Category Archives: Non-Portfolio Tasks

White Paper

Posted on October 9, 2015 by davidbdale

A White Paper is a work in progress. It’s a snapshot of where your research project stands at a particular moment. It’s also a useful repository for all your notes about the topic as your gather them. As such, White … Continue reading →

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E06: How to Open Exercise

Posted on October 2, 2015 by davidbdale

Based on sample Openings provided in red in your professor’s White Paper, write at least two different opening paragraphs for your Research Project, based on your current best understanding of your topic. Each Opening must contain a thesis sentence that … Continue reading →

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E04: Critical Reading – tpaz1

Posted on September 27, 2015 by tpaz1

“Super stimuli-sensitive. Skills on the battlefield, crazy-person behavior in a drug store, where she was recently standing behind a sweet old lady counting out change when she suddenly became so furious her ears literally started ringing.” -While standing behind the … Continue reading →

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E04 Critical reading

Posted on September 25, 2015 by dancingueen

But she’s got a warrior’s skills: hyperawareness, hypervigilance, adrenaline-sharp quick-scanning for danger, for triggers. Caleb Vines is the husband who has been to war and now has PTSD. ”Brennan Vines has never been to war but she’s got a warrior’s … Continue reading →

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E05: Mechanical Trouble

Posted on September 25, 2015 by davidbdale

that/which PTSD was once thought of as an illness which only afflicted veterans returning from war. PTSD was once thought of as an illness, that was true until early in the 21st century. who/whom This condition is visible in the … Continue reading →

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E04: Critical Reading-hiralp365

Posted on September 24, 2015 by hiralp365

Is PTSD contagious? It makes you question yourself is this a disease that is spreadable, contaminating everything around you. BRANNAN VINES HAS NEVER BEEN to war. This is a casual claim, that she hasn’t acquired any kind of warrior skills. … Continue reading →

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E04: Critical Reading – themildewmuncher7

Posted on September 24, 2015 by themildewmuncher7

1.   “Is PTSD contagious?” There must be some backing to this question, else it would not have been asked PTSD presented as a sickness, if it could be contagious Post-traumatic stress disorder is a real thing, as the title … Continue reading →

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Critical Reading- PTSD- bj112295

Posted on September 24, 2015 by bj112295

“But she’s got a warrior’s skills: hyperawareness, hypervigilance, adrenaline-sharp quick-scanning for danger, for triggers.” Brannan is subject to this category. She has unusual skills from a regular person in her position. This makes you automatically assume that her skills come … Continue reading →

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Critical Reading—zoeyzoey

Posted on September 24, 2015 by zoeyzoey0210

Is PTSD contagious? This question states that something that someone gets from a tragic situation. PTSD is thought of as a big issue where people seem to react erratically to small things that may annoy someone normally but we do … Continue reading →

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E04: Critical Reading—wildcuttlefish

Posted on September 24, 2015 by wildcuttlefish

Paragraph 1: “But she’s got a warrior’s skills: hyperawareness, hypervigilance, adrenaline-sharp quick-scanning for danger, for triggers. Super stimuli-sensitive…” -This is a categorical claim, showing readers the warrior skills that Brannan has, which is abnormal for someone who has not been … Continue reading →

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