How to Write

Definition: 

            To compare, (find similarities) and contrast, (find differences) between two distinctions (divisions) of the same topic, focusing on several categories that both distinctions have in common.

Example: 

                        Topic: Tennis Shoes

                        Distinctions:  Rebok vs. Vans

                        Categories:  Cost, Comfort, Function

Written Assignment:   (100 points; submit to the Drop Box.)

          “A Comparison/Contrast of the Literary Techniques

                used in A Doll’s House and The Glass Menagerie.

Description: 

            This week you will select FOUR  “Elements of Dramatic Analysis” and compare (find similarities) as well as contrast (find differences) inhow those four elements were used by the authors to create the literary masterpieces of A Doll’s House and The Glass Menagerie.  

Topic: Dramatic Literature

Distinctions:  A Doll’s House vs. The Glass Menagerie

Categories:  Select four of the following categories from File 3.2

• Point of View
• Characterization
• Theater Conventions
• Conflict
• Major & Secondary Plot Line
• Setting, Imagery/Symbolism
• Foreshadow/Flashback
• Theme
• Dramatic Genre
• Tone/Mood.

Directions:

            3.2       Study “An Overview of Terms for Dramatic Analysis.”

            Write a 4-5 page, paper in the APA style.  Select which categories you will analyze, then select with method you will use:           

#1:  Chunk-by-Chunk Method:

            Section #1:  Introduction (accomplish these tasks) 

l:  Introduce the TOPIC to be compared and contrasted

                                                Dramatic Literature

2:  Introduce the DISTINCTIONS (divisions) of the topic.

            (A) A Doll’s House  vs. (B) The Glass Menagerie

3:  Introduce at least four CATEGORIES of comparison

(Select from the “Categories” in File 3.2;

for example, Theme, Realistic Characters, Imagery, Conflict)

4:  State your THESIS: Make a value statement about which play you think is artistically superior and why.

Section #2: 

            Profile of all aspects of A: A Doll’s House

1. Theme
2. Characterization
3. Imagery
4. Conflict

            Section #3:

Profile of all aspects of B: The Glass Menagerie

1. Theme
2. Characterization
3. Imagery
4. Conflict

            Section #4:  Comparison/Contrast 

                        (NOTE: This section may need to become multiple paragraphs.)

1. Write a few sentences for each category that summarizes the main points of comparison and contrast.  For example:
2.  Argue which theme is better stated in one play than the other.
3.  Argue which imagery is more effective in one play vs. the other.
4.  Argue which characters are better sketch in one play vs. the other.
5. Argue which play has the more poignant conflict.

            Section #4:  Conclusion (Accomplish these tasks)

• Re-state the topic and its distinctions.
• Write one sentence for each category that summarizes the main points of comparison and contrast.  For example:
•  One sentence summarizing which theme is better stated.
• One sentence arguing which play has more effective imagery.
• One sentence arguing which play has more realistic, developed characters.
• One sentence arguing which play has the more poignant conflict.

                        3.         Restate the thesis, arguing for which play is a superior work.

                        4.         Conclude with the importance of drama as a tool to communicate                                       values and open dialogues of self-discovery.

Or…..do it another way……………

#2:   “Point-by-Point” Method:

Section #1:  Introduction (accomplish these tasks) 

l:  Introduce the TOPIC to be compared and contrasted

                                                Dramatic Literature

2:  Introduce the DISTINCTIONS (divisions) of the topic.

            (A) A Doll’s House  vs. (B) The Glass Menagerie

3:  Introduce at least four CATEGORIES of comparison

            (See “Categories” from File 3.2)

4:  State your THESIS: Make a value statement about which play you think is artistically superior and why.

Section #2:     Compare and contrast the first category for both A & B.

                        For example:  Theme in:

1. A Doll’s House
2. The Glass Menagerie

Section #3:     Compare and contrast the second category for both A & B.

                        For example:  Imagery in:

                        1.         A Doll’s House

2.         The Glass Menagerie

Section #4:     Compare and contrast the third category for both A & B.

                        For example:  Realistic, well-developed characters in:

                        1.         A Doll’s House

2.         The Glass Menagerie

Section #5:     Compare and contrast the fourth category for both A & B.

                        For example:  Conflict in

                        1.         A Doll’s House

2.         The Glass Menagerie

Section #6:  Conclusion (Accomplish these tasks)

1. Re-state the topic and its distinctions.
2. Write one sentence for each category that summarizes the main points of comparison and contrast.  For example:
3.  One sentence summarizing which theme is better stated.
4. One sentence arguing which play has more effective imagery.
5. One sentence arguing which play has more realistic, developed characters.
6. One sentence arguing which play has the more poignant conflict.

                        3.         Restate the thesis, arguing for which play is a superior work.

                        4.         Conclude with the importance of drama as a tool to communicate                                       values and open dialogues of self-discovery.

Directions:

• Write a 4-5 pg. essay in the APA style
• Include a catchy title
• Citations from the two plays works
• A “References” page listing the two plays
• “Running Header” 
•  This is NOT a research paper; it is an “opinion” paper.

NOTE:  The “Compare/Contrast Essay Template” serves as the standard template for

            ALL comparison/contrast analysis that you will expected to write throughout your             college career, so learn this format well, and take this opportunity to master this        style of writing.

Alphabet Organizations

The objective of MDG1 is to ‘eradicate extreme hunger and poverty’ and it has three targets:

 1) to reduce extreme poverty by one-half between 1990 and 2015 the proportion of people whose income is less than one dollar a day (MDG1A);

2) to achieve productive and decent employment (MDG1B); and

 3) to reduce hunger by half (MDG1C).

Based on what you have learned from the reading/videos and how the alphabet organizations (CARE & the WFP) operate, what would you develop as the main strategies for achieving the targets: MDG1A and MDG1C in a country like Uganda. Enumerate a list of actions/interventions with a brief rationale (one sentence) of why such action/intervention would be instrumental to reduce hunger and poverty. Be sure to include enough rationale/fact/explanations to support your statements.

Please make sure to use in-text citation as well as provide the sources used.

ior to beginning work on this assignment, complete the Communication Notebook Training and be sure you have downloaded the Communication Notebook  Download Communication Notebook. Also, review the Sample Week 5 Final Paper  Download Sample Week 5 Final Paper.

Resources

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• Week 5 Paper Advice Download Week 5 Paper Advice
• Week 5 Communication Notebook Video Resources Download Week 5 Communication Notebook Video Resources
• Sample Week 5 Final Paper Download Sample Week 5 Final Paper
• Engaging With Course Content Download Engaging With Course Content
• Avoiding Plagiarism Download Avoiding Plagiarism

For this final assignment, you will demonstrate the knowledge you have gained in this class by reporting on the findings of the four exercises you have done throughout this class and then connecting those experiences to key themes from class. This final paper will be 5 to 6.5 pages (1200 to 1600 words) long and include citations to your textbook, at least one course reading, and two course videos.

To begin, you need to complete your Week 5 Exercise (see instructions below). Be sure to use and cite Bevan in your response, for any choice you make. Once you have completed the Week 5 Exercise, read the instructions below to learn how to complete the entire notebook.

Week 5 Exercise Instructions (choose one option):

Option 1: Social support

• Think of a time when someone provided you, or you provided someone, with social support.
• What type(s) of social support outlined in Bevan did you or they use?
• What type of verbal and nonverbal cues were used to provide this support.
• Was it appropriate for the situation and why?

Option 2: Relationship equity

• Report on a time when you felt you were in an unbalanced relationship.
• Did you feel underbenefited or overbenefited?
• Based on what you have learned in Bevan, what are some specific verbal and nonverbal messages or behaviors you might use to restore equity in a close relationship?
• How would you use different messages or behaviors if you were underbenefited versus overbenefited?

Option 3: Are you a chameleon?

In chapter 11, Bevan reports on the value of being a chameleon, where you can change your communication style to suit the scenario. This requires being highly aware and mindful of yourself, others, and the choices you make.  In this exercise, you will test this theory:

• Put yourself in a challenging position in your personal or professional life. If you are at work, speak up at a meeting or talk to your co-worker or boss about the topic.  If you at home, have a difficult conversation with someone you care about. 
• Before you have the conversation, think about the cultural norms for this exchange. What are they?  Are you following or violating those norms?
• As you have the conversation, be mindful of where you are emotionally, and where they are. Report on those emotions and the role of empathy and emotional intelligence in the exchange.
• How did it go? Did you feel you were closer to being a “chameleon?”

Instructions for completing the Communication Notebook:

• Describe your findings for the four exercises.
• For each exercise you will then complete step 2 for each by applying what you have learned during this class on the basic principles of effective communication, ideas of the self, or culture to your exercise results.
• For each exercise you must cite at least two resources to support you and one can be a video.
• For the final document, you must use and cite two course readings (and one must be Bevan) and two course videos.
  • Note that you will be required to use and cite Bevan at least once for each exercise, but you should use them much more.
  • Review the Final Paper Video Options  Download Final Paper Video Optionsdocument for a list of videos you can use.

NOTE: Be sure to carefully review your work and the grading rubrics to ensure you have completed all required elements. Score yourself on each grading rubric and make adjustments to areas where you scored yourself low.

The Communication Notebook final paper

• Must be 1,200 to 1,600 words of your own content (5 to 6.5 double-spaced pages) in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Style (Links to an external site.) resource.
• Must include a separate title page with the following:
  • Title of paper
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted
• For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.).
• Must utilize an academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.
• Must use and cite Bevan, at least one course reading, and two course video resources.
• Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) guide.
• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Writing Center for specifications. Your reference list must have at least four references.

How to Write

Definition: 

            To compare, (find similarities) and contrast, (find differences) between two distinctions (divisions) of the same topic, focusing on several categories that both distinctions have in common.

Example: 

                        Topic: Tennis Shoes

                        Distinctions:  Rebok vs. Vans

                        Categories:  Cost, Comfort, Function

Written Assignment:   (100 points; submit to the Drop Box.)

          “A Comparison/Contrast of the Literary Techniques

                used in A Doll’s House and The Glass Menagerie.

Description: 

            This week you will select FOUR  “Elements of Dramatic Analysis” and compare (find similarities) as well as contrast (find differences) inhow those four elements were used by the authors to create the literary masterpieces of A Doll’s House and The Glass Menagerie.  

Topic: Dramatic Literature

Distinctions:  A Doll’s House vs. The Glass Menagerie

Categories:  Select four of the following categories from File 3.2

• Point of View
• Characterization
• Theater Conventions
• Conflict
• Major & Secondary Plot Line
• Setting, Imagery/Symbolism
• Foreshadow/Flashback
• Theme
• Dramatic Genre
• Tone/Mood.

Directions:

            3.2       Study “An Overview of Terms for Dramatic Analysis.”

            Write a 4-5 page, paper in the APA style.  Select which categories you will analyze, then select with method you will use:           

#1:  Chunk-by-Chunk Method:

            Section #1:  Introduction (accomplish these tasks) 

l:  Introduce the TOPIC to be compared and contrasted

                                                Dramatic Literature

2:  Introduce the DISTINCTIONS (divisions) of the topic.

            (A) A Doll’s House  vs. (B) The Glass Menagerie

3:  Introduce at least four CATEGORIES of comparison

(Select from the “Categories” in File 3.2;

for example, Theme, Realistic Characters, Imagery, Conflict)

4:  State your THESIS: Make a value statement about which play you think is artistically superior and why.

Section #2: 

            Profile of all aspects of A: A Doll’s House

1. Theme
2. Characterization
3. Imagery
4. Conflict

            Section #3:

Profile of all aspects of B: The Glass Menagerie

1. Theme
2. Characterization
3. Imagery
4. Conflict

            Section #4:  Comparison/Contrast 

                        (NOTE: This section may need to become multiple paragraphs.)

1. Write a few sentences for each category that summarizes the main points of comparison and contrast.  For example:
2.  Argue which theme is better stated in one play than the other.
3.  Argue which imagery is more effective in one play vs. the other.
4.  Argue which characters are better sketch in one play vs. the other.
5. Argue which play has the more poignant conflict.

            Section #4:  Conclusion (Accomplish these tasks)

• Re-state the topic and its distinctions.
• Write one sentence for each category that summarizes the main points of comparison and contrast.  For example:
•  One sentence summarizing which theme is better stated.
• One sentence arguing which play has more effective imagery.
• One sentence arguing which play has more realistic, developed characters.
• One sentence arguing which play has the more poignant conflict.

                        3.         Restate the thesis, arguing for which play is a superior work.

                        4.         Conclude with the importance of drama as a tool to communicate                                       values and open dialogues of self-discovery.

Or…..do it another way……………

#2:   “Point-by-Point” Method:

Section #1:  Introduction (accomplish these tasks) 

l:  Introduce the TOPIC to be compared and contrasted

                                                Dramatic Literature

2:  Introduce the DISTINCTIONS (divisions) of the topic.

            (A) A Doll’s House  vs. (B) The Glass Menagerie

3:  Introduce at least four CATEGORIES of comparison

            (See “Categories” from File 3.2)

4:  State your THESIS: Make a value statement about which play you think is artistically superior and why.

Section #2:     Compare and contrast the first category for both A & B.

                        For example:  Theme in:

1. A Doll’s House
2. The Glass Menagerie

Section #3:     Compare and contrast the second category for both A & B.

                        For example:  Imagery in:

                        1.         A Doll’s House

2.         The Glass Menagerie

Section #4:     Compare and contrast the third category for both A & B.

                        For example:  Realistic, well-developed characters in:

                        1.         A Doll’s House

2.         The Glass Menagerie

Section #5:     Compare and contrast the fourth category for both A & B.

                        For example:  Conflict in

                        1.         A Doll’s House

2.         The Glass Menagerie

Section #6:  Conclusion (Accomplish these tasks)

1. Re-state the topic and its distinctions.
2. Write one sentence for each category that summarizes the main points of comparison and contrast.  For example:
3.  One sentence summarizing which theme is better stated.
4. One sentence arguing which play has more effective imagery.
5. One sentence arguing which play has more realistic, developed characters.
6. One sentence arguing which play has the more poignant conflict.

                        3.         Restate the thesis, arguing for which play is a superior work.

                        4.         Conclude with the importance of drama as a tool to communicate                                       values and open dialogues of self-discovery.

Directions:

• Write a 4-5 pg. essay in the APA style
• Include a catchy title
• Citations from the two plays works
• A “References” page listing the two plays
• “Running Header” 
•  This is NOT a research paper; it is an “opinion” paper.

NOTE:  The “Compare/Contrast Essay Template” serves as the standard template for

            ALL comparison/contrast analysis that you will expected to write throughout your             college career, so learn this format well, and take this opportunity to master this        style of writing.

Purpose

This assignment is designed to extend the learner’s use of concept mapping as a tool for clinical care planning. The nursing process continues to provide the foundation for organizing information and thought, whereas the mapping becomes the process for intentional critical thinking and clinical reasoning.

Course outcomes:  This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:

CO 1: Demonstrate the nursing process while providing basic care to individuals and families reflecting different stages of the life span in the extended care, acute care, and community-based settings. (PO 1)

CO3: Demonstrate communication skills necessary for interaction with other health team members and for providing basic nursing care to individuals and families. (PO #3)

CO4: Incorporate critical thinking skills into clinical nursing practice. (PO #4)

Due date: Your faculty member will inform you when this assignment is due. The Late Assignment Policy applies to this assignment.

Total points possible: 100 points

Preparing the assignment

Follow these guidelines when completing this assignment. Speak with your faculty member if you have questions.

1. Choose an individual for whom you have cared in the clinical setting.
2. Create a concept map based on the complete physical assessment you performed while providing care using the provided power point template. 
   1. Components of the concept map
      1. Individual’s information (10 points/10%)
         1. Age
         1. Medical diagnosis
         1. Brief review of underlying pathophysiology

 *List what functional changes are happening

                              *List process that initiated and maintained disorder or disease

1. Assessment Data (15 points; 15%)
   1. Include all assessment data, not simply information that supports the selected nursing diagnoses

Inspect

Palpation

Percussion

Auscultate

Neurological Exam

1. Nursing Diagnoses (15 points/ 15%)
   1. Select three nursing diagnoses to addresses
      1. One must be an actual problem
      1. One must address a psychosocial need
      1. The final must be a high priority for the individual
   1. Linkages Within and Between Diagnoses (5 points/5%)
      1. Concept map demonstrates relationship within and between the nursing diagnoses.
   1. Planning (15 points/15%)
      1. Prioritize diagnoses to reflect needs of the individual
      1. Set realistic outcome measurement
      1. At least two (2) scholarly, primary sources from the last 5 years, excluding the textbook, are provided
   1. Implementation (15 points/15%)
      1. Interventions are individualized for patient-provide rationale
      1. Interventions support achievement of selected outcome measurements-provide rationale

• Evaluation of Outcomes (5 points/15%)
  • Determine if outcomes were met.
  • Provide evidence that supports that determination.
  • Describe what changes, if any, are needed to promote expected outcomes in the future.
  • Safety-Communication-Infection Control 16 points/16%)
    • specific elements of communication used when providing care,
    • safety concerns related to the individual for whom you cared, and
    • infection control practices followed while caring for this patient.
  • APA Citations and Writing (4 points/4%)
    • References are submitted with assignment.
    • Uses appropriate APA format and is free of errors.
    • Grammar is free of errors.
    • Spelling is free of errors.
    • Mechanics of writing are free of errors.

x. Power Point Template (0 points/0%) (deduction if not used)

a. Used provided Power Point Template for assignment completion or an alternate that is approved by faculty.  

For writing assistance (APA, formatting, or grammar) visit the APA Citation and Writing page in your course resources.

Please note that your instructor may provide you with additional assessments in any form to determine that you fully understand the concepts learned in the review module.

Grading Rubric Criteria are met when the student’s application of knowledge demonstrates achievement of the outcomes for this assignment.