Name: Date: Period: Assignment: Homework Packet #5. Mr. Harris Language Arts Web: E Class#: 841.

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1 Name: Date: Period: Assignment: Homework Packet #5 Mr. Harris Language Arts Web: E mail:mrharris@fulmore.org Class#: This packet is due Monday, September 20 th Be careful with my brand new computer, Mrs. Rushing. Hey, what happens when you press all these buttons at the same Good grief! What have you done? 1

2 RESEARCH PROJECT The two countries I will be researching are: I chose these countries because: The cultural elements I will be comparing and contrasting are:

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7 TAKS PRACTICE ARTICLE New airport device detects bomb residue From Paul Courson CNN Washington Bureau WASHINGTON (CNN) Airport security officials unveiled a new scanning device Thursday that can detect traces of substances used in making bombs. 1. The prototype machine being tested at Reagan Washington National Airport is based on existing units that involve a tedious method using cotton swabs, wiping sticks and a testing chamber to detect chemicals that could be used as explosives. 2. The new machine has been outfitted with a small platform where security workers rub a document such as a boarding pass, a passport or a driver's license. 3. The little platform then moves automatically into the test chamber, where tiny particles would quickly set off an alarm. 4. Pat Hynes, the airport's federal security director, said such particles would stay on a person's hands for a significant amount of time and probably would be transferred onto such documents. 5. "When a person is around and touches explosives, they can never really decontaminate themselves," he said. 6. He noted, however, that there would be times when the machine goes off and a person has a good explanation for such exposure to what the called "a very wide range spectrum of components." 7. He said he could not elaborate for security reasons, but he acknowledged the list includes substances used in fireworks, shotgun shells and certain fertilizers. 8. The source that triggers the alert would then be discussed through questioning with the passenger. 9. "It wouldn't be a false alarm, it would actually be a positive alarm, but when you talk to the individual, [it] could prove to be a false threat," Hynes said. 10. When the machine gives a positive indication, the passenger's luggage and personal effects would then be subjected to additional checking regardless of the answers provided in an interview with security workers. 7

8 11. The airport near Washington began using the unit Tuesday with passengers who had been directed to a more elaborate security check known as secondary screening. 12.Three machines will be installed by the end of the month at New York's Kennedy International Airport, Chicago's O'Hare International in Illinois and Los Angeles International in California. 13. Each of the machines costs about $45,000, according to the manufacturer, Smiths Detection. Find this article at: 1. What does this new scanning device do: A.. Detects all terrorists. B. Detect people who have bad intentions C. Detect traces of substances used in making bombs D. Identify guns in luggage. 2. What is Pat Hyne s reasoning for why this machine will work: A. You can never really decontaminate B. Because the technology is so good, it will always work. C. Because America is the greatest. D. Because terrorists do not know about the machine. 3. In paragraph 9, a positive alarm and a false threat means: A. Someone who may have had contact with bomb material, but is not a danger to the plane. B. Someone who may have had contact with bomb material, but is a danger to the plane. C. Someone who is going to do harm to the plane. D. Someone who works for an alarm company. 4. What happens when the machine give a positive indication: A. An additional check of luggage and personal effects takes place. 8

9 B. The person is immediately apprehended and sent to terrorist jail. C. The person s fingerprints are immediately taken. D. The airport is shut down. 5. Which statement is true of the machines: A. Three machines will be installed by the end of the month B. The machines will stop all terrorist activity C. The cost for three machines is 135,000 D. Both A & C are true. Reading Assignment In your textbook, read pages On page 671, do the following: Complete Identifying Facts 1 3 in the space below: Complete Interpreting Meanings 1 & 5 in the space below: 1. 9

10 5. Do the Creative Writing Response on page 671 in the space below: Your first saying: Your second saying: Ms. Block in her Evil Lair. What can I do to mess with Mr. Harris? Eureka!!! I have got it. I will schedule the school dance on the same night as Mr. Harris Kung Fu movie night!!! The Block The Block I will send my Evil Choir automatons to inform him. Ha ha ha ha!! Evil Choir Automatons Mr. Harris, we have a message for you. 10

11 Editor s note: notice the connection to this week s prefix. Later on that day in Room #300 AHHHH the Evil Block has foiled me, again. I will get my revenge. I will smite her!!! Name: Period: For The Week of Mr. Harris Optional Exercise Chart (optional means you do not have to do it) A Healthy Body = A Healthy Mind You can use this chart to keep track of your physical activity. Day Activity Length of Time 11

12 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 12