1. @BIGJULIUS #Romanproblems #NOTbffsanymore #tragichero #pileofdeadbodies Imagine a friend hadn’t read the play and was being forced to take a test on it. He/she asked you to tweet him/her the story of the play before class. The catch is that you only have 140 characters to get the idea across.

2. Summarizing A shorter way to tell about a passage ONLY includes the most important elements. Details may be interesting, but they are not necessary. Evaluate what is essential vs. non-essential

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4. A brother and sister named Jem and Scout become interested in a strange man named Boo Radley. The children’s father, Atticus, agrees to defend Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a white girl named Mayella Ewell. Atticus and his family are harassed by many racist members of the community. Despite evidence to the contrary, Tom Robinson is proven guilty. Bob Ewell, Mayella’s father, attacks Jem and Scout, and Boo Radley kills him. Scout learns that most people are nice when you get to know things from their perspective.

5. Chinese scholars relate that ancient Chinese communities suffered from low productivity and technology. These communities relied on the help of animals, and so they naturally revered animals and began to worship them. They created the twelve animal signs of the Chinese zodiac, called the sheng xiao. These animals are, in order, the rat, the ox, the tiger, the rabbit, the dragon, the snake, the horse, the ram, the monkey, the rooster, the dog, and the pig. The animals do not correspond to any astrological signs in the sky; however, they are used to divide and record time. The twelve selected animals had important parts in the lives of the ancient Chinese. The first category of animals included tamed and domesticated livestock, such as the ox, ram, horse, pig, dog, and rooster. To the ancient Chinese, these six animals symbolized a large family. They gave good luck and well-being. The second group included wild animals that the ancient Chinese respected and feared, such as the tiger, snake, rabbit, monkey, and rat. Of these animals, the tiger was most respected for its cunning and power. The snake was viewed as wise. The rabbit was likable, and the monkey was playful. The rat was considered to be the trickster. Finally, the dragon was in a category entirely by itself as a mythical beast. The ancient Chinese accounted the dragon as the wealthiest and wisest of all. Because of this, the dragon was the most revered of all other animals.

6. A.The Chinese calendar uses a cycle of twelve animal signs. B.Chinese animals can be classified into three categories. C.Some Chinese scholars say ancient communities had low productivity. D.The ancient Chinese had a close relationship with animals.

7. Believe it or not, NASA once had a division whose job was to explore the possibility of extraterrestrial intelligence. The SETI program (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) was closed by Senator Proxmire in 1981. He thought it was a waste of taxpayers' money. This forced scientists who wanted to continue to study SETI to get creative. Many sought money from private organizations. One organization, The Planetary Society formed by Carl Sagan, got their funding from private members. The Planetary Society gave a small amount of money to scientist Paul Horowitz after Horowitz created a small, more cost effective SETI system that he called Suitcase SETI. It was a more mobile version of the NASA design. With more help from The Planetary Society, Horowitz also gained the use of a radio telescope from Harvard. He installed the Suitcase SETI there and called it Project Sentinel. It allowed him to listen in on over 131,000 radio channels for signs from space. The frequency is set to a level that scientists think alien life forms might use. One frequency is 1420 megahertz. The universe is filled with hydrogen atoms. These atoms broadcast radio signals at this frequency. Any civilization with radio astronomy would be able to have access to this frequency. Around the same time, director Stephen Spielberg got involved. He donated $100,000 to The Planetary Society in order to change Project Sentinel into an eight million channel system. The new system was renamed Megachannel Extraterrestrial Assay (META). To date, no signal from another civilization has been detected.

8. A. SETI is a NASA project of astronomers who tune in to space, hoping to hear a radio broadcast from an alien planet. In 1981, the program was temporarily killed by Senator Proxmire, who thought it was a waste of money. B. A new organization, The Planetary Society, had recently been formed by astronomer Carl Sagan and other scientists. The society relied on private members to support its programs, and they agreed to provide money to allow Paul Horowitz to build his SETI system. C. The universe is filled with hydrogen atoms that broadcast radio signals at 1420 megahertz frequency, so any civilization with radio astronomy should know about these signals. It would be the natural channel on which to broadcast a signal if they wanted it to be noticed. D. By building a small, affordable system for listening to a wide array of radio channels, SETI scientists hope to hear a signal broadcast through space by an alien civilization. Along the way, their efforts have been bolstered by support from The Planetary Society and Steven Spielberg.