COM101

Formative Assessment: Conducting Research Article: “Young princesses in the classroom: Children learning to be human in a Gendered world” Author: Jule, Allyson Assessment: Finding a credible source to support Allyson jule’s argument (thesis) Summary:             Princess culture does lead to body issues among young girls. According to the article, IS ‘DISNEY PRINCESS CULTURE’ A BAD INFLUENCE ON YOUNG GIRLS? (States News Service, 2016) concerns have been expressed that “Princess culture” could lead to body esteem issues in young girls, as Disney Princess tend to be slim, pretty and often with an improbably small waist (States News Service, 2016, p.1). Researchers from National health services of the United Kingdom, have talked to both parents and children to assess what types of influences exposure princess culture may have and they found a link between young girls watching more princess media, identifying with princesses, and playi...

Assignment 3: Online Lesson Plan task 3- Summary Writing Instructions For this assignment, you will write on a Word document a summary paragraph of 10-12 well structured and grammatically correct sentences of the article "The Temin Effect." Use what you have learned from Shaun and the sample summary.  Summary: David Epstein’s “The Temin Effect” article, talks about the interview with the biologist Howard Temin conducted by one of the M.G. many years ago. In this article, he talks about Howard Temin’s work on the discovery of “reverse transcriptase-the class of enzymes of capable of creating DNA from a RNA template” which won him a Nobel Prize and made him an unforgettable figure. David then talks about Howard’s high school days in which his valedictory address was about the hydrogen bomb and how his bar mitzvah money was donated to a refugee camp as he was raised by activist parents in Philadelphia. Further in this article, David also talks about his interv...

Assignment 2: Online Lesson Plan task 2- Paraphrasing Instructions Using what you have learned from Shaun's streaming class, practice paraphrasing the passage below from "The Temin Effect."  "Temin’s intellectual forebears, the actual, heretical Renaissance men, provide proof of concept. Where his contemporaries looked at the moon and saw a perfectly smooth, divine sphere, Galileo recognized shades of dark and light for what they were: mountains and craters. Why? He was trained as an artist and was well practiced at depicting 3-dimensional figures in various light conditions" (Epstein &  Gladwell, 2018, p.2) "Temin’s intellectual forebears, the actual, heretical Renaissance men, provide proof of concept. While his contemporaries looked at the moon and saw a perfectly smooth, divine sphere, Galileo observed shades of dark and light for what they were: mountains and craters, due to his training as an artist and practice at depicting 3 ...

Assignment 1: Online Lesson Plan task- Precise and Concise writing exercise: 1.      Most students check their email s  on a daily basis.   (C oncise) ·        Most students check their emails regularly 2.      Students are going  to experience a change  next semester.  (Precise) ·        Students will be facing new set of challenges next semester 3.      In or der to facilitate the process for students to create their timetables , students will be  allowed to  practice and learn the process with a trainer   in a computer lab during orientation.  (Concise and Precise) ·        Students will be given an opportunity to practice and learn the process with a trainer in a computer lab during the orientation, to create their timetables. 4.      The wor...

Behind the scenes:  Infographic -  Blog  to new students Communicating the Blog in a different format:  At first, I thought it would be difficult presenting my  blog  which was just a plain write up into a  Infographic  as I had never created a  Infographic  before. However, with the professor's help and the resources available on Seneca Library regarding this format, I was able to complete my  Infographic .  After going through a few templates on  Canva , I came across the below attached template and streamlined my ideas accordingly. I picked up the five most important topics from my  blog  which I think would be of interest to the new students and arranged them accordingly with pictures relevant to those topics. The topics included in my  Infographic  are First day experience, Orientation, Conversing with new students, Assignments and S.M.I.LE which I feel is a starter pack for a...