences. Should an engineer trust his instincts and do what
he feels is right? Can you think of any examples?
(Petroleum Engineering, Yousff Alwazzan, 130A)
6. CONVERSATION
STARTER 130B
You have the right to keep silent. Because anything you say, it can
be used against you in court. Moreover, you have the right to hire
a lawyer. If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be appointed. How
can a defendant obtain a court-appointed defense lawyer? What
do you think of this practice?
( Law, Pattaraporn Puttamongkol, AI 130B)
7. CONVERSATION
STARTER 130B
The classes that teach economics at Penn State University help
students to obtain a deep understanding about how economics
can influence many aspects in our life. How do you think
economics influences our daily lives?
(Ahmed Al Jashmi,economics,130B)
8. CONVERSATION
STARTER 130B
If a country’s economy is not strong, they may want to imitate
another economic power’s skill to push economic growth. Do you
think each country needs to create their own economic strategy or
does it work to imitate another economic power? Can you think of
any examples?
(Economics, Ai-Hsing,Huang, 130B)
9. LISTENING – PG. 37 – A CONVERSATION
BETWEEN CLASSMATES
Listen to the conversation.
Complete part A
Listen to the conversation again.
Complete part B
11. NOTE-TAKING STRATEGY:
THE 5 RS
Record – write down what you think is important
Reduce – summarize the record column into
manageable text
Recite – look only at your notes in the reduce
column, and try to remember the important ideas
that your notes summarize
Review – review your notes several times in
between the lecture and the test
Reflect – add personal reflections and thoughts to
make what you learned part of what know
12. PRACTICE
1) Watch/listen to the video (twice) and write down important
information in the “Record” column.
2) Work with a partner to review your notes and to complete
the “Reduce” column.
3) Compare information to the model.
4) Discuss the information with your partner. What could you
write in the “Reflect” column?
13. REDUCE COLUMN
Reduce (for recall) (write short phrases/words of what you want to remember)
Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle (KRT) > Gulf of Mexico = endangered
HOWEVER, KRT making rebound > marine researchers in TX
KRT = smallest sea turtle in the world
KRT = important part of ecosystem, around since the dinosaurs
T.E.D. (turtle excluder device) = helping turtles rebound
T.E.D traps small sea creatures but releases bigger species
Controversy = fisherman > lose some fish/shrimp
biologists > fisherman don’t waste net space on sharks/turtles
captive breeding also helps turtle rebound
14. HW/ UPCOMING DATES
• chapter 2 test = 2/17 – new lecture + main idea + details,
vocabulary (20 words), stress patterns (Zak’s lesson), +
adjective clauses
• Send your Tutoring and Conversation an email on 2/15 to
set up your first meeting sometime between 2/16 and 2/21.
Your first recording and reflection sheet are due in BOX by
midnight on 2/22.