Workshop 1
About Workshop 1
Workshop 1 is designed to help you explore the possibilities in your story/poetry by reflecting on its characters, plot/structure, imagery, and subject matter. You need to have all of your options laid out in front of you before you can decide which one is best.
The purpose of Workshop 1 is NOT to fix your work. It is absolutely crucial to keep this in mind!
Workshop 1 Requirements
There are two basic requirements for Workshop 1:
1. Submit the first 2-3 pages of a story, AND 2-3 pages of poetry (that’s 2-3 pages of poetry, not 1-2 poems), properly formatted, by the assigned due date. To submit your work, create a message, title it with your name, and post your work. You can either copy/paste your work into the message body, or provide a link to a Google Doc. If you provide a link to a Google Doc, you must be certain to set sharing permissions so your group members and I can read your work.
2. Read your group members’ work, and compose a thoughtful response to each work using the “Workshop Response” guidelines below. To respond to group member’s work, simply respond to each person’s message and type your work.
Below you’ll find detailed info on these requirements and step-by-step instructions on what to do.
Workshop Groups
Workshop groups have been randomly selected, and will be posted on the Workshop 1 page on our Canvas site. Each workshop group has its own discussion forum thread on Canvas, which you can find on the Workshop 1 page.
NOTE ON DEVELOPING YOUR FIRST DRAFT: If you’re struggling to find ideas for your Workshop 1 creative work, you can use the “Finding Your Work” exercise at the end of this document.This exercise will lead you through a series of steps to help you develop an idea for your story/poetry. This exercise is not required. You don’t need to submit the results. It isn’t graded. It’s purely an exercise to help you develop your first draft, it’s entirely optional, and it’s purely for own personal use.
NOTE ON POETRY FORMATTING: Poetry may be single-spaced. Underline and/or boldface poem titles, and leave a little white space between poems—just enough to show readers where one poem ends and the next one begins. DO NOT try to get away with placing one extremely short poem on each page, just to reach the page limit.
NOTE ON WHERE ALL OF THIS IS HEADING: Workshop 1 is about exploring your creative ideas in multiple genres (fiction AND poetry). For Workshop 2, you’ll choose ONE genre (fiction OR poetry) to develop from your Workshop 1 draft. At the end of our class, you’ll submit copies of your Workshop drafts along with other materials in a final portfolio, which including another draft of your story/poetry.
· After Workshop 1, you have the freedom to choose to write either a story or a collection of poems. Not both. The final draft of your story will be 8-10 pages long. The final draft of your poetry collection will be 7-9 pages long (any number of poems).
· If you choose to write poetry, .
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For their culminating assignment, students have two choices:
1. Write an original ekphrastic poem based on a photo, object, or theme they love. The poem should be a short paragraph in length and focus on communicating themes, emotions, and messages to the audience.
2. Find song lyrics that function as ekphrastic poetry about art, places, or objects with larger themes. Students should write out the lyrics and provide a link if possible, then analyze the lyrics with two paragraphs discussing the lyricist's intentions, themes, messages, and significance.
Over the next three weeks, students will read a book of their choosing and complete one of several project options to present to the class. The projects include creating musical themes for conflicts in the story, making posters depicting main events, writing poems related to the book, designing a newspaper about the book's events and characters, interviewing a character, making a PowerPoint about the plot, or designing a scrapbook for a character. Students will read a required number of pages each day to finish their selected book by the deadline and present a book talk to the class, reading an excerpt and encouraging others to read the full book.
Over the next three weeks, students will read a book of their choosing and complete one of several project options to present to the class. The projects include creating musical themes for conflicts in the story, making posters depicting main events, writing poems related to the book, designing a newspaper about the book's events and characters, interviewing a character, making a PowerPoint about the plot, or designing a scrapbook for a character. Students will read a required number of pages each day to finish their selected book by the deadline and present a book talk to the class, reading an excerpt and encouraging others to read the full book.
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The Workshop Responses
For both workshops, you will provide your group members with a draft of your creative work. You will also provide your group members with feedback on their drafts. Providing drafts and feedback works the same way as it did in Workshop 1: You’ll submit a draft as an attachment on the appropriate Workshop discussion forum on Canvas, and you’ll provide written feedback to your group members’ work there, as well.
workshops 2 is more about developing your creative work by thinking about how to use the craft elements we’ve been exploring. That doesn’t mean that there’s no longer a place for brainstorming possibilities, though! Taking risks and learning from your successes and your “failures” is an important part of the creative process.
Your responses to your group members’ drafts
In each response, you’ll address the following items:
· In 1-3 brief sentences, summarize the plot situation (if responding to a story), or the specific subject that all of the poems revolve around (if responding to poetry).
· If you’re responding to a reflective essay draft, you can skip this step.
· Make some observations of how the author is using craft elements. You don’t need to comment on every single craft element, just focus on the ones that seem most significant in the work. For example, you might note that the author is sticking to a traditional plot structure (or not), or using setting, or imagery, or rhyme, in a unique way.
· If you’re responding to a reflective essay draft, make observations on how detailed the author is being about how s/he describes craft elements. For example, describing plot situation, rising action, climax, and resolution is detailed. Simply describing a plot is not detailed. Describing specific rhyme schemes (end rhyme, internal rhyme, near rhyme or perfect rhyme) is detailed. Just saying rhyme is used or not is not detailed.
· Note questions that the work raises for you as a reader. Questions can address the content of the work, or the craft of the work. For example, you might ask how Bob, who had two broken legs on page 2, found himself dancing at a club on page 3. Or you might ask why the author chose the first person POV, or why the author chose to use perfect end rhyme, or why the author chose to center all of the poems on the page. Be sure to explain why the work raises your questions (in other words, don’t ask questions just for the sake of asking questions). Look for areas in the work that make you curious or confused, and develop questions from that.
· If you’re responding to a reflective essay draft, note questions about the focus, organization, or content of the draft.
· Make suggestions for how the author might continue developing the work, and explain the reasoning behind your suggestions. For example, if you believe the story would be more compelling if told from the POV of another character, suggest that, and explain your reasoning. If you believe the poem would be more effective without perf.
This document outlines a lesson plan for teaching poetry writing to high school students. The objectives are for students to recall elements of poetry, examine techniques in sample poems, and demonstrate genre knowledge in their own poems. Activities include identifying elements in a "snake" game, analyzing techniques in poems, and creating seed, erasure, ekphrasis and personification poems. Tips are provided on studying genre, being sensitive to language, thinking divergently, making writing time, and using a poetic journal. Groups will present and critique poems using a rubric. The follow up assignment uses a "poetry pentad" process to observe, describe and experiment with a subject in different poetic forms.
The lesson plan introduces students to cinquain poetry by having them analyze sample cinquains and their structure. Students will then brainstorm topics and write their own cinquains, which have five lines with a specific pattern. The teacher will assess students' understanding of cinquains and the quality of their original poems.
This document outlines the syllabus for a writing class called "Writing Across Borders." The goal of the class is for students to write a 3-4 page analytical essay on a work of art. Throughout the semester, students will engage in discussions, writing workshops, and one-on-one meetings with the instructor to develop their writing skills. They will read works from various genres and cultures to draw inspiration from. The class will focus on finding students' individual voices as writers during the first half, and on completing the final essay during the second half. Students will be graded based on attendance, participation, and written work.
This document provides guidance for writing an essay analyzing a poem using the New Criticism approach. Students must choose one of the listed poems and write a 3 to 5 page essay examining how elements of the poem work together to create an "organic unity" and resolve tensions in the work. The document outlines best practices for a close reading, including analyzing poetic form, imagery, syntax and other literary devices to support a thesis about the poem's overall meaning. Students are expected to demonstrate understanding of New Criticism techniques and incorporate textual evidence from the primary work.
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For their culminating assignment, students have two choices:
1. Write an original ekphrastic poem based on a photo, object, or theme they love. The poem should be a short paragraph in length and focus on communicating themes, emotions, and messages to the audience.
2. Find song lyrics that function as ekphrastic poetry about art, places, or objects with larger themes. Students should write out the lyrics and provide a link if possible, then analyze the lyrics with two paragraphs discussing the lyricist's intentions, themes, messages, and significance.
Over the next three weeks, students will read a book of their choosing and complete one of several project options to present to the class. The projects include creating musical themes for conflicts in the story, making posters depicting main events, writing poems related to the book, designing a newspaper about the book's events and characters, interviewing a character, making a PowerPoint about the plot, or designing a scrapbook for a character. Students will read a required number of pages each day to finish their selected book by the deadline and present a book talk to the class, reading an excerpt and encouraging others to read the full book.
Over the next three weeks, students will read a book of their choosing and complete one of several project options to present to the class. The projects include creating musical themes for conflicts in the story, making posters depicting main events, writing poems related to the book, designing a newspaper about the book's events and characters, interviewing a character, making a PowerPoint about the plot, or designing a scrapbook for a character. Students will read a required number of pages each day to finish their selected book by the deadline and present a book talk to the class, reading an excerpt and encouraging others to read the full book.
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The Workshop Responses
For both workshops, you will provide your group members with a draft of your creative work. You will also provide your group members with feedback on their drafts. Providing drafts and feedback works the same way as it did in Workshop 1: You’ll submit a draft as an attachment on the appropriate Workshop discussion forum on Canvas, and you’ll provide written feedback to your group members’ work there, as well.
workshops 2 is more about developing your creative work by thinking about how to use the craft elements we’ve been exploring. That doesn’t mean that there’s no longer a place for brainstorming possibilities, though! Taking risks and learning from your successes and your “failures” is an important part of the creative process.
Your responses to your group members’ drafts
In each response, you’ll address the following items:
· In 1-3 brief sentences, summarize the plot situation (if responding to a story), or the specific subject that all of the poems revolve around (if responding to poetry).
· If you’re responding to a reflective essay draft, you can skip this step.
· Make some observations of how the author is using craft elements. You don’t need to comment on every single craft element, just focus on the ones that seem most significant in the work. For example, you might note that the author is sticking to a traditional plot structure (or not), or using setting, or imagery, or rhyme, in a unique way.
· If you’re responding to a reflective essay draft, make observations on how detailed the author is being about how s/he describes craft elements. For example, describing plot situation, rising action, climax, and resolution is detailed. Simply describing a plot is not detailed. Describing specific rhyme schemes (end rhyme, internal rhyme, near rhyme or perfect rhyme) is detailed. Just saying rhyme is used or not is not detailed.
· Note questions that the work raises for you as a reader. Questions can address the content of the work, or the craft of the work. For example, you might ask how Bob, who had two broken legs on page 2, found himself dancing at a club on page 3. Or you might ask why the author chose the first person POV, or why the author chose to use perfect end rhyme, or why the author chose to center all of the poems on the page. Be sure to explain why the work raises your questions (in other words, don’t ask questions just for the sake of asking questions). Look for areas in the work that make you curious or confused, and develop questions from that.
· If you’re responding to a reflective essay draft, note questions about the focus, organization, or content of the draft.
· Make suggestions for how the author might continue developing the work, and explain the reasoning behind your suggestions. For example, if you believe the story would be more compelling if told from the POV of another character, suggest that, and explain your reasoning. If you believe the poem would be more effective without perf.
This document outlines a lesson plan for teaching poetry writing to high school students. The objectives are for students to recall elements of poetry, examine techniques in sample poems, and demonstrate genre knowledge in their own poems. Activities include identifying elements in a "snake" game, analyzing techniques in poems, and creating seed, erasure, ekphrasis and personification poems. Tips are provided on studying genre, being sensitive to language, thinking divergently, making writing time, and using a poetic journal. Groups will present and critique poems using a rubric. The follow up assignment uses a "poetry pentad" process to observe, describe and experiment with a subject in different poetic forms.
The lesson plan introduces students to cinquain poetry by having them analyze sample cinquains and their structure. Students will then brainstorm topics and write their own cinquains, which have five lines with a specific pattern. The teacher will assess students' understanding of cinquains and the quality of their original poems.
This document outlines the syllabus for a writing class called "Writing Across Borders." The goal of the class is for students to write a 3-4 page analytical essay on a work of art. Throughout the semester, students will engage in discussions, writing workshops, and one-on-one meetings with the instructor to develop their writing skills. They will read works from various genres and cultures to draw inspiration from. The class will focus on finding students' individual voices as writers during the first half, and on completing the final essay during the second half. Students will be graded based on attendance, participation, and written work.
This document provides guidance for writing an essay analyzing a poem using the New Criticism approach. Students must choose one of the listed poems and write a 3 to 5 page essay examining how elements of the poem work together to create an "organic unity" and resolve tensions in the work. The document outlines best practices for a close reading, including analyzing poetic form, imagery, syntax and other literary devices to support a thesis about the poem's overall meaning. Students are expected to demonstrate understanding of New Criticism techniques and incorporate textual evidence from the primary work.
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Formal Analysis Paper Assignment
-Papers are Due 4/18 (Tuesday) - AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS
-Late papers and emailed papers will NOT be accepted
-Choose any work that we have NOT covered in class
Description: A formal analysis includes an analysis of the forms appearing in the work you have
chosen. These forms give the work its expression, message, or meaning. A formal analysis assumes a
work of art is (1) a constructed object (2) that has been created with a stable meaning (even though it
might not be clear to the viewer) (3) that can be ascertained by studying the relationships between the
elements of the work. To aid in writing a formal analysis, you should think as if you were describing
the work of art to someone who has never seen it before. When your reader finishes reading your
analysis, she/he should have a complete mental picture of what the work looks like. Yet, the formal
analysis is more than just a description of the work. It should also include a thesis statement that
reflects your conclusions about the work. The thesis statement may, in general, answer a question like
these: What do I think is the meaning of this work? What is the message that this work or artist sends
to the viewer? What is this work all about? The thesis statement is an important element. It sets the
tone for the entire paper, and sets it apart from being a merely descriptive paper.
Format for the Paper: Two to three pages (not including title page, if you use one), black ink, double
spaced, 12 pt type (Times New Roman only), 1” borders. Make sure you proofread your papers for
adhering to the information listed above, as well as incorrect grammar, spelling, punctuation, and other
errors. In addition, make sure your paper includes a thesis statement. Your grade will reflect your
ability to follow these guidelines.
In the first paragraph, called the introduction, you will include:
•the name of the artist (if known), title (which is underlined or italicized every time you use the
title in your paper), date, and medium (if known)
•what you think is the subject
•a very brief description of the work
•thesis statement - usually the last line or so of your first paragraph.
From that point, the rest of the formal analysis should include not only a description of the piece, but
especially those details of the work that have led you to come to your thesis. Yet, your paper should
not be a random flow of ideas about the work (i.e. stream of consciousness writing). Rather, your paper
should have a sense of order, moving purposefully through your description with regard to specific
elements (ex: one paragraph may deal with composition, another with a description of the figures,
another with the background, another about line, etc.). Finally, in your conclusion (the final paragraph)
you should end your paper with a restatement of your thesis.
It is important to remember that your interest here is strict.
This document provides guidance for writing an essay analyzing a poem using the New Criticism approach. It outlines objectives of learning New Critical analysis, rhetorical strategies, and MLA documentation. Students must choose one of four poems listed and write a 3-5 page essay examining how elements in the poem create tension and resolution, revealing the work's overall meaning. The document provides detailed suggestions for close reading, including analyzing dramatic elements, form, language, imagery, and how parts contribute to the whole. It lists learning outcomes, skills required, formatting requirements, and tips for success.
This document provides guidance for writing an essay analyzing a poem using the New Criticism approach. It outlines objectives of learning to write a clear response to literature using rhetorical strategies and critical thinking. Students are prompted to choose one of four poems and write a 500-750 word thesis-driven essay examining how the poem achieves an "organic unity" by resolving tensions between its elements. The document provides steps for close reading, identifying tensions, forming a hypothesis, and showing how all parts contribute to the poem's meaning. It also lists learning outcomes and skills required to complete the assignment successfully.
This document provides logistical information and instructions for students over the next 3 weeks regarding assignments, projects, presentations, and class activities. It reminds students that assignments and projects are due on April 29th and includes details about submitting assignment outlines, project plans, and draft status updates. Students are expected to write either 3-5 pages of poetry in various forms or a 10-15 page short story for their projects. The class will participate in an in-class editing activity where students get into groups to provide feedback on drafts using a "compliment sandwich" structure.
This document provides guidance for writing an essay analyzing a poem using the New Critical approach. It instructs students to choose one of three provided poems and write a 500-750 word thesis-driven essay examining how elements of the poem work together to create an "organic unity." The document outlines the steps of close reading a poem, identifying tensions and how they are resolved, and using evidence from the text to support an argument about the poem's overall meaning. It also provides expectations, previously learned skills, best practices, and things to avoid in completing the assignment successfully.
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Dallas Museum of art or the Kimbell art museum.
Pick six different concepts . For example, one art piece you discuss should represent the concept of art for daily use, another one should be a good example of art as a visual delight, etc.Please keep in mind that your paper needs to be a minimum of four full pages long. Further, each art piece you use as an example of the six purposes and functions of art from Chapter 2 should be identified by artist, title and media. Additionally, feel free to describe each art piece and discuss your impressions of them.
The Museum Paper is the only assigned paper for this Art Appreciation course. Accordingly, I've tried to give students all the information they need to get as much as they can out of the assignment as well as to earn the full 100 points available. With rare exception, students who want to rewrite their paper may do so after they get their initial grade and my comments. So, get started as soon as you can and feel free to send me your paper early. Good luck.
1) Read Chapters 1 and 2 from the textbook.
Chapter 1 is entitled, "T
he Nature of Art and Creativity
", and it will give you some background and orient you to the visual arts. Further, it discusses what Art and creativity are, different types of artists, and the concept of "Looking and Seeing.” This chapter will introduce you to some terms to help you better express things you might already know and some you may not have thought about before.
Although Chapter 1 contains important concepts, students are not required to incorporate these concepts into their papers. Rather, this chapter will help you understand your virtual museum visit and subsequent chapters.
Chapter 2 is entitled, "
The Purposes and Functions of Art
", and addresses why people feel the need to create Art, the ways people use Art, how Art enhances society and the different ways artists communicate what they want to express. Pay particular attention to the six purposes and functions of art because you will cite these concepts in your paper.
2) Check out the art on the website of an approved major art museum. After reading this assignment and the assigned textbook pages, go to one of the following websites:
Dallas Museum of Art
Kimbell Art Museum
Think about what you've read in Chapter 2 while you're looking at the art. This is probably even more important for those pieces you don't like or understand or can't figure out why the museum even chose them for its collection.
While looking at the art, I want you to identify six art pieces that are good examples of the six Purposes and Functions of Art discussed in Chapter 2. Each art piece should represent only one concept from Chapter 2.
I want you to be exposed to a variety of art so it's important that you make sure to see art created by different artists, made in different media and produced during different time periods. For instance, this means you shouldn't pick just paintings to discuss, or ju.
The document provides guidance on different types of poems and poetry projects for students, including sonnets, elegies, ballads, epics, narrative poems, odes, free verse poems, persona poems, and ekphrastic poems responding to works of art. It encourages students to explore their ideas and memories, choose topics that inspire them, and to express themselves through writing and performing poetry.
This document provides teaching resources for analyzing poetry for the LL1 section of the GCE English Language and Literature exam. It includes frameworks for analyzing single poems and comparing poems, as well as guidance on contextualizing poems and using grammar concepts like nouns and adjectives. Practical suggestions are given for structuring poetry lessons, such as having students analyze poems in groups and providing unseen texts to analyze. Sample activities include identifying parts of speech in poems and researching poets' biographical and historical contexts.
The document provides guidance on the revision process for creative writing. It emphasizes that revision is about consciously changing and improving the work after the initial draft, such as by addressing questions about tension, length, character development, and theme. Theme refers to the overarching idea or message of the story, which writers can uncover by analyzing what their story says about its central topic. The revision process should start with larger elements of fiction before finer details, and understanding the theme can help writers make choices that enhance and support it. A variety of techniques are suggested for revising, such as showing rather than telling, developing underwritten parts, removing unnecessary elements, and getting outside perspectives by reading work aloud or giving readings.
This document provides guidance for writing an essay analyzing a poem using the New Criticism approach. It outlines objectives, prompts, and ways to proceed with a close reading. Students are instructed to choose a poem from the list provided and write a 500-750 word essay examining how elements in the poem create tension and resolve into a unified whole. The document provides detailed guidance on analyzing poetic form, language, imagery and how these elements work together to convey an overall meaning. It also lists learning outcomes and skills required to complete the assignment successfully.
The WRITE time for poetry 2012 presentationHollyMarsh
The WRITE Time for Poetry shares how to get your students motivated, inspired, and have the stamina to grow and learn as readers and writers of poetry.
The document provides guidance for students on their Inquiry 1 assignment. It discusses expectations for the essay, including writing for an academic audience, including a clear thesis, summarizing the source text, and using quotes to support arguments. It offers tips for developing an argument based on themes in the source text and choosing a focused approach. The document also provides advice for students' reflective blogs, including being careful with language and proofreading, and shares exemplary blog posts. It includes discussion questions for analyzing the source essay "Mother Tongue."
Poem analysis
Poem analysis refers to the process of examining a poem closely, dissecting its various elements, and interpreting its meaning, themes, structure, language, and poetic devices. It involves a detailed study and critical analysis of the poem’s content and form to gain a deeper understanding of the poet’s intentions and the poem’s significance.
When analyzing a poem, there are several key aspects to consider:
Theme: The central idea or message conveyed by the poem. It can be explicit or implicit and often explores universal human experiences, emotions, or philosophical concepts.
Structure: The organization and arrangement of the poem’s lines, stanzas, and overall form. It includes examining the poem’s rhyme scheme, meter, rhythm, and any unique patterns or repetitions.
Language and Imagery: The specific words, phrases, and figures of speech used by the poet to create vivid imagery, evoke emotions, or convey complex ideas. Metaphors, similes, personification, and other literary devices are often employed to enhance the poem’s impact.
This document provides an introduction to a WebQuest about the American author Kurt Vonnegut. Students will research Vonnegut and one of his books, completing assignments such as a character analysis essay, a creative project advertising their chosen book, and a book review. They will be evaluated using rubrics for each assignment that assess elements like accurate summarization, use of literary terms, and writing quality. The goal is for students to gain appreciation for Vonnegut and his texts.
This document outlines a unit plan for a 4th grade English/Language Arts class where students will create self-portrait poetry anthologies by finding poems that reflect themselves and then performing their chosen poems through creative arts projects. The unit introduces students to poetry, teaches poetry analysis skills, and has students discover themselves through finding poems that speak to them in order to build relationships and foster community in the classroom.
This document provides instructions for analyzing a poem or song lyric about love. Students are asked to:
1) Choose a work that speaks to them and read it closely, paying attention to language, structure, and themes.
2) Consider the context of when it was written and how this informs its meaning.
3) Analyze the narrator's perspective on love and how it is conveyed through language and form.
4) Consider the intended audience and how the work addresses them.
5) Reflect on how the work resonates personally in relation to their own experiences with love.
6) Write a critical analysis of at least 550 words exploring the work's themes, language, structure, and context,
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Poetry assignment info & writing ideas
Your task is to write one or more poems. If you choose to write more than one poem,
your works may be related or not, at your own discretion. Here are some prompt ideas
to get you started:
a) Write a poem that’s a list (e.g. “Things I Could Never Say Out Loud”).
b) Write a poem about a color or an abstraction (e.g. love) without ever naming the
subject of the poem. Give lots of specific, vivid details. Use the subject as the title
of the poem.
c) Take an existing piece of writing (any fiction or non-fiction that you’ve written), and
using a dark marker, block out strategic words or phrases to create a new poem
with a new meaning (feel free to alter line lengths or add breaks as needed).
d) Write a collection of statements, each of which is a lie.
e) Write a poem in which weather plays an important role (either as the focus or as
an influence on events).
f) Write a poem that answers a question. You could choose to begin with the
question, as in Whitman’s “A child said…” or imply the question, leaving the
reader clues as to what you’re exploring.
g) OR feel free to do anything else that intrigues you! As long as you hit the
minimum length requirement, there are no wrong answers in poetry.
Feel free to play with formatting, line length, punctuation, alliterations, sounds, etc: There
are NO specific formatting requirements for your poetry. If you choose unusual
punctuation or editing conventions, you’ll want to make sure that they serve a purpose in
your work: to enhance the emotions, to create a sense of intentional confusion, etc. Your
work may be fictional, non-fiction, or some combination thereof. (See length
requirements, on reverse).
As in the previous exercise, try to show us information about the scene rather than
just telling what’s going on. For example, "I felt embarrassed" is much less moving
than immersing your reader right in the details that show us how embarrassed you
were—your sweaty palms, your face turning red, the kids around you laughing, etc.
Help the reader see the scene as you see it and feel the emotions you feel by using lots
of specifics.
As you move into the 2nd draft, keep in mind that poems, like essays, will often have two
layers: One is the surface-level subject (e.g. a snowfall). The other is the larger,
underlying idea: What is your essay really about? (e.g. change, loneliness, etc). After
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we read your poems, we should have some hint towards or sense of your overall
purpose: Why was this topic important for you to write about? (Don’t tell us directly,
but we should be able to infer this or have a sense of it by the end of your poem).
Assignment lengths:
SFD: 1-3 pages (double-spaced, unless you have short lines and/or really strong
feelings about why it should be single-spaced)
o Submitted for feedback; graded for completion and creativity (+10)
Small group works.
Ashford 4: - Week 3 - Discussion 2
Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Reference the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.
Body Paragraph Workshop
Prepare: First, read the information on the Ashford Writing Center’s web page, Thesis Statements. Then, read the ENG125 Sample Literary Analysis. Pay close attention to the body paragraphs and thesis statements.
Reflect: Compare your working thesis statement to the thesis statement in the Sample Literary Analysis. Does your thesis address relevant points like the example thesis? Then, look at a body paragraph in the Sample Literary Analysis. Compare its construction to a body paragraph in your own paper.
Write: Post your working thesis and your strongest body paragraph into the discussion by Thursday (Day 3) at midnight; do not attach it as a separate document. For the purposes of this discussion only, signify your working thesis by including it in bold type and italicize the topic sentence of your body paragraph. Your body paragraph should include at least three examples of paraphrases and/or quotations (there should be at least one of each) with correct citations in APA format. After the body paragraph, be sure to include reference page citations for the paraphrased and cited sources. Then, in a separate paragraph, answer the following three questions:
· Explain the connection between the topic sentence and your working thesis. Would this connection be clear to someone without your explanation? If so, why? If not, how can you modify your topic sentence and/or thesis statement to make this connection more clear?
· Explain the choice of reference material. How do the references support the topic sentence? Would this connection be clear to someone without your explanation? If so, why? If not, what information should you add to the paragraph to make this connection more clear?
· Does the paragraph contain any unnecessary information? Does everything in it work to support the topic sentence? What information could be added or removed? In essence, you are being asked to evaluate the cohesion of your paragraph.
· Note any other specific challenges faced or successes experienced when writing this paragraph or completing this discussion post.
Respond to Peers: Be sure to respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Sunday at midnight. In your responses, post at least 100 words and evaluate your colleague’s paragraph and/or self‐evaluation. Do you agree with his/her responses to the questions? What else could he/she do to develop stronger body paragraphs?
Ashford 4: - Week 3 - Discussion 1
Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality.
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An Explication is a complete and detailed analysis of a work of literature, often proceeding word-by-word or line-by-line through the work. For this paper, you will be writing an explication of a poem. You may choose any of the poems we have read or a song. You may also choose any poem you like from an anthology.
Technical Requirements for Explication:
· The paper must be typed and double-spaced, conforming to proper MLA format.
· The paper must be at least two full (2) pages.
· This is not a research essay; therefore, you will not (and should not) use outside sources.
· Be sure to know when the essay is due. No late papers will be accepted.
In the Explication you will be presenting your "reading" of the poem you have chosen. Such a reading will require you to understand all aspects of the poem and to have a grasp of the meaning of individual parts of the poem in relation to the entire work. You are not, however, striving to be exhaustive in your "explanation" of the poem, but rather you should strive to be selective in considering only those details that are significant to your own thematic understanding of the poem.
Some general questions to consider when writing about Poetry:
1. What does the title contribute to the reader's understanding of the poem?
2. Who is the speaker? Where is the speaker when the poem is happening?
3. Is it possible to determine the speaker's age, sex, sensibilities, level of awareness, and values?
4. What is the situation? What has happened in the past, or what is happening in the present, that has brought about the speech/poem?
5. Is there a specific setting of time and place?
6. Is the speaker addressing anyone in particular?
7. How do you respond to the speaker? Favorably? Negatively? Are there any special circumstances that inform what the speaker says?
8. Does reading the poem aloud help you to understand it better?
9. Does a paraphrase reveal the basic purpose of the poem?
10. What is the theme/meaning of the poem? Is the theme of the poem presented directly or indirectly? What detials make possible the formulation of the main idea?
11. Do any allusions enrich the poem's meaning? What references need explaining? How does an explanation assist in the understanding of the poem?
12. What difficult, special, or unusual words does the poem contain? How does the diction reveal meaning? Are any words repeated? do any carry evocative connotative meanings? Are there any puns or other forms of verbal wit?
13. Are figures of speech used? How does the figurative language contribute to the poem's vividness and meaning?
14. Do any objects, persons, places, events, or actions have allegorical or symbolic meanings? What other details in the poem support your interpretation?
15. Is irony used? Are there any examples of situational irongy, verbal irony, or dramatic irony? Is understatement or paradox used?
16. What is the tone of the poem? Is the tone consistent?
17. Does the poem use onomatopoeia, assonance, consonance, or al.
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Write 250 to 300 words in which you describe a press release addressing a scandal or setback related to your chosen topic.
•Topic: the feminist movement
•Locate a press release addressing a scandal or other setback related to your chosen topic. This press release may address individuals involved in the field or movement or an issue which affects the field or movement itself.
•First, explain the nature of the scandal or setback, how this scandal affected an individual’s career or the field or movement as a whole, and what details of the scandal that the press release addressed or ignored.
•Next, discuss the role of the mass media in reporting this scandal and why it was newsworthy. Discuss the journalistic, political, and societal purpose of reporting it, and how the press release was written to mitigate the public response to the scandal. Also, discuss why a press release was preferable – for the client or the public – to the alternatives, such as tabloids, blogs, and rumors.
•Format your response consistent with APA guidelines.
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Write 200 word response to each question:
1. During his campaign for president, Barack Obama used the phrase “post-racial America,” which was understood to mean that race and other identity groups would cease to be targets of prejudice. Although such tolerance has come a long way since the 1950's, what more could be done to bring us to a completely “post-racial” society?
2. Think of a situation where you worked successfully with people from identity groups other than your own. What allowed you to work successfully with them?
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-Choose any work that we have NOT covered in class
Description: A formal analysis includes an analysis of the forms appearing in the work you have
chosen. These forms give the work its expression, message, or meaning. A formal analysis assumes a
work of art is (1) a constructed object (2) that has been created with a stable meaning (even though it
might not be clear to the viewer) (3) that can be ascertained by studying the relationships between the
elements of the work. To aid in writing a formal analysis, you should think as if you were describing
the work of art to someone who has never seen it before. When your reader finishes reading your
analysis, she/he should have a complete mental picture of what the work looks like. Yet, the formal
analysis is more than just a description of the work. It should also include a thesis statement that
reflects your conclusions about the work. The thesis statement may, in general, answer a question like
these: What do I think is the meaning of this work? What is the message that this work or artist sends
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ability to follow these guidelines.
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•a very brief description of the work
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to get you started:
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Prepare: First, read the information on the Ashford Writing Center’s web page, Thesis Statements. Then, read the ENG125 Sample Literary Analysis. Pay close attention to the body paragraphs and thesis statements.
Reflect: Compare your working thesis statement to the thesis statement in the Sample Literary Analysis. Does your thesis address relevant points like the example thesis? Then, look at a body paragraph in the Sample Literary Analysis. Compare its construction to a body paragraph in your own paper.
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· Explain the choice of reference material. How do the references support the topic sentence? Would this connection be clear to someone without your explanation? If so, why? If not, what information should you add to the paragraph to make this connection more clear?
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Technical Requirements for Explication:
· The paper must be typed and double-spaced, conforming to proper MLA format.
· The paper must be at least two full (2) pages.
· This is not a research essay; therefore, you will not (and should not) use outside sources.
· Be sure to know when the essay is due. No late papers will be accepted.
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Some general questions to consider when writing about Poetry:
1. What does the title contribute to the reader's understanding of the poem?
2. Who is the speaker? Where is the speaker when the poem is happening?
3. Is it possible to determine the speaker's age, sex, sensibilities, level of awareness, and values?
4. What is the situation? What has happened in the past, or what is happening in the present, that has brought about the speech/poem?
5. Is there a specific setting of time and place?
6. Is the speaker addressing anyone in particular?
7. How do you respond to the speaker? Favorably? Negatively? Are there any special circumstances that inform what the speaker says?
8. Does reading the poem aloud help you to understand it better?
9. Does a paraphrase reveal the basic purpose of the poem?
10. What is the theme/meaning of the poem? Is the theme of the poem presented directly or indirectly? What detials make possible the formulation of the main idea?
11. Do any allusions enrich the poem's meaning? What references need explaining? How does an explanation assist in the understanding of the poem?
12. What difficult, special, or unusual words does the poem contain? How does the diction reveal meaning? Are any words repeated? do any carry evocative connotative meanings? Are there any puns or other forms of verbal wit?
13. Are figures of speech used? How does the figurative language contribute to the poem's vividness and meaning?
14. Do any objects, persons, places, events, or actions have allegorical or symbolic meanings? What other details in the poem support your interpretation?
15. Is irony used? Are there any examples of situational irongy, verbal irony, or dramatic irony? Is understatement or paradox used?
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Write 10–15 pages in which you consolidate your experiences in facil.docxdunnramage
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Write 100 words within the Discussion Board responding to the follow.docxdunnramage
Write 100 words within the Discussion Board responding to the following questions. Create a substantive and clear post expressing your research, thoughts, and ideas:
Have you ever experienced living in a socialist or communist society?
If so, explain your experience.
If not, share how do you view or imagine a socialist or communist society? Would you want to live there? Why or why not?
Must be orginal and non plagarized in APA format
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Write 100 words within the Discussion Board responding to the foll.docxdunnramage
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In what ways are various forms of art, music, and literature used to influence our reactions to changes within society?
Provide an example of how a work of art (or modern day artifact) has influenced you.
Please be sure to include academic sources to support your information.
MUST BE IN APA STYLE WITH AT LEAST 3 REFERENCES
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Write 1000 page paper on the Nature of Sin using this book as your m.docxdunnramage
Write 1000 page paper on the Nature of Sin using this book as your main source
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1) Must use the book as the main source, and must have the page number when using quotes for footnotes and bio
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Write 100 word responseI would like to share a poem by Lao Tzu..docxdunnramage
Write 100 word response:
I would like to share a poem by Lao Tzu...
As for the best leaders,
The people do not notice their existence.
The next,
The people honor and praise.
The next, the people fear,
and the next, the people hate...
When the best leader's work is done,
the people say, "We did it ourselves!"
To lead the people, walk behind them.
What are your thoughts on this poem as far as leading as one of the functions of management?
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Write 1 and 12 pararaphs explaining the following conditions .docxdunnramage
Write 1 and 1/2 pararaphs explaining the following conditions that pertain to
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-Gastrointestinal (Ulcerative Colitis )
-Renal ( Urinary Tract Infection )
-Musculoskeletal ( Bursitis )
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2)Symptoms?
3)Who this generally effects?
4)Medications?
5)What happens when someone has this disease and what is happening in the body?
6)What are the characteristics? Briefly mention 1-2 drugs that one may be taking for treatment.
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Family, peer, and community influences interacting with general and neurological factors are key in preventing youth violence. Addressing these influences can help reduce the chances of youth becoming delinquent and improve their long-term prospects. Prevention and treatment programs should focus on these influences to curb delinquency.
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analytical, critical and creative interpretations and opinions from a wider set of citations like News, magazines, movies, literature related to federal government.
APA
Student name:
Topic: What is the subject matter?
Facts: What are the principal facts?
Analysis: from Source/author?
Opinion: from YOU
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This is part 1 of my Java Learning Journey. This Contains Custom methods, classes, constructors, packages, multithreading , try- catch block, finally block and more.
This presentation was provided by Steph Pollock of The American Psychological Association’s Journals Program, and Damita Snow, of The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), for the initial session of NISO's 2024 Training Series "DEIA in the Scholarly Landscape." Session One: 'Setting Expectations: a DEIA Primer,' was held June 6, 2024.
LAND USE LAND COVER AND NDVI OF MIRZAPUR DISTRICT, UPRAHUL
This Dissertation explores the particular circumstances of Mirzapur, a region located in the
core of India. Mirzapur, with its varied terrains and abundant biodiversity, offers an optimal
environment for investigating the changes in vegetation cover dynamics. Our study utilizes
advanced technologies such as GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and Remote sensing to
analyze the transformations that have taken place over the course of a decade.
The complex relationship between human activities and the environment has been the focus
of extensive research and worry. As the global community grapples with swift urbanization,
population expansion, and economic progress, the effects on natural ecosystems are becoming
more evident. A crucial element of this impact is the alteration of vegetation cover, which plays a
significant role in maintaining the ecological equilibrium of our planet.Land serves as the foundation for all human activities and provides the necessary materials for
these activities. As the most crucial natural resource, its utilization by humans results in different
'Land uses,' which are determined by both human activities and the physical characteristics of the
land.
The utilization of land is impacted by human needs and environmental factors. In countries
like India, rapid population growth and the emphasis on extensive resource exploitation can lead
to significant land degradation, adversely affecting the region's land cover.
Therefore, human intervention has significantly influenced land use patterns over many
centuries, evolving its structure over time and space. In the present era, these changes have
accelerated due to factors such as agriculture and urbanization. Information regarding land use and
cover is essential for various planning and management tasks related to the Earth's surface,
providing crucial environmental data for scientific, resource management, policy purposes, and
diverse human activities.
Accurate understanding of land use and cover is imperative for the development planning
of any area. Consequently, a wide range of professionals, including earth system scientists, land
and water managers, and urban planners, are interested in obtaining data on land use and cover
changes, conversion trends, and other related patterns. The spatial dimensions of land use and
cover support policymakers and scientists in making well-informed decisions, as alterations in
these patterns indicate shifts in economic and social conditions. Monitoring such changes with the
help of Advanced technologies like Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems is
crucial for coordinated efforts across different administrative levels. Advanced technologies like
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems
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Changes in vegetation cover refer to variations in the distribution, composition, and overall
structure of plant communities across different temporal and spatial scales. These changes can
occur natural.
Film vocab for eal 3 students: Australia the movie
Workshop 1About Workshop 1Workshop 1 is designed to help you.docx
1. Workshop 1
About Workshop 1
Workshop 1 is designed to help you explore the possibilities in
your story/poetry by reflecting on its characters, plot/structure,
imagery, and subject matter. You need to have all of your
options laid out in front of you before you can decide which one
is best.
The purpose of Workshop 1 is NOT to fix your work. It is
absolutely crucial to keep this in mind!
Workshop 1 Requirements
There are two basic requirements for Workshop 1:
1. Submit the first 2-3 pages of a story, AND 2-3 pages of
poetry (that’s 2-3 pages of poetry, not 1-2 poems), properly
formatted, by the assigned due date. To submit your work,
create a message, title it with your name, and post your work.
You can either copy/paste your work into the message body, or
provide a link to a Google Doc. If you provide a link to a
Google Doc, you must be certain to set sharing permissions so
your group members and I can read your work.
2. Read your group members’ work, and compose a thoughtful
response to each work using the “Workshop Response”
guidelines below. To respond to group member’s work, simply
respond to each person’s message and type your work.
Below you’ll find detailed info on these requirements and step-
by-step instructions on what to do.
Workshop Groups
Workshop groups have been randomly selected, and will be
posted on the Workshop 1 page on our Canvas site. Each
workshop group has its own discussion forum thread on Canvas,
which you can find on the Workshop 1 page.
NOTE ON DEVELOPING YOUR FIRST DRAFT: If you’re
2. struggling to find ideas for your Workshop 1 creative work, you
can use the “Finding Your Work” exercise at the end of this
document.This exercise will lead you through a series of steps
to help you develop an idea for your story/poetry. This exercise
is not required. You don’t need to submit the results. It isn’t
graded. It’s purely an exercise to help you develop your first
draft, it’s entirely optional, and it’s purely for own personal
use.
NOTE ON POETRY FORMATTING: Poetry may be single-
spaced. Underline and/or boldface poem titles, and leave a little
white space between poems—just enough to show readers where
one poem ends and the next one begins. DO NOT try to get
away with placing one extremely short poem on each page, just
to reach the page limit.
NOTE ON WHERE ALL OF THIS IS HEADING: Workshop 1 is
about exploring your creative ideas in multiple genres (fiction
AND poetry). For Workshop 2, you’ll choose ONE genre
(fiction OR poetry) to develop from your Workshop 1 draft. At
the end of our class, you’ll submit copies of your Workshop
drafts along with other materials in a final portfolio, which
including another draft of your story/poetry.
· After Workshop 1, you have the freedom to choose to write
either a story or a collection of poems. Not both. The final draft
of your story will be 8-10 pages long. The final draft of your
poetry collection will be 7-9 pages long (any number of poems).
· If you choose to write poetry, all of your poems must revolve
a single, specific thing:a person, a place, an event, a very
specific theme or idea, a color, a sound, a texture, a word, an
object…you get the idea. It should be clear from the work what
your thing is, and your thing should be very specific (i.e., not
broad, general things like “relationships,” “family,” “hobbies,”
“church,” “death,” etc.). You’ll get plenty of help in developing
a specific focus.
3. Workshop Response
After submitting your work, your second step is to read your
group members’ work and respond to it. You do not need to post
your response as an attachment. Simply type it into the message
body of your response. You are only required to write one
response to each of your group members, though I strongly
encourage lots of back-and-forth discussion—that’s the next
best thing to live discussion.
Your response is simply an informal “letter to the author” that
offers thoughtful observations and questions about the work.
This workshop is NOT about “fixing” the work or making
recommendations, so avoid offering suggestions for
improvement, etc. Just stick to the guidelines below. There is no
length requirement for the response. As a guideline, write the
kind of detailed, thoughtful response that you hope to receive
yourself from your group members.
When you’re responding to fiction, write a response that
addresses the following:
· What aspect of this story really interests you: Is it the main
character? Another character? The conflict of the story? The
plot?
· What do you believe the main character wants or needs from
life, and why?
· What conflicts or obstacles stand in the main character’s way
to getting what he/she wants/needs?
· Do you think the main character will ever get what he/she
wants/needs? If so, how? If not, why?
· How do you think the story will end?
When you’re responding to poetry, write a response that
addresses the following:
4. · What seems to be the central “thing”—the main subject—that
all of the poems revolve around? Be specific. For example,
don’t say all of the poems are about love, say they’re about
romantic love, or fraternal love, or about the dangers of falling
in love, or the rewards of loving a specific something or
someone.
· Do the poems spend most of their time expressing emotions or
thoughts about abstract concepts (love, hate, friendship, loss,
etc.), or do they use a lot of concrete and specific imagery (a
cut, a rusty hammer, a vine curled around a rock, an empty
room, etc.)? What images stand out to you?
· Does the poet seem to be writing about his/her own experience
in order to express something about the poet himself/herself
(“self-referential” poetry), or is the poet consciously using
his/her own experience to participate in a larger subject that
impacts a larger discourse community? Explain.
· What other angles or perspectives do you think the poet might
use to explore his/her main subject? For example, if the current
poems explore the joys of romantic love, which is only one
perspective on romantic love, do you think the poet’s future
poems might explore the dangers of romantic love, or the
challenges, the rewards, the humor, the chaos, etc., of romantic
love?
Finding Your Work
The blank page can be a scary thing if you have no idea what to
write, and you have a deadline looming. Fortunately for you,
you have plenty of material to draw on to begin crafting your
own fiction or poetry.
First, here’s a reminder about where your creative work will be
headed after Workshop 1:
· You have the freedom to choose to write either a story or a
collection of poems. Not both. The final draft of your story will
be 6-8 pages long. The final draft of your poetry collection will
5. be 5-7 pages long (any number of poems).
· If you choose to write poetry, all of your poems must revolve
a single, specific thing:a person, a place, an event, a very
specific theme or idea, a color, a sound, a texture, a word, an
object…you get the idea. It should be clear from the work what
your thing is, and your thing should be very specific (i.e., not
broad, general things like “relationships,” “family,” “hobbies,”
“church,” “death,” etc.). You’ll get plenty of help in developing
a specific focus.
With that in mind, you might be wondering where and how to
begin writing your creative work. That’s easy: Use the material
that you and your classmates have already generated to find the
seed of an idea for a story or poetry collection, and then begin
writing. Specifically, you can:
Remember who you are
Reread the “Creator’s Subject” assignment you completed,
focusing on 1) your description of the kind of writer you said
you are and want to be, and 2) the specific subjects you said
you are interested in. Keep these things in mind as you move
through the steps below.
Find the seed
Look through ALL of the writing you’ve done so far in this
course, including assignments and forum posts like the Alien
Anthropology forum. Using all of these materials, create a list
of all the things that really grab your attention for any reason—
a list of people, characters, places, problems, desires, passions,
obstacles, objects, events, words, names, images, etc.
Next, skim through the stories/poems we’ve read, focusing on
the ones that really interested you, and see if there’s a
connection between any of these readings and any of the writing
you’ve done. Jot down those connections on your list.
6. You should now have a list of things that interest you. Which
one(s) interest you the most? Use those things to start writing a
story or a poem. Start anywhere, and write at least one page of a
story (not necessarily the first page, just one page), or two
poems. The more you write, the better, and feel free to start on
more than one story/two poems.
Now, take a look at what you’ve written. If all has gone well,
you should be able to see some of the subject matter you located
in Step One in your writing. Keep that subject matter in mind,
and keep writing: Add more to the one-page story, or go back to
Step Three and start a new story. Add 1-2 more poems to your
original two poems, or go back to Step Three and start two new
poems.
As you write:
· Try to employ the knowledge you’ve gained of the creator’s
tools so far to continue crafting your work.
· Be true to yourself: speak with your own voice, remembering
all that “voice” means.
· Write fast and loose: even though you have a subject matter in
mind, don’t try to force your work to fit a certain theme, idea,
etc. Just write. Let the story/poetry evolve on its own terms.
First drafts are always crappy. That’s OK.
Finally, make some decisions. For this final step, do some
freewriting for yourself that addresses the following:
1. Summarize what happened as you worked through steps 1-4
above. What previous writing to you draw from, mostly? What
were some of the items on your lists? What are your thoughts on
the writing you did in Step Four? In general, what frustrated
and/or excited you about the writing you did in Steps 1-4? What
7. new discoveries or insights did you make? Most importantly,
what genre have you chosen to write in (fiction or poetry), and
why?
2. Describe the story or the poetry idea that you’d like to focus
on developing over the rest of this course. If you’ve chosen to
write a story, describe the plot situation you’re considering for
now (it may change later), and any other major story elements
(ideas for characters, major events, etc.) If you’ve chosen to
write a collection of poems, describe the main “thing” that your
poems will revolve around, and any thoughts you have right
now about how your poems might explore that “thing” (that may
change later).
ENGL 160
Writing Project 3
Proposal Form
Armed self-defense is the most suitable way of stopping gun
violence
Briefly describe the topic of your argumentative research essay:
Armed self defense has been a longstanding issue for many
decades which becomes more noticeable every time an incident
occurs involving firearms. It is not strange to watch the news a
couple of days without noticing anything about gun violence but
when such incidences happen, they cause a lot of damage and
pose danger to many. Gun violence is caused by different
reasons. Sometimes it is guns that have ended up in the hands of
criminals while other time it is a situation where someone
decides to use his handgun to punish another by spraying
bullets. In other cases, members of the public are caught up in
situation of shooting involving criminals and citizens who are
firearm owners. Many have people have suggested strict laws on
gun license and use as the only way of minimizing gun violence.
However, this is not the way to go. Ensuring that citizens who
meet the required conditions are able to won guns is the best
way of ensuring that citizens stay protected since police can not
8. be everywhere.
What is the argument or agenda of this essay? Do you hope to
change the reader’s mind about something? Do you want them
to change a habit or take some kind of action?
In this essay I want to change the reader’s mind. Many people
believe that gun control is a solution to gun violence but that is
not the case. Making it hard for people to get guns for self-
defense will simply increase the supply of illegal firearms.
Many people will find illegal ways of getting firearms and gun
violence will simply increase. New York has some of the
strictest laws on guns but violence is still high compared to
some of the cities with even lose control on guns. It is therefore
not true that strict laws would lead to reduced gun laws. In my
view ensuring that citizens can obtain hand guns will reduce
gun violence.
What supporting points do you anticipate using?
i. People who use handguns wrongly or who are illegal owners
should be prosecuted instead of making it hard for innocent
citizens to acquire guns legally.
ii. According to Goodman & Perry, 2018, Americans have
owned guns throughout history as stipulated in the second
Amendment and therefore ending this right will not be a
solution to gun violence.
iii. According to Goodman & Perry, 2018, New York city still
has high number of cases of gun violence regardless of the fact
that the rules on gun use and license are very strict. Therefore,
imposing more control will not end gun violence.
iv. Making it hard for people to acquire guns legally will not
prevent criminals from acquiring guns and therefore the issue of
strict regulation will not be a solution.
What sources have you identified?
9. Cudworth, J. (2019). Government Challenges with
Implementing Effective Gun Control Policies (Doctoral
dissertation, California State University, Northridge).
Goodman, S., & Perry, B. (2018). The American Gun Control
Debate: A Discursive Analysis. In Discourse, Peace, and
Conflict (pp. 67-82). Springer, Cham.
Reyes, J. G. (2018). A Survey of California School Resource
Officers: School Shootings, Training, Policing Experience,
Military Service, Communication and Planning (Doctoral
dissertation, Northcentral University).
Classmate’s work 1:
Poems:
Everyday is different
That growing seed
Bigger and bigger
Changing every part of her
She is strong
She waters the seed
Everyday is different
She is hurting
Days--Weeks--Months
It’s dragging on
She loves her seed
So hard
Everyday is different
One step closer to another
The love for the seed grows
The seed grows
10. Growing as one
Changing bodies
Forming a bond
Everyday is different
10 weeks left
Everyday will forever be different
He stands in front of me
The way he looks
Hands black hair a mess
Tired and ready for slumber
Yet he doesn’t stop
He doesn’t stop working
He doesn’t stop loving
He gives, gives, and gives
For our unit
He is unstoppable
Hands black hair a mess
He leaves me breathless
Feeling lucky
Nothing else matters
Forever is on its way
Hands black hair a mess
Caring about everyone
Putting himself last
Wanting to be the best I can
For him who leaves me breathless
So I take care of his black hands
I take care of his mess of hair
All he does for me for us
11. Forever is on its way
Short story:
Hello, I am small. I am so clingy. I think I am a baby, but I’m
just a dog. Well, maybe not just a dog. I have taught my “mom”
that she has to give me attention for me to be a good girl. I need
attention or I will poop on the floor. I don’t really care what she
thinks because she knows I need her attention.
Mom put peanut butter in my toy and as I got distracted I
looked up and she was gone. My mom wasn’t in the house. I
don’t know what I did wrong? I was just licking up my butter.
Was I not supposed to? Now I am sad, and crying and I know
the neighbors can hear me. I guess all I can do is play with my
toys and take a nap. I hope she comes home. I love my momma.
I wake up to the sound of keys at the door. In walks my mom
with a ton of bags with food in there, I’m not sure why she got
all of that. I can’t eat any of it. I only eat my stupid dog food.
I’m probably going to go pout because this isn’t fair. She yells
my name and I slowly approach her. SHE HANDS ME A NEW
TOY. My momma is the best momma. She always comes home
with a new toy, but my tiny brain gets overwhelmed and I
forget.
My dad always is at work and I miss him very much all day. My
momma is great and she takes care of me well, but my dad gives
me the best cuddles. I miss my daddy. It’s only one o’clock in
the afternoon, and I know I won’t see him until around seven
o’clock. Which in my time, it seems like days. Dad makes my
momma happy and we always the best time, just the three of us.
My momma has a big round belly and keeps telling me about my
brother. I don’t think I need a brother. I don’t think my parents
need anyone else to take care of. I take up all of their attention
and it sort of hurts my feelings that they want someone else
around. I hope he’s not going to pull on my big ears, I might
have to nibble his toes.
My momma and dad always tell me that they love me. Today I
12. realized how happy my parents make me, even when I don’t
think things are going well. My days are long, but I get taken
care of so very well. I could still be locked up at the pet store in
the mall. I could still be alone wanting someone to adopt me. I
love being here. I currently live in an apartment. Dad and
momma have been working on a big farmhouse for all of us to
move into. I have so much more room to run. I have a lake I can
jump into, but I gotta make sure my life jacket is on or I will
drown. Momma wouldn’t like it if that happened. I am
momma’s best friend.
I am such a happy pup. I love my life. I love my people. I love
my toys. I have such a good life. I am a pup but I am a real life
baby too. I am so thankful to be where I am.
Classmate’s work 2:
Story:
The scenery was nothing like they had seen before. It was so
enchanting that it appeared to be a mirage, a painting they had
mistakenly walked into. All the tree’s leaves were at the perfect
point of orange and red, as if they were candy. The air had the
distinct pleasurable smell of dying leaves and wet dirt. It filled
their souls with determination for the days that followed. The
trail in front of them was long and winding, and was a pale
wheat color. It looked freshly walked over, as to remove the
guilt of the travelers for being in a place that appeared so
remote and untouched.
They arrived at the entrance, and the leading actress began to
make a fuss about how they were not to destroy any of the
nature there, as she lit her cigarette. She gestured drunkenly to
the glory of the outdoors, exclaiming how they would never
have another opportunity to see anything so beautiful again! So,
the multiple cars pulled over at the entrance, in front of them a
13. long winding road and a large wooden sign, engraved with the
word, “ASURA.” One of the men on the camera crew looked up
at the pale sign through his sunglasses and said, “Asura, huh. If
this goes well, maybe I’ll name my daughter that.”
They began to tread along, realizing the path in front of them
was much longer than they had expected. All the time the
director had mostly stayed quiet, attempting to find some kind
of perfect place to stop and just start filming. She found that it
was entirely too perfect where they were, and the trees were too
close to the edge of the road. So, they all kept walking. The
director lit a cigarette and felt some form of guilt and a cold air
kiss her neck. She had the chills but ignored it and kept
walking.
Finally, they arrived at the center. It was a large circle of land
where nothing grew and the dirt was compacted down so that it
was almost like a concrete. Trees surrounded them, but besides
that, there was nothing. Some of the crew complained, saying
they assumed there would be some form of tent or cabin for
them here. The director’s assistant calmed the rustle amongst
the small crowd and told them that they had brought some tables
and tents. It was now getting gray in the sky. Everyone took off
their sunglasses and became quiet. No one wanted to walk the
long trail again just to come back the next day, so with a sigh,
the director made orders to begin shooting. And so they did. It
was an independent film, so the quality was already not so fair.
They figured the beautiful scenery and good script would make
up for it. However, once they began shooting, the actors kept
getting interrupted.
There was strangely hardly any bushes or grounded foliage in
the woods behind them, so they went into a close area of the
woods to shoot a scene. As soon as the camera began rolling,
the leading actress began bouncing her head from side to side
and asking if anyone heard what she heard. No one did. They all
put her nerves off as amateur's remarks, and told her it was the
wind and to stay on topic. She became irked, but listened. The
scene was finished. It was the main character’s introduction,
14. where she layed in the dark grass and rotting leaves and self
reflected. It was not the smartest scene, nor the most original,
but that suited this actress.
As the day turned to nights, the tents were set up and the
workers retreated to attempt to sleep. All seemed well. Some of
them felt as if it was the best sleep they have had in a long
while, as there was no tossing and turning, and hardly any
dreams. But, in the middle of the night, at about 4:25 A.M.,
there was a low, groaning. Almost a howl. It filled the air and
woke everyone. A chill went up spines, hairs stood on ends. For
a moment, everyone almost believed it wasn't the wind.
Poetry:
“Hell Town”
There’s an old tree on the far side of that place called “hell
town”
It was called hell town because there was a
Bridge rumored to have a constant crying of a woman under it,
And because the town cemetery’s grass
Looked like eyelashes in the night,
And because most of the locals would
Eventually go missing after developing
A stange
Black ring
Around their right ankle.
And the tree’s roots looked like old man’s fingers
Digging into the ground,
Gripping onto the last bit of life the man’s hands
Seem to have
The trunk leans over, twisting into branches that reach up into
the sky,
And though the tree has seen better days
(much better days)
Its limbs are like your hair when you lay on my bedroom floor,
The individual strands tangling and refusing to
Stop growing.
15. You wanted to take a visit to hell town
And tie a bottle around one of the old tree’s branches,
But i told you to write down everything about the bottle first,
And i was never satisfied with what the bottle was.
You got tired,
So tired that your hand had to stop writing
And your feet had to go to hell town.
You left the bottle and your shoes for me.
And i did not follow you into that black ring.
"Night Time, My Time"
She peeled back her skin gently
Behind it was nothing so special
Just the worms and feathers and dirt,
The new skin was much better, at least for the night.
Crawling, creeping, sinking
Into the dog skin,
Filling out all of the edges and holes.
She was too tall for the dog skin though, so
She stretched, and let it rip a little showing the smooth white
flesh
Under the fur.
Outside the hut she made no hesitation,
There was one special place,
One special boy,
One special skin,
One special soul,
She wanted this night.
She slinked out into the tall grass,
Which turned into sand,
Her paw-hands gripping and holding as she walked.
Her walk was somewhat of a fake,
An imitation of a walk,
It was an insult, and she knew and thought it was funny.
She found the boy’s grandmother,
Her brown and wrinkled skin looked prideful,
16. The dog did not like wrinkled skin,
But she had to do what she must,
And what she must, she did.
She growled and gawked, and slunk up to the old woman.
The woman fell, gasping and trying to fight.
She failed, though. And the dog
Bit her ankle.
She slipped inside the old, dry, weathered skin,
She stretched and howled.
The boy awoke, finding his grandmother,
Standing unlike how his grandmother would stand,
Unlike anyone would stand,
Or maybe could stand.
She looked like her bones were broken,
Or maybe as if her muscles and organs,
had traded places.
He asked if she was okay,
But there was nothing else he could say,
Because his organs and muscles
Traded places,
And his bones seemed to all break,
When she stretched.