5 paragraphs
1st. start your essay with a quote, question, anecdote, new worthy event, or some other interesting idea. state why you choose the gateway drug that you did to write about
2nd-4th.state the first reason why that gateway drug is dangerous and explain why. give examples and facts
5th. summarize your ideas
Category: MLA
Assignment 1: Relating to first weeks assigned reading: Boyd & Silk prologue and first three chapters.
Please follow the word count minimum-maximum range (in parentheses) for each when writing your answers to the following questions relating to the weeks readings. Be as detailed and complete as you can within the word count range.
1. (300-400 words) Chpt. 1 Using Darwins postulates below, describe a made up, but realistic evolutionary scenario where a bird species could evolve from not having migration south for the winter into a species that does have migration south for the winter.
i. i. variation arising each generation between individuals within the species
ii. ii. a struggle for existence
iii. iii. heritability (offspring inheriting their parents variations)
2. (100-200 words) Chpt. 1 What are the evolutionary origins of todays domesticated breeds of dogs and why is the process of their evolution considered artificial selection and not natural selection?
3. (250-300 words) Chpt. 2 Please write your best paragraph telling me about Mendels two main principles of heredity.
4. (250-300 words) Chpt. 2 Describe the cell processes (using the proper vocabulary from the second chapter) that result in an adults genes get copied and ending up contributing to 1/2 of the zygotes genes.
5. (100-150 words) Chpt. 2 Very briefly tell me how a gene (which is a recipe in molecular form) ends up being expressed in the body of the organism.
6. (75-100 words) Chpt. 3 Briefly summarize the essential understanding that the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium provides for us.
7. (200-300 words) Chpt. 3 Regarding the modern synthesis, explain: 1) why early geneticists thought the Mendelian patterns of inheritance were incompatible with Darwins theory of natural selection, and 2) How this seeming incompatibility was reconciled. In your answer be sure you explain how continuous variation comes about in populations (see Figures 3.5, 3.6, & 3.7 and accompanying text).
8. (200-300 words) Chpt. 3 Write on the concept of adaptations focusing on: 1) definition of, and 2) two of (what you find to be) the most interesting limitations on adaptations.
For your discussion you will get to examine past geologic events.
Chose a historically significant volcanic eruption and describe it. Your textbook includes some events of note, but there have been many more throughout the course of history. What happened before during and after the eruption? Was the eruption a surprise? Why or why not? What was the VEI? How did the geologic setting affect the VEI? What type of volcano was responsible? What causes the most damage or deaths (lahars, ash, landslides, pyroclastic flows) during and after the eruption? Why? What was the eruption history of that area? What would you have done as a policy maker to save lives and or property before the eruption?
Based on your reading of the Kotter article, should modern organizations have more leaders, or more managers? Support your response.
Surface level responses will not be acceptable. The responses should serve as evidence that you have thought seriously about the question and topic. Many of the questions will ask you to apply a concept from your reading. Your responses should reflect that you have done your studying and reading before attempting to answer the question. While there are not necessarily right or wrong answers to these questions, your response should clearly reflect that you have completed your reading and have given critical consideration to the question being posed.
It is your responsibility to complete and submit these assignments by the due date and time. CRQ responses will be evaluated for quality and depth of response. Please read these guidelines carefullythey detail the expectations for the CRQs:
Your responses to these questions should be approximately two typed pages (12 pt font, single spaced). Your responses should be submitted on Canvas by 11:59 pm on the due date. The short length should not be confused with lack of depth. It is more challenging to write in a focused, direct manner.
Evaluation: The CRQ responses will be based on the following method:
Each response will be given a score out of 10 points, dependent on quality. Entries that are merely an opinion or experience not supported or connected to the readings, or entries that suggest the reading has not be done will not be eligible for a score higher than a 6. Management and leadership is a scientific field, and while there is a place for opinion, the purpose of these responses is to compose responses based on a combination of reading, research, and your own assessment. To receive a score of 7/10, at minimum the response must show a knowledge of the assigned reading. To earn an above average score (8-10), you must demonstrate critical thinking about the question that is reflective of understanding the readings, but also being able to assess and integrate them in a meaningful and insightful way
You will research the topic of The Fall of Lehman Brothers during the Financial Crisis of the Great
Recession in 2008. Research and examine the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy including:
o History leading up to the event
o Other bank failures
o Primary causes of this momentous event
o Effects on the economy, real estate market, global markets
In your research you will have to:
o Distinguish facts from opinions
o Assess the credibility and reliability of the sources and information provided
o Form and substantiate your own conclusion about the governments decision not to bailout
Lehman Brothers.
Based on your reading of the Kotter article, should modern organizations have more leaders, or more managers? Support your response.
Surface level responses will not be acceptable. The responses should serve as evidence that you have thought seriously about the question and topic. Many of the questions will ask you to apply a concept from your reading. Your responses should reflect that you have done your studying and reading before attempting to answer the question. While there are not necessarily right or wrong answers to these questions, your response should clearly reflect that you have completed your reading and have given critical consideration to the question being posed.
It is your responsibility to complete and submit these assignments by the due date and time. CRQ responses will be evaluated for quality and depth of response. Please read these guidelines carefullythey detail the expectations for the CRQs:
Your responses to these questions should be approximately two typed pages (12 pt font, single spaced). Your responses should be submitted on Canvas by 11:59 pm on the due date. The short length should not be confused with lack of depth. It is more challenging to write in a focused, direct manner.
Evaluation: The CRQ responses will be based on the following method:
Each response will be given a score out of 10 points, dependent on quality. Entries that are merely an opinion or experience not supported or connected to the readings, or entries that suggest the reading has not be done will not be eligible for a score higher than a 6. Management and leadership is a scientific field, and while there is a place for opinion, the purpose of these responses is to compose responses based on a combination of reading, research, and your own assessment. To receive a score of 7/10, at minimum the response must show a knowledge of the assigned reading. To earn an above average score (8-10), you must demonstrate critical thinking about the question that is reflective of understanding the readings, but also being able to assess and integrate them in a meaningful and insightful way.
Using the Katzenbach & Smith article The Discipline of Teams, discuss whether your last group project for a class qualified as a group project or a team project. How do these differ? What specifically could be done to increase the likelihood of a team project?
Surface level responses will not be acceptable. The responses should serve as evidence that you have thought seriously about the question and topic. Many of the questions will ask you to apply a concept from your reading. Your responses should reflect that you have done your studying and reading before attempting to answer the question. While there are not necessarily right or wrong answers to these questions, your response should clearly reflect that you have completed your reading and have given critical consideration to the question being posed.
It is your responsibility to complete and submit these assignments by the due date and time. CRQ responses will be evaluated for quality and depth of response. Please read these guidelines carefullythey detail the expectations for the CRQs:
Your responses to these questions should be approximately two typed pages (12 pt font, single spaced). Your responses should be submitted on Canvas by 11:59 pm on the due date. The short length should not be confused with lack of depth. It is more challenging to write in a focused, direct manner.
Evaluation: The CRQ responses will be based on the following method:
Each response will be given a score out of 10 points, dependent on quality. Entries that are merely an opinion or experience not supported or connected to the readings, or entries that suggest the reading has not be done will not be eligible for a score higher than a 6. Management and leadership is a scientific field, and while there is a place for opinion, the purpose of these responses is to compose responses based on a combination of reading, research, and your own assessment. To receive a score of 7/10, at minimum the response must show a knowledge of the assigned reading. To earn an above average score (8-10), you must demonstrate critical thinking about the question that is reflective of understanding the readings, but also being able to assess and integrate them in a meaningful and insightful way.
Rubric
Critical Response Rubric
I need the IB TOK essay to be finished while having 1200-1600 words. The title I have chosen is Present knowledge is wholly dependent on past knowledge”, the objective is to discuss this claim with reference to two areas of knowledge. Any subject will do as long it is done with that the prescribed ib title.
This is a 2-3 page (double-spaced) assignment. Your job is to write a personal listening reflection about Beyonc – Formation from this module of the course. In doing so, you must:
1. Describe in some way the sounds that you hear.
2. Describe what those sounds make you think about/feel, i.e. describe how the song strikes you.
3. Tie in some reading material from this module section.
You may write about any aspect of the music that you like, but your paper should in some way demonstrate your understanding of the key social and musical characteristics of the music according to the readings from our course.
This is a pass/fail assignment. If you incorporate all three of those elements, you pass. If you don’t, you fail.
Music Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDZJPJV__bQ&list=PLJEgwp7M6P63eL38p2Y5PjLCd1vKY9-uT&index=12&t=0s
Stefan Heidemann, et. al. The Large Audience: Life-Sized Stucco Figures of Royal Princes from the Seljuq Period. Muqarnas 31 (2014): 35-17.
Mechanics:
– make sure that the work is not too advanced for me, basic reflection.
Create a thread with an appropriate heading for yourself.
Write a 300-word (minimum) post in the first person addressing your struggle with the reading material. Write about what you dont understand, or what you half-understand, or how the material connects to the previous week, or what about the material fascinates you and why. Do write in proper English; however, do not write anything that resembles formal writing.
Initial 300-words minimum post due by Wednesday, January 15 at 10 PM
