The document provides a journal writing exercise asking students to respond to 5 prompts about science, technology, and their role in society. It also includes a sample works cited page with 8 citations formatted in MLA style that provide examples of proper citation formatting. The prompts discuss when science goes too far, why some reject science and technology, if those who reject technology will be left behind, whether robots could develop emotions, and who should determine the role of genetic testing.

1. Journal Writing Exercise for Science/Technology Unit – 20 points
1. In your opinion, when does science go too far in improving the human condition? Is
there a point where it should stop?
2. Why are some people afraid of science and totally reject it to live a life in the past?
3. Consider people who reject technology. (Amish?) People who refuse to learn about
computers or use cell phones. Are these people going to be left behind?
4. Do you believe that robots or computers will ever develop feelings or emotions similar to
humans?
5. Who should have a say in the role of genetic testing? Who should have the ultimate
power to prevent or promote this science?

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Works Cited
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1990: B4.
Chrissie, Sylvia. "Are We Afraid of Our Computers?" The Chicago Tribune, 31 Oct. 1995: D4,
D6.
Fawcett, Shaun. Internet Basics without fear!, Montreal: Final Draft Publications, 1999.
Francis, Veronica. The Fear Experience: Do We Really Know What We're Getting Into?
London: Oxford Press, 1985.
Gorman, John Richard, and Raymond T. Smithson, The Dynamics of Human Fear Neuroses In
the Age of the Modern Computer. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 1997. 345-53.
Hillson, Gregory. "The Unwelcome Eventual Alternative - Computers That Tell Us What To
Do." The New Psychologist Dec. 1996: 45-54.
Sawyer, David, and Ronald Johnson. The Transference of Fears of Technology To Those
Around Us - A Case Study. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1987.
When creating your Works Cited Page, remember to:
1. Begin the Works Cited on a new page, but number consecutively (i.e., if the last page of your
paper is page 3, the Works Cited is page 4)
2. Alphabetize each entry by first letter
3. Underline all titles of books, magazines, films, etc.
4. Put quotation marks around the titles of poems, short stories, and articles
5. Indent the 2nd line, the 3rd line, and all subsequent lines of each citation
6. Double-space all entries

3. Basic In-Text Citation Rules
In MLA style, referring to the works of others in your text is done by using what's known as
parenthetical citation. Immediately following a quotation from a source or a paraphrase of a
source's ideas, you place the author's name followed by a space and the relevant page number(s).
Human beings have been described as "symbol-using animals" (Burke 3).
When a source has no known author, use a shortened title of the work instead of an author name.
Place the title in quotation marks if it's a short work, or italicize or underline it if it's a longer
work.
Your in-text citation will correspond with an entry in your Works Cited page, which, for the
Burke citation above, will look something like this:
Burke, Kenneth. Language as Symbolic Action: Essays on Life, Literature, and Method.
Berkeley: U of California P, 1966.
Parenthetical citations and Works Cited pages allow readers to know which sources you
consulted in writing your essay, so that they can either verify your interpretation of the sources
or use them in their own scholarly work.
When Citation is not Needed
Common sense and ethics should determine your need for documenting sources. You do not
need to give sources for familiar proverbs, well-known quotations or common knowledge.
Formatting the First Page of Your Paper
• Do not make a title page for your paper.
• In the upper left-hand corner of the first page, list your name, your teacher’s name, (Mrs.
Lehman/Mrs. Sipp) the course, and the date. Again, be sure to use double-spaced text.
• Double space again and center the title. Don't underline your title or put it in quotation
marks; write the title in Title Case, not in all capital letters.
• Double space between the title and the first line of the text.
• Create a header in the upper right-hand corner that includes your last name, followed by a
space with a page number; number all pages consecutively with Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3,
4, etc.), one-half inch from the top and flush with the right margin.