Literature

Creating an Alphabet BookRATIONALE: Alphabet Books represent an interesting blend of educational content and often elaborate illustration, typical of picture books. However, each often has at least two underlying goals:? to educate and? to entertain children (young and old)But, how do authors do that? What makes a great Alphabet Book? That’s what you will have to grapple with as you create your own Alphabet Book. Remember to keep the content, illustrations, and audience in mind. Have a great time.GOAL: To Create an original Alphabet BookProject: Children’s Picture Book (Counting or Alphabet)Requirements:1. Create a children’s picture book, either a counting or an alphabet book2. Let your imagination go!!!!3. Build the book around a distinctive themeTheme? endangered species4. Use an appropriate method to create the booka. You are not expected to produce a book that looks like it was professionally printed.b. It should be a PowerPoint presentation with one letter (or number) per slide.5. The book must be completed by the due date.6. Along with the book, you must present the answers to the following:i. An introduction that describes your choice of topic (what you chose and why)ii. An explanation of the choices you made in illustrating the book1. What were you trying to accomplish with the illustrations.2. How the process of creating the illustrations worked out for you (easy, difficult, etc.)7. Submit the Power Point presentation for me to grade.You may have to scan graphics into your book or use the free graphics available on the web. If you take graphics from a “non-free” site, please include a caption citing the source.

I’m curious what you think of the character “Injun” Joe in Tom Sawyer. Twain based the character on a real person he had known growing up in Hannibal, Missouri, Joe Douglas. The real Joe was an Osage Indian and was not at all “murderous,” as depicted in the book. Indeed, he objected to Twain about the characterization, as have later members of the Osage Nation, including the poet Carter Revard, whose native name Nom-peh-wah-the means “fear-inspiring.” He finds the characterization deeply offensive, including the word associated with Joe, “Injun.” I think what bothers Nom-peh-wah-the even more is the idea that no one seems bothered by this. The title he gave an article on the subject clearly suggests this: “Why Mark Twain Killed Injun Joe, and Why Nobody Cares.”At the same time, it seems to me that Tom’s reaction when he sees the dead Joe in the cave is very important. It suggests some level of empathy on Tom’s part, and presumably on Twain’s.So . . . what do you think of the characterization of Joe throughout, and does the way Tom reacts to his death suggest any positive view of Joe, either in terms of other characters or on Twain’s part. To put it another way, does anyone care that Joe died the way he did?

How would you write a mock-apotheosis/deification today? Which powerful figure would be its subject? Who do you imagine might be its author? What are some concrete physical–, character-, or other traits the satirist might mock or belittle, and how or why might he choose these? What might make these funny (and true)? What political, policy, ideological, or other ideas, beliefs, and practices of the satirized might the satirist identify and satirize? And what might the political, ideological, entertainment, or other potential purposes of such a satire be? Make sure to justify yourself: explain why you’ve made the choices that you have, and esp. how they relate to Seneca.Directions:This should be 2 pages, double spaced, 1 inch margins, 12 size font.As always, you will be evaluated on the quality of your writing. You will also be evaluated on your understanding of the principles behind this exercise, in this case, how satire functions. So your assignment must show an awareness of the purposes and strategies that satirists adopt in order to achieve their stated (or unstated goal. You may consider how and why satire mocks, belittles, but also creates community; how it might combine high and low registers and content, and how it is used as a tool to make broader political and cultural observations and statements.

Analyze the way one of the plays we have read is structured by making reference to the following terms: point of attack, inciting incident, climax, and structure. The plays PDF in below.Papers are to be 5 pages long, double-spaced, with a clear introductory paragraph stating your thesis (argument) as well as the main supporting points. In your paper, you should: italicize the titles of plays and provide page number references for all quotes and specific textual references.

Trojan WomenPrompt:This is a reaction/reflection assignment: What, in your view, do the Trojan Women, especially Andromache and Hecuba, represent? What ideas or beliefs about warfare, slavery, sexual assault, agency, fate, freedom of choice, grief, or motherhood might Seneca be attempting to articulate using these characters as a vehicle? Importantly, do you believe that this tragedy entrenches and justifies Roman ideas of superiority and empire (that it looks to the mythological Roman past to glorify the suffering of Roman ancestors and to justify empire today), or is it a veiled critique of Roman practices, using the Greeks to illustrate how those in power — now the Romans — always behave

What are your implicit biases? Throughout your textbook (pp. 22, 66, 67), biases are discussed as potentially serving as a hindrance to family engagement and open communication. For this assignment, you will write a paper examining your personal biases and evaluating your school’s policies and communication practices relative to biases that could negatively affect family engagement.   1. Review the information found in the textbook related to biases.  It is scattered throughout, but particular emphasis can be found in Chapters 2 and 4. 2. Log into the NAEYC website and locate the NAEYC Position Statement, Code of Ethical Conduct, and Statement of Commitment (2016). Find the principals that refer to biases.  P.1.1 is a perfect one, to begin with. 3. Write a three-page paper that includes the following sections. b. Page one – Cover page c. Page two – Introduction to a discussion on how personal biases can hinder open communication and family engagement. You must reference NAECY and the textbook in this discussion.  d. Page three – Discussion on implicit and explicit biases. Examine your personal biases, the ones you are aware of, and the others that you may not think about that often. To help you in this exercise, think about the times a parent comes into your classroom and you think certain things about that parent, but you wouldn’t dare say those thoughts out loud. Your personal biases may be related to a variety of things such as parenting, cultures, races, dress, gender identification, body size, skin color, economic status, etc. Examine your personal biases and how they shape your behavior and interactions with families and co-workers.  e. Page four – Examine your school’s communications and practices that might be interacting with your family engagement opportunities at the school. Identify three to five examples of where the school’s communications need to change because they currently include implied biases or even unintentional biases. Page four should also include a conclusion to your paper. f.  Page five – Reference page (your textbook and NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct) h. Write your paper using a basic APA 7th edition format. (cover page, three pages for the body, reference page, double space, 12 point font, Times New Roman, 1 in margins on all sides)

Prepare a 300 typed response including a properly cited source using MLA or APAWatch the Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EJrK2U4N30

A SIMPLE SOULBy Gustave FlaubertAnalyze chapter II from 1 sentence to ” Like every other woman, she had had an affair of the heart. Her father, who was a mason, was killed by falling from a scaffolding.” to L16 ” He informed her that she would never see her sweetheart again; for, in order to escape the conscription, he had married a rich old woman, Madame Lehoussais, of Toucques.”Write 2 pages (in Times New Roman, use 12 font, double-space) with an introduction, a development and a conclusion

This two-part assignment includes one photograph and one video. Please answer the questions below:Part I: PhotographyFor this part of the assignment, select a current news article from AP News (you may use their website or an article from the World News section of your newspaper) that contains at least one photograph that is cited with the photographer’s name. Read the article, and then download the photograph or photographs (or take a photo if it is from a newspaper). Then, research background information about the photographer using an reputable source. In your essay, include a copy of the photo or photos, give a summary of the article and photographer’s background information, and explain how the photograph or photographs helped explain or support the news story. You can also write about what other photographs could have helped explain the story better or are lacking from the story.Part II: VideoFor this part of the assignment, select a current news article from AP News (or another reputable news source) that features a video. Research the issue or event featured in the video. In your submission, provide a link to the video, give a summary of the article, and explain how the video helped explain or support the news story. Include what other footage could have helped explain the story better or are lacking from the story.Your submission must have a minimum of 2 pages of writing (not including references).

Poem:3-Note the alliterations and the assonances. What effect do they produce?8-What does the poet ask for?DEPUIS AKKAD DEPUIS ELAM DEPUIS SUMERPAR AIME CÉSAIREAwakener, snapper,Suffered breath, rushing breathMaster of the three paths, you have in front of you a man who has walked a lot.SinceElam.SinceAkkad.SinceSumer.Master of the three paths, you have in front of you a man who has carried a lot.SinceElam.SinceAkkad.SinceSumer.I carried the body of the commander.I carried the commander’s railroad.I carried the commander’s locomotive, the commander’s cotton.I carried on my woolly head that goes so well on the padGod, the machine, the road – theCommander’s God.Master of the three paths I carried under the sun, I carried in the fog I carried on the shards of embers of the Manian ants.I carried the parasol I carried the explosive I carried the straitjacket.SinceAkkad.SinceElam.SinceSumer.Master of the three paths,Master of the three channels, please that for once – the first sinceAkkad sinceElam sinceSumer – the muzzle more leathery apparently than the callus of my feet but in reality softer than the meticulous beak of the raven and as if draped, bitter folds mygray borrowed skin (livery that men impose on me every winter) I advance through the dead leaves of my little wizarding steptowards where triumphantly threatens the inexhaustible injunction of men thrown to the gnarled sneers of the hurricane.SinceElam sinceAkkad sinceSumer.