Aalim's English Blog

 Today we read and analyzed a few poems by Emily Dickinson. In my opinion, her poems are depressing. In one poem she changes her perspective at a funeral in which she is the person in the casket. In another poem she talks about a break up and having to forget about the person she was recently in love with to save her heart. Other than that, the lesson was pretty solid. 

 Today was laid back since we did not take the quiz. Instead, we studied our vocabulary words for the entire class period.

 Today we did an exercise related to Logos, Pathos, and Ethos. We talked about teen shootings happing in Atlanta, Georgia, and how we should prevent them from happening. We read the document and created a solution using information from the paper. My solution was to have the community involved by setting up programs that will keep teens from engaging in such violence. In fact, the people I attended summer camp with were shot. Luckily he lived to see another day.

 Today we learned more about Pathos, Ethos, and Logos. Pathos is  to persuade an audience by purposely evoking certain emotions to make them feel the way the author wants them to feel. Ethos is   a rhetorical or written technique that appeals to an audience or reader's ethics . Finally, Logos is  to appeal to the audience's sense of reason or logic .  We did an exercise in which we created a way to persuade the administrators to increase funding for better tech. After the exercise, we analyzed some advertisements and judged whether they were Pathos, Ethos, or Logos

 Today I was not in class. I had to go to the counselor so that she can assist me with picking my classes for my senior year. I was however able to come in for the last 5 minutes and my classmates had learned about Pathos, Ethos, and Logos.

 Today was a pretty chill day, we worked on vocabulary words for the unit test on Friday. Nothing exciting happened other than seeing my fellow classmates.

 Today we did an exercise on creating a brainstorming cluster. The topic was something that is overrated. I chose Shein because they sell over hyped, fast fashion clothing that pollutes the Earth. It also leaves laborers who make the product with health problems. This is due to the dangerous work conditions. Overall, Shein is not a good brand to buy. After making our clusters, we presented them to our class.