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Developing Robot Brains
Scientists have been working on how to build robot brains that develop in the same way as human brains. In the past, scientists have tried to copy human brains exactly. The trouble is, there is still so much that scientists do not know about how human brains work. But a group of scientists at Michigan State University have developed a new plan. They are using nature as an example to follow for robots. We know that things change and adapt in nature. These scientists want to make robots that can change and adapt, too. The robots would learn to do tasks over time. The goal is to have robots with brains that develop like human brains do, over many years.One task this team of scientists worked on was to get robots to enter and exit a room. This action is easy for humans to complete, but not for robots. The scientists used a math equation to program the robots on this task. They created a program where the robots had to work on the task in connection with other robots. The robots watched each other and took on special roles for the task. This made them more successful. Then, the robot brains that worked the best on a task were the models used for future brains. This is very much like what happens in nature. A characteristic that works well for an animal gets passed on to its babies.Overall, this group of scientists thinks that following what happens in nature is the key to creating robots that can think like humans. The robot brains will start young, like humans. Robots will learn and explore for many years. Then they will develop higher intelligence and understanding. This is very much like how human brains develop!
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Problem Solving with Peanuts and Sweet Potatoes
For years, farmers in Alabama grew cotton and nothing else. As a result, farmers had damaged fields that could no longer cultivate crops. The fields broke down from planting the same thing year after year. Then, in 1914, a pest called a boll weevil destroyed crops. The solution to this problem came from George Washington Carver, an African-American scientist and inventor. He discovered that the soil in Alabama grew peanuts and sweet potatoes well. Carver suggested that farmers grow peanuts and sweet potatoes to help the soil.


This plan worked. Farms began producing peanuts and sweet potatoes. However, not many people bought these foods. Farmers struggled to earn a living. Carver responded to this situation with more research. He wanted farmers to keep planting these crops. He experimented and made products from peanuts and sweet potatoes. Carver made 300 other things from peanuts, such as flour, milk, ink, and dye. He made about 100 products from sweet potatoes, including glue and ink. By 1940, peanuts became the second leading crop to make money in the South. Carver changed how cotton was grown and made many other crops important to the South.

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Write an ode about baseball.

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Read the excerpt from Frida Kahlo by Hedda Garza.

Because of Rivera’s international reputation, most visitors approached him with deference. Kahlo threw caution to the winds, shouting out, "Diego, come down!”

Curious to know more about the daring young girl below, the bulky Rivera made the slow descent to the ground floor. Kahlo wasted no time in preliminaries. . . . "I have come to show you my paintings,” she told him audaciously. She told him her name and Rivera remembered that just a few years earlier, the director of the National Preparatory had told him that the girl who had caused him so much trouble was the same Frida Kahlo. Instead of becoming angry at Kahlo’s audacity, the unconventional artist was delighted to meet his former tormentor face to face.

Which detail from the text best supports the opinion that Frida Kahlo was a confident woman?

Most people showed respect for Diego Rivera.
Kahlo yelled boldly to get Rivera’s attention.
Rivera came quickly to meet Frida Kahlo.
A school director told Rivera about Kahlo.

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Read the following passage from "Journey Down Under the Sea":

I also felt amazed, for this was the "other side" of the same ocean I grew up beside in western North America, 7,100 miles away. Now I could really understand that we all share the oceans. (paragraph 9)

Which type of supporting evidence is used in this passage?

example
quotation
fact
illustration

3) Which person would MOST likely be able to make a personal connection
to the story of Roald Dahl?
A)
An author who recently finished an autobiography
about his own life
B)
A poet whose tragic life experiences have inspired
much of her writing.
A singer whose hits have made her one of the most
famous singers of all time.
D)
A child whose favorite book is James and the Giant
Peach by Roald Dahl

In poetry, meter is the pattern of ___________.

A. Rhyming words

B. Figurative language

C. Sounds within the poem's lines

D. Stressed and unstressed syllables

PLEASE HURRY! I'M BEING TIMED FOR THESE!!

Identify an example of a sound device in poetry.
Group of answer choices

A. simile
B. idiom
C. Onomatopoeia
D. metaphor

Read this paragraph. Jodi, Jan, and Seth peered out the window. They could not believe that a line was forming! Their flier had advertised tryouts for a garage band guitarist, because Epic Noise had been one musician short since their friend Zach moved to Michigan. Now it looked as though their need would be met. Eleven or twelve kids their age lined the driveway, some propping up oversize cases, and others with guitars strapped on their backs. The three hosts of the audition believed that they would find what they were listening for among the assembled crowd. Which statement best summarizes this paragraph? Jodi, Jan, and Seth are hoping to form a band with the eleven or twelve kids lined up on the driveway. Jodi, Jan, and Seth hope to find a better guitarist than Zach, because he was not dedicated to the group. The Epic Noise band members are excited to perform for the group of kids assembled on the driveway. The Epic Noise band members are optimistic about their chances of filling their need for a guitarist at their audition.

The Giver Chapters 1-3
This is my last question (for this assignment) I'll give brainliest
What can you infer about the pilot that Jonas remembers?

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Directions: First, choose and highlight your argumentative topic. Then, conduct research using reliable sources to complete the graphic organizer. Next, synthesize your information into an essay. Keep track of your sources by listing them alphabetically under “Works Cited.” Submit this entire completed document to dropbox 1.16.

Argumentative Topics- Choose ONE by Wednesday, August 26
1. Year-Round Schooling
Some schools across the nation have implemented year-round schooling, which means 45 days on, followed by 15 days off, then repeat. Do you think our school should switch to year-round schooling? Why or why not?
2. Online Learning
Some experts say online learning is better than brick and mortar school. Do you believe this a true claim? Why or why not?



1.16 Argumentative Essay Graphic Organizer
Topic:

Introduction: Due Thursday, August 27
Hook (question, quote, or fact):
Topic:
Counterclaim:
Thesis with claim:

Body Paragraph 1: Due Friday, August 28
Reason 1:
Evidence:
Source:
Why this is important/how this supports the thesis:

Body Paragraph 2: Due Monday, August 31
Reason 2:
Evidence:
Source:
Why this is important/how this supports the thesis:

Body Paragraph 3: Due Tuesday, September 1
Reason 3:
Evidence:
Source:
Why this is important/how this supports the thesis:

Conclusion: Due Wednesday, September 2
Restate claim:
Restate counterclaim and why it is wrong:
Summarize reasons and evidence:
Strong concluding sentence summarizing thesis:



1.16 Argumentative Essay
Copy the information from your graphic organizer into an organized five-paragraph essay below. (Each section from the graphic organizer will be a paragraph).










Works Cited
Copy and paste the websites where you found your information in alphabetical order below.

Identify an example of an idiom.
Group of answer choices

A. Her mouth watered and her tongue burned as she bit into peppery soup.
B. The unsinkable Titanic ship, sunk.
C. The test is as easy as pie.
D. She happily helped the homeless.

Read the excerpt from A Short Walk Around the Pyramids and through the World of Art.

This piece of sculpture is very different from ancient Greek carving, though it, too, is part of an old religious tradition. It is made of hard wood covered with small plates of brass and copper and comes from Gabon, a West African country that straddles the equator. It was made by the Kota, a group of tribes who worship in similar ways, and who have made figures such as this for a hundred years, and probably much longer.

Which text feature would best strengthen the reader's understanding of the text?

a photograph of the West African sculpture
a map of the countries in West Africa
a sidebar about the West African tribe
a table comparing Greek and West African sculpture

Which words are most connected to the themes found in the introduction to Seven Icelandic Stories? Select all that apply.

continuity
history
political
vernacular

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What does the following passage mainly reveal (paragraphs 8-9)?

Generating sections that don’t need a human-provided fuel supply would be in better shape. Geothermal plants, which are powered by the Earth’s internal heat, can run for some time without human intervention.

According to the maintenance manual for the Svartsengi Island geothermal plant in Iceland, every six months the operators must change the gearbox oil and regrease all electric motors and couplings. Without humans to perform these sorts of maintenance procedures, some plants might run for a few years, but they’d all succumb to corrosion eventually.
Answer choices for the above question

A. Although some power plants don’t require human-provided fuel, they still require human maintenance.

B. All lights would quickly go out if there were no human beings on Earth.

C. All power plants need maintenance.

D. Geothermal plants are the ideal forms of power supply on Earth.

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Thanksgiving is about giving thanks for everything you have. What is something that you are very grateful for in your life?

1 PARAGRAPH

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A Night To Remember

People who experience the same event often have very different perceptions of it. In an essay of at least 300 words, analyze how and why the experiences of the people in this passage differ and overlap.

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Can someone make a rhetorical question out of this thesis please?

How have video game systems changed society?

Daedalus could not follow Icarus into the sky because
A. he was too heavy.
B. he was too cautious.
C. he was too slow.
D. he was too anxious.

Which TWO excerpts contain alliteration?
Group of answer choices

1. And miles to go before I sleep,
(Robert Frost, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”)


2. O my Luve’s like the melodie
That’s sweetly play’d in tune!
(Robert Burns, “A Red, Red Rose”)


3. Of cloudless climes and starry skies
(Lord Byron, “She Walks in Beauty”)


4. Behemoth, biggest born of ear, upheaved his vastness
(John Milton, “Paradise Lost”)

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Meditation upon a Broomstick
Which essay would BEST connect to this text?

A) An essay that compares a sponge to human nature in a somewhat humorous way

B) An essay that describes the pros and cons of sweeping with different kinds of brooms

C) An essay that compares a stray dog in the street to the author's own childhood pet dog

D) An essay that argues that brooms are better than vacuums since they are more traditional

Is this a good topic sentence and please be honest, if it isn't to good please give me corrections or tell me what i can do to make it better MUCH APPRECIATED!

Topic sentence- Video games have had a huge impact on society, there is multiple ways it has had a positive impact and one of those ways is helping education wise.

In the folktale "Blancaflor," even though the Prince had to complete impossible tasks, he was delighted with the outcome of marrying Blancaflor.

What does the word outcome mean?

A.
assuring

B.
result

C.
pursuit

D.
pathway

PLEASE HURRY!!! I'M BEING TIMED!!

Why does Jane remember Peter better than
her mother, Wendy?

A. Jane spent more time with Peter.

B. Even though Jane hadn't met Peter, she was younger and understood Peter's
childish nature better than her mother.

C. Jane has a better memory than her mother.

D. Wendy never actually met Peter and she
only imagined their adventures.

Read the excerpt from Frida Kahlo by Hedda Garza.

At a get-together at Modotti’s home, Kahlo saw Diego Rivera again. Later, he did not remember the shy young girl quietly watching the crowd of celebrities. But Kahlo was fascinated by the impetuous Rivera. In many ways they were alike. Both were outrageous pranksters and born masters of exaggeration. . . . "I began to be very interested in him, in spite of the fear I had of him,” she later recalled.

That interest would turn into the love of her life.

Which detail from this excerpt best supports the opinion that Diego Rivera was a fun and spontaneous person?

Kahlo saw Rivera at Modotti’s home.
Kahlo and Rivera both liked playing pranks.
Kahlo and Rivera were much alike.
Kahlo was shy at their first meeting.