Reflection Writing: Drama and Movement Arts Write a 500-750-word reflection based on the feedback you received from your classroom teacher and personal observations about the experience, explain the following: Strengths and opportunities for growth. Provide specific evidence from your activity. What would you do differently if you taught this activity again? Be sure to provide … Read more
Use of Quixotic in the Literature of Don Quixote Occasionally, truly iconic figures from literature can give their names to words in our language that have meaning rooted in the text, but still exist outside it. We can use an example from a selection we read in the last unit: The Odyssey. The word Odyssey … Read more
Class discussion:”A Highly Scientific Taxonomy of Haters” Negin Farsad | “A Highly Scientific Taxonomy of Haters” Second, I really wanted to end our course with some wise words by an educator I admire, so please watch this talk by Clint Smith. Clint Smith | “The Danger of Silence” Once you have watched the videos, please … Read more
Write about a selected optical illusion. Illusion Assignment An illusion is when your interpretation or perception contradicts the real sensory stimulus and is part of normal perception. In this course we have briefly discussed many illusions and different illusions may occur for different reasons. Research has also shown that for some illusions there are cultural … Read more
Art & Identity Research Project OVERVIEW For this final project you will research two (2) contemporary artists who deal with the theme of identity. In addition, you will reflect upon and propose an imagined artwork that relates to your own concept of identity. (Do not worry if you are not artistically inclined, you are NOT … Read more
Book review: “So You Want To Talk About Race” by Ijeoma Oluo Last week, we finished reading the book you chose for this course. Because you are also working on your final drafts for this week I wanted us to have a more creative, fun assignment this week, and have everyone write a review of … Read more
Role of Women to the Development of Gilgamesh as a Character The essay questions are below. Do not summarize the book! Give me no more than one to two paragraphs telling me what the book is about. Do not give me long quotations from the book! If you do so, I will deduct a letter … Read more
Evaluate the Aristotle’s Doctrine of the Mean. 1. Your paper must include: A statement of the problem you are trying to solve. A clear statement of the solution you propose: i.e., you must state a thesis. Arguments supporting your thesis. In the (relatively) short papers that you will be writing in this course, in the first paragraph of the paper you … Read more
Imagery in Descriptions Responses Pick TWO of the following prompts and answer them in a well-developed essay. Be sure to use textual evidence to support your claims. Post your results to the Discussion forum and respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts. Look at the description of the city (paragraph beginning “A narrow … Read more
Discussion Topic: Mythical Land of Camelot For this project, you will be transported to the mythical land of Camelot! Well, not really. However, you will be writing a creative piece that will demonstrate your understanding of chivalry. In this Unit Project, you will imagine what it would be like to be a knight in King Arthur’s … Read more