Q2, Week 4 Vocabulary Definitions & Cloze context, equate, evaluate.

Cloning became a hot topic when Dolly the Sheep was cloned from an identical sheep in 1997. Cloning basically 1) __________ to creating a genetic twin. There is no evidence that human cloning has occurred yet, but it is believed that scientists have the ability to do so. Most countries have 2) __________ the pros and cons of human cloning and limited or outlawed it. If you look at this in a different 3) __________, there are human clones among us right now. They are identical twins, created naturally, not in a lab.

Supporters of human cloning say that it could help couples who are struggling with conceiving a baby. More importantly, many people say that human cloning could be used to save lives by cloning a diseased liver or heart or to replace a body part like an arm. In this 4) __________, human cloning may not be such a bad thing.

Opponents of human cloning say that people are “playing God” and they
5) __________ that with going against many people’s religious beliefs. Some people fear that scientists could create “superhumans” that would be bred as super-soldiers or super-athletes which would make it impossible for non-cloned humans to compete with them.

1.) equate
2.)evaluate
3.)context
4.)context
5.)equate

Equate: to regard, treat, or represent as equivalent

Evaluate: to determine or set the valueor amount of; appraise

context: the parts of a written or spoken statement that precede or follow a specific word or passage, usually influencing its meaning or effect

Q2, Week 3 - T-Chart & Paragraph

-It intertains people, takes time, have group family time together

I think that kids could play violant video games if they want. The results interpret that only very little people think that violant games turn kids violant. It is one way that kids use there time instead of doing bad stuff and being on the streets. I play violant video and I anit a bad kid. That is just what a certain percent of people say about those games because they havent been involvedin those games when they were little. I am done stating my opinioun.

Violant Video Games interpret, percent, and involve

Ninety-seven 1) __________ of twelve to seventeen year olds in the U.S. played video games in 2008, thus fueling an $11.7 billion domestic video game industry. In 2008, ten of the top twenty best-selling video games in the U.S. 2) __________ violence.Violent video games have been blamed for school shootings, increases in the 3) __________ of students being bullied, and violence towards women. Critics say that these games make players less sensitive to real-life violence, reward players for simulating violence, and that children 4) __________ them to mean violence is an acceptable way to resolve conflicts.Video game advocates 5) __________ the research on this topic as deeply flawed and say that there is no relationship between video games and social violence. They argue that violent video games may reduce violence by serving as a substitute for rough and tumble play and by providing a safe outlet for aggressive and angry feelings.

1.) percent
2.) intepret
3.) percent
4.) interpret
5.) interpret

Week 2 Vocabulary Defintions & Critical Reading Passage

Do kids who are involved with playing violent video games tend to be more aggressive?
- I dont think kids who play violent video games are more voilant towards other people.
If and when you have children, will you let them play violent video games?
- Yes I wouold let my son play violant games with me and by himself.
Are there benefits to playing violent video games?
- No its just to take up time while at home. It actually is bad for their brains so people say.

Interpret: to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate
Involve: to engage or employ
Percent: one of a hundred

Week 10 Definitions and Critical Reading Passage

consest- to permit, approve, or agree; comply or yield (often followed by to  or an infinitive)

emphasis- special stress laid upon, or importance attached to anything

 

 

criteria- a standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something.

 

                I think they should have euthanasia passed as a law only if the paitent wants to have it done to him/her. I think the courts should not have it on their deccision.I do not think that the doctors should have a word in taking some one eles life.The pacient should be able to tell them if he wants to take that euthanasia shot, and the courts should not pass this dumb law.They should have the consent of the paitent first.the court gave great emphasis on this topic beacause its vevery inportant. They dont even know the criteria of the situation.

T-Chart and Practice Paragraph Quarter 1 Week 9

I think junk food should stay in schools. It should stay because a lot of kids buy it and then they have PE so the junk food could get burned out. If they take out junk food then kids would ditch school to get junk food because they got munchies. In my previous school there were kids selling munchies. They came up with that alternative to sell there stuff cheaper then the school to have more custemors. They had a good stragety to go to TJ and buy there stuff cheap and then sell them cheap and still make some money at the same time.

Week 9 Vocab Defintions and Close Reading Passage

- strategy some schools are using is providing tasty snacks for their students that are lower in sugar and fat content

- alternative other than to force healthy eating

- previous years, schools have sold many high-fat and high-sugar items to their students, including cafeteria food in which the main vegetable is too often french fries

 I think that they are trying to take some junk food out of schools. I think all vendy machines do have pure junk food in them. They should put salads in them too. It is effecting the kids health and is getting the kids fater.