Category Archives: Assignments

A08: Definition Essay

Posted on March 1, 2012 by davidbdale

Your first paper is due THU MAR 08. It will make an argument essential to your Research Paper, which is not due until late April. You’ll write three short papers in total this semester, each proving something essential about your … Continue reading →

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Quotation Skills – Tikeena Sturdivant

Posted on February 28, 2012 by sturdi36

Church doctrine requires every temple baptism to be on record, however,”The Church has no way of knowing whether a person has accepted the baptism and thus does not consider such persons Church members.”

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Quotation skills _ Evan Horner

Posted on February 28, 2012 by horner53

Unfortunately, some of the names inappropriately submitted for temple baptism have been Jewish Holocaust victims who were “not relatives of Church members”.

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A07: My White Paper

Posted on February 28, 2012 by davidbdale

White Paper: Your Research Thesis The time has come for you to produce a White Paper on your chosen research topic. For Thursday you’ll owe me a post which, like my sample White Paper “Why We Still Have Polio,” will … Continue reading →

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Quotation Skills- Eddie Jahn

Posted on February 28, 2012 by jahne92

Flake said “Mormons are encouraged to baptize at least four generations of forebears to seal the family together in the afterlife.”

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Quotation Skills

Posted on February 23, 2012 by davidbdale

Rarely does the perfect quotation offer itself up for us to use right “out of the box.” Sources are notorious for phrasing their remarks awkwardly, or in ways that don’t fit into the sentences we had planned for them, or … Continue reading →

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A06: Proposals, 5 Sources

Posted on February 21, 2012 by davidbdale

The oral presentations you’ve been making are essentially pitches. If you make a strong enough case that I can feel confident you have a narrow topic and a good plan, I’m happy for you to proceed to do your research … Continue reading →

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Advertising Failure

Posted on February 9, 2012 by davidbdale

The story of Doctor Kim A. Adcock’s approach to solving a problem in the radiology department at Kaiser Permanente in Denver reads like script background for one of those “procedural” TV shows such as CSI. We know who died (far … Continue reading →

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Safer Saws – Ally Hodgson

Posted on January 31, 2012 by allyhodgson93

In a SawStop demonstration video, the creator, Steven Gass explains, “the system can tell the difference between your finger and the wood. So when you’re cutting wood, if you accidentally run your hand into the blade, it will stop it so quickly … Continue reading →

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A02: Cookie Boycott

Posted on January 12, 2012 by davidbdale

A California teen hopes to spearhead a national boycott of Girl Scout cookies after the Scouts’ controversial decision to admit a 7-year-old transgender child to a Colorado troop last October. The girl argues that money raised through the efforts of … Continue reading →

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