Category: English

Writing Assignment 1: Bach, Beethoven, and Bugs Bunny?

Description

This is an NPR Weekend Edition Sunday story focusing on classical music in cartoons. Read the from NPR. Then, click on “Listen Now” in the top left corner to open the 9 minute program. Listen carefully to the interview — hopefully you will remember some of the examples.

Assignment

• Read the summary.
• Click “Listen Now” in the top left corner to open the program.
• Listen to the full 9-minute interview.
• Respond to the following prompts.
• Answer the prompts in your own words. Use specific examples from the audio and your personal experience. (Full credit requires references to the actual audio content.)

1. Around 3-4 minutes into the interview, the guest mentions a specific cartoon scene involving a dramatic moment and a well-known classical piece. Identify the cartoon and piece. How does the music enhance the scene?
2. The interview mentions “Ave Maria.” Which composers version is discussed, and what does the guest say about how it is used? Have you heard it before? Describe your reaction to hearing it in the interview.
3. Describe a moment from your own childhood when you encountered classical music in a cartoon or show. What do you remember about it?
4. In the interview, Robert Greenberg compares the dramatic effect of Fantasia’s final scene to watching The Wizard of Oz as a child. What do you think he meant by that? Do you agree with the comparison? Why or why not?
5. Do you think children today are exposed to classical music as much as you were growing up? Support your answer with a personal example.
6. What is your own experience with music (playing, reading, or listening)? How does this shape the way you relate to classical music in media?
7. What genre of music do you connect with most, and why? Share a specific artist, piece, or performance that exemplifies your preference and explain why you chose that example.

All answers should be written in proper formal style as an essay. This means that responses should be written in complete sentences with no spelling or grammatical errors, no vernacular speech or contractions, and all sources must be cited. Try to expand on your ideas as much as possible — one-word responses are never acceptable.

Your submission must be:

• Created in Microsoft Word and saved as a .doc, .docx, or .pdf file
• Text should be black, double-spaced, and only in one font (preferably Times New Roman)
• Your writing should be formatted as an essay and should NOT include the prompt questions or numbers

When saving and submitting your writing assignments, please use the following naming convention:

Lastname Firstname WA1.docx

This example is obviously for Writing Assignment 1 [WA1], so change the number accordingly in subsequent assignments. The example is also for a recent version of Word that saves with a .docx file extension — .doc extensions from older versions of Word are fine too. .pdf extensions are acceptable as well, but please do not submit .odt or .rtf files — your word processing program should allow you to save as a .pdf. Do NOT use symbols (#,&,@, etc.) when creating filenames — this often makes files harder to open (and this applies in work settings as well; stick to letters, numbers, and spaces only).

Please address all of the prompts in your response, but in paragraph form with appropriate transitions between ideas. Any response that requires your opinion on the music should be extensive; this is always the most important aspect of the assignment. Do not settle for a simple, surface-level answer; music is complex as are human feelings and reactions to it. You must work to articulate your ideas and opinions clearly and completely. You will not be graded based on your opinions — you will be graded based on your ability to communicate your ideas.

Always remember that I cannot get inside your brain and experience directly what you are thinking or feeling. You must explain your opinions and thoughts so that I can start to understand them; just stating an opinion is never enough, I want to know more: How exactly did you arrive at this idea? How exactly does the music make you feel? Why do you feel this way? Why? Why? Why? Keep asking yourself these critical questions.

Do not cut and paste any of your answer from another source, including using AI. Plagiarism includes any copying of the words, structure, or ideas of another author without clear citation of that source. If you use the ideas of another author, put these in your own words but still cite the source of the information. Use quotations sparingly and only in support of your response; you cannot use a large-scale quotation and consider this the entire response.

Reminders:

• All work for this course should be written in complete sentences with proper grammar and spelling. Use the spellcheck tool on your word processor.
• Avoid accusations of plagiarism by citing every idea presented that is not your own using MLA style.
• If you use a direct quote from a source, you must put this in quotation marks and cite the source at the end of the sentence. Use quotes sparingly and on a small scale; you should not quote entire paragraphs.
• All work for this course must be done independently; there should be no group collaboration except through sharing ideas on the discussion boards. Assignment submissions must be original work.

So Basically, the instructions were listen to this song,

Tyler, the Creator

“Thought I Was Dead”

And based on the lyrics I’m supposed to describe and write a 300 word essay about what I think the song is about and why

this is a 4 part assignment I will send in depth detail to writer personally

PROMPT: Relate some aspect of the Preface reading on modernism to Katherine Mansfield The Garden Party, paying attention to the way the short story formally engages some of the main questions posed by the reading.

THIS IS SOME OF WHAT I WROTE BUT UNSURE IF IT ANSWERS THE PROMPT, YOU CAN EITHER US IT OR NOT..

In the preface text it says, …the literature that acknowledged and attempted to respond to a crisis of representation beginning in the mid-nineteenth century. Which I think comes close to what I think of what modernism is as well. Especially relating it to The Garden Party there’s the death of a man and the class difference between people. It doesnt specifically talk about it but you can assume and while reading you can see what the author intended with their work, it much is to respond to what was going on during that time. Theres also the interesting way that Kathrine Mansfield is narrating in the third person but the more you read, we dont know whether the narrator is talking or it is the view of Laura the main character. We have Laura’s fragmented self, in the preface it talks about how reality actually is and not how it was represented traditionally, its relatable because Laura is an inexperienced girl and doesnt know the world well. We see through her eyes and the narrators, she goes through different emotions and realizations of everything around her. Another topic in the preface talks about art and the avant garde of it all and how all the modernist authors used avant garde as well. Kathrine Mansfield used avant garde in The Garden Party since all of ..

Need at least a 500 word essay that will get me maximum points but still sound like a ninth grader in an AP English class.

To-Do Date: Jan 26 at 11:59pm

NOTE: The To-Do Date is the day I want you to READ this prompt. The actual paper is not due until later (see Course Calendar).

Purpose:

The purpose of this essay is to help you develop ideas and synthesize sources (SLO 2). In this case, your sources will be interviews, which are an example of a primary source. In addition, this course focuses on persuasion, so this paper provides an opportunity for you to evaluatea form of argument (also SLO 2). In short, you will learn to summarize your sources and respond to them appropriately.

Overview:

Whether you are an electrical engineer or an investigative journalist, researchers must separate the signal from the noise to identify the important information and discard data that distracts from the primary meaning. In our current media culture, information swirls around us at a dizzying pace, and as responsible participants, we must learn to think critically about how information is transmitted and what information matters the most. But how exactly do we separate the signal from the noise on a daily basis? What strategies do people use to make sense of all the information available to them in the twenty-first century? In this paper, you will compile (summarize) and evaluate (respond to) various strategies for deciding what information a responsible person should prioritize and value.

For the summary portion of this paper, you will talk to at least two individuals about their interactions with information and media producers. You will summarize their responses in paragraph form. In other words, do not repeat the questions in your essay; instead, use quotations from your interviews to support your summary in paragraph form. Also, think of information and media broadly: this can include news, updates from family and friends, and entertainment, among others. And do not assume individuals will find their information online in digital form. (People still read newspapers and listen to the radio.) With this in mind, find at least two people to answer the questions listed below!

Tasks:

1. Find at least two people to answer the following questions honestly:
2. From what sources do you find or encounter information throughout the week? (Examples: television, newspaper, radio, computer, smartphone, etc.)
3. Of these sources, which media producers and news sources do you spend the most time viewing or listening to? (Fox News, MSNBC, NPR, CNN, local news, Apple News, Google News, Facebook, Twitter, etc.)
4. What motivates you to view this media, and do you have a strategy for media consumption? If so, what is it? If not, what might a good strategy be?
5. After summarizing what you hear from your interviewees in paragraph form, respond to what you heard by evaluating and responding to their strategies. Use at least one quotation from each interview. Do not repeat the questions in your essay.
6. Then spend some time describing (or formulating) your own strategy. Describe your current information consumption by answering the three questions (above) for yourself. Again, do not repeat the questions in your essay.
7. Remember to begin and end your essay with an interesting example of media consumption. In other words, use an interesting example or meaningful quotation (from your interviews or elsewhere).

Details:

• This paper should be at least 3 pages (900 words).
• Use MLA format: double-spaced, using a version of the Times or Arial fonts (size 12), with one-inch margins. Your paper will earn a penalty if you do not use proper MLA formatting.
• Your paper will also include a Works Cited page with citations for each interview you conduct. The Works Cited citations for interviews are simple (remove the quotation marks from what follows): Smith, Jane. Personal interview. 28 January 2018.
• There are TWO due dates for this paper. Your full paper draft will be due on the designated day in the appropriate assignment in Canvas, and the final paper will also be due in a different assignment in Canvas on the designated day (see the Course Calendar for due dates).

Criteria for Success:

You must fulfill the purpose of the essay, reach the minimum word count, proofread closely, take part in the peer review process, and make improvements from your draft to your final paper. Always remember to read over the Criteria for Strong Writing (at the top of the Modules page in Canvas).

Skills:

You will demonstrate the following Student Learning Outcomes (from the syllabus) upon successful completion of this assignment:

• Demonstrate knowledge of individual and collaborative research processes. (Teamwork). You will complete interviews, communicate with peers during the peer review workshop, and keep revising and improving your paper for the final essay.
• Develop ideas and synthesize primary and secondary sources within focused academic arguments. (Communication Skills). You will use evidence from your interviews to analyze and evaluate your interviewees’ news consumption strategies.
• Analyze, interpret, and evaluate a variety of texts for the ethical and logical uses of evidence. (Critical Thinking). You will create an academic essay that demonstrates a thoughtful, ethical, and logical analysis of your interviewsthe text for this assignment.
• Write in a style that clearly communicates meaning, builds credibility, and inspires belief or action. (Communication Skills). Your essay will be organized to help your reader easily understand your meaning and learn from your explanations and evaluative points.
• Apply the conventions of style manuals for specific academic disciplines (MLA) and demonstrate personal responsibility through the ethical use of intellectual property. (Personal Responsibility). You will learn to make ethical decisions about integrating quotations from your interviews (in MLA format) while avoiding any scholastic dishonesty concerns.

The Marketable Skills you learn in this paper will also prepare you for life beyond the classroom:

• Manage time when completing a long-term writing project
• Develop individual and collaborative editorial skills while producing polished writing
• Develop writing to clearly communicate perspectives to a non-expert reader
• Analyze text and data to reach sound conclusions
• Ethically integrate source material in projects

Description

The Writer Portrait essay explores the question Who am I as a writer? by having you analyze texts that youve previously composed and then craft an essay based on your observations and realizations from this analysis. The first step in this process is to identify three texts from your past that represent a variety of writing genres and propose your scope of inquiry to your peers. This proposal process includes a video introduction of your writers portrait plan as well as peer response activities to learn from–and build off of–your classmates.

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Instructions

For the proposal video, please create a short video of yourself that proposes your intended direction for the Writer Portrait. Your video should include:

• a short description of each of the three texts youd like to analyze (you need to briefly introduce all of your previous texts including when you wrote them and for what context)
• a theme or question about yourself as a writer that youd like to investigate in this project
• A question(s) you have for your group members or the instructor about how to proceed. You may also include any feedback youd like to receive from others

For the Proposal Replies, you will need to respond to each of your group members proposal videos in a short text reply. Your reply should include:

• an evaluation of whether and how you think the writers proposal will address the goals of the project
• suggestions or ideas you have for the writer as they begin their writers portrait, specifically comparing your selected genres to the ones the writer lists
• any answers to questions the writer posed

Submit your response by clicking Reply to each group members thread and typing or pasting your response.

Submission Requirements

• Your proposal video should be no more than 5 minutes long.
• You can use any technology youre comfortable with to record your video but video must be embedded into the discussion thread. Attached video media will not be accepted.
• A minimum of (2) peer responses are required meeting a minimum length requirement of 250 words.

Additional Details

• Writers Portrait Proposal is due Sunday by 11:59 PM CST (worth 20 points)
• Writers Portrait Proposal Peer Responses are due Tuesday Week 4 by 11:59 PM CST (worth 10 points)

Select two artifacts from different cultures that depict a hero and analyze the similarities and differences between the heroic qualities expressed or represented in these artifacts.

Expand AllIntroduction

Other people’s ideas are often better than your own. Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.

Amy Poehler, actress, comedian, and writer

Much of Amy Poehlers work, including her time on Saturday Night Live and Parks and Recreation, involved her closely collaborating with a team. Just like Amy, working with others who have different perspectives and talents can not only help you successfully meet your goals, it can also inspire you (and others) to work in new ways.

In this assessment, you will continue to strengthen your relationship-building skills as you explore how artists work together to change peoples perspectives and how you can use those same strategies to inspire change in your personal and professional life. Exploring these strategies will also help you hone your self- and social-awareness skills. Thats because, to work with teams effectively, you need to consider how others are feeling and how you can encourage them to do their best work. When your team members are doing their best, youll find that you do your best, too.

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.

Michael Jordan, former professional basketball player

Its easier if I just do it myself. That thought has probably crossed your mind at some point in your life or career. It might happen when youre working alone on a challenging task, you feel like explaining your process or asking for help will only make more work for you. In some situations, it may truly be easier to go at it alone. But more often, there is a tremendous benefit to working with others, especially when those people have different perspectives from yours.

During this assessment, you will also strengthen your relationship-building skills by exploring how artists collaborate with others to grow their abilities and how you can also work constructively with other people to achieve great things in your personal and professional life. As you collaborate with friends, peers, and colleagues, you will continue to strengthen your self- and social-awareness skills by learning to grow from feedback.

References

BrainyQuote. (n.d.). Michael Jordan quotes. https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/michael_jordan_167383

Goodreads. (n.d.). Amy Poehler quotes. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1227166-as-you-navigate-through-the-rest-of-your-life-be

OverviewPreparationInstructions

After you have chosen your topic and the relevant artifacts, write 23 pages that incorporate the following items:

1. Describe your chosen artifacts and the cultures in which these artifacts were created.

• Identify and describe the artifacts you selected for your comparative cultural analysis.
• Describe the cultures and historical context in which the artifacts were created.

1. Analyze how your chosen artifacts portray or express cultural views about heroes.

• Discuss two similarities and two differences between the hero stories from the two cultures.
• Explain what your findings suggest to you about the cultural values and beliefs of each culture regarding what makes a hero.

1. Summarize two main takeaways about the cultures reflected and insights you gained.

• Describe what you learned about the cultures reflected.
• Explain how the insights you gained from these two cultures can be used to widen your perspective.

1. Explain how understanding the cultural similarities and differences that exist between your own culture and your chosen cultures can benefit you in your personal, academic, and professional life.

• Describe at least two similarities and/or differences between your own cultural values and ideals and that of one of the cultures you chose for this assessment.
• Explain how these insights can be used to support your professional, academic, and personal endeavors.

1. Write in a well-organized and concise manner that adheres to the rules of grammar, usage, mechanics, citations, and formatting.

Additional Requirements

Your submission should meet the following requirements:

• Length: 23 pages of text, in addition to a title page and reference page.
• Written communication: Written communication should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
• Formatting: Format your submission with a title page, double-spacing, and a reference page.
• Citations: Cite at least two sources to support your analysis. Properly cite sources according to APA rules. Review for more information on how to cite your sources.

PARTTT2

Select an artifact that interests you and conduct a conversation about it with another person. Then, incorporate that dialogue to write about how artists collaborate and influence each other’s work.

Expand AllIntroduction

You cant live through a day without making an impact on the world. And whats most important is to think about the impact of your actions on the world around you.

Jane Goodall, primatologist and anthropologist

Think for a moment and try to remember the last time that a piece of arta book, a movie, a song, a painting, or any other workmade you cry. Perhaps they were tears of joy. Or maybe you were sad because a certain lyric reminded you of a painful moment from your past, or because you could relate to a characters struggles. In any case, the art made an impact on your life, just as it was designed to do. Understanding the positive and negative impacts we can have on others through art and other artifacts is a critical part of working together successfully.

In this assessment, you will continue to strengthen your self- and social-awareness skills and relationship-building skills as you explore how the humanities can be used to impact others, why its important to reflect on that impact, and how understanding your impact can help you collaborate with your co-workers and peers.

What you see depends not only on what you look at but also on where you look from.

James Deacon, artist

Through this course, you have studied what it means to be human. And youve explored the unique ways people all over the world express themselves and their different perspectives through art, culture, music, religion, literature, and more. Along the way, youve also learned how important it is to broaden your own perspective, so you can think and act appropriately in different cultural environments and better collaborate and solve problems with peers, colleagues, and coworkers whose experiences and perspectives are different from your own.

In this assessment, youll look back at all youve learned so far and discover how these same concepts and skills will allow you to continue to broaden your perspective, collaborate with others, and solve problems as you encounter new cultures and ideas outside of the classroom.

Many of humanitys finest achievementssuch as the International Space Station, the Allied victories in the Second World War, and the founding of the United Nationswere made possible by people of different cultures coming together to pursue a shared goal. In fact, history shows us that when diverse groups collaborate, they are likely to achieve more than groups that are less diverse (Page, 2008). With this in mind, you’ll continue to strengthen your relationship-building skills by exploring how nations and cultures have collaborated throughout history. And youll consider how collaboration can help you to achieve success in your own workplace and community.

References

Page, S. E. (2008). The difference: How the power of diversity creates better groups, firms, schools, and societies. Princeton University Press. https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691138541/the-difference

Quotefancy. (n.d.). Jane Goodall. https://quotefancy.com/quote/981661/Jane-Goodall-Your-life-matters-You-can-t-live-through-a-day-without-making-an-impact-on

Quote Me on That. (2016). Where you look from. https://www.quotemeonthat.com/quotes/category/perspective

OverviewPreparation

Select a work of art or cultural artifact that you would like to use as the subject of your writing. You are free to choose one of interest to you, as long as it hasn’t been used in the other assessments. The artifact can range from things like literary works, films, musical pieces, or artwork. After you have your artifact selected, find a person with whom you can have a 1015 minute dialog about your artifact. This person might be a family member, friend, coworker, et cetera. You may hold your conversation in person, over the phone, or virtually; the choice is yours.

Your conversation should be informal and relaxedwe want you to have fun with it. And here are some ideas on how to guide your conversation:

1. Show or play the artifact to the other person and allow them to examine it.
2. Share your reasons for why you chose this artifact and why it resonates with you.
3. Provide a few interesting details about the artist.
4. Invite the person to share their thoughts about the artifact and reactions to anything you shared.

Instructions

In this assessment, you will write an academic piece that addresses the prompts listed below.

• Step 1: Reflect on how culture and artistic expressions influence human thought and behavior.
• Provide insights on how this artifact might influence peoples thinking and behavior in the future.
• Step 2: Explain how the artifact or work of art reflects both collaborative and individual efforts.
• Describe the path, journey, or process the artist used to create the artifact and discuss the collaboration or influences that happened between the artist and others.
• Describe the ways the artist put his or her interpretation and creativity to shape and craft the final artifact.
• Explain how the artist’s cultural and personal experiences can be detected in the cultural artifact.
• Provide specific examples to support your response.
• Step 3: Relate how the creative process uses problem-solving, relationship-building, and self- and social-awareness skills.
• Describe the creative process the artist used and provide examples of how the artist used problem-solving, relationship-building, and self- and social-awareness skills to help him or her to complete the artifact.
• Provide an example of how you can use the artist’s process and methods to support your endeavors. If you have had a similar experience, you may use your experience to illustrate the connection between these concepts and skills.
• Provide specific examples to support your descriptions.
• Step 4: Explain how the interpretive process can be a collaborative process.
• Identify how people in a group sharing ideas, thoughts, experiences, et cetera, could influence one another in the course of connecting with or interpreting the artifact. Provide a specific example of when you experienced this.
• If so, how did it change? Provide specific details.
• If not, why do you think this is?
• Describe your conversation with another person about your artifact.
• What did you enjoy or not enjoy about the conversation?
• Did the other person point out something you didn’t notice? What was it?
• Did you connect with the other person and find some shared experience through your conversation about the artist or artifact?
• Did this also uncover something new you learned about yourself or the other person?
• Did you connect with the other person by finding some shared experience through your discussion about the artist or artifact?
• Did this also uncover something new you learned about yourself or the other person?
• Provide specific examples to support your response.

Additional Requirements

Your submission should meet the following requirements:

• Written communication: Written communication should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
• Formatting: Format your submission, with a title page, double-spacing, and a reference page.
• Citations: Properly cite sources according to APA rules. Review for more information on how to cite your sources.

• Your paragraph (5-7) sentences answering the following prompt: What is one significant technological, cultural, or environmental factor that profoundly impacts contemporary society, and why does it exert such influence?
• Your evaluation of your paragraph, where you identify one strength and one weakness in your writing.
• Evidence of ChatGPT’s evaluation of your paragraph. Add a screenshot like you saw above with the prompt and ChatGPT’s response. You can use the Snipping Tool (an app on most computers) to create a screenshot, or you can take a photo on your phone and insert the evidence into your document.
• Your commentary on the evaluation of your paragraph by ChatGPT (3-4 sentences).
• Your feedback on ChatGPT’s paragraph about the same topic (3-4 sentences).