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Final Portfolio
Punctuation/Grammar
Checklist Review
Emerging
Mixer
100
What are the 3 options for the 4th assignment?
flash fiction, personal narrative or poem
100
What does ICE stand for and where do you have to use it?
Introduce, Cite, Explain (with every single quote)
100
How much is P4 worth and when do you turn it in?
Worth 22% and due Nov.29
100
What were the two types of cloning Gyatso discussed?
Therapeutic and reproductive cloning
100
Give me the full citation of the film you are required to include in your P4...
Guardians of the Galaxy. Directed by James Gunn, performances by Chris Pratt, Vin Diesel, and Zoe Saldana, Marvel Studios, 2014.
200
Before the actual assignments, what will I be looking for and how much will it cost if you don't have it?
Table of contents (-10 points if forgotten)
200
When do you use who and when do you use whom, what's the basic rule we learned?
He/she=who and him/her=whom
200
If you were to do a 2 part intro., what would the 1st part need to have and what would the 2nd part need?
1st part: define super-replicator and introduce your topic 2nd part: a little history on your topic and your thesis
200
Name all the authors and titles we have read this semester...
1. Chuck Klosterman's "Electric Funeral" 2. Peter Singer's "Visible Man: Ethics in a World without Secrets" 3. Tenzin Gyatso's "Ethics and the New Genetics" 4. Daniel Gilbert's "Reporting Live from Tomorrow"
200
Name at least 3 ways to get extra credit, and how much they would be worth...
WOTDS/email quotes/music= 1 point each Debates/Jeopardy= 2 points Writing Center= 3 points Collection of WOTDS=potential 3-5 points
300
How much is this portfolio going to be worth altogether? How much is each section in the portfolio worth?
7% standalone grade, exactly 22.5 points for each section (but if you gave me in the range of 20-25 I will accept)
300
What's the basic rule for affect/effect, when do we use which one?
Effect=noun, result/outcome Affect=verb, to influence/alter something
300
Ideally how many main elements do you want in your thesis, and how many of them have to be from Gilbert?
4-6 main elements, at least 1 from Gilbert
300
1. Which author introduced the panopticon? 2. Who coined the term and when? 3. What did it originally mean? 4. What does it mean now, in the modern world?
1. Singer on pg. 425 2. Jeremy Bentham in 1787 3. A watchtower in a circular building, originally meant for prisons, hospitals, asylums, factories, and schools 4. surveillance technology is always watching us
300
Name at least 5 informal tone examples?
1. you,your,we,us,I,me,our,etc 2. contractions such as won’t and can’t 3. rhetorical questions (turn them into statements) 4. conjectures (opinions without evidence: big no-no) 5. first use of author’s name 6. slang, texting language 7. ultimatums (always, never)
400
How many sections are there, and what are they?
4 total: Reflection, Revision Paper, Song Analysis, Creative Touch
400
How many lines for a block quote, and what are the 4 things I look for when using a block quote?
* 5 lines and more 1. introduce before the actual quote 2. indent entire quote 1" to the right 3. punctuation then citation afterwards 4. how many lines of quote=that many lines of explanation afterwards
400
What are at least 3 things I would look for in a sub-paragraph?
1. full 5 sentences 2. topic sentences 3. transitions 4. Gilbert or other research quotes 5. fully explained examples/connections
400
Who were the 3 main villains in Klosterman's chapter?
Perez Hilton, Kim Dotcom, Julian Assange
400
What are the 3 different Brain Games we have watched this semester?
1. classical music 2. tricky logic puzzles 3. remembering words
500
Give me at least 3 things you can do to adapt your revision paper...
1. fix weaknesses 2. bring in new examples 3. change up old quotes for new ones
500
What are the 3 ways to fix a run-on sentence?
1. make into two sentences 2. use a semicolon 3. use a comma and a coordinating conjunction
500
What two main questions am I looking for you to answer in P4?
1. How is your topic a super-replicator? 2. What makes it successful?
500
1. What weird word does Gilbert end his chapter with? 2. What are its 2 definitions? 3. How is it important to Gilbert's argument?
1. on Pg. 192: Hogwash 2. Feeding of pigs/ lies people tell one another 3. Hogwash we tell one another is meant to make each other happy, but it does not always achieve its end.
500
In what year did Thanksgiving become a federal holiday and what president declared it so?
1863 (during Civil War) declared by President Lincoln