Monday, September 18, 2017

Project Explained

*Periods 1 and 5 got a different experience today so your TED Talk Tuesday will have info re: rhetorical devices project *

The structure of the AP Language exam was explained today in class along with the in's and out's of the project due next Wednesday 9/27.  (Please see Sunday's post for the document that details the project.)

Start thinking about the emotion you want to highlight and the creative representation of it.  Email with questions if you have any.

Tomorrow we will enter into TED Talk #2.

And, as always, you should be reading your Independent Reading Book!!

Love and Light,
Beltran

Today's Song: Journey's "Don't Stop Believing"

39 comments:

  1. I'm exited to start this project to see what I can one up with on the feeling of rage and what other come up with for their emotions

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  2. Looking forward to watching the TED talk tomorrow!

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  3. Loved the song today and connected it to the Steve Jobs speech about how you should not settle and do what you want!! As always a great class day!

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  4. I'm so excited to start this project and see what everyone else is going to come up with!

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  5. I love this new project, we get to be creative!

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  6. I loved the first TED Talk and I'm really looking forward to watching another one tomorrow.

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  7. Excited to see what more I can learn from tomorrow's TED talk.

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  8. I'm definitely excited for tomorrows Ted talk, but I'm already looking forward to this weeks SAS!

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  9. Excited to see the next TED talk and to hear more about the project!

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  10. it goes on..and on...and on.....AND OOONNNN

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  11. That last red talk really made me think in a class for once. I'm excited to learn more

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  12. I'm definitely excited for this weeks TED talk, the SAS's and to hear more about the project. I think that this project is helpful for us to express ourselves in a creative and personal way.

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  13. Highly looking forward to tomorrows Ted Talk and our future presentations.

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  14. The impact of the first Ted Talk on me was very eye opening and gave me an amazing, new perspective. Can't wait to see how this next Ted Talk will impact me!

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  15. I'm really looking forward to the TED talk and our projects!

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  16. Ready to practice my rhetorical triangle tomorrow and looking forward to this new project!

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  17. Pretty excited for ted Talk Tuesday tomorrow, still thinking about what emotion I want to do for the project.

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  18. I got the song stuck in my head, and I just infected my brother with to it.

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  19. I hope this week's ted talk is also eyeopening. Can't wait till Friday's SAS though.

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  20. Great first TED talk. Grateful for the TED talk resource and how easy it is to access such important information from such well prepared experts.

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  21. "Don't stop believin" was the first song on Journeys album Escape. According to Johnathan Cain(keyboardist) the reason was, "With that piano line, it just sounds like a book opening up."

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  22. I loved the TED TALK you showed us last week, super excited for this one!! Thank you Beltran.

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  23. today's lesson about the AP was helpful and I'm interested in the project as well hoping the ted talk is going to be mind opening

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  24. excited for TED talk two, maybe itll get some thoughts stuck in my head like the song today..

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  25. The first Ted Talk was incredibly powerful and I can't wait to see what's in store for tomorrows!

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  26. Psyched for the second TED talk, also funny how the most viewed TED talk is "how schools kill creativity."

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  27. I'm so glad to hear we're doing this project! Excited to add a few new tools to my writer's toolbox of rhetorical devices.

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  28. thought it was interesting how one of the lyrics of the song from today was "looking just to find emotion" and now I'm LOOKING FOR AN EMOTION for my project! Whaaat?! Connection!!

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  29. Can't wait for another TED talk. Especially since the first one was so interesting and eye-opening.

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  30. I'm so surprised that I haven't had any teachers teach me about all of the rhetorical devices in depth before. They are super useful, and I've already started looking for them in my independent reading book.

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  31. Ready for TED Talk Tuesday! Curious to know the topic and what its about.

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  32. Really excited to listen to another TED Talk and make some more connections!

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  33. Can't wait for the Ted talk tomorrow never realized how interesting they are.

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  34. Hoping to find project inspiration from tomorrows Ted Talk, time to brush up on the rhetorical devices they've been drilling into us for all these years!
    -Jacob Wade (wont sign me into google for some reason?)

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  35. ugh I loved Ted Talk Tuesday... can't wait!!!

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  36. I'm so ready to break out the rhetorical triangle for today's TED Talk!

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