1/10/2020

Today was a very good and exciting day. In class we continued our lesson on Fallacies and how to spot them in writings. We looked at a passage in a book and it showed many examples of the different fallacies and used different names. The different names confuse me a bit but once we actually broke down the concept I realized it was the same as what we had learned yesterday. We also learned a life lesson and that was very helpful. Being that we are in an AP Language class but able to discuss other topics was cool. We discussed how to find fallacies in contracts and when we are at the doctors office. We also had a debate about who has the best chicken, Zaxbys, Foosacklys, or Cains. This may seem weird but it actually taught us about spotting fallacies in arguments. All companies had good chicken and just marketed differently. The employees of each company was unable to give a good argument because they had fallacies in their arguments. They also weren’t creditable due to their biases since they worked there.

Start of a brand new year 1/7/2020

We started the 2020 year off by reflex on our past selves and viewing our improvements. We talked about our goals from the beginning of the school year and our goals from now. Some of my goals from 2019 was to improve my writing skills and also become more social. This year I have achieved parts of those goals but need to continue working towards them. We also viewed a video by Ted Talks. This video was by Author Arel Moodie and it was The Secret to Students Success. This video touched on a certain topic that most people do not know. We were always taught in life that being smart is your way to success and you have to be the smartest to be the most successful. Arel changes the view, he acknowledges that it’s not smarts that we need it’s effort. When Arel stayed that it changed not only me but I feel the whole class viewpoint. Sometimes I do not make the best grades, not because I’m “dumb” but because I put no effort into my work, stating back to the video Moodie also said that most “smart” people do poorly in school because we are afraid to ask questions since we are supposedly the “smart” ones. If I didn’t take anything else from that video I took away this quote, “Opportunities are often missed because they are dressed in overalls and labeled work,” Thomas Edison.

Fallacy Skit AP Writing 1/9/2020

Today we discuss the different Fallacy in writing. We did a skit and I can say it was one of the things that I will always remember in this class. Our group had the responsibility of making a skit using “Missing the Point” and “Weak Analogy”. When we were in our groups we had fun making up our skit for “Missing the Point.” We came up with the idea of cheating for the skit. The idea of cheating cane from “Missing the Point” means to come to a conclusion of the argument but it is not the authors conclusion for the argument. When most people cheat they miss the point. It also plays a part in Red Herring which is to distract the audience from the main topic of an argument. When we were acting out the play I was nervous but we got it done and the audience was able to catch on. Doing this skit helped me out because I was confused on the concepts of Fallacy. I was able to put the concept to real life situations and get to fully understand.

December 17 2019

The class presented projects again today. I was able to present my topic and I feel that while doing it I learned more just by standing there giving out the presentation.

12-16-19

Today we had presentations and I learned very interesting facts in different topic including but not limited to genetic cloning, climate change, and parental styles and there effects on society.

12-10-19

Today we dug deport it or figuring out how to properly do multiple choice test. We also read an Essay where the author explained his first time actually reading.

Recap of the week

Monday we learned about monuments and there significance in society. We also used this information to prepare an essay and write our thesis statements. Tuesday we were sent to another class where we learned about the connection of fairytales and there role in history. We also learned that there are different perspectives to one story. I was unable to attend class today due to a field trip.





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