...26 The Sixties: The Years That Shaped a Generation (continued) Homework: Journal response – The Sixties March 03 The Sixties journal response due Discuss Machiavelli/Jefferson essay prompt Man and the State: Machiavelli on Political Power Discuss rhetorical and critical reasoning implications Homework: World of Ideas – “Government Introduction: (14-19) Machiavelli’s “The Qualities of the Prince” (36-53) Journal response – Machiavelli text Prereading Questions (39); Questions for Critical Reading 1-5 (50) Define the terms ends and means, and explain why they are important. Compare Machiavelli’s advice with the behavior of a specific politician – past or present. Under what political circumstances might the ends justify the means? 05 The Old Globe 10 Machiavelli packet due Group presentation and discussion – Machiavelli Discuss rhetorical and critical reasoning implications Homework: World of Ideas – Jefferson’s “The Declaration of Independence” (76-84) Journal response to the Jefferson text Prereading Questions (80); Questions for Critical Reading1-5 (84) How does the document seem to define independence? Use this definition...
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...Persuasive Essay Do you ever wonder why your child or student is feeling stressed out these days, that they been turning in low quality work, or not getting much sleep? Well, I know why. Your child or student has been getting too much homework to do. I think that this amount of homework should be reduced. One reason why I think that the amount of homework should be reduced is because if a student is getting too stressed doing their work, they will not perform that well in school or extracurricular activities. Also, If kids are too busy doing their work, they will not get much time to sleep.Lastly, if a child is getting more time to do a homework activity, they will slow down and turn in quality work, as they have more time for doing the...
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...Argument Essay Unit: Lesson Plan and Class Activities Global Learning Outcomes for this Unit *In the course of completing the assignment students will: • Learn to compose an argumentation-oriented thesis • Defend their thesis with academic-quality research that is properly sourced and cited as per the standard of university level writing • Anticipate and respond to counterarguments • Learn to critically engage the revision process through draft writing, instructor conferencing, and peer commentary • Respond the work of their peers as peer reviewers while providing relevant, productive feedback Class 1 – Introducing the Classical Argument Essay *Daily Learning Outcomes: • Reflect on Informative Essay • Introduce Classical Argument Essay • Break down the assignment sheet *Activity 1: Individual Reflection / Class Discussion (15 min) - Students open their portfolios and journals then reflect for ~10 minutes on their experiences during the Informative Essay Unit - Discuss reflections as a class *Activity 2: Introduce Classical Argument (20 min) - Have students bring a hard copy of the assignment to class with a highlighter: a. Get into groups of 4 b. Read the sheet aloud, highlighting all the action verbs c. Discuss the sheet as a group as instructor makes rounds *Activity 3: Mini-Lecture on Assignment /Questions (15 min) - Powerpoint slides “The Features of an Academic Argument” - Allow...
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...Argument Essay Unit: Lesson Plan and Class Activities Global Learning Outcomes for this Unit *In the course of completing the assignment students will: • Learn to compose an argumentation-oriented thesis • Defend their thesis with academic-quality research that is properly sourced and cited as per the standard of university level writing • Anticipate and respond to counterarguments • Learn to critically engage the revision process through draft writing, instructor conferencing, and peer commentary • Respond the work of their peers as peer reviewers while providing relevant, productive feedback Class 1 – Introducing the Classical Argument Essay *Daily Learning Outcomes: • Reflect on Informative Essay • Introduce Classical Argument Essay • Break down the assignment sheet *Activity 1: Individual Reflection / Class Discussion (15 min) - Students open their portfolios and journals then reflect for ~10 minutes on their experiences during the Informative Essay Unit - Discuss reflections as a class *Activity 2: Introduce Classical Argument (20 min) - Have students bring a hard copy of the assignment to class with a highlighter: a. Get into groups of 4 b. Read the sheet aloud, highlighting all the action verbs c. Discuss the sheet as a group as instructor makes rounds *Activity 3: Mini-Lecture on Assignment /Questions (15 min) - Powerpoint slides “The Features of an Academic Argument” - Allow time for student questions...
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...Critical Thinking Application The intention of this essay is to give an explanation on critical thinking. This essay as well will incorporate the significance and benefits of one�s critical thinking capability. This paper will explain a comprehensive understanding that can benefit from a critical thinker and the possible results. The closing of this paper will explain the qualities of a critical thinker and the significance of it. Thinking clearly and logically is the ability of a critical thinker. It contains the skill to take on thoughtful and self sufficient thinking. It is difficult to imagine any area where the ability to think clearly is not needed. Yet, few of us have ever received explicit instructions in how to improve the way we think. Traditionally, our schools have required students to learn make, decisions, analyze arguments, and solve problems without ever teaching them to do so (Halpern, 2005). Collecting information is not a matter of critical thinking. Someone with an immaculate recollection and someone who identifies many details are not automatically excellent at critical thinking. A critical thinker is capable to reason consequences as of what they recognize and they recognize how to build use of information to work out problems and search for appropriate foundations of information to enlighten them. We tend to think critical thinking as a cold, scientific or objective way of looking at things, but this is inaccurate (Wells). A critical thinking situation...
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... Essay Many people believe that summer break is more interesting than school, but in school you can learn more. For example, if you have all summer in school you would have a longer time for learning. Students can benefit from school because they don’t use electronics all day long. For instance, if you are sitting in front of the computer all day your brain will turn to mush or waste. The students are putting their brains to work doing schoolwork or math problems for example. Students will also get homework that keeps the students busy. If we did not have a summer break I think we should have at least holiday breaks. For example, we should have Easter, Christmas breaks, or important holidays. We should not have a summer break because we can learn more. We would have a little bit of electronics which means we are kept busy. This is why I think we should not have a summer break. 3/21/13 Grammar Essay Many people believe that summer break is more interesting than school, but in school you can learn more. For example, if you have all summer in school you would have a longer time for learning. Students can benefit from school because they don’t use electronics all day long. For instance, if you are sitting in front of the computer all day your brain will turn to mush or waste. The students are putting their brains to work doing schoolwork or math problems for example. Students will also get homework that keeps the...
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...Introduction WELCOME The TPR Plan Welcome to The Princeton Review! We’re delighted that you chose us to help you prepare for the GMAT. This course provides two important benefits: • A review of the content tested by the GMAT • Test-taking strategies to help you maximize your performance The Quantitative (or Math) section of the GMAT tests concepts from high school arithmetic, algebra, and geometry. The Verbal section measures your reading, grammar, and logical reasoning skills. The Analytical Writing Assessment essay tests your organization and writing skills. The Integrated Reasoning section tests much of the same content that you see on the Math and Verbal sections but does so using question formats that often display data in charts or tables. You have seen most of these topics previously, in high school or elsewhere. However, you probably haven’t used these skills in quite some time. This course will review these areas and introduce you to a few topics you may not have seen before. In addition to reviewing the material tested by the GMAT, you will learn testtaking strategies to help you best use your knowledge within the format of the test. You will learn the traps the test writers set for you and learn how to avoid them. You will learn how to use the multiple-choice format to your advantage. We’ll cover everything you need to know to meet the specific challenges posed by the GMAT. Use the multiple-choice format to your advantage. Structure...
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...Analytical Essay (these essay respond WHY?) From thusday Causes/ Reasons ( you have to devide all these reasons) and each reason will be a one paragraph 3 ways to organized the ideas 1.- Order of importance: From the least to the most important 2.- Order of familiarity: ( you know more about something) From most to least. 3.- Order of time: Past to present PRE WRITING Clustering DRAFTING Simple present I eat pizza Present Progressive Im eating Present Perfect I have eaten Present Perfect Progressive I have been eating You can use First second thirth you stop on 3th then you use also.. then… You use transitions words like altough … etc.. For homework do the pre writing Use/ abuse of technology Process Analysis Essay We put sugar in the bowl S O Sugar is put in the bowl by us. 1.- S>O 2.- BE(?) + Vpast + Past 3.- “by” *The teacher will give the exam tomorrow Exam will be given tomorrow by the teacher *I have seen that movie alredy. That movie has been seen by me alredy. *Julio doesn’t understand gramar Grammar isn´t understood by Julio. *Mariuxi will come to class in the uees at night tomorrow 1.- SHE IS RIDING THE BIKE NOW The bike is being ridden now by her. 2.- We have done the homework alredy. The homework has been done alredy by us. 3.- He is reading it to me. It is being read to me by him. order of preposition...
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...Summer break had just ended. Where did the time go? Well it back to the books I said to myself I wonder what’s in store for me this year. I could hardly believe it’s my final year in school. Like my teachers would say “getting ready for the real world.” When I returned to school, I was so excited to see all of my friends, we hugged, we talked about summer vacations and then the bell rang from homeroom. I was in Mr. Henry’s homeroom, I was glad; he is cool one of the coolest teachers. Announcements came on and then it was off to Convocation. Mrs. Knowles addressed the entire school and then turned her attention to the seniors, she reminded us about the seriousness of this year and how at some point during the year we may have to make decisions that can affect our life forever! I am sitting thinking to myself “what kind of decision will have to make that will affect my life? I have a mother who makes those decisions for me.” The following day classes were in full swing, and the work load was heavy, but it was nothing I couldn’t handle. I had settled down a whole lot and my last report card was a reflection of it, it was the best report that I had gotten in years. And oh boy wasn’t my mother proud! The school year was going by so quickly before I could blink my eye we were taking year book pictures, getting measured for cap and grown and the deadlines or course work was almost here. I remember this particular morning, I arrived at school and just as I came out of the car. Kwame...
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...attitudes, and college … - Prociuk - Cited by 44 | | Search Results 1. Definition of Study Habits? - Ask.com www.ask.com › Q&A › Business › Other Study habits are defined as the regular tendencies and practices that one depicts during the process of gaining information through learning. Your study habits. 2. Study Habits - Research Papers - Cutiefunk13 www.termpaperwarehouse.com/essay-on/Study-Habits/60650 Mar 2, 2012 - Study habits are the ways that you study - the habits that you have ... By this definition alone, we can say that the person involves is the one ... 3. What is the definition of study habits? - Yahoo Answers https://ph.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid... Jan 22, 2009 - A HABIT is something that is done on a scheduled, regular and planned basis that is not relegated to a seccond place or optional place in one's life. 4. What is the Definition of study habit - Wiki Answers wiki.answers.com › ... › Definitions and Word Differences It means you are not distracted by anything, you have a certain place to go where it is quiet everyday where you study and do homework. Basically it means that ... 5. Study skills - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Study_skills Study skills or study strategies are approaches applied to learning. .... that show peer-communication can help increase better study habits tremendously. 6. Study habits dictionary definition | study habits defined www.yourdictionary.com › Dictionary Definitions The...
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...Course Outline Newcastle Business School ACFI2005 Finance Semester 2, 2011 Callaghan Campus Unit Weighting: 10 Units Lecturer and Course Coordinator: Paul Docherty CONTENTS 1. Teaching Staff 3 2. Contact Hours and Teaching Methods 3 3. Blackboard 3 4. Student Email 4 GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION 4 5. Brief Course Description 4 6. Assumed Knowledge 4 7. Course Objectives / Learning Outcomes 5 8. Link to Graduate Attributes 5 9. Course Content 5 10. Continuous Course Evaluation and Improvement 6 TEXTBOOKS AND REFERENCES/READINGS 6 11. Textbooks and Readings 6 12. Prescribed Text 6 13. Recommended Texts/Readings 6 TOPIC AND LECTURE OUTLINE 7 14. Course Schedule 7 ASSESSMENT DETAILS AND POLICIES 8 15. Types and Due Dates of Assessment 8 16. Details of Assessment 8 17. Penalties 9 18. Academic Integrity, Plagiarism and Turnitin 9 19. Cover Sheets for Assessment 10 Assessment Grades and Percentages 10 ACADEMIC SKILLS RESOURCES 10 20. Academic Skills Resources 10 UNIVERSITY POLICIES AND GENERAL INFORMATION 11 21. Extension of Time for Assessment Items, Deferred Assessment and Special Consideration 11 22. Students with a Disability or Chronic Illness 12 23. Changing Your Enrolment 12 24. Other Policies Related to Your Enrolment 13 25. Alteration of this Course 13 26...
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...Homework and Testing 1 Homework and Testing Assigning Homework How much is too much? As with classroom assignments, homework should never be given as busy work. It should have a purpose with a goal. And as I mentioned in the Behavioral Approach to Learning, homework should NEVER be given as punishment. The kid will associate homework with punishment. This may interest you. Harris Cooper (1998) analyzed more than 100 research studies on homework in American schools. He found that homework had a very small connection with test scores at the elementary level. If anything, the more homework an elementary school student had, the more negative their attitude was toward school. Plus it takes away from their social time, which is an important part of growing up. Kids need to learn social skills. Too much homework causes stress, as you probably know very well by now. Kids need to have down time too! Why does homework have such a small effect at the elementary level? One reason is that young children have limited attention spans and are very distractible. It is difficult to do homework in a house that has many distractions. Teachers need to work with parents and help students find a quiet space to do homework. Most professional organization in education agrees that homework should never exceed 10 - 20 minutes per day in grades K - 2. In grades 3 - 6 homework should never exceed 30 - 60 minutes per day. Another reason elementary school children do not benefit much from homework is...
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...correct at the end of the sentence. ………………………………………………… COM 155 (VER 4) Appendix F For more classes visit www.indigohelp.com Appendix F Summary, Analysis, Synthesis, and Evaluation Review the four paragraphs below. There is one paragraph matching each of the following types: summary, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Once you have read each paragraph, complete the following chart to identify the type of paragraph for each. Paragraph Number ………………………………………………… COM 155 (VER 4) Assignment Identifying Errors in Writing For more classes visit www.indigohelp.com Appendix D Identify Twenty Errors in the Passage Below Review the passage below, which contains 20 errors. Identify these errors by marking each of the errors in bold, and make your correction in parentheses after the error. Example: My cars interior is black. This must be marked as follows: My cars (car’s) interior is black. The 20 errors are in the following categories: comma usage (six errors); question marks, apostrophes, and quotation marks (five errors); capitalization (six errors); and colons, semi-colons, and commonly misused words (three errors). Passage: Why are great numbers of students choosing to pursue their college degrees using their home computers.(?) Benjamin Franklin said;(,)(“) A penny saved is a penny earned”. This principle applies to the american (American) and foreign online student. ………………………………………………… COM 155 (VER 4) Assignment Sentence Structure Review...
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...question. If you're an undergraduate, you may find that the question will be set, or you may have to pick from a set of questions. If you're doing higher level work, you'll need to pick a topic which may then be formed into a question. * Writing about a subject you're passionate about always proves easiest. What subject speaks out to you? (Beware of not having an open mind or not enough distance when choosing a subject you care about.) If you're having difficulty choosing which questions to answer in an exam or homework situation, for each question, ask yourself the question "how difficult would it be for me to answer this question?", and choose a number between zero and five. Put the number next to the questions on the exam paper or homework sheet and then choose the highest ranked questions. 2) Work out how to answer the actual question. Too many people fail in academic situations because they don't answer the question on the page. The question is set specifically to get you to think in a certain way, not so you can spot a name or theory you know and just write out everything you know about that person or idea. In an exam or homework type situation, you need to answer the question that has actually been set, not the question you wish had been set - the two are often quite different. * Many questions will start with a quote followed simply by the word "Discuss." There are two possible things you need to do here: firstly, it may be asking you to discuss the quote because it...
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...Current Event/Rhetorical Précis Assignment AP English Language – Ferguson An important part of your success on the AP test — and in your life beyond high school — will be a broad knowledge of what is going on in the world, the kinds of social and political debates being had, and the ways people involved in those arguments make their cases successfully, and unsuccessfully. One of the three essays you will write on the AP exam will require you to provide evidence for a given argument from your own prior knowledge and understanding of national, world, and historical events. This assignment is designed to help you prepare for that. The assignment has two parts, both of which will be due each Monday at the beginning of class. In addition to the written assignment below, students will share their current events in their small groups, and at least one student from each group will present his/her rhetorical précis to the class each week. I will collect these each week, so be sure to have the thoroughly completed assignment with you each week. **You must attach the article to your assignment sheet** POINTS: 30 Directions -- The two parts described below must be typed, double space, using an ordinary font such as Times New Roman in 10 or 12 point font. -- Per MLA style, in the upper left hand corner of your page, please type: Your full name Suzy Smith My name Ferguson Course name and hour AP English Language, 3rd Hour Date September 9, 2013 ...
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