Category: Essays

This is an open-book, take-home final exam. You are encouraged to use the textbook, Cultural Anthropology, by Nancy Bonvillain, articles uploaded to the Blackboard site, or any other sources you choose, but you must cite them (using any recognized system of citations).

Please submit the final by email or Blackboard on Monday, December 21st.

The exam consists of three (3) essays. Points will be given for insights, the strength of your arguments and conclusions, and your use of evidence from the readings (or elsewhere) to illustrate your points. Back up your assertions with empirical evidence. While it would be possible to write lengthy answers to each of these questions, I am not expecting you to submit more than ten pages (typed, double-spaced) total.

1. The U.N.’s International Labor Organization has hired you as an anthropologist to conduct field research among the hijras of Bangladesh. They want you to learn about their working conditions, including their safety and their rights. Your assignment is to assess their situation and make recommendations. How will you apply your knowledge and experience in anthropology to meet these humanitarian objectives? How will you begin your project? Can you list at least five (5) questions that will be part of your interviews?

2. Migration is more than just the social phenomenon of people moving from place to place, for work or any other purpose. It also has an impact on the culture receiving migrants as well as the migrants’ native culture. Some migrants are also immigrants. As we have seen, there can be a relationship between immigration and religion; immigration, sex and gender; migration and cuisine; migration, kinship and family relations; migration and making a living; migration and music; and migration and language. Choose one of these aspects of social life listed here, and write an essay about how studying that aspect of migration ethnographically can teach us more about human culture, or even human beings more generally. You are encouraged to provide many examples, from the book, from lecture, or your elsewhere, in order to show how migration influences other aspects of human culture.

3. Can you name three aspects of human social or cultural life that can be affected by climate change (aside from obvious changes brought on by weather, e.g. the need for different clothing, air-conditioning, etc.)? How can anthropologists learn about these impacts and are they in a position to soften the impacts? You can use Susan Crate’s article I uploaded to Blackboard or any other source you choose. What does Crate mean when she writes in her abstract that “Fieldworkers are increasingly encountering reports of the local effects of climate change from their research partners, and it is becoming apparent that indigenous peoples’ recognized capacity for adaptation to change may not be sufficient to cope with these effects”?

You are asked to see if there is a difference among trainers in your organization regarding knowledge outcomes at the end of a training session. Your organization has three trainers that teach the same class at different locations. How would you go about collecting and using data to make this determination?

4 pages

2. What are some statistical measures you might use to determine whether your organization’s retention rates are on par with the industry standard?

3 page

Assignment 2: Pavlov’s Dog: An Example of Classical Conditioning

Classical conditioning is an important theory of learning within the behavioral perspective of learning that you explored in Module 1. The key to classical conditioning is that we learn through association, which is quite different from operant conditioning in which we learn through consequence.

When Ivan Pavlov was studying the process of salivation in dogs, he made an accidental, but really important discovery—classical conditioning. He discovered that after pairing the appearance of the researcher with the delivery of food a number of times, the dogs began to salivate as soon as the researcher walked into the room even when he or she was not carrying any food.

Here is a list of the steps of the classically conditioned learning process:

Stimulus / Response

Event

Outcome
Neutral stimulus (NS) The researcher enters the room—prior to the dog learning that the researcher is associated with food. There is no response.
Unconditioned stimulus (UCS) Food—the dog naturally responds to the food.

No learning needed.
Unconditioned response (UCR) The dog salivates because of the food. The dog did not need to be taught to salivate.
Conditioned stimulus (CS) The researcher enters the room. Now, after being paired with the food, the appearance of the researcher has become a learned stimulus.
Conditioned response (CR) Salivation now occurs because of the researcher. The dog has now learned to salivate in response to the mere presence of the researcher.

Here is another example of the steps of the classical conditioning process:

You have moved into a new apartment building. The first time you take a shower happens to correspond with the time when someone flushes the toilet. As a result of this flushing, the water in the shower becomes very hot. Now, because of this experience, each time you hear the toilet flush, you jump out of the shower before the temperature of the water changes.

NS: Sound of the flushing of the toilet
UCS: Hot water
UCR: Jumping out of the shower because of the hot water
CS: Sound of the flushing of the toilet
CR: Jumping out of the shower because of the sound of the flushing toilet

Now, complete the following:

Part 1

Think of a classically conditioned response you have experienced and describe the process of learning this response (what was the process you went through in becoming classically conditioned in this response). Be sure to identify the following:

Neutral stimulus (NS)
Unconditional stimulus (UCS)
Unconditional response (UCR)
Conditioned stimulus (CS)
Conditioned response (CR)

Part 2

Address the following questions:

Describe a practical application that demonstrates this classically conditioned association from your own life. What function does this classically conditioned association serve?
Explain what would happen if you no longer responded to this conditioned stimulus.
Describe the manner in which generalization works to maintain classical conditioning.
Identify the stimulus that has been generalized or could be generalized in your classically conditioned response.

Write a 2–3-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Be sure to also include a title page and a reference page. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M2_A2.doc.

By Wednesday, December 23, 2015, deliver your assignment to the M2: Assignment 2 Dropbox.
Assignment 2 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Identified an appropriate classically conditioned response and described in detail the process of acquiring the response showing an understanding of the classical conditioning process.
12
Accurately identified the different steps of the classically conditioned response.
8
Provided an example of a practical application that demonstrates a classically conditioned association and identified the function served by it.
24
Explained the purpose of a practical application of a classically conditioned association in your own life, providing details of the effects of not responding to the conditioned stimulus.
12
Explained the role of generalization in maintaining classical conditioning.
12
Identified the generalized stimulus in the classically conditioned response identified earlier.
12
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

For this assignment, you will go to the CSU Online Library and use the Academic Search Complete database to research a topic related to human rights. In addition, once you pick your topic, you may want to do online research to find additional information; however, this is not required.

Here are some examples that that you can use:

 prisoner rights,

 death penalty,

 poverty,

 women’s rights, or

 LGBT rights

Research your topic and discover the issues. Describe these in a few paragraphs, starting each new response with the question it addresses:

 Where is your topic most relevant in 2014?

 Who is most affected by the topic?

 Apply the sociological perspectives on stratification to explain how social class and stratification affect your topic.

What are some projects in place that will address the problem (suggest one if none exist yet)?

Why did you choose your topic?

 How has learning about the topic affected your ideas going into this assignment? Have any of your views changed since learning more about the topic?

You may also use your textbook to pick a different human rights-related topic, if you so choose.

Your response must be a minimum of two pages in length, answering the questions above. Use appropriate APA style and in-text citations and references.

Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.

Based on the attached, prepare a 7- to 9-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation for the senior management team along with a supplemental written report of no more than 1,400 words to present your findings.

Include the following in your presentation:

What is the business problem or opportunity?
Why is it important?
What should we do?
What resources are needed?
What should we expect?

Include the following in your supplemental written report:

Data collected
Graphs and charts
Data analysis
Probability analysis or statistical test
Interpretation of results

In Week Five of this course, you will submit a four- to five-page Literary Analysis in response to one of the topics from the approved List of Writing Prompts.This week, you will choose the prompt you would like to explore, offer some information on what interests you about this prompt, and supply a working thesis and key ideas you would like to develop. Though it might seem early to choose your topic, with only five weeks in the course, it is important to start early to best set yourself up for success.

After reviewing the list of prompts, choose one that you would like to explore. In addition, you should choose the text you will discuss from the List of Literary Works. Be sure to choose a text or texts as directed in your prompt of choice.

SENCOND ASSIGNMENT VERY SHORT

Prepare: Prior to beginning your initial post, read the required materials and review the handouts, Plot, Theme, and Conflict and List of Literary Techniques. In addition, read Chapters 4 through 7 of Journey into Literature and choose a story from the textbook.

Reflect: All stories have a theme that forms the plot. Also, literary elements and techniques contribute to creating and highlighting the theme. Reflect on the theme and literary elements and technics in the story you have chosen to read.

Write: Your initial post should be at least 200 words in length. The minimum word count does not include references.In this discussion you will

Describe the core conflict represented in the story.
Describe the theme of the story.
Select three literary elements/techniques in the story and describe them.
Explain how the elements/techniques illustrate the theme and conflict expressed in the story.
Incorporate readings found in Chapters 4 through 7 to help illustrate the points you make.

Respond to Peers: Respond to at least two of your classmates’ initial posts. Each response should be at least 75 words in length and should address two or more of the following points:

Do you agree with your classmates’ perspectives? Why, or why not? Be specific.
Ask a specific question to encourage further discussion on the topic.
Challenge your classmates’ interpretation of literature and/or point of view.
Do a small amount of research and share what you learn with your peers about the topic discussed in this post.

THIRD ASSIGNMENT VERY SHORT AS WELL:
Prepare: Prior to writing your initial post, read Chapters 1 through 3 of Journey into Literature.

Reflect: As we explored in the “Why Read Literature?” discussion, literature can provide us with a multitude of perspectives, ideas, and experiences. Additionally, there is a long tradition of critical reading and writing about literature (i.e., analyzing literature to seek a deeper understanding about various interests and concerns). Chapter 2 focuses on these ideas. Consider why people write and how that writing may benefit us.

Write: Your initial post should be at least 200 words in length. The minimum word count does not include references. In your post, answer the following questions:

Why might a writer feel compelled to write about literature? How does it benefit us personally and/or professionally?
What kind of writing and thinking skills do you hope that you will develop in this course based on the description of writing about literature in Sections 1.1, 2.1, and 2.3 of the text?
Incorporate readings found in Chapters 1 through 3 to help illustrate the points you make.

Respond to Peers: Respond to at least two of your classmate’s initial posts. Each response should be at least 75 words in length and should address two or more of the following points:

Do you agree with your classmates’ perspectives? Why, or why not? Be specific.
Ask a specific question to encourage further discussion on the topic.
Challenge your classmates’ interpretation of literature and/or point of view.
Do a small amount of research and share what you learn with your peers about the topic discussed in this post.

FOURTH ASSIGNMENT:

Week 2 Assignment: Annotated Bibliography

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For this assignment, you will write an annotated bibliography on three sources. For detailed information on how to create your Annotated Bibliography, please see the sample created by the developer in the assignment prompt below.

In your Annotated Bibliography, you will

Identify your primary source(s) and two secondary, academic sources. If you chose to discuss two poems in your Week One assignment, each must have its own entry in the Annotated Bibliography.
Summarize each source and explain how the source supports your working thesis. These summaries should be 100 to 150 words for each entry.

For the Annotated Bibliography assignment, you will write annotations for three sources. One source should be a primary source. Next, you will choose two secondary sources that are additional to the text.

The two sources you locate must be academic sources and come from peer-reviewed journals or other scholarly publications. For information on finding sources within the Ashford Library, please view the ENG125 – Literature Research tutorial.

The Annotated Bibliography includes a citation of the source in APA format. It also includes a brief summary of the source.

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After reading the case study at the end of Chapter 15: Transcat Insurance Corporation, answer the discussion questions in a 3-4 page APA formatted document and place in the drop box by the end of the week. Please insure you apply critical thinking when answering the questions. Draw from your personal and professional experiences.

Assignment 2

After reading the case study at the end of Chapter 14: Hillton’s Transformation, answer the discussion questions in a 3-4 page APA formatted document and place in the drop box by the end of the week. Please insure you apply critical thinking and draw from your personal and professional experiences when answering the questions.

Assignment 3

Read the Harvard Business Review case Thomas Green: Power, Office, Politics, and a Career in Crisis (information found on syllabus). Answer the following questions in a 5-6 page, APA formatted document. Apply critical thinking skills when answering the questions.

What are the work styles and personalities of Thomas Green and Frank Davis?
How do the actions of Thomas Green differ from the expectations of Frank Davis?
What is your analysis of Thomas Green’s action and job performance in his first five months? What mistakes has he made?
What are the possible underlying agendas of Davis and McDonald?
What actions would you take, if any, if you were Thomas Green?

Assignment 4

After reading the case study at the end of Chapter 8: The Outstanding Faculty Award, answer the discussion questions in a 3-4 page APA formatted document and place in the drop box by the end of the week. Please insure you apply critical thinking and draw from your personal and professional experiences when answering the questions.

What problems in team decision making likely caused the committee to select for the award the worst applicant on their list?

What would you recommend to future committees so they avoid the problems identified in this case?

Discuss what happened in this case using concepts and theories of individual decision making

The History of Health Insurance and Managed Care

Health insurance began in the early part of the twentieth century as a means to protect an organization’s assets, either its financial assets or its manpower. Since the early days, health insurance evolved into a system of managed care in order to control issues such as overutilization, skyrocketing costs, limited restrictions, and low-quality care.

Using the South University Online library or the Internet, search for articles on health insurance and managed care. Based on your research, summarize your findings and answer the following questions:

Examine the main events in the history of health insurance from the mid-twentieth century to the present. Explain how these events led up to the evolution of managed care organizations.
Evaluate the purpose of health care insurance in the early days.
Evaluate the evolution of health insurance and managed care. What is the relationship between the two and how has managed care risen to prominence in today’s health care market?
Explain how the perspective of health insurance has or hasn’t changed in today’s managed care environment.
Analyze the public policy and market forces leading to the growth of managed care.
Analyze the current trends in managed care and its future in the context of health care reforms.

Based on your understanding, create a 4 page Microsoft Word document that includes the answers to the above questions.

Support your responses with examples.

Cite ALL sources in APA format. NO PLAGIARSM…….assignmant will be check by TURNITIN…

For this milestone, review the case studyA.P. Moller-Maersk Group: Evaluating Strategic Talent Management Initiatives through page 13 (up to HR -Customer Initiative at Maersk) and the job posting for aCustomer Service–CARE Business Partner

. View the SHRM PowerPoint presentation and its note pages:

Unit 6: Training Methods, Experiential Learning and Technology

.Using the material on needs assessment and training strategies provided in this week’s lesson and the case study, in a short paper you should:

Illustrate the value of a training needs assessment in an organization in general, supporting your response.

Describe the components of a needs assessment used to determine the training requirements of a Customer Service –CAREBusiness Partner at Maersk.

Describe the importance of creating Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, andTime-oriented (SMART) objectives for a training plan.

Explain the importance of developing learning activities for a Maersk Customer Service–CARE Business Partner training program.

Guidelines for Submission:Your submission should be 2–3 pages in length and
double-spacedusing 12-point Times New Roman font. Be sure to list your references at the end of your paper

Prepare: Prior to beginning your initial post, read the poems “We Real Cool” and “My Papa’s Waltz” in your textbook. You are also required to listen to “We Real Cool” and “My Papa’s Waltz” before completing this discussion. These clips demonstrate the importance of performance, rhythm, and musicality in the poetic form.

Reflect: Poetry is a literary form that can offer readers a different experience based on whether the poem is read silently, read aloud, or simply listened to when read by someone else. For example, you might hear a certain rhythm or change of pace that you might not catch when simply reading the poem silently to yourself. For this week’s discussion, you read and listened to poetry. If you didn’t the first time, read and listen with careful eyes and ears so you can respond thoughtfully to the two parts of the discussion this week.

Write: Part One – Answer the following questions about one of the poems based on your readingof them:

What is the theme of the poem? How do you know this is the theme?
What poetic devices (e.g., rhythm, figurative language, etc.) are used in the poem? Offer at least two examples.
How do these poetic devices contribute to the development of the poem’s message?
Support your ideas with textual details and analyses.

Part Two – Describe your listening experience of the same poem you wrote about above. If you are unable to listen to these poems due to an auditory impairment, please reach out to your instructor for an alternative prompt for this discussion. Respond to at least two of the following questions:

How did hearing the poem recited aloud compare to a silent reading of it?
Did the performance highlight certain words or phrases that were not as apparent in a silent reading?
Did the pace change and, if so, how did it change your understanding of the poem?
Did words have different connotations and, if so, what kind(s) of connotation did you associate with the poem?
Do you think reading poetry aloud is a worthwhile endeavor when analyzing it? Why, or why not?

Respond to Peers: Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts. Each response should be at least 75 words in length and should address two or more of the following:

Do you agree with your classmates’ perspectives? Why, or why not? Be specific.
Ask a specific question to encourage further discussion on the topic.
Challenge your classmates’ interpretation of literature and/or point of view.
Do a small amount of research and share what you learn with your peers about the topic discussed in this post.

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
Discussion Title
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, 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?

Literary Analysis Draft

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For your Week Three assignment, you will write a two and a half page draft (excluding the title and references page) of your Week Five Literary Analysis. The draft should contain a working thesis (which you wrote in the Week One assignment), an introduction, at least three body paragraphs, and a conclusion. Be sure to include some paraphrases and quotations of the reference material in your Week Two Annotated Bibliography. You should use your research to help you develop and support the thesis.

Develop the thesis from Week One based on the feedback you have received. Again, the thesis should offer a debatable claim in response to one of the prompts on the list.
Analyze the work(s) from the approved List of Literary Works chosen in Week One using the Eight Steps to Writing a Literary Analysis resource and include the three key ideas developed in the Week One Proposal.
Use one of the approved Writing Prompts to write your analysis.
Focus on one or two primary text(s).
Include references from at least two secondary sources identified on your Week Two Annotated Bibliography. More sources are not necessarily better.
Apply your knowledge of literary elements and other concepts in your response to the prompt. Reference the List of Literary Techniques.
Avoid any use of the first person.
Do not summarize the plot.

List of Writing Prompts

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Writing Prompt #1

Characters do what they do because of their various motivations and desires.Often, their desires conflict with their ethical or moral responsibilities. For example, a personal belief, a love, a thirst for vengeance, a resolve to rectify a wrong, or some other ambition may cause a character to conflict with a moral obligation. Write about a literary work in which a character’s motivations/desire conflict with his/her ethical responsibilities. Remember that you are analyzing the literary text–not commenting on whether or not the behaviors are ethical or “right” in your opinion. Instead, you should focus on the moral dilemma the character experiences and analyze how he/she wrestles with this dilemma beyond what is obvious in the plot. What literary elements draw out this conflict?
Suggested texts:

Stories (choose one):

“A Good Man is Hard to Find,” Flannery O’Connor
“The Blue Hotel,” Stephen Crane
“The Things They Carried” Tim O’Brien
“Greasy Lake” T.C. Boyle

Drama:

Macbeth

Writing Prompt #2

Write an analysis of a key character in a literary work. Describe two to three key actions of the character, or how the character responds to events. What do the actions reveal about the character? Do the character’s actions fit together, or do they contradict each other? If they contradict, what does that contradiction say about the character’s emotional and mental capacity? Analyze the character’s psychological background. Why does the character act in the way he/she does? How does the author’s characterization in the text reflect this psychological background?
Suggested texts:

Stories (choose one):

“Where Are you Going, Where Have You Been,” Joyce Carol Oates
“Interpreter of Maladies,” Jhumpa Lahiri
“Sonny’s Blues” James Baldwin
“Sweat” Zora Neale Hurston

Drama:

Macbeth
Mistaken Identity

Writing Prompt #3

Most often, literary works have both internal conflict (individual v. self) and external conflict (individual v. individual, society, nature, or technology). Additionally, one can often find that a character’s internal conflict is linked to an external one. Choose a text in which both an internal and external conflict are evident to you. How does the external conflict illuminate the internal one? What meaningful parallels or incongruencies do you observe when comparing the two, and what is the significance within the context of the story?
Suggested texts:

Stories (choose one):

“No Name Woman,” Maxine Hong Kingston
“Sonny’s Blues,” James Baldwin
“The Things They Carried,” Tim O’Brien
“The Cheater’s Guide to Love,” Junot Diaz

Drama (choose one):

Macbeth
Mistaken Identity

Writing Prompt #4

In some stories, characters come into conflict with the culture in which they live. Often, a character feels alienated in his/her community or society due to race, gender, class or ethnic background. Choose a text that shows this kind of conflict. How is the character alienated from community and how does she/he respond to it? What does that character’s alienation say about the surrounding society’s assumptions, morality and values? In what way(s) do literary elements reflect how that society defines race, gender, class and/or ethnicity? How does this create conflict for the character?
Suggested texts:

Stories (choose one):

“Sonny’s Blues,” James Baldwin
“What You Pawn, I Will Redeem,” Sherman Alexie
“A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” Gabriel Garcia Marquez
“A Hunger Artist” Franz Kafka

Poems (choose one or two):

“Theme for English B,” Langston Hughes
“What it’s Like to be a Black Girl” Patricia Smith
“Immigrants in Our Own Land,” Jimmy Santiago Baca
“To live in the Borderlands means you” Gloria Anzaldúa
“Child of the Americas” Aurora Levins Morales

Drama:

Mistaken Identity
Macbeth

Writing Prompt #5

Setting is an important component of any story. Consider the role that setting has in one of the works. How is this particular setting integral to the story? Does the protagonist conflict with the setting or have particular interactions with it? How does the protagonist’s relationship with the setting connect with his/her development as a character?
Suggested texts:

Stories (choose one):

“Greasy Lake,” T.C. Boyle
“The Blue Hotel,” Stephen Crane
“The Things They Carried” Tim O’Brien
“The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” Ursula LeGuin

Poems (choose one or two):

“The Raven,” Edgar Allen Poe
“A Point West of Mount San Bernadino” Juan Delgado
“To Live in the Borderlands” Gloria Anzaldua
“Smokey the Bear Sutra” Gary Snyder

Drama:

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Writing Prompt #6

Tone is a literary element that poets and authors use to effect a certain mood, emotion, setting, and/or message. Choose a story, drama, or poem in which you observe a unique tone. Analyze the tone in detail, illustrating specific qualities of it by offering several textual examples of each quality. Why is this tone important in understanding the conflict and theme of the text? How does it contribute to both?
Suggested texts:

Stories (choose one):

“Good Country People;” Flannery O’Connor
“Guests of the Nation,” Frank O’Connor
“A Rock Trying to Be a Stone” Sergio Troncoso
“Sweat” Zora Neale Hurston

Poems (choose one of the following pairs):

“Do Not Go Gentle into the Good Night,” Dylan Thomas
“Grief Calls us to the Things of This World,” Sherman Alexie

“Bright Copper Kettles” Vijay Seshadri
“Theme for English B” Langston Hughes

“Ways of Talking” Ha Jin
“What it’s Like to be a Black Girl” Patricia Smith

“Burial” Cathy Linh Che
“Blood” Naomi Shihab Nye

Drama:

The Importance of Being Earnest

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Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignmen