Thursday, October 30, 2014

Comp. Lit. II:

Today:

We finished the film version of All My Sons.  How was the play different seeing it on stage done by professionals.

I passed out the packet for your 5 paragraph essay that will be due next Friday.  This includes: Research for paper, assignment, outline for 1st draft, transitional words, peer edit checklist.  Please do not loose this.

We began to look at some of the research for your paper.  I am posting these online as we go, as the statistics and points often moved fast.  Today we watched the following:

Intro to how our brains are changing due to social media and always being connected:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/08/social-media-brain-video_n_5784626.html

Research on how the teenage brain is different that the adult brain:
http://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_jayne_blakemore_the_mysterious_workings_of_the_adolescent_brain#t-729021

What social media is doing to your brain:
http://www.whydontyoutrythis.com/2014/03/here-s-what-facebook-is-doing-to-your-brain-it-s-kind-of-shocking.html

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