English 1B  Research Paper

As a student of English 1B, you have read and will read several texts by various authors. Try to select a short story, play, or poem that you liked or found engaging. You should also consider the message of the story, play, or poem you are considering. I want you to enjoy this process, so really think about a text you would like to write about. If you like the text, you are more inclined to enjoy writing the research paper.

Instructions:

1. Select one of the texts we will/have read this semester. (Be sure the short story, play, or poem is one from the syllabus for our class.)

2. Conduct research on the text to learn more about the author, era, genre, and the text itself

3. Form a logical and cogent argument about the message of the text, and you must state this argument in a clearly worded thesis statement. 

4. You will need to discuss the author, social mores at the time the text was written, and any additional elements you feel necessary to qualify your thesis. You should also discuss the format of the text (fiction, play, drama, poetry) and how the author used this genre to bring his or her text forward. This will include some analysis using the elements of fiction, drama, or poetry.

5. You must analyze the text using one of the critical theories from Chapter 9 (if you need help selecting a theory, please let me know).

6. The research must come from the Pasadena College Library Databases. The research must be documented in the paper in MLA format with parenthetical citations and a fully documented Works Cited page. 

7. The research paper is scaffolded; this means you are required to submit a first draft and a final draft. You will get feedback on the first draft; this will help you write a better paper.

    Think about what is interesting to you and which piece you connected with.

 Please let me know if you have any questions.

Community supervision and corrections is our topic for chapter 12. Review the following PBS article and video on probation and parole systems in Arizona. Then, review the AZCentral article on the 2021 Arizona House Bill 2707 (HB 2707). There have been several recent proposals in Arizona to improve the effectiveness of their probation and parole systems. The effectiveness of these interventions are primarily judged by their ability to reduce recidivism and tax payer costs simultaneously.

Compare and contrast these two probation/parole programs and write a 1-2 page reflection paper. Your paper should be no more than 2 pages. In your reflection paper, you should discuss the pros and cons of both of these probation and parole interventions in Arizona. Which one do you think is more effective in terms of reducing recidivism and tax payer costs simultaneously? You may utilize data and information from similar probation and parole programs outside of Arizona to support and defend your position.

Should we evaluate a probation/parole program solely on its ability to reduce recidivism at the least expensive rate to taxpayers? Why or why not? Ultimately, HB 2707 (2021 version) did not have enough legislative votes to pass and reach the Arizona Governor’s office for a chance to become law.

Lastly, be sure you are not referring to the 2022 Arizona House Bill 2707 on permitting a moment of silence in public schools . The 2022 Arizona HB 2707 has no relation to this assignment.

Your paper should be in APA format which includes a title page, header with page numbers and reference page. (Your title page and reference page should be separate from the body of your paper.) Your paper should be in 12 pt. Times New Roman Font, double spaced, with 1-inch margins. Your reference page should include at least 2 scholarly, academic, peer reviewed journal articles with a publication date within 10 years to support and defend your arguments and position.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/a-personalized-approach-to-probation-saved-arizona-461-million (Links to an external site.)

https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/2021/06/14/arizona-probation-programs-need-incentives-keep-out-prison/7550458002/

For this Assessment, you will design a research proposal for a crime issue affecting your community or region. Though you do not need to carry out the research proposal, it should be an implementable plan. The goal of this exercise is to allow you to look at criminal justice issues from the point of view of a researcher, examining the different facets of an issue that need to be taken into account to conduct research. This competency should expand your awareness of theories, designs, and methods that can be used to conduct criminal justice research, should you continue your studies at the doctoral level or be required to conduct research in your career.

The Assessment:

Design a study to examine the effect of crime on your community from both a quantitative and qualitative approach. Your study proposal should be 3–5 pages long and must include the following:

1. Choose a particular crime that is present in your community. Identify what is not yet known about the relationship between that particular crime and its effect on the community.
2. Formulate a research question that you could explore in a research study. Your question should be an extension of current research.
3. Select a population and a sampling technique to use for the research proposal. Describe the target population (including size of the population and other demographic and socioeconomic conditions, if known) and how you plan to sample it or whether you plan to use existing data.
4. Define your research variables (independent and dependent). Provide conceptual definitions of the key variables you need to measure.
5. Explain/ how you would measure each variable.
6. Identify survey instrument (if used): a list of survey questions that you would need to ask (if you plan to conduct a survey). If you choose existing data, be sure to provide evidence of reliability and validity and a description of the sample, concepts, and measures used in the original study. Also identify any limitations of the existing data.
7. Provide a description of mixed-methods approach taken.

i need an annotated bibliography for this source.

Entertainment Software Association. “2021 Essential Facts About the Video Game Industry.” ESA, 13 July 2021, www.theesa.com/resource/2021-essential-facts-about-the-video-game-industry. 

Also need a letter

TALK BACK about what you see, hear and read in the media.  Write a letter that is either complimentary or critical of the media issue you studied for Media Deconstruction.(Asian representation in video games.)  Tell people who profit from the media and establish content guidelines, policies and practices what you think about diversity images and messages communicated in the media culture. 

The most effective way to voice your opinion is to refuse to use media or purchase products from companies whose advertising depicts imagery and language that do not support your values.  Don’t buy the advertised product, watch a particular TV show, rent or go to a movie, read or subscribe to a magazine or newspaper, purchase a CD or DVD, listen to a radio station, certain DJ or recording artist, play a video game, visit a website, stream a program or download an App.

When you send this message to the advertiser, retailer, manufacturer, corporation, media outlet or celebrity endorser, make sure to let them know why you do or don’t support the product. Tell them what you like and don’t like, why you feel this way, and what you plan to do about it.

Think about what you want to say based on the concepts you learned and to whom you should send a copy of your letter — people in power in the media, advocacy groups, business and professional organizations, government agencies and public officials, as well as high-profile celebrities.  Consider everyone you think should know about your concern.  Be clear and concise and address the letter to a specific person.  You are a consumer with purchase power.  Use your economic clout!

Letters are judged on the relevance of the ideas and information, clarity and organization of comments, application of concepts and issues, and list of key players to receive a copy.

1. What’s in your personal lexicon? Make a list of words, phrases, or physical gestures.

What brings you grief? Think of one or multiple events or situations, something larger than an interpersonal interaction (something you can’t “fix”), that brings you grief. Make a list and write.
 

for example: climate disasters, sweatshop labor, the pandemic, species extinction, etc

What brings you joy and pleasure? Think on small and large scales. Make a list and write. Include concrete details–what can you see, hear, feel, taste, smell?

for example: hugging a friend, skateboarding on a warm evening, picking a little bouquet of flowers, marching in the streets with five hundred people for something you believe in, falling in love, etc.

Write something that incorporates all of these parts.

• 2. Intergenerational Stories

Tell a story about yourself by also telling a story about your family and/or ancestors–family here can mean any people/elders who you have close connections to in your community.

Ask an elder in your family to tell a story or share a more distant memory from their life.

If you are not able to have that conversation or do not have access to your family’s history due to diaspora, consider doing some research of your own into the lives of who you consider to be your elders, whether or not they are still living.

• This could be people you admire who share aspects of your identity or are tied to your communities—pop culture figures, political activists, queer and trans pathmakers, journalists, artists and historians, community figures you’ve known personally, groundbreaking scientists and mathematicians, sports figures—it’s up to you. Find a way to weave your history with theirs.

In what ways do your elders inform your life—what have they given you access to? What stories of theirs resonate with you? What stories are difficult for you to hear? What struggles do you still share? What have you learned from them? Where do you depart from them?

With these elements, write something that weaves your story with theirs.