Combining Visual Arts with Veterinary Science for Community Service

Stage A - Developing a Thesis Statement

My chosen carrier field will be about becoming a Veterinary and helping abandon animals and pets. Essay - ACTS Essay- ACTS – There is only one question to be answered within your essay, yet it has 5 main components, and how each student answers it will be vastly different. There are also 5 stages(Stage A-E) to this essay, complete one at time in the required order. This assignment was designed to walk you through the process of writing a formal academic essay, to apply visual art content to your career field, and allow you to think outside the box in developing a way to contribute to society. Course Link linked itemEssay -Stage A Essay – ACTS- Stage ‘A' Develop a thesis statement to address how you will answer this one question within your essay. How can the visual arts be combined with some aspect of your career field and be incorporated into a local community based project proposal to make a contribution to society? Thus your thesis will have all of the following components: visual arts your field of study, connecting factor a local community service project proposal presented to the town council, and the contribution this will make to this local society for example if my career field is ballet my thesis might look something like this: Visual arts can be used by Justinian, Alabama's ballet theater's business department to communicate a message about their production to their potential audience, clients come to see the production, and with these proceeds a fund can be set up to start a local neighborhood after school art and science program in this town. Thesis Examples.rtf Click for more options Action required to complete this stage: - Enter this Discussion Board to post your Stage 'A' thesis statement Course Link linked itemEssay- Stage B Essay – ACTS- Stage ‘B” 1. Identify an academic source for your essay. You will choose your textbook and/or one journal or book source from the CTC library only. General websites are not allowed! Your source should be chosen to support the essay topic. Keep in mind, the artist is not the topic of this essay. Format this source in correct MLA. (see example formatting) Author last name, Author first name. “Title of online accessed Article.” Title of Journal, vol #, no. #, Year, pp. #-#. Database Title, DD Month YYYY. URL. Accessed DD Month YYYY. Book author last name, First name. Title of Book. Publisher Name, date published. Sachant, Pamela J., et al. Introduction to Art: Design, Context, and Meaning. University of North Georgia Press, 2016. 2. Identify a visual artist born after 1900 to include within your essay. [[There are not many in your textbook to meet this criteria, so also consider using the MET and the archive under "Resources" on the left BB menu.]] Action required to complete this stage: - Enter this Discussion Board to post both of these Stage 'B' requirements Note: Contact the CTC library for assistance with identifying a journal article. Information on accessing the library is found within the ‘Start Here’ link, CTC Library. Item Essay Stage C Essay – ACTS- Stage ‘C” Write Essay: Using your academic source/s you will write and submit your essay to the Writing Lab. Here are the specifics for your essay. Introduction Paragraph with Thesis Statement as the last sentence in this paragraph (use the feedback from Stage A) Essay Body: Supporting Arguments to prove your thesis statement 3+ paragraphs with 500-900 word count use at least 2 in-text citations (ideally 3) with supporting evidence from your stage ‘B’ approved academic/scholarly(textbook or library journal article source/s and properly document with any necessary quotation marks (these 2 may not be used for definitions, dates, nor artwork reference only)) Supporting information= some part of your connection and/or contribution (for example evidence supporting why a societal contribution in this area is needed, some visual art which would meet this need in some way, evidence to support the connection itself, etc. include a visual artist born after 1900. Add an Artwork Title in correct MLA for extra credit (do not attach or include the actual images of the artwork!) Conclusion (3+ sentences) Take a summary sentence from each of the body paragraphs as it directly relates to your thesis Works Cited - MLA formatted list of sources used within essay Essay 2019 - Student .rtf Click for more options Composition. a. Grammar and Spelling Count. 1" Margins, Double Spaced, Times Roman 12pt, correct document type : rtf or doc only Documentation MLA Formatting of In-Text Citations --a grade may not be earned without proper in-text citations and documentation MLA Formatting for all sources used on the Works Cited page -a grade will not be earned without a proper Works Cited page Use MLA 2016 8th edition with both URL and Accessed date for Library database or any instructor approved website. {see example essay} Note: Complete your assignment using word-processing software such as MS Word 365 (download free software at https://products.office.com/en-us/student?ms.officeurl=getoffice365), LibreOffice (download free software at https://www.libreoffice.org/download), or other per course requirements. Save your file as a .rtf file or .doc --Only -to ensure that it can be opened at any computer. Other document types will not be accepted, and could result in earning 0 points. Action required to complete this stage: Submit completed essay to Writing Lab and provide time and date verification to your instructor in a BB Message before deadline Note: Writing Lab submission details found within the ‘Start Here’ link, Resources – Writing Lab.