Unlike most animated films that have been cartoons for children and families, Grave of Fireflies touched on more serious themes and had moments that moved some audience members to tears. Identify and give examples of the representations in the film that you consider this anime is different from cartoon.

(USE your OWN words, no citation)

Vocabulary for Unit 4

These are the vocabulary words for this unit.  Remember to incorporate them into your Discussion Board in this unit.

Inconsequential      Superficial         Tenuous      Trivial

Compelling             Obstinate         Tenacity       Consensus

Derived                   Acquired

For this Writer’s Notebook, you should watch the video “In Reverse” and respond to the following prompt with a minimum of 300 words:

What effect do the creators of this video wish to have on the viewer? In other words, what is the video’s purpose?   Who do you think is the intended audience? Why?  How do the creators of this video use the elements of visual rhetoric discussed in this unit to convey their message? You may also consider how elements not discussed in this unit, such as sound or special effects, engage and persuade the viewer. 

Note:  This video contains imagery that some viewers may find unsettling.

(direct link to the video:  https://vimeo.com/106588553)

For this discussion board, first choose an image from the “images” folder to respond to.  In your discussion board post, begin by describing the image you have chosen and explaining your initial reactions to the image.  From there, provide your reader with an analysis of the image, using terms introduced earlier in this unit: composition, context, content, framing, lighting, angle, intertextuality, focus,  etc.  Be sure to begin your response by identifying which image you have chosen.

Complete this discussion board with one initial response of at least 300 words and two replies of at least 100 words each.

As always,  be sure to use two vocabulary words from the unit.

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For this Writer’s Notebook, you should construct an outline for your next assignment by following these instructions:

Take a moment to look ahead to your next assignment.  You are asked to write an extended visual analysis.  Take a little while to browse the images in the Gordon Parks Foundation Archive (link below) and choose one that will be the subject of your essay. After youve chosen an image, take some time to brainstorm and generate ideas about your topic. You may choose any of the invention strategies discussed in Unit 1 and the strategies discussed in the visual rhetoric lessons in this unit.

Once you have generated some ideas, begin thinking about ways to tie them together.  Try devising a thesis statement that makes a claim about the image you have chosen.  Next, think about how to organize your ideas into a coherent essay.  Use the outline template provided here to help guide you in constructing an outline for your essay.

When you are finished, you should have a working thesis statement and a detailed outline for your major essay.

Please use this discussion board for the peer review of the visual analysis essay. 

Questions for Peer Review

1. Read your peers essay from beginning to end just to let its ideas wash over you.  What are your initial thoughts? Did your peer satisfy the requirements of assignment?  Please explain in detail.

2. Review the essays title as well as its introduction and conclusion.  Think about the relationships among these three components. Do they match or do they disagree? Make note of strengths or weaknesses in these crucial areas.  Please explain in detail.

3. Like other essays, a visual analysis essay should have a thesis.  Find the essays thesis.  Is it clear? Does it make some claim or statement about the image? Paraphrase (put in your own words) the thesis of the essay to check your understanding. Review the assignment guidelines to ensure that your peers thesis is on target. Make note of strengths or weaknesses in this area. Please explain in detail.

4. Evaluate the quality of the visual analysis.  Does the writer use some of the vocabulary introduced in Unit 3?  Focus, Color, Framing, Context, etc.  

5. Focus on the individual paragraphs of the essay.  Does each paragraph have a topic sentence that previews the ideas of the paragraph? Observe the essays development of paragraphs.  Does each paragraph have a single main idea that relates to the thesis?  Are there any paragraphs that seem disconnected or out of place?

6. Consider the essays use of the English language.  Are sentence structures, grammar, spelling, punctuation and mechanics employed effectively, or do errors distract the reader from understanding and enjoying the writers analysis? Make note of strengths and weaknesses in this area.  Please explain in detail.

Remember: When in doubt about how to do the peer review, be honest, helpful, and constructive. Saying Great job! Dont change a word! never helped anyone to be a better writer.

 The topic of the speech is : 

Hard Work: This could commemorate the value of hard work or examples of it.

The outline for the speech is uploaded in a word document. 

follow the outline. 

 Censorship in film has played an important role in commercial movie making. Do you think the film you watched for this weeks first discussion question would have been allowed to release with the same exact content under the Hays Code? Why or why not? Be explicit and support your claim with verbiage from the Hays Code itself. 

Watch a film made in the last 25 years from one of the following genres Melodrama, Science Fiction/Fantasy, or Horror. It cannot be from the genre that your favorite movie is from (the film you told us was your favorite in week one).

NOTE: TO DO THIS, YOU NEED TO MATCH GENRE TO GENRE. A MOVIE FROM THE LAST 25 YEARS THAT IS IN THE GENRE ABOVE AND ONE FROM THE RESOURCE LISTED OR THE ALTERNATIVE RESOURCE LIST.

What does it have in common with the films of that genre in the week three content? How is the film different?

NOTE: TO DO THIS PART, YOU NEED TO LOOK AT ONE OF THE FILMS FOR WEEK 3.

How does sound play a part in the film you watched? Identify at least three places that sound stood out in the film.

(NOTE: CHECK OUT THE INFORMATION ON FOLEY WORK ON THE WEEK 3 ANNOUNCEMENT PAGE OR IN ALTERNATIVE RESOURCES IN THE WEEK 3 MODULE.)

In the last  unit, we discussed the creation of body paragraphs for your research paper.  Now with the feedback, you should have a good idea of the revision needed.  Are there more points you need or some added verbiage needed  to  further support your thesis, along with the evidence you will use to support those points?

Think about the process so far and feel free to use this writing as a reflection upon what you have experienced so far in the course. You might want to consider some of the questions below, but you are not required to answer all of them. Remember, as always, that this discussion should be a positive and constructive experience for everyone. The idea is that you reflect upon the process so that you understand it, understand yourself as a new student writer, and understand the challenges and successes you experience.

What do you think is your strongest point? What do you think is your weakest? Do you think the scope of your project is narrowed down efficiently? How are you feeling about the process? What do you think about the structure of the body paragraphs? Does the structure seem too restrictive or helpful and guiding? Looking back on some of the materials that you have read, can you see the structures that we have discussed in the course so far? Do you see differences between academic and public sources in terms of how the paragraphs are constructed?

Global Paper Assignment

United States v.s India on Depression

A DALY or disability adjusted life years is a term used an indicator of health status global and public health. It is a summary of losses due to premature death and years lived within a population.

Global Burden of Disease Study:

CIA Factbook

Choose one of the leading causes of DALY:  Depression

Find a low- middle income nation (India) which also experiences a similar increased morbidity and mortality from this condition and compare this to the United States.

Paper Component:

1. Explain the   pathophysiology/ etiology of the problem

2. Identify and explain the   risk factors for this problem

3. Determine who is most affected   and the incidence/prevalence for this condition in both countries

4. Choose three (3) social   determinants for health for each country and explain how these contribute to   the increased incidence/prevalence and subsequent poor outcomes from this   condition. They do not have to be the same for both countries After   presenting the 3 social determinants, provide a summary on any similarities/differences   and how different disparities/inequities in social determinants can lead to   the same poor health outcome. Think education, socioeconomics, culture,   gender, ethnicity, technology, access to care, safety, water and food   insecurities, political landscape but certainly not limited to these.

5. Identify three (3)   interventions (public health, private, NGO etc.) which are being used in each   country to control this chronic health problem and are these interventions   effective?

6. Pick one Sustainable   Development Goal and one Healthy People 2020 goal related to the problem and explain   the relevance of the goal to the problem

7. Using an upstream   thinking approachpick one   determinant that if improved would markedly decrease the morbidity and   mortality of this health problem. Give a strong explanation with examples and   explain how the role of the nurse fits into this plan.

8. Explain how you will   bring the knowledge you learned from this project back to your bedside care

APA and Grammar. In text   citations are a must.

Paper should be 3-4 pages

9. Pick 3 social determinants of health and explain how these contribute to the increased incidence and prevalence and poor outcomes. They do not have to be the same for both countries:

Think (but not limited to)

Health Access

Education

Technology Access

Safety

Water/Food Insecurities

Socioeconomics

Culture/ Religion/ Ethnicity/ Gender

Political Landscape

• Which of the nominees for Best Picture is the longest film? Which is the shortest? The most popular? Earned the most money at the box office?
• Which film has the most nominations?
• Which in your opinion is the best film?

Select one of the two question sets and respond in about two paragraphs. Provide at least one passage from each of the readings to support your response:

1. According to Jeff Guo and Kat Chow, how did the idea of Asian Americans as the “model minority” emerge? What role did Asian Americans play in the creation of the term? What role did the government and media play in the creation of the term?

2. According to Guo and Chow, what was the original purpose of the idea of the MM (model minority)? What were the unintended consequences of the MM? Based on the intentional purposes and the unintentional consequences, how would you evaluate the MM (model minority)?

Explanation essay on the story Vampire in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russel.
MLA FORMAT

Must pick 2 literacy devices

MUST INCLUDE – INTRO with the thesis being the last sentence in the intro & a Title no more then 4 words

2 BODYS BOTH ABOUT A SYMBOL (2 separate symbols)

Pick a symbol and explain, include work cited on a different page 

Then a conclusion for a total of 4 paragraphs!!!! paragraphs must have  7 sentences in them As the minimum.