What is mitosis? What beneficial biological processes involve mitosis? Your reading this week includes Chapters 17-20, and a summary of one of those chapters is due Friday, also.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks to structure the three thesis points. Your reading this week includes Chapters 17-20, and a summary of one of those chapters is due Friday, also. Be sure to practice quoting in MLA format by including direct quotes with attribution and a citation. See Purdue Wise Owl (link in Websites tab on left of Blackboard screen), for additional help if you need it. We are going to continue sentence combining using conjunctions and proper punctuation, and learn about denotation, conotation, and inferences. See RWACI for further definitions of each. Instructions: MLA I need a summary Due on January 25, 2016 I need a thesis due January 27, 2016
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks READING GUIDE Chapters 1-5
Prologue: The Woman in the Photograph
The author uses several similes to describe cells. What simile does she use to describe
the way a cell looks? What simile does she use to explain the functions of the different
parts of a cell? What do these similes suggest about biology?
What is mitosis? What beneficial biological processes involve mitosis?
What simile does Donald Defler use to describe mitosis?
What happens when there is a mistake during the process of mitosis?
According to Defler, how important was the discovery of HeLa cells?
As a high school student, Skloot began researching HeLa cells to find out more about
Henrietta Lacks. Examine pages 5 and 6 and write down each step that Skloot took to
begin her research.
Chapter One: The Exam
How long did Henrietta wait between first telling her girlfriends that “something didn’t
feel right†and going to the doctor?
Why does Sadie think Henrietta hesitated before seeing a doctor?
What did Henrietta’s first doctor assume the source of the lump on Henrietta’s cervix
was? What stereotype or bias might this assumption be based upon?
Why did David Lacks take Henrietta to the public wards at Johns Hopkins instead of a
closer hospital?
Explain what the Jim Crow laws were.
Who was Henrietta’s gynecologist?
Review the notes on Henrietta’s medical history found on page 16. Based on the
objective details in her medical chart, what can you infer about Henrietta’s life and
personality?
Based on her medical chart, how would you describe Henrietta’s feelings about
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