Category: Writing

Learning Goal: I’m working on a writing discussion question and need guidance to

Learning Goal: I’m working on a writing discussion question and need guidance to help me learn.
1. Watch the following videos on hydration.
2. From the videos above, answer the following questions:
Prior to this class, what was your thoughts on Hydration?
After reading the chapter material and watching the videos, how you would advise a high school cross country team on hydration before, during, and after their practice.
must be at least 15 substantial sentences

Respond to a colleague by providing an additional scholarly resource that suppo

Respond to a colleague by providing an additional scholarly resource that supports or challenges their position, along with a brief explanation of the resource.
Colleague’s response : According to Goodwin et al. 2018), psychotherapy is a biological treatment. It can be considered brain therapy as it involves helping an individual to re-elaborate his/her sense of self through new experiences that involve emotional, internal, and cognitive regulation processing. Psychotherapy as a biological treatment has been enhanced by the new understanding of the biological underpinnings of human behavior, complex behavior, maladaptive responses, and how psychotherapy fosters psychopathologies. Psychotherapy is a complex biological treatment that is tailored to each patient. It targets multiple receptors, and a few neurotransmitters and involves all biological regulations that underly complex brain responses. Successful psychotherapy results in comprehensive, measurable, physical, and lasting changes in a patient’s brain.
Culture, religion, and socioeconomics impact the perspectives of individuals regarding the value of psychotherapy treatment. Culture helps to frame expectations within a psychotherapy experience. A patient may deem a psychotherapy experience helpful when it is aligned with his/her cultural values and ineffective if it is not aligned. Similarly, a patient’s perspective about the value of a particular psychotherapy experience may be determined by how well the therapy is aligned with his/her religious beliefs. As such, a patient may not deem an otherwise effective therapy helpful if it goes against his/her religion or religious beliefs. The socioeconomic status of a patient may also influence a patient’s perspective regarding the value of psychotherapy. Depending on the cost of a session, an individual may not deem it worthwhile to spend lots of money for talk therapy, especially among individuals with low socioeconomic status; such individuals may rather spend that money on other basic needs.
Regarding the ethical and legal considerations between personal, group, and family therapy, when treating groups and family members, a therapist should keep information shared by a group member or family member confidential from other members. This means a therapist must also hold individual members’ confidentiality for information shared privately among other family or group members. However, for information shared during family or group sessions, a therapist cannot be held ethically or legally responsible if such information leaks to the public, as any member of the group could be responsible for the leakage. Therefore, when attending to individual patients, a therapist is fully liable ethically and legally in case of a breach of privacy or confidentiality (Baptista et al., 2022). Therefore, when treating an individual, I will take measures that ensure the patient’s information is kept confidential. In a group setting, I will be keen to understand situations when I am attending to group members individually and conjointly to ensure I do not breach his/her privacy or confidentiality. All resources used in this article are peer-reviewed; this means they have undergone a rigorous process before being published.

Touchstones are projects that illustrate your comprehension of the course materi

Touchstones are projects that illustrate your comprehension of the course material, help you refine skills, and demonstrate application of knowledge. You can work on a Touchstone anytime, but you can’t submit it until you have completed the unit’s Challenges. Once you’ve submitted a Touchstone, it will be graded and counted toward your final course score.
Touchstone 3.2: Draft an Argumentative Research Essay
ASSIGNMENT: Using your outline and annotated bibliography from Touchstones 1.2 and 2.2, draft a 6-8 page argumentative research essay on your chosen topic……
As this assignment builds on Touchstone 2.2: Create an Annotated Bibliography, that Touchstone must be graded before you can submit your research essay draft. Although unrelated by topic, Touchstone 3.1 must also be graded before you can submit your research essay draft.
Sample Touchstone 3.2
In order to foster learning and growth, all work you submit must be newly written specifically for this course. Any plagiarized or recycled work will result in a Plagiarism Detected alert. Review Touchstones: Academic Integrity Guidelines for more about plagiarism and the Plagiarism Detected alert. For guidance on the use of generative AI technology, review Ethical Standards and Appropriate Use of AI.
A. Assignment Guidelines
DIRECTIONS: Refer to the list below throughout the writing process. Do not submit your Touchstone until it meets these guidelines. Refer to the Sample Touchstone for additional guidance on structure, formatting, and citation.
1. Argumentative Thesis Statement❒ Have you included a thesis in your introduction that includes a clear, arguable stance and supporting reasons?2. Argument Development❒ Are all of the details relevant to the purpose of your essay?
❒ Is the argument supported using persuasive rhetorical appeals and page/paragraph-numbered source material (i.e., direct quotations, paraphrasing, and summary)?
❒ Is your essay 6-8 pages (approximately 1500-2000 words, not including your references or reflection question responses)? If not, which details do you need to add or remove?
❒ Does the essay consist of at least seven paragraphs – an introduction, five body paragraphs (with at least one for the counterarguments and rebuttals), and a conclusion? Are the body paragraphs ordered logically to strengthen the argument, and do they all contain accurate evidence from credible sources?
❒ Do your topic sentences make original and supportable points? Do your topic sentences directly support your thesis statement?3. Research❒ Have you introduced, contextualized, and cited outside sources effectively using at least some direct quotation, summary, and paraphrase techniques and included page/paragraph-numbered parenthetical citations?
❒ Are the sources incorporated smoothly, providing the reader with signal phrases and context for the source information?
❒ Have you referenced a range of at least 7 credible sources, and does each source have at least one accurate in-text citation in the essay?
❒ Have you properly formatted your citations according to APA style guidelines?
❒ Have you included an APA style reference page below your essay and do the sources listed there match those cited in the essay?4. Reflection❒ Have you answered all reflection questions including specific and concrete examples that provide thoughtful insight in all responses?
❒ Are your answers included on a separate page below the main assignment?B. Reflection
DIRECTIONS: Below your assignment, include answers to all of the following reflection questions.
Provide one example of a place where you have used rhetorical appeals or source material to support your argument. How does this enhance your essay? (2-3 sentences)
Touchstone 4 is a revision of this draft. What kind of feedback would be helpful for you as you revise? Are there parts of your draft that you’re uncertain of? (3-4 sentences)
C. Rubric
Advanced (100%)Proficient (85%)Acceptable (75%)Needs Improvement (50%)Non-Performance (0%)
Argument Development and Support (40 points)
Provide a clear argument with sufficient support.The argument is thoroughly developed with highly relevant details to support it, including the use of rhetorical appeals and accurately cited direct quotations and paraphrasing.The argument is well-developed with relevant details to support it, including the use of rhetorical appeals and accurately cited direct quotations and paraphrasing.The argument is not fully developed; while it is supported by some relevant details, including rhetorical appeals and accurately cited direct quotations and paraphrasing, some aspects of the argument are neglected.The argument is poorly developed with irrelevant details that frequently distract from the argument; there is little evidence of the use of rhetorical appeals and/or direct quotations and paraphrasing. Source material included might not be cited.The argument is not developed and/or the composition is not argumentative; details are irrelevant and distract from the argument OR are not supported with accurately cited source material.
Research (30 points)
Incorporate sources through effective quotations, paraphrases, and summaries.
Cites all outside sources appropriately; incorporates credible sources smoothly and effectively through some direct quotation, paraphrase, or summary.Primarily cites outside sources appropriately; incorporates credible sources effectively through some direct quotation, paraphrase, or summary.Generally cites outside sources appropriately; incorporates credible sources adequately through some direct quotation, paraphrase, or summary.Cites outside sources, but most are cited improperly; incorporates sources through some direct quotation, paraphrase, or summary, but the integration is not smooth and/or the credibility of the sources is unclear.Does not cite or reference sources accurately, or citation is consistently inappropriate and/or inaccurate, and/or sources are not credible or appropriate.
Organization (15 points)
Exhibit competent organizational writing techniques.
Includes all of the required components of an argumentative research paper, including an introduction with relevant and engaging background information and an argumentative thesis, an adequate number of body paragraphs with topic sentences, a body paragraph addressing counterargument(s), and a conclusion with a concluding statement.Includes all of the required components of an argumentative research paper, including an introduction with background information, an argumentative thesis, an adequate number of body paragraphs with topic sentences, a body paragraph addressing counterargument(s), and a conclusion with a concluding statement.Includes nearly all of the required components of an argumentative research paper; however, one component is missing.Includes most of the required components of an argumentative research paper, but is lacking two components; sequences ideas and paragraphs such that the connections between ideas (within and between paragraphs) are sometimes unclear and the reader may have difficulty following the progression of the argument.Lacks several or all of the components of an argumentative research paper; sequences ideas and paragraphs such that the connections between ideas (within and between paragraphs) are often unclear and the reader has difficulty following the progression of the argument.
Style (5 points)
Establish a consistent, informative and argumentative tone and make thoughtful stylistic choices.
Demonstrates thoughtful and effective word choices, avoids redundancy and imprecise language, and uses a wide variety of sentence structures.Demonstrates effective word choices, primarily avoids redundancy and imprecise language, and uses a variety of sentence structures.Demonstrates generally effective style choices, but may include occasional redundancies, imprecise language, poor word choice, and/or repetitive sentence structures.Frequently includes poor word choices, redundancies, imprecise language, and/or repetitive sentence structures.Consistently demonstrates poor word choices, redundancies, imprecise language, and/or repetitive sentence structures.
Conventions (5 points)
Follow conventions for standard written English.
There are only a few, if any, negligible errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage.There are occasional minor errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage.There are some significant errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage.There are frequent significant errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage.There are consistent significant errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage.
Reflection (5 points)
Answer reflection questions thoroughly and thoughtfully.
Demonstrates thoughtful reflection; consistently includes specific and concrete examples that provide thoughtful insight, following or exceeding response length guidelines.Demonstrates thoughtful reflection; includes multiple specific and concrete examples that provide thoughtful insight, following response length guidelines.Primarily demonstrates thoughtful reflection, but some responses are lacking in detail or insight; primarily follows response length guidelines.Shows limited reflection; the majority of responses are lacking in detail or insight, with some questions left unanswered or falling short of response length guidelines.No reflection responses are present.
D. Requirements
The following requirements must be met for your submission to be graded:
Composition must be 6-8 pages (approximately 1500-2000 words, not including your references or reflection question responses).
Double-space the composition and use one-inch margins.
Use a readable 12-point font.
All writing must be appropriate for an academic context.
Composition must be original and written for this assignment.
Use of generative chatbot artificial intelligence tools (ChatGPT, Bing Chat, Bard) in place of original writing is strictly prohibited for this assignment.
Plagiarism of any kind is strictly prohibited.
Submission must include your name, the name of the course, the date, and the title of your composition.
Include all of the assignment components in a single file.Acceptable file formats include .doc and .docx.
Your annotated bibliography must be graded before your research essay draft will be accepted.
E. Additional Resources
The following resources will be helpful to you as you work on this assignment:
Purdue Online Writing Lab’s APA Formatting and Style GuideThis site includes a comprehensive overview of APA style, as well as individual pages with guidelines for specific citation types.
Frequently Asked Questions About APA StyleThis page on the official APA website addresses common questions related to APA formatting. The “References,” “Punctuation,” and “Grammar and Writing Style” sections will be the most useful to your work in this course.
APA Style: Quick Answers—ReferencesThis page on the official APA Style website provides numerous examples of reference list formatting for various source types.

Discussion Prompt 1: Critique of Patriarchy, Defense of Women’s Rights?
***In or

Discussion Prompt 1: Critique of Patriarchy, Defense of Women’s Rights?
***In order to receive full points for your post:
1) You MUST include a piece of DIRECT QUOTE from the play itself relevant to the ideas/topics chosen (not just something you read online about it); and 2) also what YOU think about this issue and WHY you interpreted that way. If you are reporting on what someone else (ie, something you read online) wrote, you MUST include the citation (like a URL) and also put their words within quotation marks: “As analyzed by ____ in ____, these lines suggest….”
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Analyze the extent to which you would argue Ibsen is critiquing patriarchy and/or defending the rights of women in A Doll’s House. Since the topic can be too broad, you are asked to choose ONE of the following areas such that you can focus on the particular effects of an aspect of patriarchal power as discussed within the play. You must make specific textual references to at least one significant part of the play.
Law: Is there a different understanding of law that men and women have within the play? Or is gender less an issue than other categories?
Work: Who works, where? Who can pursue work? Again, is this a gender issue?
Family/Marriage: Who leads the family? What is a woman’s role within the family structure? Does marriage as an institution trap women? Are men trapped as well?

For this assignment, just add 500 more words to an existing essay. I will attach

For this assignment, just add 500 more words to an existing essay. I will attach the essay draft down below. The draft is about 1000 words long and needs to be 1500 total. You can add the 500 words throughout the essay, it does not have to be in one specific section. The essay is a research essay and is about a city in california.

All discussions must be submitted by the closing dates. I do not accept late dis

All discussions must be submitted by the closing dates. I do not accept late discussions.
After reviewing the information provided in Module 5, answer the following questions:
How could you apply flexibility exercises to maintain or improve your current fitness level? Write a minimum of one paragraph.
How could you apply the concept of body composition to maintain or improve your current fitness level? Write a minimum of one paragraph.
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1. In Chapter #7, we transition from strategy formulation to strategy implementa

1. In Chapter #7, we transition from strategy formulation to strategy implementation. The concept of alliances were discussed and what challenges and opportunities can come from these alliances. Please discuss a strategic alliance that you know of and what have been the obstacles and opportunites related to your real-world alliance example. After posting, please comment on at least one of your classmates’ posts.
2. Please respond to the following discussion Q and remember to read and respond to at least one other student’s post.
From the Warby Parker case study video, please discuss the Warby Parker unique business model and the steps they took to build the brand AND one key learning about building and sustaining an entrepreneurial brand that you personally took away from the video.
3. Company: Equalizer Health
– Competitive analysis: in this section you will detail your competition, from most direct to indirect. You should also provide the strengths, weaknesses, and strategies of the named direct competitors. Any barriers to entry into the market should also be addressed here. Be sure to highlight the key competitive plays of each direct competitor and how your play will differ from the competitors.
– Company analysis: in this section, you offer a detailed description of your venture and provide an analysis of your firm’s strengths and weaknesses. It is also important to detail your competitive advantage and key personnel working for the venture.

Campus Proposal
Like advertisements, proposals are a very common form of argumen

Campus Proposal
Like advertisements, proposals are a very common form of argumentation. Jobs in many
different fields include proposal-like documents—whether pitches in marketing jobs, bids for
interior design firms, or internal proposals for spending. Most proposals stem from a problem
or need.
Imagine ACU has been given a $1 million dollar gift by a generous anonymous donor, but there
is one caveat to receiving the funding: ACU must spend the money on a project that will most
improve the campus — academically, physically, or socially — according to the students
themselves. To determine which project ACU should pursue with the $1 million in funds, the
administration has put out a call for proposals from students. Students are invited to put
together an 8-10 page proposal on a project that will use the gift money and improve some
part of ACU’s offerings for students. This could mean launching a new academic major,
renovating part of the campus, or starting a new student life program on campus. The options
are nearly endless. The administration will pick the three proposals that are the best and most
feasible and then students across the student body will vote on the winner.
As you walk around campus, are there things that you notice need to be fixed? Would your life
be easier if ACU added a specific program or support service? Is there a way that ACU could
partner with the City of Glendale or a nearby business to create a stronger community? This is
your chance to write a proposal that calls attention to the problem and explains your solution.
Summary: In 8-10 pages, you will identify an existing local problem and present the best (both
viable and effective) solution.
Assignment: You may work on this project individually or with a partner. Individual projects
must be at least eight (8) pages. Partner projects should be at least ten (10) pages and the
work load should be split evenly. Even if you want to write your paper individually, you may
work with a partner to identify problems on campus and brainstorm solutions.
Your proposal should include:
A title page
A table of contents
An executive summary
The body of the report (introduction, analysis, recommendation)
Budget and/or timeline
Appendix: Data presentation (charts, graphs, or survey results)
EXAMPLE: If the problem posed is lack of on-campus parking, you would need to identify your
solution (build new parking garages, purchase more land, offer discounts for carpoolers) and
your audience (i.e., administrators, students, City of Glendale, etc.). Your proposal will convince
the audience that the problem not only exists but that it should be solved in the manner you
are recommending. The proposal should demonstrate attention to the use of rhetorical appeals
in how it poses the problem and how it argues for the solution.
Grading Criteria:
• The proposal has a clearly articulated claim that a problem exists and that yours is the best
solution.
• The proposal includes research to demonstrate this problem exist and, further, that your
solution is both feasible and superior to alternatives.
• The proposal presents the solution in a clear, achievable manner.
• The proposal uses examples and analysis to convince that the recommendations should be
enacted.
• The proposal is organized in a sophisticated and logical manner, utilizing structural cues to
further the connections being made between sub-topics.
• The proposal demonstrates the writer’s dedication to thoughtful revision.
• The proposal has been thoroughly edited so that it is readable and appropriate for the
chosen audience. Grammar and formatting are considered here.
• Visual aids relating to data collection, budget, and timeline aid the reader in understanding
the proposal.

I need help answering the questions to each reflection. There are a total of 5 r

I need help answering the questions to each reflection. There are a total of 5 reflections. This is based of School Social Work so the answers should relate to working in a middle school as a school social worker. Each reflection should be close to a paragraph long.
Reflection 1: Ethics
Clinical social workers recognize the importance of the helping relationship, the person-in-environment framework, the strengths perspective, and professional use of self. Clinical social workers understand the values of the profession and the code of ethics, including how ethics are informed by human rights, and utilize professional ethics in their clinical practice. Clinical social works use rights-based, anti- racist, and anti-oppressive lenses to critique the profession’s history and to understand their roles and responsibilities as clinicians. Clinical social workers understand digital technology, and apply ethical reasoning to ensure therapeutic use of technology
·- What were some of the most powerful learning moments you encountered related to ethics?
·- What are some of the most interesting discoveries you have made related to ethics?
·- What are the most important things you have learned personally and professionally?
·- What did you learn were your greatest strengths and biggest areas or improvement?
– How will you use what you have learned in the future?
Reflection 2: Human Rights and Justice
Clinical social workers understand that all persons have fundamental human rights. Clinical social workers analyze the global nature of society and the ongoing injustices that result in oppression and racism, including social work’s role and response. Clinical social workers evaluate the distribution of power and privilege and how this has affected their clients’ experiences. Clinical social workers advocate for human rights for oppressed groups with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
·- What were some of the most powerful learning moments you encountered related to human rights and justice
·- What are some of the most interesting discoveries you have made related to human rights and justice?
·- What are the most important things you have learned personally and professionally?
·- What did you learn were your greatest strengths and biggest areas or improvement?
·- How will you use what you have learned in the future?
Reflection 3: Anti-racism, diversity, equity and inclusion
Clinical Social Workers understand how racism and oppression shape human experiences and identity, and use their knowledge, awareness, and skills to engage in anti-racist clinical practice. Dimensions of difference include race, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, immigration status, class, and ability, and the intersecting complexities of these dimensions of difference. Clinical social workers understand that intersectionalities from group memberships means that life experiences may include oppression, poverty, marginalization, and alienation from self and society, which can lead to health and mental health issues as well as limiting access to resources, opportunities, and power. Clinical social workers recognize the importance of cultural humility, including acknowledging clients as experts of their own lives, and use self-reflection to understand power dynamics and their own relationship to privilege and oppression in the therapeutic alliance.
·- What were some of the most powerful learning moments you encountered related to anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion?
– ·What are some of the most interesting discoveries you have made related to anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion?
·- What are the most important things you have learned personally and professionally?
·- What did you learn were your greatest strengths and biggest areas or improvement?
·- How will you use what you have learned in the future?
Reflection 4: Research
Clinical social workers use practice experience to inform research, apply evidence-based processes, develop culturally responsive methods to evaluate their own practice, and employ research findings to improve practice, policy, and social services delivery. Clinical social workers comprehend quantitative and qualitative research, including the inherent bias in research design, and scientific and ethical approaches to building knowledge. Clinical social workers reflectively review this research from an anti-racist approach to inform clinical practice.
·- What were some of the most powerful learning moments you encountered related to research and evaluation?
– ·What are some of the most interesting discoveries you have made related to research and evaluation?
·- What are the most important things you have learned personally and professionally?
·- What did you learn were your greatest strengths and biggest areas or improvement?
·- How will you use what you have learned in the future?
Reflection 5: Policy Practice
Clinical social workers engage in policy practice to advance social and economic justice, well-being, and to develop models to deliver effective social work services.,. Clinical social workers recognize the historical, social, racial, cultural, economic, organizational, environmental, and global influences on social policies at all levels of practice. Clinical social workers use a right-based, anti-racist lens to analyze how policies affect service delivery and their clients’ lives and they actively engage in policy practice. Clinical social workers translate policies into practice and use practice knowledge to inform, analyze, and formulate policy decisions.
·- What were some of the most powerful learning moments you encountered related to policy practice?
·- What are some of the most interesting discoveries you have made related to policy practice?
·- What are the most important things you have learned personally and professionally?
·- What did you learn were your greatest strengths and biggest areas or improvement?
·- How will you use what you have learned in the future?

If we were in a normal classroom, we would analyze the movie Matilda. Although M

If we were in a normal classroom, we would analyze the movie Matilda. Although Matilda was fiction, we analyze instances of child abuse in the movie. There were many! Her parents were verbally abusive as well as her principal. Her parents were neglectful. Her principal was physically abuse by pulling children’s hair, slamming a tray on a student, and throwing a child out the window. We laugh at this movie, because we know it is fake, but as we learned child abuse nearly 700,000 children are abused in the U.S every year and this is way too many. Matilda, fortunately was able to build resilience and it was show through her magic. She also had a role model, which we know is important, and not all children have.
Directions:
For this essay, you will choose a book, movie, tv show that portrays a form of child abuse, whether in a scene or throughout. This story may be fictional (fake) or non-fiction (real). Child abuse affects children of all ages, so you may use a child of any age up until 18. YOUR ESSAY MAY NOT BE ABOUT THE MOVIE MATILDA!
In a one page essay, please answer ALL of the following questions:
What is the movie/tv show or book about?
What is the type of abuse portrayed?
Was the abuser a family or friend?
How did the child react to getting abused?
Based on the story, do you believe the child/young adult will be resilient?
If that child/young adult were in your life, how would you help them build resilience?
Essay Requirements:
This essay must be 1-2 pages in length.
Times New Roman, double spaced, 12PT font