river oaks [english]

Seniors Your in-class essay tomorrow is a summary and critique of the article outlined this week. You may use that outline and annotations in the drafting of your essay. Sophomores Your homework for tonight is to answer the following questions: #1-3 on p775 #2-5 and 7 on p779

Sophomores Answer the following in a response of at least one page, typed and shared with me (lastname-science): What modern scientific advancement(s) are we most afraid of, and why? Seniors Read the following article and compose a one-page outline of the contents. Type and share with me (lastname-robots): Are the robots about to rise?

Seniors We will be writing a literary analysis on Friday, based on a short story from your text: " Super-Toys Last All Summer Long " by Brian Aldiss (665). Homework questions (#1-7) following the story are due TYPED on Thursday. Please use complete sentences and cite examples from the text in your answers. Sophomores Your test on "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is Wednesday, and your Honors exam is Thursday. Students not taking the exam will have a reading assignment. We will begin discussion of Frankenstein on Friday.

Seniors We are beginning a unit on "The Future" - including a discussion of cell phone use, social media, robotics, artificial intelligence, and alternate reality. To begin this conversation, we are viewing a 2010 episode of Frontline , "Digital Nation." I will refer to the following throughout the week: Link to the full episode Multi-tasking test (Open Site) Multi-tasking test (Scientific American) Sophomores We are reading and talking about "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" this week, with a test on Wednesday. The honors exam will be on Thursday, and everyone else will have a reading assignment. We will resume on Friday with an introduction to Frankenstein .