5.2-k

1. The title captures my interest because it has the two words, "Mars Robots," and it makes it seem very different and futuristic.2. Some interesting facts and quotations are:"Valerie Ambroise of Bridgeport, CT, was 12 years old when she came up with the name “Sojourner” in a worldwide essay contest. She won the contest a year later at age 13 and is now 15.""NASA agreed that the name of the Mars robot should be “Sojourner” because the name means “traveler.”

unit 5-8

Assignment 5.1

1. fiction-A literary work whose content is produced by the imagination and is not necessarily based on fact
2.nonfiction- a literary work whose content is based on actual events and fact.

Assignment 5.2

1. The title captures my interest because it has the two words, "Mars Robots," and it makes it seem very different and futuristic.
2. Some interesting facts and quotations are:"Valerie Ambroise of Bridgeport, CT, was 12 years old when she came up with the name “Sojourner” in a worldwide essay contest. She won the contest a year later at age 13 and is now 15.""NASA agreed that the name of the Mars robot should be “Sojourner” because the name means “traveler.”
3. The last article summed up the whole article because it says why the girl chose the name "Sojourner" and what the name means to her

Assignment 5.3

I selected an article about Hurricane Gustav that will soon be making its way into the Gulf of Mexico. Gustav has grown in intensity, and is supposed to become more developed in days to come. Currently hurricane Gustav is located just south of the Dominican Republic. The projected path puts it somewhere within the Gulf of Mexico, and might possibly make landfall on the Gulf Coast. At this point the wind is at top speed of about 95 mph, but can reach gusts up to 100+. The warm waters of the gulf will fuel the hurricane, and the conditions are perfect for the storm to intensify intensify.

Assignment 5.4

A.
1. Sojourner knows how to stand up in front of people and say what she believes in.
2. I prefer printed magazine articles. I like them because if you need to re-read a part in the magazine article, there is no need to scroll back up. Also, if you need to save something, you do not need to go back to the website, where it might be erased.

B.
1.Sojourner says white men will be "in a fix" because whiteout them, they would have to do the work themselves.
2.Sojourner shows her arm to show her physical strength.
3.All 13 of her children have been sold off to slavery.
4. The religious argument was that Christ wasn't a woman.
5.Eve was able to turn the whole world upside down, so all the women of today should be able to turn it back.


Assignment 5.5

"The Gift of the Magi"
Della-"I have no money, and what do i have to offer my love as a gift? Nothing. The money is gone. The bills just pile up, and i have no more to give. The only thing i can think of would be to cut my hair for some meager money to pay my beloved a gift for Christmas."
Jim- "Another year goes by, where i have to come up with the money to buy my beautiful Della a gift. I would buy her the world if I could. What can i do? I know, I will sell my watch to buy her the best gift i can purchase. "

Della goes to Madame and asks her to cut off her beautiful locks. Madame did so, and handed her 20 dollars. Della looked and looked for the perfect gift to give her husband Jim. She finally found it. A handcrafted band for his watch. She was so excited with the gift.
Meanwhile, Jim had decided to that he would sell his watch to buy Della combs for her beautiful hair. He went to the shop to return the watch and got money for it.
Later on, Della and Jim went to exchange their gifts. They both realized very quickly that Della didn't have the hair to use the combs Jim gave her, and Jim didn't have the watch to accommodate the brand new band.


Assignment 5.7

1.Anne Frank was a girl whose diary was found that went through the holocaust as a Jewish girl.
2. The diary was important because we can learn from a firsthand source how the Jews were treated, and we can get on a personal level with Anne as well. Anne thought she could confide in her diary because she was living in a time when it was hard to trust anybody. Her diary was somewhat of a best friend to her while she was in hiding.
3. They were discriminated against by being forced to wear gold stars on their clothes to show that they were Jews. They had their businesses taken away, as well as homes and education. Fortunately, there aren't that many signs of discrimination today as their used to be. However, there are discrimination's against teenagers, like when they walk into a store alone, the people in the store automatically think they are going to steal something. A stereotype is a conventional formulaic and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image. One example of a stereotype is that all teenagers are loud and obnoxious, and they have no respect for adults.
4. They could not keep their pets, homes, business, etc, and could not live a normal life like they used to. My life would be so different if I had to live in these conditions, because I am so used to having freedom in America.
5. Miep GIes helps to hide the Franks, Van Daans, and the others in the attic. A hero is a person or a man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities. I think the heroes in this story are the people who risked their lives to help hide the families.

Assignment 5.8

1. Anne's diary is something that she can confide in and it can be her friend through all the troubled times she is going through. Th diary is almost like a best friend of hers.
2.Anne does not like the laws that constrict the freedom of the Jews, but she tries to find the good in everything.
3. Anne considers herself both lucky and unlucky. It was an unfortunates event, but she tries to find the positives of everything.
1.Anne knows that she can tell anything to her diary, and she can confide in it, even if no one else wants to listen.
2.She looks at her family like the blue sky, which is calm and beautiful, and the gestapo as the looming dark clouds. She knows that they are near, but she tries not to make them take over.
3.She wants the Nazis to see that besides from being Jewish, she is just a normal teenager.
4.Anne starts to wonder why she even hopes and dreams. Then she realizes that through everything bad, people all have good in them somewhere.
5.Anne hates that she gets angry and she wish she could be normal, even if there were no one in the world.

Assignment 5.9

1.A
2.C
3.D
4.A
5.A
6.D
7.C
8.A
9.C
10.B
11.B
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Assignment 5.10

1. The basis was liberty and that all men are created equal.
2.The Civil War is testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure.
3.The ground cannot be consecrated any longer because the brave men, living and dead who struggled there have hallowed it far above our poor power to add or detract.
4. To make sure the soldiers have not died in vain, we should take increased devotion to that cause for which they here gave the last full measure of devotion.
5. Lincoln does not want the government to perish from the earth.

Assignment 5.11

1.B
2.B
3.D
4.A
5.A


Assignment 5.12

I didn't pick a specific commercial. One kind of commercial that is very prevalent in the t.v. world today are beer ads. I can't turn on the television without seeing an ad for some sort of beer. I don't think its necessarily a bad thing, but on the other hand.. it does send out a message. I'm not saying the message is good or bad, but the fact that its promoting an alcoholic beverage. The pros of the commercials are that they are usually entertaining, and promote very well. The cons outweigh the pros because these commercials sometimes give minors the wrong idea. kids want to have fun, and they might think that it's cool to drink. This is because they are influenced by the commercials.


Assignment 6.1

Exercise A

1. slide
2. oppress
3. priceless
4. furtive
5. doctrine

Exercise B

1. C
2.A
3.D
4.B

Exercise C

1. D
2. B
3. C
4. A

Assignment 6.2
(Read "Everyday Use")

Assignment 6.3

1.B
2.B
3.A
4.D
5.B
6.C
7.D
8.C
9.A
10.B
11.A
12.C

Assignment 6.4

(Read an article you have never read before are the directions) I read an article about 4 bodies that were found in Baja, California. By using the techniques used above, it helped me read and understand the passage better.

Assignment 6.5

1. The most important aspect of free diving for her is that she enjoys it, and it's what she wants to do. If she didn't like what she did, than she would most likely not take the sport as seriously.
2. I set challengers for myself all the time. Most of the time, i can finish them. If i can overcome an obsticle, than i can overcome anything. It's important to set hurdles for yourself so you can test your ability to do them.


Assignment 6.10

outlining
Fill in the following outline with appropriate information from the selection. Be as brief as possible.

I. Definitions of a contract

A. Agreement between two or more parties
B. Enforceable in the court of law.

1. Ridiculous or illegal agreements not enforceable
2.With minors or mentally ill are not enforceable

II. Types of contracts

A. Express contracts

1. Written

A. Purchase a house or land
B. Hire someone to build a house or make repairs
C. Contract to work for a company or play professional sports

2. Orala.

A.Car repair
B. Borrowing books at library
C. Playing golf at a golf course
D. Implied contracts

1. Agreements not in writing, but with understandings

a. Hired painter will paint entire house
b. Many examples of implied contracts in daily life
C. Necessary components of all contracts

1. Consideration

a. Usually money

2. Promise

a. Agreement to repay

III. Examples of implied contacts between people

A. Husband-wife (working and paying the bills)
B. Parent-child (allowance and duties)
C. sibling-sibling (sharing a bedroom)
D. friend-friend (sharing secrets)
E. neighbor-neighbor (courtesy of maintaining properties)
F. teacher-student(studying for tests and getting good grades)

IV. Questions from implied contracts between people

A. What implied agreements are the basis for relationship?
B. How or why are these types of contracts broken?
C. What would be the reasons for creating an express written contract form one of these implied contracts?
V. Implied Contract of People and Animals

A. Man- dog
B. Circus performer-tigers
C. Daisy farmer-cow
D. horse breeder-Thoroughbred
E. Asian farmer-elephant
F. sled dog racer-husky
VI. Question from implied contracts between people and animals
A. What kinds of punishment are or should be meted out and by whom for breaking the implied contracts between people-people or people-animals?

Assignment 6.12

Create a summary in 4-7 sentences.
Contracts are legal documents that can be enforced in the court of law. They can be consider either expressed or implied. Expressed can be written or oral, and they are taken into consideration when used in court. Implied contracts are usually oral, or even not spoken about, and we use them in everyday life.

Assignment 6.13

A. By note taking, Jane Goodall could record important findings that she came across day to day in her work. By keeping all of her information organized, she was able to come up with theories and ideas that she could test and prove. Jane ended up writing science articles and journals about her experience, and it all has to do with good note taking, organization, and the love of her job.

Assignment 6.14

1.C
2.E
3.D
4.Wilma Rudolph won three gold medals for winning the 100-meter dash and the 200-meter dash. She also anchored the 400-meter relay team for the United States at the Olympics in 1960.

Assignment 6.15

1.A
1.D
2.G
3.B

Assignment 6.16

A.

1. 95 years
2.It is about 48 miles per hour faster.
3.They would have been able to bike uphill around 1885, when a chain and sprocket were introduced.
4.At about 1885 when the first safety bicycle was introduced.


B.
1.Timeline
2.Timeline
3.Bar graph

Assignment 7.2

I chose the Disney movie, The Lion King.
1.The story is told in 3rd person, and there is no one narrating the story.
2.There are elements that are symbolic, such as Symba's father that guides him along the way.
3.The climax of the story is when Scar tries to kill Symba, just like he killed his brother.
4. The falling action in this film is when Symba grows up and is crowned as the king of the land, and when him and Nala have a baby of their own. Symba makes peace with the whole land, and all is well.
5.There are some stereotypical characters. Symba is a hotheaded lion cub, Scar is the evil character in the film, and the baboon is the crazy one,
6.There were not any product placements in the film, especially since it is an animated film.
7.The genre of this film is Disney/family films. It is a mixture of action/drama/comedy, which is what makes it so unique, and makes Disney classic films so popular.
8.This film is most definitely fantasy, especially since animals don't talk.

Assignment 7.3

Wanda should not have researched her speech the night before, especially on recent ER advances, which she probably did not know much about. All she needed to do was talk about her experiences in the ER, because that is what she REALLY knows about. She also should have practiced, that way she would have been more confident in her speech. Lastly, she should have known who her audience was. She thought she was speaking to students, but really she was speaking to people she worked with. With a bit more time and practice, Wanda could have done a great job on her speech.

Assignment 7.4

Exercise A
1. Good presentation skills can benefit everyone in the work place because the ability to speak in front of others is a vital predictor of success in the workplace.
2. All you need is to plan, practice, and even involve the audience to have a successful speech.

Exercise B
Tamika did not plan for that many students, and with 45 students, she should have had a presentation that involved her audience, that way the students would not get bored.

Exercise C
1. You can make your presentation less stressful by practicing and just being yourself. Practice your speech and everything will most likely run much more smoothly.

2.Sharing humor with your audience would only be appropriate when you know your audience. Someone might be offended, and that just wouldn't be good.

3. A long presentation is too long when you see members of the audience yawning or starting to get restless. Keep it short and sweet, but get right to the point.

4.(I visited the websites)

Assignment 7.5

1.a.The barrier is the tight space and the temperature.

b.You could turn the air conditioner on and take half the chairs out.

2.a.The really long introduction.b.Shorten the introduction, and just get to the main idea, which is the clothing line.
3. a. Her barrier is not knowing her audience.b. She could overcome this barrier by just talking about her experiences and just being herself.

4. a.The speaker is not dressed appropriately for the audience.

b. The speaker should change his clothes and take off his flashy jewelry.

Assignment 7.6
The audience gave nonverbal clues that they did not understand. The audience had confused looks on their faces and they squirmed in their chairs. Janie kept her audience interested by letting the audience ask her questions and letting them actually try it out by doing a hands-on activity with the model dogs.

Assignment 7.7
I read the article : Hurricane Gustav. I did an article prior to this one about this storm system, and i wanted to keep up with it and tell the progress. The storm has made it's way into the Gulf and today is making landfall in NEw Orleans. Hurricane Katrina made landfall in New Orleans 3 years ago. The hurricane devastasted the region and cost the state of Louisiana millions of dollars.

Assignment 7.8

I read the article Primary Choices: Hillary Clinton.There was a lot of propaganda in this article. Clearly, the writer was rooting for either Mr. Obama or Mrs. Clinton. He was most likely a Democrat.The writer uses a "card-stacking" technique, and he only states the positives that both candidates could bring to the country. For example, he says, "Mr. Obama has built an exciting campaign around the notion of change."He also says, "Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton would both help restore America’s global image, to which President Bush has done so much grievous harm. They are committed to changing America’s role in the world, not just its image."The writer also uses emotional appeal, by making us remember some of the bad things that happened in the past, and by saying we should look for a brighter future.

Assignment 7.10

1. Emerging communication technologies include cell phones, pda's, readily access to emails, and laptops.
2. Roberts express used 2 way pagers to integrate technology into their business.
3.Pulse Net uses computers to solve outbreaks.

Assignment 7.11

The client can be Ms. Brennan. Our website would be

http://www.irccrecycles.com/.We will have a CEO, a CFO, an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), and a value-added network (VAN) in our company

Assignment 7.12
Exercise A.

The "winners" are the ones who are saving money by using EDT, and technically people everywhere, since paper is being saved. Businesses that would not be able to use EDI are the ones who do not have the money to buy the expensive VAN machines or the ones who do not have computer access.
Exercise B

The method that involved real time interaction is the EDI method, because it is only used within the workplace from computer to computer.
Exercise C

At UPS, the customer is usually given a tracking number, and when that number is used online, the customer can track where the package has been sent and if it has arrived yet.

Assignment 8.1

(I watched a commercial and used the techniques to see if any persuasion techniques were used.)

Assignment 8.2



Assignment 8.3

-During radio journalism, the newscasters can change the tones of their voices to emphasize different areas of the news broadcasts. When the same story is in print, different people can interpret how they want because it is just in writing.-Radio broadcasts are similar to the front page of a newspaper because they are bold and they are trying to grab your attention!-A limitation that the radio has when sharing news is showing pictures. When pictures are shown, it is easier for people to visualize what is going on.-Radio news broadcasting has an advantage of being available literally anywhere where there is access to a radio.

Assignment 8.4

TV and radio each handle the news in different ways. Radio is available to more people, however TV is more exciting to watch because we can see the broadcaster's faces and we can even see pictures of how it happened, and we can see words as well. TV is the best way to broadcast news, becuase we can see and hear the full story.

Assignment 8.5

Rating the movies
1.A
2.E
3.D
4.D
5.D

Assignment 8.7

I looked at 3 billboards in Port Saint Lucie, Florida. The first sign i saw was for a law firm. The sign showed a picture of the lawyer, and the number to call. The sign didn't reallly catch my eye for any certain reason, and the sign was a dull, boring color. The second billboard i saw was for the grocery store Publix. The fruits and vegetables looked very yummy, and it made me hungry. It was a persuading sign. The last sign i saw was for IRSC. The billboard gave a specific number to call to get in contact with the school, along with a picture of a happy student. It portrayed the school as a good one, and I thought it was very persuasive.

Assignment 8.8
In a billboard campaign for this class, I would choose to use the Bandwagon approach. Many people in this country have decided to go "green" and start to recycle and use alternate means of using energy. I would also use Emotional Appeal. I would show people how the earth needs their help, because it is in a lot of trouble.After using those two techniques, I would also show many pictures and different colors to appeal to the public's senses.

Assignment 8.9
The radio station I chose to analyze was the Buzz on 103.1. I pick that station because it's what i listen to in the morning before school. I think the show is hilarious, and it always makes me laugh. The spokespeople in the show all have very outspoken opinions, and are fun and interactive. There are other radio stations that I like, but the Buzz is the best thing to listen to in the morning if you want a good laugh.