Discussion 7
The Discussion Assignment
After completing this weeks reading assignment, answer two of the following questions (one from each module), and then read and comment on at least four of your fellow students postings. Note that two of these questions come from last weeks reading and two from this weeks reading. You may answer a third questions for up to 30 points extra credit!  In addition to your textbook, you are encouraged to use the FTCC Library database resources (NC Live, Issues and Controversies, Opposing Viewpoints, etc) as a source of supporting information for your posts. If you use an outside source, be sure to mention what it was and where you found it.  For information on accessing the FTCC Library databases, see the Resources in the weekly assignments folders.


(From Module 12) Explain how the electronic media, especially television, has forever changed American politics, citing examples. Do you think this is good or bad? Why?
(From Mo

Media Essay 3
Introduction Media Essay Three:
The concepts we cover in this course include countless phenomena that occur and shape our world on a daily basis.  The purpose of media essay assignments is to help you relate course materials to the world around you and to help you understand the forces, both social and technological that impact all of us.

The Assignment
Find an article in the media (not more than one year old) that demonstrates issues and controversies surrounding the use or development of technology in our society. The article chosen should deal with at least one or more of the concepts or questions covered in the reading up to this point in the course (chapters 11 - 16). Some of the concepts and questions we have explored that you will likely find in the media include:
Literacy
Media Influence on Public Opinion
Yellow Journalism
Communications Regulation
Television Violence
Video Game Violence
Censorship
Internet Privacy
F

This reflection will need to include at least one word, phrase, OR sentence that stands out to you.

Then accompanying that one word, phrase, OR sentence, please submit a reflection in written


Choose ONE of the following readings:

There is One Correct Way of Writing and Speaking (page 82)
Strunk and White Set the Standards (page 117)
Popular Culture is Killing Writing (page 194)

Term Paper Proposal
Introduction

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS BELOW!!! PLEASE FOLLOW DIRECTIONS!!!

TOPIC I AM PROPOSING WILL BE: Video Game Addiction


The Assignment
Write a short paper in MLA format, between one half and one page explaining your topic, why you chose it, how it relates to course concepts we have (or will) cover, how your topic affects the world around us and at what levels (individual, community, nation, international).  You should also be able to provide, in MLA format, at least two sources that you plan to use in your research. List them in MLA format on a works cited page.
Grading Criteria

NOTE: This assignment will account for 3% of your final course grade.
Length- was your proposal at least one half to one page in length? Up to 20% of grade.
Did you answer all proposal questions (why you chose topic, how it relates to course concepts we have (or will) cover, how your topic affects the world around us and at what

Discussion 6
NOTE: Because of this module's heavy reading assignment I am giving you a few extra days to complete this discussion.  I am going to give you until 11:59 PM on 31 OCT to get it completed.
The Discussion Assignment
After completing this weeks reading assignment, answer two of the following questions (one from each module), and then read and comment on at least four of your fellow students postings. Note that two of these questions come from last weeks reading and two from this weeks reading. You may answer a third questions for up to 30 points extra credit!  In addition to your textbook, you are encouraged to use the FTCC Library database resources (NC Live, Issues and Controversies, Opposing Viewpoints, etc) as a source of supporting information for your posts. If you use an outside source, be sure to mention what it was and where you found it.  For information on accessing the FTCC Library databases, see the Resources in the weekly assignments fold

Discussion 5
The Discussion Assignment
After completing this weeks reading assignment, answer two of the following questions (one from each module), and then read and comment on at least four of your fellow students postings. Note that two of these questions come from last weeks reading and two from this weeks reading. You may answer a third questions for up to 30 points extra credit!  In addition to your textbook, you are encouraged to use the FTCC Library database resources (NC Live, Issues and Controversies, Opposing Viewpoints, etc) as a source of supporting information for your posts. If you use an outside source, be sure to mention what it was and where you found it.  For information on accessing the FTCC Library databases, see the Resources in the weekly assignments folders.

(From Module 8) After reading about the work habits of the !Kung, does trading places with one of them begin to seem attractive? How would a member of the !Kung society feel about such

Discussion 4
The Discussion Assignment

answer two of the following questions (one from each module), You may answer a third questions for up to 30 points extra credit!  If you use an outside source, be sure to mention what it was and where you found it.

Questins:
(From Module 6) What do you consider to be the greatest environmental threat facing the world today? What sorts of measures need to be taken to counter it? What will be the major source of resistance to these measures?
(From Module 6) After reading about alternative energy sources, which do you think holds the most promise, and why? Are you aware of any alternative energy sources not discussed in the text? If so, feel free to comment on one of them if you feel it is something with greater potential than those discussed.
(From Module 7) Who should make the decision to terminate life support when a person is in a permanent vegetative state, and has left no instructions concerning indefinite prolon

Media Essay Two

The Assignment
Find an article in the media (not more than one year old) that demonstrates issues and controversies surrounding the use or development of technology in our society. The article chosen should deal with at least one or more of the concepts or questions covered in the reading up to this point in the course (chapters 5 - 10). Some of the concepts and questions we have explored that you will likely find in the media include:
The diffusion of technology
Efforts to restrict the diffusion of technology
Patents
Secret Technologies
Pollution (acid rain, toxic wastes, greenhouse gases, etc.)
Depletion of resources (fossil fuels, for example)
Alternative fuels/Energy
Global warming
Stem cell research
Genetics
Cloning
GM Crops or Genetically Modified Foods
Life sustaining technologies/inappropriate technology
Halfway technologies
Bridge Technologies
Diagnostic Technologies
The changing nature of work
Mat

-Theme
-Paraphrase supported by examples
-Tone and Mood
-Imagery (metaphor, simile, personification)
-Sound devices (meter, rhyme scheme, alliteration, consonance, assonance, onomatopoeia, dominating sounds, repetition)
-The form of the poem (sonnet, villanelle, ballad, )
-The genre of the poem (narrative, speculative, )

Guidelines and Requirements for EssayGuidelines and Requirements for Essay
Your first analytical essay is based on one of the short stories listed in the Short Story Readings Folder or classicshorts.com. Youll need to analyze setting, point of view, and/or character development.  A few words from the assigned topics may be tweaked. Just make sure you show the teacher your changes. Your essay must have these components: (1) an introduction, (2) body, (3) conclusion, (4) thesis statement, (5) good development, (6) topic sentences, and (7) transition words. Your paper must be double-spaced, two full pages (about 600 words), and written in 12 point font. You must cite your main source (primary source), and adhere to MLA style formatting. You must incorporate a minimum of ONE outside source. Your similarity score on Turn-It-In should not be higher than 30%. 



You may also use any symbolism or literary dictionary, or The Literary Reference Center in Galileo to he