Finding Threads and Themes
 Exam
Outline
 The Process
 Writing
 Tips from Blackboard
 A Metaphor?
 Final
Exam (20%+5%)
 The last seminar – the week of November 2529 will be a general review of the key
themes to consider when you are writing
your final take home exam
 The final take home exam will be posted on
Bb on Tuesday after the FNP 100 lecture
 As per the Course Outline (CO) – the School
of Nutrition policy is that you must pass the
final exam with at least 50% to pass the
course
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An electronic version of your exam must be
submitted through Turnitin submission on Bb
Check with your faculty facilitator whether a hard
copy of your final exam is required and how to submit
the hard copy.
This is your final exam for the course, and Ryerson
policy described in your course outline applies.
No exam will be accepted after the due date and
time unless there are extenuating circumstances…
We open the turnitin site for the final exam at the
time that the final exam questions are posted – we
will set the turnitin site to enable you to check for
plagiarizing in advance, using draft copies… but do
not leave it until the last minute… as the number of
students entering the system increases – the ability
to access feed-back from turnitin decreases…
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Label your submission by using your first and last name
and FNP100_FINAL only. Cut and paste the question
(including the number) that you have selected at the
beginning of your answer.
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Read the questions carefully and think about the many
these from each week of the course… using your reflective
skills think about how themes and threads of meaning…
Consider the course objectives [course outline], readings,
additional resources posted to Bb, lecture
notes and seminar/portal discussions/postings.
Your answers should be well organized and integrative,
looking for themes and threads. A complete answer will
include a title, and introduction and a conclusion and will
also include 'nuggets panned' from several articles
provided in the course through Bb and from the print
reserve.
Be clear, concise, double space and acknowledge sources
using APA format.
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 Focus
on the questions that are required and
begin by creating bullet points from various
seminar/ lecture themes that will help you
to write up the answers
 Check with your professor to see if you need
to also hand in a print copy
 Allot time before the due date of the exam
to consider how you might want to create
the answers
This is very important! Time management is
key to successfully completing this assignment.
Here are some tips on how to accomplish this:
 Make
outlines (just as you did for the essay
and another to outline your process and what
you will be doing each day)
 Avoid spending to much time reading; get
down to the writing
 This assignment will take some time, so do
not leave it until a few days before it is due
 For
the optional questions:
When you are reading the options, is there one
that really interests you, that you have an
immediate emotional reaction to?
Does one of the options seem to ‘write itself’?
Can you already come up with a thesis and a
few ideas for supportive paragraphs?
 Treat
the assignment as an essay assignment
and fulfill all the requirements of the
previous assignment. Include:
A
Title (that is creative and declarative)
 An
introduction that contextualizes your
discussion in a larger framework and then
introduces your thesis statement and key
concepts at the end
A
discussion structure that matches the order
of key concepts as they are presented in the
introduction; discussion should draw from
resources in order to support your main
argument. Draw from:
-Course Outline
-Course Readings (“panning for gold” – key
themes)
-Additional Resources Posted to Bb
-Lecture Notes
-Seminar exercises/Portal Discussions
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Conclusion that sums up your main argument and
key concepts; it should end on a memorable note
(especially as this is the last time this reader will
be exposed to your writing through this course)
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USE APA Fromat!
Double space
Title page, running head, page numbers, in-text
citations (see online for special use of lecture
notes, blog discussions, etc.), reference list on
this exam should immediately follow the
questions…
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importantly:
Bring up THEMES and THREADS from the course
Reviewing of the key themes and threads will be
discussed in the final Seminar during the week of
November 25-29
 Your
instructor will not be providing answers
but will provide memories of themes and
threads that occurred over the term… and
your colleagues will share their learning and
perhaps strategies that they plan to use in
writing the final exam
 The final exam will be submitted as 1 paper
with several questions to answer – not a
separate submission for each question
Be absolutely sure to read this document from
the course:
-On ‘blackboard (Bb)’
-Under ‘Assignment and Final Exam Resources’
-Connect with the turnitin drop box for the
final exam
 Importance
placed on framing,
rationalization, and explanation of your
definition (or ‘take’ or personal perspective).
 1-2
main ideas per paragraph
 Increasing
vocabulary (use terminology from
the course—use these key words and phrases
to punctuate your paper (1-2 per paragraph?)
Is there a metaphor or symbol that can used to
represent:
-the course
-your perspective on the course
Use this metaphor for your title, thesis, and
idea that threads together your essay in
order to create flow and connections
 This
course was like…
 What
metaphors come to mind when thinking
back upon the experience of this course?