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EN 304 English Composition II

Unit 1 Discussion

Introduction to Discourse

Please complete the following steps for your discussion post and response.

As a way of introducing yourselves to the instructor and your peers, please post the following:

Your name and a description of your current job (If not currently employed, what are your employment expectations when you complete your program?)

What degree are you pursuing?

How do you see yourself applying knowledge from this course?

Post a photo of yourself (self-portrait, family or other picture that includes you) If not a self-portrait describe where you are in the picture.

Answer the following questions:

How do you see discourse being used in your daily life and the world around you?

How is discourse spread through social media?

What do the audience, purpose, and tone have to do with discourse?

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

This topic is valued at 20 points. Please review post and response expectations. Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets criteria.

Cite any resources/references in APA formatting that were used in the discussion – if applicable.

Unit 1 Guided Peer Response: Introduction to Discourse (due Sunday)

Estimated time to complete: 1 hour

Please respond to a minimum of two peers.

Include in your response:

A commonality between yourself and your peer, or something about them that you find interesting.

Ask a peer an open-ended question about their post answer.

Discuss discourse communities that you have in common with your peer.

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Unit 2 Discussion

Academic Writing

Please complete the following steps for your discussion post and response.

Watch Video

The Power in Academic Writing

User: n/a – Added: 12/3/13

Estimated time to complete: 3 minutes

Based upon the video, respond to the following questions:

What communication networks are you a part of?

How do you use writing to learn and writing to communicate?

How will your academic writing influence others?

What challenges do you think you will have with academic writing?

Provide support for your answers.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

This topic is valued at 40 points. Please review post and response expectations. Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets criteria.

Cite any resources/references in APA formatting that were used in the discussion – if applicable.

Unit 2 Guided Peer Response: Academic Writing (due Sunday)

Estimated time to complete: 2 hours

Please respond to a minimum of two peers.

Include in your response:

What communication networks do you have that are similar?

How do you differ from a peer in the use of writing to learn and writing to communicate?

Provide a suggestion for how to overcome your peers challenge regarding academic writing.

Include an open ended question to extend the discussion with you peer.

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Unit 3 Discussion

Please complete the following steps for your discussion post and response.

Find a 1-2 page article about writing from an internet source/web site.

Provide the title and URL to the article.

Evaluate the article from the website using the 5 criteria from Unit 3. Write your answers in an essay format.

Audience

Authority

Bias

Currency

Scope

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

This topic is valued at 40 points. Please review post and response expectations. Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets criteria.

Cite any resources/references in APA formatting that were used in the discussion – if applicable.

Unit 3 Guided Peer Response: Writing a Summary Paragraph (due Sunday)

Estimated time to complete: 2 hours

Please respond to a minimum of two peers.

Peer One:

Write a one paragraph academic summary of the article posted by your peer.

Peer Two:

Using the criteria from Unit 3 reading, prepare a one paragraph critique of your peer’s summary.

In the critique identify what was well written and explain why-how does it align with the reading from Unit 3?

In the critique recommend possible improvements and explain why they are needed-align the recommendation to the reading from Unit 3.

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Unit 4 Discussion

Please complete the following steps for your discussion post and response.

This will be the first part of preparing for your final assignment in this course. There are four general topics that you will choose from:

3D Printing

High speed rail

Stem Cell Research

Crowdfunding

For this discussion write a claim statement for your paper following the tutorial provided in unit 4.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

This topic is valued at 40 points. Please review post and response expectations. Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets criteria.

Cite any resources/references in APA formatting that were used in the discussion – if applicable.

Unit 4 Guided Peer Response: Claim Statement (due Sunday)

Estimated time to complete: 2 hours

Respond to a minimum of two peers.

Review unit 4 Overcoming Objections, Write two possible objections to your peer’s claim statements.

Review unit 4 Refutation, Respond to at least one peer objection

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Unit 5 Discussion

Resources

Please complete the following steps for your discussion post and response.

The thesis statement, claim statement and introductory paragraph are drafted and some of the resources have been summarized, it is time to find additional resources and then determine the relevance of the resources gathered.

For the discussion topic this week,

Write your introductory paragraph, identifying the thesis statement.

Complete the chart below with a minimum of 5 additional resources that you have gathered for writing your research paper.

Provide the references in APA format.

Clearly explain the relevance of each resource to your thesis statement.

Identify whether the resources are primary or secondary.

APA Reference

Relevance to the thesis

Primary or secondary resource

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

This topic is valued at 40 points. Please review post and response expectations. Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets criteria.

Cite any resources/references in APA formatting that were used in the discussion – if applicable.

Unit 5 Guided Peer Response: Resources (due Sunday)

Estimated time to complete: 2 hours

Respond to a minimum of two peers.

Review 2 peers’ reference tables.

Based upon the relevance to the thesis, identify and explain three sources that you believe best support the thesis or claim statement.

Ask at least one open-ended question to each peer regarding one or more of their resources.

Explain how the balance of primary and secondary resources can affect the peers’ research.

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Unit 6 Discussion

Research Paper Outline Draft

Please complete the following steps for your discussion post and response.

This discussion will allow you to create your outline or map for your first draft.

Create a traditional outline that follows this format.

Make sure you fill in the information specific to your topic and your essay.

It is recommended that you complete this in a Word document (or other word processing software).

Copy and Paste into the Blackboard Editor and attach your outline document.

Write a paragraph describing the challenges experienced while creating the outline for the paper.

What challenges did you experience gathering research?

Is there a resource that has been helpful in the process of researching, organizing and writing the research paper? (This can include software suggestions.)

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

This topic is valued at 40 points. Please review post and response expectations. Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets criteria.

Cite any resources/references in APA formatting that were used in the discussion – if applicable.

Unit 6 Guided Peer Response: Research Paper Outline Draft (due Sunday)

Estimated time to complete: 2 hours

Respond to a minimum of two peers.

Ask questions regarding content or formatting.

Include at least one open ended question.

Provide suggestions for improvement, transitions, modifications.

Respond to peer challenges and suggestions.

Were their challenges similar? If so, how did you solve the challenge?

Suggest solutions to challenges.

Respond to the suggestion for solutions. Ask questions if you are unfamiliar with what is being suggested.

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Unit 7 Discussion

Discourse Communities

Please complete the following steps for your discussion post and response.

Now that you are working of revising and polishing your rough draft, return to the idea of a discourse community.

Share the following information in your post

Topic

Thesis Statement

Identify three discourse communities that would be the audience for your research paper.

In your research, you are suggesting a change to an existing situation or providing a solution.

What are you proposing to change or solve?

Where could you go to get feedback on the proposed change or solution?

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

This topic is valued at 40 points. Please review post and response expectations. Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets criteria.

Cite any resources/references in APA formatting that were used in the discussion – if applicable.

Unit 7 Guided Peer Response: Audience – Discourse Communities (due Sunday)

Estimated time to complete: 2 hours

Respond to a minimum of two peers.

Review the information that your peer posted and provide feedback regarding the following:

Are these the right discourse communities to serve as the audience for the topic and thesis?

Knowing the proposed change or solution presented in the research paper, what additional discourse communities would you recommend for feedback or that might be an appropriate audience for the research paper?

In addition to the discourse communities, are there additional audiences for the research?

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Unit 8 Discussion

Reflection

Reflect on the research and writing process learned in this course,

Reflect on your improved understanding of research, taking notes, the use of library resources, internet research, discourse communities, APA writing, and skills or additional techniques that you learned during the course.

What did you learn about your own research process and style?

What would you change about your process if you had another opportunity?

What challenge(s) did you overcome during the course?

What application could research have in your present or future career?

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

Unit 1 Assignment Discourse Communities

Before starting a research project it is imperative to recognize your discourse community. This will lead you to suitable places to conduct your research and will assist you in communicating with your audience in a language that they recognize and relate to.

To complete this assessment, consider the discourse communities or groups of people with whom you share common interests. Consider the individuals that discuss topics important to the group.

List all learning and social discourse communities that you are member of.

Respond to the questions below in an essay that provides an analysis of your discourse communities.

What topics of discussion, issues, problems, or concerns keep these communities together? What constitutes new knowledge for your group? Is it created experimentally, through discussion, or through a combination of these two and other methods?

How would you characterize the kinds of language which each of these communities use? Is it formal, informal, complex, simple, and so on? How are the community’s reasons for existence you listed in the first question reflected in their language?

When you entered into the community, did you have to change your discourse, both oral and written, in any way, to be accepted and to participate in the discussions of the community?

Does your community or group produce any written documents? These may include books, professional journals, newsletters, and other documents. What is the purpose of those documents, their intended audience, and the language that they use? How different are these documents from one community to the next?

How often does a community you belong to come into contact with other intellectual and discourse groups? What kinds of conversations take place? How are conflicts and disagreements negotiated and resolved? How does each group adjust its discourse to hear the other side and be heard by it?

Validate your statements and opinions with supporting evidence (citations and references) in APA form.

Review the grading rubric before submission.

Submit:

A typed essay in Word document.

Note: This assignment is submitted through SafeAssign. Please review the SafeAssign report. If the report is over the 20% threshold, please correct your document and re-submit by the due date. You will have two attempts for submission.

Unit 2 Assignment Scholarly Article Scavenger Hunt

Choose a scholarly journal article from the Herzing Academic Library that is of interest to you.

Remember that a scholarly journal article is

To inform and report on original research or experimentation to the rest of the scholarly world.

Includes graphs, charts and images that support the research.

Instructions:

Using the article chosen complete the chart below.

Please compose answers in complete scholarly sentences and paragraphs.

Article reference in APA format

Provide the link to the article

List the contextual questions you would use to guide your reading (2-4 questions)

What is the technique that the author is using?

Is the technique effective?

Which of the note taking methods would you use when reading this article?

Explain why you would choose the identified note taking strategy.

Identify the audience for this article.

Explain the purpose of this article.

How do graphs and charts support the article?

How is the voice of authority evident in this article

Provide three discipline specific vocabulary words and definitions from the article.

How are images used to support the information provided in the article?

Validate your statements and opinions with supporting evidence (citations and references) in APA form.

Review the grading rubric before submission.

Submit:

The chart in a Word document.

Note: This assignment is submitted through SafeAssign. Please review the SafeAssign report. If the report is over the 20% threshold, please correct your document and re-submit by the due date. You will have two attempts for submission.

Unit 3 Assignment Notetaking

Select one of these articles for your assignment from the Herzing University Library database.

Article Choices:

Chapman, B., Erdozaim, M. S., & Powell, D. (2017). Going public: early disclosure of food risks for the benefit of public health. Journal of Environmental Health, 79(7), 8+. Retrieved from http://go.galegroup.com.prxherzing.lirn.net/ps/i.do?p=AONE&sw=w&u=lirn50909&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA483929867&asid=b1e06b2cd03c7e93decba66ed572ea3f

Etchegary, H., Bishop, L., Street, C., Aubrey-Bassler, K., Humphries, D., Vat, L. E., & Barrett, B. (2017). Engaging patients in health research: identifying research priorities through community town halls. BMC Health Services Research, 17(1). Retrieved from http://go.galegroup.com.prxherzing.lirn.net/ps/i.do?p=AONE&sw=w&u=lirn50909&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA485047658&asid=8e2af3a345db1d309573ca163cfc87ad

Michaelis, T. L., & Markham, S. K. (2017, March-April). Innovation training: making innovation a core competency: a study of large companies shows that, although managers see human capital as central to innovation success, most aren’t providing innovation training. Research-Technology Management, 60(2), 36+. Retrieved from http://go.galegroup.com.prxherzing.lirn.net/ps/i.do?p=AONE&sw=w&u=lirn50909&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA487431647&asid=8e5306a1b58b8578b3459457df11df89

Miller, K. L. (2017, March). What we talk about when we talk about “reasonable cybersecurity”: a proactive and adaptive approach. The Computer & Internet Lawyer, 34(3), 1+. Retrieved from http://go.galegroup.com.prxherzing.lirn.net/ps/i.do?p=AONE&sw=w&u=lirn50909&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA483743679&asid=bd0f63af3132e3bea47730789cab551e

Read the article using your chosen model of note taking (from Unit 2).

Using the identified article, provide the following information:

A title page in APA format

A 1-2 page summary-includes the APA reference for the article chosen.

An abstract for the article

A Thesis/Claim statement

Identify 2 additional articles (1 must be from the Herzing Library Database) that could be used to support the Thesis/Claim statement included in the summary.

Provide the APA reference for each article.

Set up the assignment as follows:

I. Title Page

II. 1-2 page Summary

III. Abstract

IV. Thesis Claim Statement

V. Article reference

Review the grading rubric before submission.

Submit to the Submit Assignments area in Blackboard within the course:

A typed Word document.

Unit 4 Assignment Research

You will have to complete a major research paper (8 to 10 pages) for the final assignment in this course. In order to do this, you will need to write in a style appropriate for an academic discourse community and read numerous scholarly articles. At least five of the articles must be located in the Herzing University Library.

For this week’s assignment:

Identify a minimum of 3 primary resources and 2 secondary resources, for one of the following topics:

3D Printing

High speed rail

Stem Cell Research

Crowdfunding

Complete a literature review for each of the resources identified

Following your literature review include the introduction to your paper which should include the thesis/claim statement.

Include a reference page

Your literary resources, and introduction should be in APA format. All citations and references should be in APA format.

Review the grading rubric before submission.

Submit:

A typed Word document

Note: This assignment is submitted through SafeAssign. Please review the SafeAssign report. If the report is over the 20% threshold, please correct your document and re-submit by the due date. You will have two attempts for submission.

Unit 5 Assignment Research

This course requires the completion of a major research paper (8 to 10 content pages, not including the title, abstract and reference page) for the final assignment. In order to do this, the writing must be in a style appropriate for an academic discourse community and the references should be academic references. At least five of the articles must be located in the Herzing University Library.

This week’s assignment builds on the unit 4 assignment and completes the gathering of reference materials.

Begin with the introduction to the paper which should include the thesis statement.

Submit a minimum of 7 primary resources and 3 secondary resources, for one of the following topics

(In Unit 4, 3 primary and 2 secondary resources were submitted-please highlight these resources in the new document)

3D Printing

High speed rail

Stem Cell Research

Crowdfunding

Complete the literature review for each of the resources identified.

Include the APA reference page

The literary resources, and introduction should be in APA format.

All citations and references should be in APA format.

Review the grading rubric before submission.

Submit:

A typed Word document

Note: This assignment is submitted through SafeAssign. Please review the SafeAssign report. If the report is over the 20% threshold, please correct your document and re-submit by the due date. You will have two attempts for submission.

Unit 6 Assignment Research Paper Draft

The first draft is designed from the outline submitted on the Unit 6 Discussion Board. Please review peer comments and feedback as you write the paper. Consider the information presented in Unit 6.

The completed paper will be formatted in APA and include:

A title page in APA format

An abstract in APA format

8-10 pages of researched content.

Introduction that includes: statement of the problem, definition of terms, claim statement, literature review, significance of the study, thesis

Body of the paper that includes: background for the research, presentation and analysis of the data, discussion of the research and data

Conclusion statement: analytical summary, thesis reworded, recommendations

A Reference Page(s) in APA format

Provide in-text citations in APA format

Review the grading rubric before submission.

Submit:

A typed Research Paper draft

Unit 7 Assignment Final Research Paper

Estimated time to complete: 6 hours

The completed paper will be formatted in APA and include:

A title page in APA format

An abstract in APA format

8-10 pages of researched content.

Introduction that includes: statement of the problem, definition of terms, claim statement, literature review, significance of the study, thesis

Body of the paper that includes: background for the research, presentation and analysis of the data, discussion of the research and data

Conclusion statement: analytical summary, thesis reworded, recommendations

A Reference Page(s) in APA format

Provide in-text citations in APA format

Review the grading rubric before submission.

Submit:

Please submit both the rough draft and the final draft for the research paper. Clearly label each paper when you save them as rough draft and final draft.