ACTIVITY: READ ABOUT STEM CELL THERAPY, AND BASED ON YOUR SCHEMA, EVALUATE THE FF. THESIS STATEMENTS: Be the judge. Do the following thesis statements.

ACTIVITY: READ ABOUT STEM CELL THERAPY, AND BASED ON YOUR SCHEMA, EVALUATE THE FF. THESIS STATEMENTS:

Be the judge. Do the following thesis statements

meet the criteria of an effective thesis?

WRITE ANSWERS IN A ONE HALF CROSSWISE YELLOW PAPER.

Number it 1 to 12, then choose between:

ACCEPTABLE or

NOT ACCEPTABLE.

Submit answers next meeting (Sept. 29-

October 1).

1. Stem cell therapy denies the right of human to quality life.

2. Stem cell treatment and research should be pursued because of its benefits and undeniable wonders.

3. Stem cells play a significant role in today’s technology because they have much potential that man can use in many ways.

4. Stem cell therapy must not be considered in treating diseases because the procedure for harvesting the cell is unethical, the guarantee of a successful operation is minimal, and the act itself defies natural law.

5. Stem cell therapy is an intervention strategy that introduces new adult stem cells into damaged tissue in order to treat disease or injury.

6. Given sufficient research and development, stem cell application in medicine must be pursued because its potential in saving lives outweighs the ethical issues.

7. Stem cell therapy, despite its promising features, reflects an unethical process.

8. The use of stem cell is an immoral and unethical deed because it is against God’s words; therefore, it should not be practiced.

9. Because stem cell therapy raises ethical concerns such as the defying of natural occurrences of life and the fact that one has to prioritize one life over the other, such medical procedure must be prohibited.

10. Stem cell therapy is one of the most advanced ways of treating diseases, which can lead us into better solutions to cure serious ailments.

11. Sacrifice of a potential life is justified if this means the alleviation of suffering and treatment of diseases of the greater majority.

12. Many researchers believe that stem cell treatments have the potential to change the face of human disease and alleviate suffering.

NOW, FOR THE TOPIC OUTLINE!

Compare your answer with the suggested answer.

AMPLIFYING PEACE ACROSS BORDERS

Thesis Statement: With the power of media and communication technologies, peacemakers must be able not only to sow peace, but amplify it across borders.

I . Media and communication technologies as personal and encompassing

A. Free long distance communication

B. Easier and better relationship with foreign friends

II. Present generation as better carriers of peace initiatives

A. Exposure to wide and multi-cultural range of information

B. The case of a youth organization-initiated video conference between Manila and Mindanao students

III. Media and communication technologies misuse as disastrous

A. Spread of misinformation and “hate speech”

IV. Challenge to this generation’s peacemakers

A. Not only remain in the sidelines for the sake of harmony, but also to use media platforms to speak out

B. Not only sow peace, but also amplify it across borders empowered by media

PRÉCIS WRITING

OUR OBJECTIVES:

1)Articulate the importance of precis;

2)Enumerate the steps in precis writing;

3)Distinguish between acceptable and unacceptable precis;

4)Write effective precis.

GOAL OF A PRÉCIS:

to preserve the core essence of the work in a manner that is both clear and concise

THINK-PAIR-SHARE

CONVINCE YOUR CLASSMATE THAT PRECIS IS IMPORTANT IN ACADEMIC WRITING.

NOW, DETAIL THE STEPS IN PRECIS WRITING.

HOW TO WRITE A PRECIS

1) Read carefully.

2) Underline essential points.

3) Omit all unnecessary information.

4) Reduce long phrases into shorter ones.

5) Retain the important points and ideas which are essential to be described.

6) Use your own words as much as possible.

7) Quote only when appropriate.

8) Change direct speech into indirect speech.

9) Check word choices.

10) Check for length.

IMPORTANT!INTRODUCE THE TEXT USING POWER VERBS:

asserts, argues, believes, claims, conveys the thought, declares, demonstrates, describes, elucidates, expounds the idea, finds, identifies the fact, illustrates, implies, points out, posits, proposes, questions, reports, reveals, states, suggests, etc...

HOMEWORK:Here is the original text and an example of an unacceptable precis. Examine this, and

cite three errors in precis writing.Source: Tanenbaum, Leora. Catfight: Women and Competition. New York:

Seven Stories, 2002. As cited in Troyka and Hesse (2009).

ORIGINAL TEXT

Until recently, most Americans disapproved of cosmetic surgery, but today, the stigma is disappearing. Average Americans are lining up for procedures–two-thirds of patients report family incomes of less than 450,000 a year–and many of them return for more. Younger women undergo “maintenance” surgeries in a futile attempt to halt time. The latest fad is Botox, a purified and diluted form of botulinum toxin that is injected between the eyebrows to eliminate frown lines. Although the procedure costs between $300 and $1000 and must be repeated every few months, roughly 850,000 patients have had it performed on them. That number will undoubtedly shoot up now that the FDA has approved Botox for cosmetic use. Even teenagers are making appointments with plastic surgeons. More than 14,000 adolescents had plastic surgery in 1996, and many of them are choosing controversial procedures such as breast implants, liposuction, and tummy tucks, rather than the rhinoplasties of previous generations.

ACCEPTABLE PRECIS

Tanenbaum (2002) explains that plastic surgery is becoming widely acceptable, even for Americans with modest incomes and for younger women. Most popular is injecting the toxin Botox to smooth wrinkles. She notes that thousand of adolescents are even requesting controversial surgeries.

UNACCEPTABLE PRECIS

Average Americans are lining up for surgical procedures. The latest fad is Botox, a toxin injected to eliminate frown lines. This is an insanely foolish waste of money. Even teenagers are making appointments with plastic surgeons, many of them for controversial procedures such as breast implants, liposuction, and tummy tucks (Tanenbaum, 2002).

ANSWERS:

1)Failing to isolate the main point

2)Taking much of its language directly from the source to the point of plagiarizing

3)Including your own judgment about the point made in the original text

CELEBRATING CREATIVITYIN SCIENCE

Let’s play the human bingo!

S C ICan

enumerate the 5 states

of matter

Can explain why 10

means 2

Can name 5 constellations

Can guess which of the

oranges (peeled and

unpeeled) will float and can explain why

Can explain what love is

(in a scientific perspective)

Can give the first 8

decimal numbers of Pi

Can draw a circle with a dot on the

center without lifting

the pen

Can demonstrate

the law of conservation of

energy

Can explain why there is

rainbow

THE PI

3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406286 

TIME FOR MCQS!

EVALUATE THE PRECIS.ANSWER A IF ACCEPTABLE AND B IF UNACCEPTABLE.

Par. 1

Chance discoveries, which some people call serendipitous, happen when the youth are provided with the basic foundation of science in school. A good example is Fleming’s discovery of the antibiotic penicillin, which inhibits bacterial growth in Petri dishes.

EVALUATE THE PRECIS.ANSWER A IF ACCEPTABLE AND B IF UNACCEPTABLE.

Par. 2

Concepcion (2005) described creativity in science as having the ability to synthesize, analyze, and deconstruct. She further noted that this creativity entails thinking outside the box, having a holistic perspective, and factoring in the latent and the manifest elements.

LET US WALK THROUGH THE PROCESS.

Can anyone equipped with the proper tools and background to do science be creative in science? It would seem that there are scientists who are naturally creative and those who are not very creative. If one had a big brain, with lots of convexities (folding and refolding) in the cerebrum, implying that one has many interconnected neurons, then a high level of creative activity could occur in one’s brain. And with a highly developed frontal lobe, which is the seat of emotions such as strong motivation and passion, then one may have been born with the "brains" or the genes to become creative. In short, the creative trait is, first and foremost, anatomic, genetic or inborn.

LET US WALK THROUGH THE PROCESS.

LET US WALK THROUGH THE PROCESS.

Par. 3

Having observed that some scientists seem inherently creative, Concepcion (2005) posits that heredity is one of the factors for creativity.

How one’s brain is structured and how well it is developed, in terms of both logic and emotion, may influence creativity in science.

ORIGINAL TEXT PRECISCan anyone equipped with the proper tools and background to do science be creative in science? It would seem that there are scientists who are naturally creative and those who are not very creative. If one had a big brain, with lots of convexities (folding and refolding) in the cerebrum, implying that one has many interconnected neurons, then a high level of creative activity could occur in one’s brain. And with a highly developed frontal lobe, which is the seat of emotions such as strong motivation and passion, then one may have been born with the "brains" or the genes to become creative. In short, the creative trait is, first and foremost, anatomic, genetic or inborn. (116 words)

Par. 3

Having observed that some scientists seem inherently creative, Concepcion (2005) posits that heredity is one of the factors for creativity. How one’s brain is structured and how well it is developed, in terms of both logic and emotion, may influence creativity in science. (43 words)

EVALUATE THE PRECIS.ANSWER A IF ACCEPTABLE AND B IF UNACCEPTABLE.

Par. 4

Creative scientific method starts with the mental processing of physical information and culminates into a new discovery, and this process requires a highly efficient brain. The psychological processing is done through a system of neurons (Concepcion, 2005).

QUIZ TIME!Evaluate if the precis is acceptable. Answer

OKAY if it is.

If unacceptable, write NOT OKAY, then identify the error committed in the said

precis.

PAR. 6

Creativity in science can also be stimulated and trained if someone is still young. Because of neuroplasticity, constant stimulation may be able to nurture creativity among our youth. This must be done in formative years of life; otherwise, a child loses the chance to be scientifically awakened. By being taught to observe the cycles of life, children can become naturalists and scientists (Concepcion, 2005).

PAR. 5

What figures prominently in the success of scientists is passion. This “motivation, passion, enthusiasm or excitement,” as Concepcion (2005) described it, drives creative minds, such as that of James Watson.

PAR. 7

Concepcion (2005) asserts that creativity is also somewhat cultural. In countries open to innovations, scientists have emerged; whereas, more rigid nations kill creativity and therefore suppress scientific breakthroughs, which is why they do not progress.

PAR. 8

Although scientific literacy is a requirement for making significant discoveries in science, there are also cases where “unschooled” individuals demonstrate creativity in science. Examples are simple inventions arising from vocational schooling and also traditional herbal knowhow in indigenous communities.

THINK-GROUP-SHARE

Write a precis of the following:

PAR. 9

(9) Parents can provide a stimulating home environment for young children to develop their natural curiosity and inquisitiveness in the early years. Children can be encouraged to observe Nature; to ask the "what, when, where, how and why" of anything. Children are given toys to tinker with to develop their experimental and manual skills. They should be allowed to break apart their toys and put them together again. Formal guidance or training in science of our youth is then passed on to the teachers in the pre-school, grade school, intermediate school and college levels of education.

DID YOU HIT BULL’S EYE?

In honing the creativity in science among the youth, parents help by setting an enabling environment at home that encourages inquisitiveness and exploration. This will then continue in formal schooling with the guide of teachers (Concepcion, 2005).

PAR. 10

(10) Science teachers can inspire students with excellent lectures and well-planned experiments designed to make science interesting and discovery exciting. Behind every successful scientist is a high school teacher who influenced the student to pursue a science degree in college. College is a turning point or a decision time in the life of a young person. A student who is inspired because of the stimulating and persuasive ways a high school teacher taught astronomy, physics, geology, chemistry, or biology in the classroom, will choose to pursue a science course in college because of sheer fascination with science, despite the prospect of a financially unrewarding scientific career or an uncertain future after college.

DID YOU HIT BULL’S EYE?

Interest in science can be ignited by creative and inspiring science teachers. High school teachers, for example, can make subjects like astronomy, physics, or chemistry fascinating so much so that his/her student will choose this as course in college regardless of uncertainties (Concepcion, 2005).

HOMEWORK:Write a precis of the paragraph in the next slide.

Write answer in a one half crosswise yellow paper. Submit next meeting, October 6-8.

PAR. 13

We also recall that science fiction and futuristic books have long fired up the dreams and imagination of many generations of humanity. Scientists have been inspired to make the fantasy of scientific gadgets and robots described in these books a reality. Today, writers continue to capture our imagination because so much of what was imagined then has actually come true! We can think of creative books such as H.G. Well’s The Time Machine, Jules Verne’s Voyage to the Center of the Earth, Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, and TV shows like Dick Tracy and Gene Rodenberry’s Star Trek, which all provided important ideas for scientific development.