Hi! For today: Remember not to talk!!! We will watch several Ted Talks. After the Ted Talks, read Brave New World silently. Answer one discussion question today on Turnitin.com. Respond to at least two classmates’ answers by midnight Thursday.

Information for this week: You probably want to take notes We will go through the overall plan for the week. You probably want to take notes. If you miss anything, look on the class webpage. Instructions are all there. For today, make sure you know what you need for the 4 square notes. Write down the name of the TED Talks in case you need to look at them to finish the 4 square notes.

For This Week: For one video each day, complete the 4 Square Notes located on the class webpage: pbell/index.cfm Submit on turnitin.com. This will be 3 different assignments: one today, one tomorrow, and one Thursday. Annotations for Brave New World chapters 7 & 8 are due Friday.

Before Thursday at midnight: Answer the 3 discussion questions on turnitin.com and respond to 2 classmates. Read “The Biology of Beauty” and complete a SOAPStone analysis. Both can be found on the class webpage. mpbell/index.cfm mpbell/index.cfm Submit SOAPStone on turnitin.com Take quiz for Brave New World chapters 1-8 online. Directions are on the class webpage.

Today’s TED Talks We are going to watch 3 TED Talks. For one of them, take notes on the following (to use when you complete the 4 square notes found on our class webpage): 1. Summary 2. Make a prediction based on the presentation 3. 4 questions you thought of 4. Make a personal connection to the presentation 5. Unknown vocabulary you hear in the presentation

Reminders! Read chapters 7 and 8 of Brave New World before Friday. Annotations due Friday. Quiz on chapters 1 – 8 before midnight Thursday. You can use the link on the class webpage. Answer discussion questions on Turnitin.com Complete 4 square notes for one TED Talk each day. Read article online and complete SOAPStone