Poem: William Carlos Williams “Poem”

Poem: William Carlos Williams “Poem” What to Do: The Reading Strategies Section of this module provides numerous ways that literary critics and theorists have approached poems. For this Writing Practice Assignment, you need to do the same. Choose any of the poems in Poetry Section 1 of the Reading Assignment for this Module and write … Read more

Poem: Alfred Lord Tennyson “Break, Break, Break”

Poem: Alfred Lord Tennyson “Break, Break, Break” What to Do: The Reading Strategies Section of this module provides numerous ways that literary critics and theorists have approached poems. For this Writing Practice Assignment, you need to do the same. Choose any of the poems in Poetry Section 2 of the Reading Assignment for this Module … Read more

Multiliteracies

two short essays of 600 words each with a very small introduction and a very short conclusion (one or two sentences). Short essay 1: The term multiliteracies is preferred by some educationalists over the term literacy. Explain what multiliteracies means and how this differs from traditional ideas of literacy. Short essay 2: Identify why a … Read more

Choose 1 example from the podcasts How do you put a price tag on nature? (Links to an external site.) (Transcript download) and/or The Simple Economics of Saving the Rainforest (transcript at link) and identify the economic principles illustrated and the values that people hold regarding the example.

Choose 1 example from the podcasts How do you put a price tag on nature? (Links to an external site.) (Transcript download) and/or The Simple Economics of Saving the Rainforest (transcript at link) and identify the economic principles illustrated and the values that people hold regarding the example. Should we make policy choices based solely … Read more

Explain why a complex sentence was most effective in this case, or explain why it might need to be changed to a different sentence type.

Discusssion 2: Provide an analysis of the excerpt of the memoir Learning to Read download from The Autobiography of Malcolm X. This is not a summary; make sure that you offer an interpretation of the memoir and that you read between the lines” in order to address each aspect of analysis: Audience Purpose Content Mood … Read more