AP English Language Dialectical Blogging Topics 2015—16
August 18, 2015
Reaction to TED Talk--Marshmallow
Some thoughts: Patience is notthe same as self-sacrifice. How to apply to our go-go culture? “Wait” hasbecome most offensive. What marshmallows do you have to wait to eat?August 27, 2015
Blog about your reaction to the Visual Rhetoric Mapping assignment. What were your reactions to the rhetoric in JF's halls? What global perspectives do your reactions tell you about you. What political perspectives? What social positioning? And anything else that you learned about yourself would be appropriate to include?
September 1, 2015
Discuss three additional ideas that you now know about rhetoric after reading the articles posted today. Then after viewing the slide provided, please analyze keeping the rhetorical triangle in mind. You will be writing in sentences. Take your analysis a step further and analyze some of the devices included in the visual included.
September 2, 2015
For homework, you are to locate a famous logo & analyze with SMARTchart in mind but blog about it (including the logo itself) using sentences. Include the logo in your blog.
September 4, 2015
What parts of the rhetorical triangle + some do we need to consider for a controversial, possibly ethically questionable photo/video?
Blog check 1
September 15, 2015
Locate an instance of when rhetoric misses the mark and analyze it in your blog.
Copy and paste the instance. Then analyze how the rhetoric misses the mark.
September 21, 2015
4th--What is your opinion of European migrant quotas?
5th--What is your opinion of the sentencing of the peanut butter executive food safety violation?
6th--What do you think the world in particular Europe should do for the Syrian refugees?
September 23, 2015
What is your opinion of the decision to not put the sage grouse on the endangered species list? Support with reasons.
October 8, 2015
Select an item from today's news and argue your position about it.
October 13, 2015
Education--Personalized Learning
An ed-tech company says its free online platform will revolutionize individualized learning. Skeptics call it digital snake oil. What do you think after listening to the radio report?
Use the following url for background info: http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/10/13/437265231/meet-the-mind-reading-robo-tutor-in-the-sky
Blog Check 2 10/15/15
10/20/15
Editorial Response --to your selected editorial connected to your research. Provide the link to the editorial at the top of your blog response.
10/23
New York Times News Quiz http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/10/20/weekly-news-quiz-oct-13-19-2015/?em_pos=medium&emc=edit
and select one quiz item and post your opinion about that topic.
10/26/15
- How does your research topic fit into this idea of community at the bottom of page 10 in Gladwell's book?
- If your research doesn’t, why are you researching your topic? How can you hone your topic so that it does fit into an idea about community?
- Fill in the blanks: In ___________ (overall research in our class) I want to do for our understanding of __________(research topic) what Stewart Wolf did for our understanding of health.
- Write a background statement following Gladwell’s lead in the introduction to a mystery for you to solve in your research.
10/27/15 (2 separate entries)1)Listen to http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/10/27/443110755/no-child-left-behind-what-worked-what-didnt and formulate a claim and support this law.2) on googleclassroom, a set of questions about applying the intro of Outliers to your research
11/17/15
What would you say to the people of Paris?
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/11/16/student-opinion-what-would-you-like-to-say-to-the-people-of-paris/#more-163827
Blog check 3 11/18
11/19/15
What is your opinion of the document's argument linked below? Be sure to include your logos, concrete specific, and concession. This entry will go on your next set of entries that are graded even though I have not graded all of your blog 3s yet.
Link: http://www.roanoke.com/news/david-bowers-statement-on-syrian-refugees/pdf_54895fc2-dcfa-50a9-9e40-4c382ed7ab4e.html
11/24/15
Blog about your opinion on any topic. Label the topic with the words "My opinion on . . ."
12/14/15
Discuss reasons that college students should or should not carry
concealed weapons on campus.
Blog Check 4 12/16/15
1/4/16
Media Literacy subtext videos blogging answers to questions
1/5/16 2 separate entries
Prelistening to episode 1 "The Alibi" of Serial (you may add to the comments of this post if you remember more details--just make sure that your additional comments are clearly delineated as comments made later than your first thoughts)
Post listening to episode 1 "The Alibi" of Serial
1/5--1/26 various entries (your choice) reactions to who is guilty in Ser
ial
1/13/16
Essential Question answer & roadblocks to Serial problem
Blog Check 5
3/16/16
Emerson Education--Ideal education
3/17/16
blogging on first 2 paragraphs of Emerson's Education
3/21/16
paragraphs 7--9 blogging one item to analyze from Emerson's Education
3/21/16
Your ideal PBL --describe in detail & then tease out the skills embedded within
3/25/16
Blog post--what to write is on google classroom with this date.