There are three parts to this assignment. Read each section carefully and follow the instructions for each part.

Part 1 – Use the following words to write 5 original sentences that follow a periodic sentence structure:

1. Billow
2. Compliance
3. Consecrate
4. Desolate
5. Enterprising

Part 2 – Use the following words to write 5 original sentences that follow a balanced sentence structure:

1. Gossamer
2. Guile
3. Guise
4. Interminable
5. Subtleties

Your sentences must do the following:

• Contain a context clue to demonstrate your full understanding of the word’s meaning
• Follow the sentence pattern as indicated
• Be free of comma splices, subject-verb agreement errors, and other serious grammatical errors
• Be free of spelling and punctuation errors

Part 3 – Read the historical context below and answer the questions that follow to analyze Sojourner Truth’s diction and syntax.

Sojourner Truth was an African-American abolitionist and women’s rights activist. She was born into slavery in New York but escaped with her infant daughter in 1826. She delivered the speech “Ain’t I a Woman?” at the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention in 1851.

1. How would the following sentiment be different if Truth used the word “should” instead of “better”?

“If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them.”

1. Truth uses periodic syntax and an allusion in the following quote: “If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again!” To whom does Truth refer? What is the purpose of the allusion? What is the effect of the periodic sentence?
2. Now it is your turn! Rewrite the following sentence using balanced syntax. “If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again!”
3. Discuss the effect of changing the sentence’s structure. Which structure is more effective? Explain.

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Part 1: Communicating a Problem

This topic is designed to help you consider a problem in your workplace or community and to design strategies in communicating about it. 

Please think of an example of a problem or situation in your workplace or your community. Then answer the following four questions with regard to that problem or situation. 

· What is the problem or situation?

· What are some possible communication strategies in notifying someone about the problem?

· What is the best course of action to take in solving the problem?

· What is the best way to communicate this problem to the relevant individuals?

Part 2: Communication Barriers & Inhibitors

This topic is designed to help you start thinking about the Communication Inhibitors Report. It includes four very helpful readings about communication barriers/inhibitors.

This week, one of your reading materials is titled, “Oral Versus Written Communication.” This reading material lists the eight essential elements of communication:  

· Source

· Receiver

· Message

· Channel

· Feedback

· Environment

· Context

· Interference

In addition, access and read these three articles about communication inhibitors.

· MSG Team, “Communication Barriers”

· Pandita, “Physical Barriers in Communication”

· Jain, “The Barriers to Effective Communication”

Finally, download and read the instructions for your first writing assignment, “WA1 Communciation Barriers & Inhibitors.” 

After you have read “Oral Versus Written Communication,” read the three articles on communication barriers, and reviewed the instructions for writing assignment #1, complete the following tasks:

· Decide which communication barrier(s) you believe are most powerfully affecting your communication process in the workplace or community scenario that you are considering for your assignment;

· Write a paragraph or two in which you explain how and why you think these barriers are the main culprits negatively affecting successful communication.

· Offer at least one classmate feedback on his/her post noting similarities or differences that you find interesting compared to the situation you described in your own post.

Part 3: response to statements

Statement one

1.     What is the problem or situation?

I am involved in a group of peer leaders known as the Junior Sailor Association. We meet bi-weekly to discuss different opportunities for various topics such as fundraising, volunteering, community outreach, job training etc… However an issue we have been having is increasing our membership which I feel is a due to a lack of communication with people being spread so far apart on the base that we work.

2.     What are some possible communication strategies in notifying someone about the problem?

A possible strategies is to have all of us in leadership positions to meet with the First Class Petty Officer Association, since they are the next step up from the Junior Sailor Association and compare strategies to see how they keep their membership high.

3.     What is the best course of action to take in solving the problem?

Possible remedies to this would be to spread the word in various different communications formats. Currently the only means by which people are being notified of meetings is by word of mouth, if that is extended to emails, fliers, app based group chats then I feel we would reach more people.

4.     What is the best way to communicate this problem to the relevant individuals?

At our next Junior Sailor Association leadership meeting I feel it necessary to brainstorm about the aforementioned new communication methods and strategize a plan of attack. If we are able to structure a format in which to recruit then people will begin to attend on a more frequent basis.  

Statement 2:

I used to work as a patient transporter at GBMC, where I was in constant contact with other employees and patients. GBMC is a very diverse hospital and it took me awhile to get used to that. It is challenging communicating with people who are so different from what you are used to. Miscommunication gaps in healthcare when I was a transporter caused numerous issues such as loss of productivity, conflict, inefficiency, and unclear requirements. I felt as though slang, racist language was used often. These barriers caused issues with the interpersonal communication I used. I was in contact with many people throughout my day, but for the most part I was only with the same person/people for twenty minutes at most.  

I think that the above barriers are the culprits that negatively affect successful communication within this job. Diversity is a good thing in the workplace, but it can also be extremely challenging. I mostly was challenged by employees not as much as patients. I tried my best to treat everyone equally. There were a lot of African American’s that worked with me directly and I was always treated as a minority. I was constantly surrounded by racist and slang language. When I would go to different hospital units to pick up patients the respect I would get from nurses of other races was inappropriate. People were rude and not helpful. At the end of the day we are all there for the same reason to do our jobs and make money. I could always tell those who were there to actually help people and those who were only there for a paycheck. Being around this type of energy and rudeness would impact me negatively, sometimes causing me to dread going to work. It was as simple as asking for assistance with a patient when going to pick them up and a nurse walking away or saying she will send the tech in. It was time consuming waiting for help because no one would want to help. If everyone was able to successfully communicate things would run smoother and hospital turnover would be better too.

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Getting Started

In this activity, you will reflect on your strengths, opportunities, and plans for growth, and your interests in working with families and groups through dialogue with classmates.

Upon completion of this assignment, you should be able to:

Upon successful completion of this discussion, you will be able to:

• Develop self-reflection and self-regulation to effectively manage the intersection of personal and professional values. (PO 1)

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Resources

• Textbook: Social Work with Groups: Comprehensive Practice and Self-Care

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Background Information

As described in previous workshops, consulting with others and receiving constructive feedback is an integral aspect of the social work profession. This feedback process has been integrated into every workshop in this course. You are encouraged to offer and receive feedback with your classmates as openly as possible, considering areas in which you and others have strengths as well as opportunities for growth.

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Instructions

1. Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your grade.
2. In your textbook, Social Work with Groups: Comprehensive Practice and Self-Care, read chapter 1 “Groups: Types and Stages of Development” and chapter 5: “Verbal and Nonverbal Communication.”
3. Make an initial post that responds to the following prompts by the fourth day of the workshop.
   1. What are your personal strengths in engaging, assessing, and communicating with families and groups?
   2. What are your personal limitations, deficits, needs, and opportunities for growth in engaging, assessing, and communicating with families and groups?
   3. Identify your plans to build on your skills and abilities for engaging, assessing, and communicating with families and groups.
   4. Identify your current interests in working with families and groups, including any social work roles you will pursue and how family or group engagement, assessment, and communication are responsibilities of those professional roles.
4. By the end of the workshop, read and respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts. Your responses to your classmates should both encourage and respectfully challenge your classmates’ experiences, assumptions, and attitudes toward practice with families and groups. You should also offer any suggestions or resources related to the areas in which your classmates want to learn or grow.
5. Your posts and responses should also:
   1. Provide clear answers with evidence of critical thinking
   2. Add depth to the discussion by introducing new ideas
   3. Answer classmates’ questions and provide insight to the discussion

QUESTION #1

Based on the required reading from the text and any other scholarly sources you choose to use, please outline and describe a macroeconomic approach a country could use that would maximize the aggregate demand the rest of the world’s nations have for the goods and services it produces.

QUESTION #2

A) The Trump administration has hired you to present a specific strategy for keeping America’s inflation and unemployment rates low. Please share it here.

B) After presenting the strategy a concern is voiced that if either inflation or unemployment are too low they will cause the other to rise. Explain how this can happen and how you will prevent it.

QUESTION #3

A newly formed country wants to make sure the economy it is building will successfully generate jobs and steadily rising standards of living. Based on what you have learned in this course and from any other scholarly sources, list and explain the components of a successful economy.

QUESTION #4

Go to http://www.heritage.org/index/ and look through the 2017 Index of Economic Freedom, where 150+ countries are ranked according to their levels of economic freedom.

A) Pick a country in the top ten of the rankings and clearly explain the primary reasons for its ranking.

B) Pick a country in the bottom ten of the rankings and clearly explain the primary reasons for its ranking.

In your assigned readings, you learned how size limits the distribution of gases, water and nutrients in animals. Chose a simple/small animal and a complex/large animal and compare the use of organ systems to meet a metabolic or reproductive need. You will focus on a single function; e.g., respiration, circulation, digestion, excretion, or reproduction. In your opinion, does increased size provide an adaptation for this function? Explain your position.

Write a 2-3 page (500 – 750 words, 12 point font) paper including the following elements. Be sure to compose your work with your own words. Do not copy and paste from any source.

• Analyze the limitations size puts on function.
• Describe an organ system needed for a small animal.
• Describe an organ system needed for a larger animal.
• Compare and contrast the system in small and larger animal.
• Analyze increased size as an adaptation and explain the rationale.