N7/N8
Hermes Week 2:  January 17-21, 2022

Are Zoos a Good Thing?

There's a lot of disagreement about whether or not zoos are ethical.  What do you think?  Read the article, watch the video, and do the exercises, then write a short essay about your opinion, with an explanation of why you think zoos are, or are not, a good thing.  All parts of this project must be completed by Friday, January 21.   Please send your essay to: [email protected], with the subject line:  "Ensayo de inglés para Nina".  Don't forget to include your name, the date, and a title. 

 1) Now read the article below
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2) ...and watch this video
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Should Zoos Exist? (video)

3)  Write a pro/con chart (a list of arguments for and against zoos), like this:

Pro:
Zoos protect animals
​(etc)

Con:
Zoos are not healthy for animals.
​(etc)

4) What do you think?
Now it's time for you to come to your own conclusion.  On a loose piece of paper, write a 1-page essay explaining why you think that zoos are, or are not, a good thing.  Don't forget to include your name, the date, and a title. Please send your essay to: [email protected], with the subject line:  "Ensayo de inglés para Nina".

Here's a guide to writing a 5-paragraph essay.  We'll learn more about this later, but in the meantime, you can use it to help you structure your essay.

N7/N8  Hermes Week 1
January 11-14

Instructions:  Read the article, “Wired to the Counterculture”, about similarities between the modern “cult of the internet” and the 1960’s counterculture movement.  Seven sentences have been removed.  Look at sentences A-H below, and choose which sentence best fits in which gap in the text. Write the answers in your notebook or a loose piece of paper.  Then complete the activities that follow.  All parts of this project must be completed by Friday, January 14.

1) Download and read the following article:

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2) Missing sentences (there is one extra):

a)  in recruiting very young people to help guide its strategy
b) the world of the internet is, in its own way, today’s counterculture
c) the values which it embraced gained social currency and influenced life styles
d) the exclusion of older people from the new world of information technologies
e) fast is good, and brings you closer to the world of the mind
f) the youth protest movement which later led to the big student revolts
g) the Internet cult is a cult of youth
​h) a mysticism coloured by Eastern influences, particularly Buddhism

3) Vocabulary match:  Match each word with its definition.

1) Counterculture
2) Phenomenon
3) Libertarianism
4) Altruism
5) Striking
6) Hesitation
7) Leisure
8) Creed
​9) Prevailing

a)  A movement that strongly believes that people should have the freedom to do and think as they like.
b) free time
c) The ability to care about the needs and happiness of other people more than your own.
d) existing at a particular time; current.
e) A way of life and set of attitudes opposed to or at variance with the prevailing social norm.
f) A set of beliefs or aims which guide someone's actions.
g) Particularly interesting, noticeable, or impressive.
h) a fact or situation that is observed to exist or happen
g) The action of pausing or hesitating before saying or doing something.

​4) Now watch this video, made by students, about the counterculture of the 1960's:

Turn on, Tune in, Drop out: Counterculture of the 1960's

If you'd like to learn more about the historical precedents of the 1960's counterculture movement, check out this video too!  (click the button below)

Beatniks, Hippies and Free Love - The Counterculture

5) What do you think? 
​You are the experts on youth internet culture!  Do you agree that the modern "cult of the internet" is similar to the 1960's counterculture, and that young people are using the internet to "drop out" of the ordinary world and create a more fraternal, communicative, and peaceful society?  Do you think the internet will in fact lead to the creation of this kind of society?  What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of internet culture?  Write a response of about 1 page, and e-mail it to [email protected], with the subject line "Ensayo de inglés para Nina".