Throwback Thursdays
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What is theme? Circled Theme ssage.
“I watched my child morph into another being, and yet I knew deep down inside it was the same Andrew,” Jensen says. Suddenly her own children seemed like an alien species. This is an example of what rhetorical appeal?
What is an annecdote?
Allison Miller, 14, sends and receives ____________ texts a month?
What is 27,000?
According to the second excerpt, this is the total amount of time that an average teenager spends in front of a television.
What is 4.5 hours/day?
The production of myelin--the white matter that insulates the neurons--is as important as synaptic pruning. The amount of myelin in your brain increases during adolescence, according to Steinberg. The more myelin, the faster information is transmitted and the more adept, efficient, and mature your brain becomes.
What is appeal to reason?
During the article, "The Fifth Taste," we revisited this valuable skill.
What is annotation?
Think of it as insulation on an electrical wire. Nerves need this for nerve signals to flow freely.
What is myelin?
Some teachers are alarmed by what they see. Marcia Blondel, a veteran English teacher, has resorted to having students read aloud in class because many lack the _____________ to read assignments on their own.
What is attention span?
According to the article, this is the predominant molecular currency of the reward system
What is dopamine?
The appeal to this is a logical fallacy that occurs when someone argues that a claim is true simply because an expert endorses it, rather than providing substantive evidence.
What is appeal to Authority?
What is combine the main ideas into a one or two sentence central idea?
In the article, "A Partially Connected Frontal Lobe", "More Vulnerable to Addiction", and "Teenage Brains Are Different," are called this in the article assignment.
What are subtitles?
"A book takes so long. I prefer the immediate gratification.” So, he uses ____________________.
What is Youtube?
According to the article," Humans, on the other hand, are remarkably ________________."
What is adaptable?
This presents an opposing viewpoint or argument against the main claim being made in a discussion or debate.
What is a counterclaim?
When annotating, this symbol/mark denotes surprising information/ideas.
What is, "!"?
Central Idea is the same as this.
What is Central Claim?
That’s what has doctors worried. “Downtime is to the brain what sleep is to the body,” says Dr. Rich of Harvard Medical School. “But kids are in a constant mode of ___________.”
What is stimulation?
Dr. Giedd quotes the statistic that “99% of teen boys and 94% of teen girls do this.
What is play video games?
But one morning on the way to school, he turned left in front of an oncoming vehicle. He and the other driver were OK, but there was serious damage to the car. “It was, uh, totaled,” Will says. “Down and out. And it was about 10 minutes before morning assembly. So most of the school passed by my wrecked car with me standing next to it.”
What is an appeal to emotion?
According to our Throwback Thursday on Textual evidence, this must be credible, relevant and be specifically tied to the claim.
What is evidence?
“It’s the part of the brain that says: ‘Is this a good idea? What is the consequence of this action?’” Jensen says.
What is the Frontal Lobes?
Ramon Lopez, 14, plays _________ of video games on weekdays and more on weekends, leaving homework to be done in the bathroom before school.
What is six hours?
This peaks at around age 11 in females and 13 in males
What is cortical gray matter volume?
As you grow, the brain starts to shed some of those synapses because you don't need them. As Steinberg explains, "the brain starts out like a road map with dirt roads. Those synapses that you need turn into highways, and those not used disappear." That process is synaptic pruning.
What is Analogy?