http://ithink.learnerblogs.org A Scroll Through My Thoughts Tue, 09 Dec 2008 02:49:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en During a school bus accident, both go round and round. When, God forbid, a school bus has an accident, it is always tragic. Even more tragic is the fact that kids on that bus might become projectiles—thrown through windows, paled against the floor, crammed between seats. The measure has tried—and failed—many ... http://ithink.learnerblogs.org/2008/12/08/of-kids-and-wheels/ The passage of Proposition 8 in California has given birth to a whole slew of finger-pointing, name-calling, and delayed marches in the streets. At the center of this controversy is the Mormon Church, or so it seems according to editorials, columns, and Op-Eds in the LA Times. Take Jonah Goldberg’s column on ... http://ithink.learnerblogs.org/2008/12/08/ye-of-little-faith/ This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://ithink.learnerblogs.org/2008/05/18/resume/ This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://ithink.learnerblogs.org/2008/04/30/artifact-10/ To visit this artifact, click here. In the third quarter of AP English Language, we practiced writing arguments. On each Wednesday for six weeks, we would publish an argument as a blog post. To create the post, we would pick a topic (I usually just scanned the headlines on my Google ... http://ithink.learnerblogs.org/2008/04/20/artifact-9/ Click here to view my analysis via Scribd.com. Back in August of 2007, our AP English teacher overwhelmed us with this foreign type of writing assignment called a style analysis—after all, who had ever heard of a “style analysis”? A style analysis prompt asks the student to analyze the rhetorical strategies ... http://ithink.learnerblogs.org/2008/04/20/artifact-8/  During the first, second, and third nine weeks of AP English, we defined a set of words each week.  The words ranged from rhetorical terms to tone words to advanced diction.  As a class we discussed the literal meaning, use, and connotations of the words, all in an effort to improve our ... http://ithink.learnerblogs.org/2008/04/15/artifact-7/ To visit this artifact, click here. In the first semester of AP English Language, our teacher allowed us to pick a topic to research (over which we would later write a research paper.)  I chose abortion and all the social issues surrounding it.  To being my research, I utilized the Internet database ... http://ithink.learnerblogs.org/2008/04/13/artifact-6/ Click here to view my RRJ via Scribd.com. During the third quarter of the year, our teacher asked us to choose a classic novel to read and complete a reading response journal.  I chose John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men.  Reading with "rhetorical eyes," I scoured the novel for rhetorical devices.  ... http://ithink.learnerblogs.org/2008/04/12/artifact-5/ Click here to view my presentation via Scribd.com. To prepare for the AP English Language test, it is important to be able to analyze visuals--ads, commercials, cartoons.  To prepare us for this, our teacher divided our class into groups and directed us to analyze an advertisement from a magazine.  We chose ... http://ithink.learnerblogs.org/2008/04/10/artifact-4/