Wednesday, 12/5/12

Hello again South House!

So today we started class off with SSR, and then got down to business. We got time to work on our speeches, which is good because the 1st draft of them is due tonight at 11:59! Then they will be peer reviewed, which is due TOMORROW at 11:59 pm. It has to be at least 5 paragraphs, but obviously if you have the perfect speech written out, that works just as well. Really that's all that went down today, so good luck on the speeches, and see you at Party Platform!

Tuesday, 12/4/12

Hey there South House. I just got back from POL, and it was really great! All of the seniors did fantastic(especially those from our house, just saying), so be sure to congratulate all of them on a job well done. Now, down to business:

Today's Schedule:

• Connect Four Presentation

So today was a very simple day, since we just sat back and watched a presentation. Elmer Rodriguez from Mt. Sac came to tell us of all of the opportunities we have as high school seniors right next door to Mt. Sac. It is the largest community college in California, and does a lot to help high school students to achieve what they want out of college and life. For those of you who aren't completely sure of where you're headed, or maybe a bit worried about the price tag on that dream school of yours, it's a great idea to look more into this program. If you have any questions about this or basically anything about Mt. Sac and other community colleges, you can contact Elmer at erodriguez@mtsac.edu.

Alright, I guess that's all for today. See you all tomorrow, bright and early!

Monday, 12/3/12

Hey South House!

Today's Plan:

• SSR
• Mini Ethos, Pathos, Logos
• Speech Workshop Time

Alright so as usual we started out the day with SSR, and then we went on to Mini Ethos, Pathos, Logos. Basically the breakdown was:

• Ethos: Appeal to knowledge or expertise
• Ex: Things that sound really smart and fancy, like life experience, universities, NY Times, PhD, MA, ABCDEFG.
• Pathos: Appeal to emotion, spice things up
• Ex: Ways to make people feel something, such as anecdotes, emotional word choices, crying injured puppies, etc.
• Logos: Appeal to logic
• Ex: Just the straight facts, and statistics. All the need-to-knows.

(Note: Be careful when using any of these appeals. Although they can be incredibly helpful for your speeches, using them too often can make people feel manipulated, and in the case of Logos, even bored.


So after we wrapped up that lesson we had time to work on our speeches, and then our short class was over! See you all tomorrow.

Reminder: Tomorrow(12/4) is Poetry Out Loud! Should be pretty fun, so come out and support your classmates. If that isn't enough incentive, I'm pretty sure Ortega said she's giving extra credit to those who show up, so there's that. It starts at 7 in the MPR, hopefully see you there!