Thursday, April 4, 2024

 English 11 Block 1: Homework for Friday


Philosophy 12 Block 2: 
Homework for Friday
  • Test alert! The ethics test is coming up on Friday, April 5th
    • Study your notes on:
      • the Introduction to Ethics PPT;
      • Plato and Artistotle;
      • classical ethics (all 6);
      • utilitarianism (including Peter Singer)
      • Kantianism.
  • Complete your 5 ethics questions/ answers for Friday's quiz show before the test.
  • Journal Roundup #1 was due Friday, March 15. 
  • Here are the journal entries for Journal Roundup #1. You choose the best five:
    1. Where would you choose to be if you could place yourself anywhere on a scale from one to ten, where one is sacrifice and struggle, but extraordinary accomplishment (in the eyes of others) and ten is comfort and peace of mind, but no accomplishment. Why?
    2. Would you accept $2,000,000 on the condition that you can never again own a smartphone? Would you do it if you could never again use the Internet?
    3. Whom do you admire most? In what way does that person inspire you? How does that person live a “good life”? 
    4. Would you be willing to murder an innocent person, and go to jail for life, if it would end hunger in the world? Explain! 
    5. Do you feel that advice from older people carries a special weight because of their greater experience?
    6. Would it disturb you much if you knew that, upon your death, your body would be simply thrown into the woods and left to rot? Why?
    7. There is a runaway trolley barreling down the railway tracks. Ahead, on the tracks, there are five people tied up and unable to move. The trolley is headed straight for them. You are standing some distance off in the train yard, next to a lever. If you pull this lever, the trolley will switch to a different set of tracks. However, you notice that there is one person on the side track. You have two (and only two) options. What do you do? Why?
    8. Would you be willing to go to a slaughter-house and personally kill a cow?* Would that affect your eating habits? [The staff will process the cow and you’ll receive a freezer full of prime A beef for free.]


English 12 Block 3: 
Homework for Friday
  • Type up your good copy paragraph. We'll finish it on Friday. Follow the checklist!


English 11 Block 4 Linear: Homework for 
Friday
  • Test alert! The first test (Chps. 1-6) will be written on Friday, April 5.
    • Read Chp. 6 of October Sky for Friday. Complete the study guide with as much detail as possible and review the vocabulary on the back!
    • Review the PPT on the themes of October Sky.
    • Review the map notes from the Friday before the spring break.
    • Here is the key for today's Part 1 crossword.
  • Test alert! Did you miss the "confusing words" test? Study your handouts (on which the test is based) and pay particular attention to the introductory explanations.
  • Did you miss the media literacy test? If so, see me ASAP!
    • Review the 3 fill-in-the-blank note sets from the beginning of the media literacy unit.
    • Review the following crossword.