Annotation Assignment

Please complete the following steps to annotate and submit the attached reading assignment.

 

Download the Microsoft Word file (or PDF if you want to hand annotate or see the original version).

 

Annotate the article. Turn on Track Changes in Microsoft Word under the Review tab first.

Complete Step 1: Predict and Preview before you read.

 

Read a paragraph and then summarize (paraphrase) it in one sentence. In Microsoft Word, highlight the last word in the paragraph, and then click the Comment box and type your summary in the box.

 

Define all vocabulary words you don’t know. Type the definition directly in the sentence next to the word.

 

Highlight the main ideas in the text and underline the supporting details or interesting quotes/facts (annotate).

 

Complete the reading questions at the end.

 

Save your file onto your computer with the completed questions and annotations.

 

Resubmit your completed assignment by clicking on the link above and attaching your file.

 

You have two choices when completing this assignment. You can use the Track Changes in Microsoft Word to answer the questions and annotate, or you can download and print the PDF and hand write directly on the article. Be sure you also download the Word file, so you know what the reading questions are at the end of the article. Then you can take a picture of your annotations and submit them when you are finished. 

Policy Memo/White Paper

You are the newly appointed President’s Homeland Security Advisor for a new administration.  You have spent the last 15 years as a senior non-political member (Senior Executive Service) of the Department of Homeland Security. Write a 3-5 page White Paper that assesses the state of national resilience as an element of homeland security. What strategies are in place, where do you believe the gaps are and how should they be addressed. Use references from outside the classroom and cite in APA format. 

Technical Requirements:

Length: 3-5  pages, single spaced, 1″ margins, 12 pitch type in Times New Roman font, left

Citations/References:  You must use the APA style for this assignment.

For your first journal assignment, your job is to describe your writing process in as much detail as you can. Imagine you are given a writing assignment. The assignment asks you to write a research paper on a topic related to your field. In this regard, consider the following questions:

 

Where do you start?

What steps do you take?

 

Where do you write?

 

Where do you go for help?

 

Your journal entry should be at least 200 words in length. 

Respond to the following:

 

•   What is a summary exactly?

•   What kinds of information does it include?

•   What tone should you use in writing an effective summary?

Post your primary response (150 – 200 words). Read any postings already provided by your instructor or fellow students. Read and respond to the conclusions drawn by at least two of your classmates. Remember to read the feedback to your own major postings and reply to it throughout the module.

1. On page 140, Aristotle describes how “moral virtue comes about as a result of habit.” Explain this quote by using quotes from the rest of page 140. 

 

2. On page 144, Aristotle says, “virtue is therefore a kind of mean.” What is Aristotle trying to say about morality here?

How does the Bob Dylan song (lyrics and live version below) qualify as a poem?  How can it be applied to Paul Dunbar’s We Wear the Mask and our friend Connie in Oat’s short story “Where are you going?  Where have you been?”

 

You must write 2 reasons why it can be applied to Dunbar’s poem and 2 reasons why it can be applied to Connie.

 

This is worth the most so give me a full answer. feel free to use quotes from the song.

“Public Health Services” Please respond to the following:

 

Compare with CDC and Cobb County Health Department

 

Analyze two (2) essential public health care services found in the text. An example is below in the chart as well. . Examine these services in relationship to one (1) well-known healthcare organization in your community. Provide specific examples to support your analysis. 

 

Examine the involvement of both the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Occupational Safety and Health Agency (OSHA) in health care. Interpret the extent to which the involvement of each agency improves the federal government’s response to health problems overall. Support your rationale with two (2) specific examples for each agency.