“South Wind Changing”

“South Wind Changing”

A critical essay or a close reading analysis of the book “South Wind Changing”

Prompt: How does this story disrupt/complicate/resist/abide to predetermined notions of America or of Vietnamese Americans?

Content: analyze one book.  Make a persuasive presentation of your ideas. Overall content is original, sophisticated and insightful. The paper analyzes the topic thoroughly; no grammatical errors, no inaccurate citations or inaccurate paraphrasing from the readings.

Organization: paper develops an argument or thesis statement rather than merely listing evidence; body paragraphs of the essay are clearly linked to the thesis and follow logically from it; conclusion considers the ramifications of the thesis (or answer the question, “so what?”).

Evidence: argument is convincingly supported by evidence such as quotations from the assigned reading texts; quotes are integrated into the paper using parenthetical citation (identify author’s last name, and cite page of the text); quotes are followed by a thorough analysis that shows how they are evidence.

2. Organizational Development

Write a Scenario considering  yourself As an OD CONSULTANT that have been approached by a UAE based organization to re engineer their structure and present an effective one. Following the OD process, you are required to incorporate the following:

– A note on OD,

– A note on OD process int details

– Detailed activities in each stage of the process (your inputs).

In addition, you are required to write a-one-page note on the importance of the course for you as a Leader.

3. Bloom &Blair, Islam,

Response paper #5
Reading: Bloom &Blair, Islam, pp. 55-75.

1) What are the four Sunni schools of law (madhahib)? Describe the main differences between them.
2) Describe two major achievements of Muslims during the Umayyad Caliphate.
3) How was the Qur’an used in Umayyad architecture, such as in the Dome of the Rock?