Category: English

the Topic to Research will be about “homeschooling”

Seeking out a variety of texts to help you understand the scope of your question, and the various ways in which people and institutions are impacted by it, is an important part of early exploration. This week, we’re focusing on scholarly sources, which are texts created by and for experts in their respective fields. These texts can be quite challenging for people outside of those fields to read and understand. However, that doesn’t mean it’s impossible, and with careful attention and a strategic approach, you can certainly learn a great deal from these documents and utilize them for your own research process.

Instructions for this Homework Exercise

1. Using the
3. search engine (as demonstrated in this week’s instructor video), locate one scholarly peer-reviewed article that you believe could be useful for investigating your research question.
4. Open the . It’s a Word document, so you should be able to open it and type directly into it.
5. Fill out the worksheet as thoroughly as possible about the source you’ve chosen.

• Recall this week’s presentation. Does a person in need of an organ transplant have a moral right to obtain that transplant, supposing the availability of the needed organ?
• How should we choose who gets a transplant, supposing that there are not enough organs for all who need them? Is there an ethical stance that would never allow for transplant from our 6 theories? Which one and why?

Read the attached essay written by Shayna Cook. A successful argument considers other positions and opposing views. Does Cook offer any counterarguments to her position? How effectively does she acknowledge – and then refute – opposing views?

Keep in mind you aren’t responding to the subject but rather evaluating the effectiveness of how she is crafting her argument and refutation of opposing views.

Your response should be approximately 200 words, written in APA format. You’re welcome to write directly into the submission box or upload a PDF. Be sure to include support from Cook’s essay, and cite all your sources (including any AI or other outside assistance).

Rough Draft of Personal Essay

Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to write a reflective essay discussing the significance of a particular event in your life. This exercise will help you develop your reflective writing skills and ability to connect personal experiences with broader themes.

Task: Write a reflective essay that includes both an account of a significant moment in your life and your reflective insights about that moment. Ensure your essay is relatable and interesting to a general audience. Follow the formatting style specified by your instructor.

Impact

By completing this assignment, you will:

• Develop your ability to construct a clearly reasoned thesis and support the thesis with sound reasons and evidence.
• Enhance your writing skills by constructing a coherent and engaging narrative that uses a clear and appropriate organizational strategy.
• Utilize standard English appropriate for purpose and audience.

Steps to complete the assignment:

• Selecting a Topic:
• Begin by selecting a significant event in your life that a general audience would find relatable and interesting.
• Refer to pages 90-103 in your eText, starting with “Selecting a Topic,” for guidance on choosing and developing your topic. Please note that the eText “locations” are not the same as the page numbers. Page numbers are located in brackets along the right margin as you scroll through the online pages.
• Writing the Essay:
• Write an account of the significant moment and include your reflective insights.
• Ensure your essay has a clear thesis statement, strong supporting reasons, and sufficient evidence.
• Organize your essay in a clear and logical manner.
• Refer to pages 96-104 in your eText, starting with “Selecting a Topic,” for guidance on writing the essay. See previous note about page numbers in the eText.
• Formatting:
• Use MLA style formatting
• The essay should be at least two full pages. Essays of less than two full pages will not earn more than 50% of the total points possible.

Why Is This Assignment Important?

This assignment will help you develop skills that are applicable in various contexts beyond this course. Reflective writing, constructing coherent arguments, and organizing your thoughts effectively are valuable skills for academic success and personal development.

Directions:

Part 1: Revise (30%)

Select an audience that would be interested in or that urgently needs the information and analysis you presented in project 1. Consider the new situation carefully and revise your project to address this new audience, context, and purpose.

Your revision must include at least two of the modes of communication:

• Linguistic
• Visual
• Audio
• Spacial
• Gestural

Part 2: Reflect (70%)

Write a reflection narrative that justifies and evaluates the choices you made based on course materials. It should provide an honest and critical self-assessment of the project. Your reflection must contain specific examples (including direct quotations) from both project 1 and project 2 to earn full credit. The audience is your professor.

Deliver in a single Google Doc, as instructed below.

Options and Ideas

The goal of this assignment isn’t to create a perfect multimedia production, but to thoughtfully consider how different modes of communication can work together to reach a specific audience at the right moment. Focus on making deliberate choices that serve your rhetorical purpose.

For this project, you should think carefully about the way a real audience might best encounter the information you have to give. Here are some possibilities. If you have other ideas, check with me.

• Podcast
• Website or blog posts
• Social media campaign (multiple posts)
• Interactive digital story
• Poster or Infographic
• Video or animated explainer
• Physical or virtual exhibit

Multimodal Requirements

Your project should address at least two of the following modes of communication:

• Linguistic: Written text, spoken word
• Visual: Images, graphics, color, layout, typography
• Audio: Music, sound effects, voice recordings, ambient sound
• Spatial: Arrangement of elements, white space, physical or digital layout
• Gestural: Movement, interactive elements, body language (if applicable)

Writing the Reflection (~3 pages)

Your reflection should be a first person narrative that explains your choices in the revision and makes an evaluative argument about the success of your revision.

Address the following topics:

• Rhetorical Choices
• Multimodal Design Decisions
• Challenges and Learning Transfer

Your justification statement should take the form of a message to your professor and use unified paragraphs. It shouldnt be delivered in a list of answers. The goal is to make an argument for your learning. This is an extremely fast turn around for a project, so I dont expect that the revisions will be perfect. The goal of the reflection is to think about their strengths and weaknesses.

You will want to deal with the following questions (but not necessarily in this order).

Sample Questions about Planning

• What was the rhetorical situation you selected for your revision? How did you ensure that particular rhetorical situation had kairos and exigency?
• What choices did you make in terms of content and design to meet the audiences needs and to make your revision appropriate for the context and purpose? (What did you include? What did you leave out? And WHY?)

Sample Questions about the Finished Revision

• How effective is your revision?
• What specific features or aspects of the revision makes the new version effective for your specific audience?
• What do you think the weaknesses are of your revision? What would you change or continue to work on if you had more time or another chance to revise?

Sample Questions about Transfer of Learning

• How was revising for a new rhetorical context different from how you might have seen revision in the past?
• What did you learn from the revision process? Are there any skills or ideas you could see yourself applying to future writing situations, either academic or professional?

**To support your reflection, you should draw on specific examples from both projects and include passages from course readings.**

Delivering the Project

Your project should be delivered in a single Google Doc share link. You should use the Document Tabs feature to separate the revision from the justification.

(See Below)

To deliver the multi-modal project, you will need to deploy the deliverable in an application that can be linked within the Google Doc.

For Example:

• Upload videos to YouTube set to unlisted. Include the link.
• For Canva documents, like social media posts or slideshows, include a share link from Canva
• For PowerPoint, Upload the PPT to Google Docs and include a share link

With the link, please include a brief description of what I should see. That way, if the link isnt working correctly, Ill know.