Category: Writing

One strategy for maintaining the health care need for a child with Autism would be to keep the lights lowered and to keep the noise level down. One activity that could be done to help prepare the other students for this is a quiet reading time where all the students are in quiet areas reading to themselves or quietly with another student. An activity that could help to improve the social and emotional development of a child with autism is to play a game with them that requires them to take turns. Showing these students how to take turns with you will give them the basis on how to play with the other students in the class.
Comment as you see fit. Min 45 words or more

Stop, Look, Listen
This discussion will stem from a writing exercise. Here’s what to do:
Go for a 15-minute walk by yourself (no cell phones allowed). If you’d prefer to find a spot to sit indoors where there are people around (like a coffee shop or mall), that’s cool as well. Take in the sights, sounds, smells, and whatever else that may come about. Jot down the images that you see during these 15 minutes. You can write sentences, single words, or images.
When you finish the walk (or the 15 minute Stop, Look, Listen session), begin the process of sorting through the imagery to create a poem. What connections could be made? What stuck out? Why did it stick out? Write a brief reflection on the process after completing the poem. Answer the following questions in your discussion board:
What connections could be made? What stuck out? Why did it stick out?
What worked? What didn’t work?
What was difficult about the process?
Don’t feel like you have to answer every single reflective question. Just provide your thinking about the exercise.
Deadline for Submission
Post your initial thoughts (250-300 words) no later than
Thursday 11:59 p.m. ET
Reply to at least two peer posts (150-200 words each)

Poetry Collection Draft
Taking into consideration the different poetic examples in the reading assignments, you will explore the process of drafting and revising a short collection of poems. Please compose three poems.
There are no length requirements for these pieces aside from the examples set in the reading examples you’ve been provided. Pay particular attention to both content and structure. In poetry, the balance between these two represents the foundation of the creative process. Choose the best words for what you want to convey – don’t settle.
Poems in this assignment should focus on maintaining the balance of content and structure, word choice, line breaks, rhyme, and meter. The secondary focus should be the ordering of the three pieces and the presentation as a collection. Consider how these poems work together even if they seem to be striving towards doing different things.
Guidelines for Submission
Compose three poems, no specific required length but should be substantial for the intended purpose
Use MLA formatting and citations as needed
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/51565/black-earth
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/51856/evening-56d22fe15dc07
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45502/the-red-wheelbarrow
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45474/o-captain-my-captain
Teh Landlord’s Tale. Paul Revere’s Ride, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44637/the-landlords-tale-paul-reveres-ride