Intensive English Comp I (110)

Learning Outcomes:

• To further develop voice by turning your analytical eye outward. In the previous essay you investigated what makes significance in your life, and now your task is to see how a person impacts and creates significance in their community.
• Develop quoting and research skills through interview and observation.

Assignment:

• Write a profile on a person of interest from your life.
• Organize your essay either thematically, or chronologically to emphasize a clear perspective on your chosen subject.
• Ensure you demonstrate a clear understanding of your subject by
  • detailing major qualities of their identity
  • highlighting the significance to their surrounding community which is important to the composition of their identity.
• Integrate the quotes obtained from your interview with lucid and thoughtful observations on your chosen person.
• All of these steps should lead you to specific conclusions, or speculative conclusions about your subject.
• Additionally these conclusions should illuminate a clear purpose for your profile.
• Your paper should answer the questions:
  • why did you as a writer choose this topic?
  • what about this topic should I as a reader care about?

Assessment:

• Minimum of three direct quotes from the writer’s subject.
• Follow MLA guidelines for quoting – refer to my handout and our writer’s handbook
• MLA guidelines for formatting of paper: dbl spaced, 12 pt Times New Roman font, a creative title, last name and page number in the upper right corner of each page.
• At least five paragraphs that come to around 600-800 words.
• Clear perspective and assertion of writer’s role. You’re the spokesperson for your subject.
• An awareness of audience that has influenced intentional choices of style; both of which have demonstrated a clear purpose in writing the profile.
• Works Cited for your interview.

Discussion Question #2 is comprised of three parts. There are a number of reasons that Unemployment Compensation payments may be denied to an applicant because of some type of disqualification. Read each of the attached fact patterns and discuss whether the applicant should be approved or denied for unemployment insurance. State the reasons for your responses.  (A 1-page response is required for the combination of Parts A, B, and C.)  If there is a Part A, your response should identify a Part A, etc. In addition, you must appropriately cite all resources used in your responses and document in a bibliography using APA style

Part A

Sylvia Jones works for Micron Electronics,   where she is a secretary for the VP of Marketing. Sylvia has been employed for three years when she decides that she no longer wants to work for Micron.   She tenders her resignation and immediately files an application for unemployment benefits. Should she collect? (7 points)

Part B

Bill Jones was an accountant with Argon   Industries, where he was responsible for preparing the month-end accounting reports for the senior management group. In response to the urging of his manager, Bill changes some line items on the income statement to reflect increased income for the quarter. As a result of a subsequent audit, the matter is uncovered, and Bill is fired. Can he collect unemployment insurance? (7 points)

Part C

Mary Peters has functioned as the VP of   Human Resources for Data Management, Inc. The company has recently been acquired by Data First Corporation. As a result of the merger, Mary’s job has become redundant, and she has been terminated. Part of her agreement provides her with six months severance. Can Mary collect unemployment insurance? (6   points)

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As we look at the interplay between needs, wants, and demand and how those factors lead to specific market offerings, consider these concepts in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Highlight a specific offering (product or service) you’ve purchased at point during the pandemic. If helpful, highlight more than one offering. Put them in context of a need and want and whether those existed prior to the pandemic and/or were shaped/changed by the ongoing situation.

For example, I could share a potentially obvious scenario of needing multiple masks to function in an office, shopping, etc. I didn’t have a need to cover my mouth and nose due to concerns of personal health and safety prior to the pandemic. The want could tie into product design specifications (e.g. color, types of straps, etc.). I might share that I’m in a professional environment and can’t wear some of the outrageous designs that exist. In fact, our HR department specifically highlighted the need for professionalism early on. In my case, I can even share that I experimented with a brand that sells masks that wrap around the head as an alternative to using only those around ears. I was willing to spend a little extra on that as well as based on reviews of thicknesses and ability for particles to pass through, etc. Today, I have a small collection of masks and yet I am already wearing them less often and for shorter periods of time due to the evolution of the pandemic, corporate policies, prevalence of the vaccine, etc.

Having shared this obvious example, I’d like each of you to come up with different ones–no more posts on masks. Furthermore, your post should be unique and not just another example of the same offering provided by a classmate. That means you need to read through those posted before yours to ensure you aren’t duplicating even accidentally in order to receive full credit.

Remember it could be something that you’ve purchased in the past but that might have been impacted by this situation.

Be sure to clearly define the need being met and how your specific wants were met by specifications.