...Literacy: Lillian loves listening to stories and always approaches literacy activities with a positive attitude. She has demonstrated improvement this semester in her reading and writing. Lillian writes with a small group that focuses on sounding out words and recording ideas in ways that make sense. She is confident in communicating her ideas orally and then having them recorded onto a personal whiteboard. Afterwards, Lillian copies her ideas into her notebook then practices reading her writing back to you once finished. Lillian is able to identify sounds she hears when the word is sounded out. Lillian also uses illustrations to help support her ideas and experiences. She is able to consistently use finger spaces and skips lines to help organize...
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...Responsibility defined is freedom and happiness. By taking responsibility we are acknowledging that we hold ourselves accountable for our choices, behaviors and decisions. Commitment and integrity are the key behaviors associated with personal responsibility, making the commitment to do what is right and demonstrating integrity, doing the right thing even when no one is watching attributes to our happiness. Personal responsibility also means that we are not only accountable but that we learn from and correct our mistakes. Individual happiness is directly tied to personal responsibility. In order to grow as a person and a student it is important to take personal responsibility because it empowers us and takes control away from others. In a nutshell, personal responsibility is freedom and the freedom to choose and to make our own decisions is essential to happiness. Accepting responsibility also changes our attitudes and we become a more positive and being positive is also related to happiness. As Raj Raghunathan Ph.D. states in his resent article “person who has taken personal responsibility recognizes an all-important truth about happiness: your happiness depends much more on your attitude than it does on objective, external circumstances.” When taking personal responsibility a higher value is assigned to our behavior and directly reflected in our actions. Our...
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...The scientific study of this process of making somebody believe that something is true has been under way for well over half a century, beginning in earnest with the propaganda, public information and persuasion programs of World War II. Since that time, numerous social scientists have investigated the ways in which one individual can influence another’s attitudes and actions. As analyzed in the video, there are six factors or shortcuts that influence us to say YES to the request of others. These six basic tendencies of human behavior come into play in generating a positive response. Understanding and employing them in an ethical manner, can significantly improve our chances that someone will be persuaded by our request. These factors are: • Reciprocation: People are driven to repay debts. If for example your new colleague pays you lunch for the first time, you’ll probably fell you own him a favor. Therefore; you are more likely to say YES to his requests. With that said, if you want to succeed in this case, give something away to create a feeling of indebtedness. Then ask for what you want. • Scarcity: Occurs when items and opportunities become more desirable to us as they become less available. When persuading others using the Scarcity principle, is necessary to point out what is unique about your proposition, its benefits, and what they stand to lose if in case of rejection. • Authority: This principle states the idea that people will follow the lead of credible...
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... An individual to acquire the knowledge in an organized manner by effectively Making use of time, resources and academic potential. Study skills may be an inborn trait in some students while others acquire it through learning and practice. There are different types of study skills like listening, reading, note taking, writing, presentation skills, critical thinking skills and research and evaluation techniques. Study skills help people to retain diverse information and apply them successfully throughout their lives. Skills like organizational skills, listening skills, time management skills, prioritizing, analyzing skill, problem solving skills and self-discipline are developed through study skills and are important in every phase in life. There are different ways in which people use different types of study techniques, like visual learners learn most effectively by drawing or visualizing things. They learn effectively when material is presented to them using pictures, diagrams, flowcharts, films, demonstrations and other visual aids. Kinaesthic learners learn best through touch and movement. Reading/writing learners learn through reading and writing down everything they think they need to learn. Verbal learners respond better to storytelling; they learn most thoroughly when material is presented to them audibly like the recording of a lecture. Logical learners learn by classifying and thinking abstractly about patterns, numbers and relationships. If students are to succeed...
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...Zimmerman, a previously employed Northern Arizona University writing program professor, who now lectures as a high school teacher in Oregon. This anecdotal, four paged article, discusses how individuals eventually become judged and stereotyped based upon specific characteristics they hold, or attribute themselves to. Zimmerman reflects upon his youth in an attempt to demonstrate this common action in society. He offers the readers of his article the ability to visualize his punk past and his punk experiences, displaying the manner in which stereotyping presents itself with specific preferences people have for music. By doing so, Josh Zimmerman attempts to portray that when individuals choose to associate themselves with the unconventional at the expense of being generalized, that such decisions enable the individual to formulate their own unique characteristics. Josh...
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...supervisor that relayed a message through email and the message was not the best way to communicate a job that needed to be done. “Learning to write effectively involves, reading, writing, critical thinking, and hard work. (Business Communication for Success, 2012). The message didn’t rely when the job was due. The paperwork was not attached, instead he never gave me the paperwork so I was lost. When I confronted him with this problem he assumed that I already knew what to do. I went into his office to let him know that instead of sending me an email, he should have spoken to me face to face and I can clearly know what I am doing. If I has any questions to ask him I would have been able to have asked him right there and then. I do not mind sending messages through emails, but sometimes you do not look at your emails every second of the day. I did explain why I thought for future jobs that need critical attention it should be a face-to-face discussion. References Business Communication for Success (2012). Washington, D.C.: The Saylor Foundation Topic #2 Under Communication Competency there is a short case study. After reading the module, respond to the three questions at the end about Negative Ned. What kind of affective, behavioral, and cognitive responses is Ned demonstrating? Ned has a very negative attitude toward himself and his job duties. He is certainly not showing Janelle a very good impression of what a supervisor should act like in the workplace. Ned’s complaining is...
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...Political writing always has a particular bias, but sometimes the bias can be informative and revealing of both author’s style and perspective. Charles Krauthammer, a columnist for the Washington Post, establishes his critical, informative style through his use of allusion and impactful transitions and conclusions. His writing persuasive nature stems from his use of rhetorical questions and appeal to ethos. Krauthammer frequently uses allusion to establish himself as a credible source by demonstrating a great understanding of many subject areas and to add some outside support for his arguments. In an article on Donald Trump’s new foreign policy, Krauthammer compares Trump’s indiscriminately harsh policy to John F. Kennedy’s, which “pledged to support any friend and oppose any foe to assure the success of liberty” (A.2). Krauthammer uses Kennedy’s established credibility and appeal to criticize Trump’s foreign policy as too extreme. Krauthammer also goes on to compare Trump’s ‘America First’ policy to “[the organization] that fought Franklin Roosevelt before U.S. entry into World War One… [and] to keep America neutral,” he...
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...do with seniority or one’s position in the hierarchy of a company. Too many talk about a company’s leadership referring to the senior most executives in the organization. They are just that, senior executives. Leadership doesn’t automatically happen when you reach a certain pay grade. Hopefully you find it there, but there are no guarantees.”, (Forbes.com, 2013). Overall, being an effective leader and successful manager in the workplace involves many skills such as having a strong commitment to the job, top-notch communication skills and what is not considered by most, a personality. You can start with what is commitment? According to Webster’s dictionary it means: the attitude of someone who works very hard to do or support something. Dedication and commitment goes a long way in the workplace. In a mid-term counseling with my Commanding Officer, CDR Jimmy Neutron, he stated, “that the main reason I stand out and I am a successful leader is because I am committed to getting the job done, I am one of the first ones to show up and usually one of the last ones to leave. You are the guy who strives for perfection, and gets damn near close to it every time.” As a manager you are always being watched. If your employees see that you are always working and utilizing your time effectively while at work to complete task and not slacking off, then they will tend to follow in your footsteps. It is about setting the example and your employees will fall in line...
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...delivery of any message and having the faculty to comprehend your audience motivations and the appropriate communication channel to reach them is half the work of an audience analysis (Locker & Kienzler, 2008). As a sales person presenting the quarterly sales information to a group of diverse stakeholders, you must consider the characteristics of the audience, the appropriate communication channel, what considerations to keep in mind given the diversity of the group, and methods to ensure the message is well received. Audience Characteristics Since the audience consists of stakeholders, including managers, salespeople, and customers, the presenter must determine the role of each audience participant. This would be identifying who are the gatekeepers, the primary audience, the secondary audience, the auxiliary audience, and the watchdog audience (Locker & Kienzler, 2008). Demographics are essential to the uniqueness of an audience. This would include education, age, gender, group membership, family background, and religious and political affiliations. Also, other characteristics that may be considered are psychographic identifiers such as the beliefs, values, attitudes, and behaviors of the multifaceted audience (Pearson Education, 2010). Other characteristics to consider are environmental and situational factors like the time, lighting, room...
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix C Final Exam • Access the Electronic Reserve Readings link in the Week Five section of your student Web site. • Select one of the following topics and read both articles that present opposing sides of the argument surrounding that topic. o Animal experimentation o Outsourcing o Media violence • Answer the following questions in paragraphs of approximately 100 words demonstrating your critical and creative thinking skills. 1. Identify if the topic you chose—as presented by both articles—is a problem or an issue, and explain what makes it a problem or an issue. If you believe the articles present both problems and issues, identify and explain what the problems are and what the issues are. Iii It is an issue because they have different opinion about it. The issues are that no one benefits and it is needless, costly, unreliable, and sometimes misleading research investigation and experiments. It is express that financially it is a waste and financial resources should allocate the monies to do clinical, preventive medicine, health programs and other studies. It is also believed that animal research does not have a sufficient role in improving people’s lives. Medical researchers believe that they are improving people’s lives, without the use of animal experimentation such as; AIDS, penicillin, anesthetics, and the human blood type were done through medical research. ...
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...Demonstrative Communication is a verbal, nonverbal and non writing way of communicating with someone, the activity of conveying information to a sender and an intended recipient. A communication method is complete once the receiver has understood the message from the sender. A response is critical to successful communication between the individuals. Nonverbal communication is an expression of non word messages, such as body language. The body language may provide hints as to what the attitude or feelings of an individual. Communicating thru body language such as having eye contact with another person can indicate that the person is thinking and analyzing what the speaker is saying. It can also mean that the receiver is trying to understand the sender by not keeping their eyes off, it also shows respect and attention to the speaker. Having eye contact can have different significations depending on how you look at the person and where your eyes are looking after eye contact. A physical expression like demonstrating boredom by tilting your head or looking all around the room when a person is speaking to you shows lack of attention. You become unfo-cused and words may just be flying thru the room because you have shown lack of interest. Showing proper posture and listening properly can demonstrate interest. Some people use and understand body language differently, interpreting gestures and facial expressions can lead to misunderstandings and misinterpretations. It also states...
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...Joseph Azir D40076663 3/28/15 Writing: Demonstrating the “You” Attitude [LO-1] Rewrite these sentences to reflect your audience’s viewpoint: * a. Your email order cannot be processed; we request that you use the order form on our website instead. * b. We insist that you always bring your credit card to the store. * c. We want to get rid of all our 15-inch LCD screens to make room in our warehouse for the new 19-, 23-, and 35-inch monitors. Thus, we are offering a 25 percent discount on all sales of 15-inch models this week. * d. I am applying for the position of bookkeeper in your office. I feel my grades prove that I am bright and capable, and I think I can do a good job for you. * e. As requested, we are sending the refund for $25. * f. If you cared about doing a good job, you would’ve made the extra effort required to learn how to use the machinery properly. * g. Your strategy presentation this morning absolutely blew me away; there’s no way we can fail with all the brilliant ideas you’ve pulled together—I’m so glad you’re running the company now! 140141 * h. Regarding your email message from September 28 regarding the slow payment of your invoice, it’s important for you to realize that we’ve just undergone a massive upgrade of our accounts payable system and payments have been delayed for everybody, not just you. * i. I know I’m late with the asset valuation report, but I haven’t been feeling well and I just haven’t had the energy...
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...COMPLETED THROUGHOUT THE COURSEREADING LITERATURE: RANGE OF READING AND LEVEL OF TEXT COMPLEXITY By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of Grades 6-8 text complexity band independently and proficiently. [RL.8.10]READING STANDARDS FOR INFORMATIONAL TEXT: RANGE OF READING AND LEVEL OF TEXT COMPLEXITY By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction at the high end of the Grades 6-8 text complexity band independently and proficiently. [RI.8.10]WRITING STANDARDS: RANGE OF WRITING Write routinely over extended time frames, including time for research, reflection, and revision, and shorter time frames such as a single sitting or a day or two for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences. [W.8.10]KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGE Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening. [L.8.3]VOCABULARY ACQUISTION AND USE Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. [L.8.6]SPEAKING AND LISTENING STANDARDS Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on Grade 8 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their...
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...BUSN Chapter 2 Three step writing process Planning, Writing, and Completing your message The stage during which you step back to see whether you have expressed your idea? Completing The primary Audience for your message is made up of? The key decision makers The chief advantage of oral communication is? opportunity for immediate feedback In part media richness refers to? A medium's ability to facilitate feedback The richest communication medium Face to face conversation For persuasive messages, the best approach is to? Emphasize how your audience will benefit A euphemism is a word or phrase that is? A milder term for one with a negotive connotations The most common tone for a business message is? conversational Words such as nevertheless, however, and therefore? Are useful for making transitions The main task in completing a business message consist of? revising, proofreading, and producing When reviewing your document for content, you should be concerned with? The accuracy and relevance of the information For general business messages, your writing should be geared toward readers at the? 8th to 11th grage level Using space in a document? provides contrast Justified type is type that? Set flush on the left and flush on the right When making a routine request, you begin with? A clear statement of the main idea or request When making a request, you should? Assume the reader will...
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...Reading and Writing Across the Disciplines Contents Technical note: If using an electronic version of this handbook, click on any underlined text to link to the specific section in the document. Foreword 3 Position Statement 4 Introduction 6 Reading Across the Disciplines: • Response to Literature 8 • Reading for Information 11 Writing Across the Disciplines: • Interdisciplinary Writing 15 • Editing and Revising 18 Instructional Strategies to Use All Year 19 CAPT Strategies for All Students 22 Additional Assessment Information 25 Released Items 26 Foreword On behalf of the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE), I am pleased to present the Connecticut Academic Performance Test (CAPT) Third Generation Handbook for Reading and Writing Across the Disciplines. The third generation CAPT, developed in 2004 and piloted in 2005 and 2006, will be administered live for the first time in March 2007. This handbook has been developed to provide Connecticut’s public school educators with important information about the CAPT reading and writing across the disciplines assessments. It should serve as a reference for all content area teachers as they prepare their students. It is designed to answer the frequently asked questions about these assessments. I urge you to review the handbook, and I hope it will be helpful in your efforts to improve reading and writing instruction...
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