Week 8 (Friday)

Today we took the Edward Snowden Quiz and went over the beginning of the essay.

Homework:

Read http://mashable.com/2013/06/09/edward-snowden/
Be prepared to answer a Journal Prompt on the reading.

Choose your strongest of your three arguments and create one body paragraph for your essay. Be sure to cite your source.

Week 8 (Thursday)

To watch the documentary:

Use Chrome and AdBlock
Watch this film if you want:
http://www.putlocker.ms/watch-citizenfour-online-free-2014-putlocker-v5.html

Homework:

• Read THIS
• Be prepared to answer a journal prompt
• Research infromation for your essay and take notes 

Notes from today's information:

2015 Program - data from service providers
Section 215 - Library Records Provision
NY Times - poor redaction revealed detrimental secrets
46 % of Americans don't care about privacy (needs citation)
We all want safety, limits are acceptable (think of restricting a tiger)
FISA Court (research it)
James Sensenbrenner (author of the Patriot Act) - research
Snowden admits releasing documents that might cause harm
EO12333 (Executive Order 12-333
Only a select group can

Week 8 (Wednesday)

Today we reviewed the process of crafting an academic essay, outlined what the essay will entail, and assigned the essay topic.

Homework for today (due by 8am tomorrow morning):

Complete your outline for your Snowden essay.

Read: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/06/edward-snowden-whistleblower-tra-20146955611522671.html
Be prepared to answer a journal prompt based on this article.

Week 8 (Monday)

Today we had our Animal Farm Test
(If you missed the test, your only make up day is tomorrow (27May2015, at 8:00 am - after this time, it will be a zero).
Homework for today:
Read the following article and be prepared to write in your journal.
http://time.com/3896104/steve-wozniak-edward-snowden/
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Week 7 (Friday)

Read Animal Farm Chapters 9 & 10.

Week 7 (Tuesday)

Today:
Animal Farm Chapter 6 Discussion & Worksheet

SMRT 6-1a
Exercise: 2, 4, 5, and 7

Homework:

• Any unfinished work from 6-1a (SMRT 6-1a: exercises 2, 4, 5, and 7)

• Read Chapter 7 of Animal Farm & Take Notes (tomorrow we will discuss the notes and answer questions about the reading)

Week 7 (Monday)

Read Animal Farm Chapter 6 tonight.
Please make notes and be prepared to participate in discussion to show you completed the reading.
Have a good evening.

Week 6 (Friday)

• Review Chapter 4 Animal Farm

• Animal Farm Ch. 4 Worksheets
• 5-4a Listening - Poverty
• Discussion after lunch with other 140 class

Reading Homework:
Animal Farm Chapter 5

Week 6 (Thursday)

Midterm Test
ENG140 Discussion

Reading Homework:
Animal Farm Chapter 4

Week 6 (Wednesday)

• Review Chapter 3 Animal Farm
• Animal Farm Ch. 3 Worksheets
• 5-3a Listening - Poverty
• 5-3b Speaking 5 - Summaries

Reading Homework:
No Reading Homework! :) Get lots of rest for your exam tomorrow!

Week 6 (Tuesday)

• Review Chapter 2 Animal Farm
• Animal Farm Ch. 2 Worksheets
• 5-2a Reading - Poverty
• 5-2b Writing Skills 9 - Word Transformation

Reading Homework:
Animal Farm Chapter 3

Week 6 (Monday)

• 5-1a Reading - Poverty
• 5-1b Writing Skills 8 - Word Transformation

Reading Homework:
Animal Farm Chapter 2

Week 5 (Friday)

Michigan Exam

Reading Homework:
Animal Farm Chapter 1

Week 5 (Thursday)

Obesity Exam
4-3d Writing Skills 7 - Combining Sentences
Reading homework:
http://www.iflscience.com/space/asteroids-might-have-delivered-water-earth

Week 5 (Wednesday)

4-2b Essay Skills 3 - Essay Layout (in class)
4-2c Essay Skills 4 - Paragraph Structure
4-3b Listening - Obesity

(exam on the subject of obesity tomorrow)

Be sure to study 4-3b and listen to the TED Talk in the exercise.

Reading homework:
http://www.buzzworthy.com/150000-year-old-pipes-might-rewrite-ancient-chinese-history/

One unproven hypothesis suggests that isochronic tones can help with cognition. Perhaps listen to this while studying:

Week 5 (Tuesday)

Today we went over:

The Test Answers (To Build a Fire, Vaccinations)
4-1b Listening - Contrasts Between Chinese and Western Medicine (in-class)
4-2a Essay Skills 2 - APA Guidelines
Homework: 
APA Practice  Resource: APA Guidelines
Reading:
http://www.buzzworthy.com/man-created-miracle-shoe-poor-children-grows-five-sizes/

Remember: When you think the task is difficult, reward waits at the end for those who strive.

Week 5 (Monday)

Today in class we went over:

Listening 3-3d (as an in-class assignment)
Reading 4-1a (homework)
Reading homework:
http://www.buzzworthy.com/might-possible-store-worlds-data-teaspoon-sized-hard-drive/

Week 4 (Friday)

We took our test today.

Reading homework for the weekend:

https://www.bloomsdayrun.org/history-stats/history