Rylan’s English Blog

Prompt Response: When I was younger, I believed that you could walk on clouds. I would lie down on my black trampoline in the backyard of my old house and stare up at the sky. I remember looking up and seeing huge white fluffy clouds in a variety of different shapes. I used to dream of jumping and walking on them. This dream was cut short early when I went to the Appalachian Mountains and my parents said, "Look, Rylan! We're driving through clouds." I remember being heartbroken because they looked so fun to walk on. Summary: Today in class, we learned about the different types of claims and what a claim is. We talked and learned about Claims of Fact, Claims of Value, and Claims of Policy.  Reflection: Learning more in depth about the three different types of claims today, makes me feel more confident about claims. I feel better about writing and decipher different types of claims. 

Prompt Response: One argument that I wish I could have handled differently was when the argument turned into a screaming fight with my parents about how messy my room was. About a month ago, I had just gotten back from camp, and my room was a disaster, but I wanted to go see my friends. My goal was to push cleaning my room back to later that night so that I could see my friends as soon as possible, because it would´ve taken hours to clean up my room. My parents did not like that goal and started to raise their voices. I started to raise my voice and argued that I have not seen my friends in so long and that this is not their room. Looking back, I would have never raised my voice because that got me in more trouble, and I just followed what they said because, at the end of the day, they do make the decisions. From what we learned today in class, I'd go back and use the 3 persuasive steps. I'd first change the mood of the environment. Instead of getting all worked up, I should ha...

Last week rumors were spreading that I cheated on my then boyfriend. Those rumors are so far from the truth so I had to persuade people and make sure they did not believe that terrible lie. I used pathos to explain to my friends how I felt in this situation and how upset I was that people thought I cheated. I also used logos to explain exactly what happened and provided facts and reasons why these rumors did not make any sense. I think that logos was most effective because providing the facts helped show and prove to people that I was telling the truth.  Summary: Today in class we looked and read through a Power-point specifically looking at logos, pathos and ethos. We also looked at examples and political videos and decided whether it was ethos, pathos or logos.  Reflection: I gained a deeper understanding of logos, pathos and ethos by looking at different examples and videos. I used this deeper understanding to think about today 's  blog prompt and respond to it. I real...

Prompt Response: As I grow older and face new experiences I think I will have to stand up most often for my learning disabilities. Throughout school this has been a challenging topic because lots of friends, teachers and administrators don't want to nor try to understand how severely dyslexic I am. Throughout the past two years in high school many of my teachers fail to let me use my 504 plan accordingly and the administrators have messed up AP testing due to not submitting my 504 requirements to college board in time. Due to the struggles I have faced in school and my friends making fun of me for not being able to spell simple words I believe for the rest of my life I will have to stand up for myself to bosses, friends and college professors to explain that I was born with these learning disabilities and I am trying my very best everyday to overcome them.  Summary: Today in class, we learned and looked at PowerPoint about Arguments.  Reflection: I loved learning about th...

 3 goals that I would love to personally achieve this year is becoming a faster reader, not procrastinate, and finish the school year with all A’s. I struggle with dyslexia so becoming a fast reader has always been a struggle for me. I would love to overcome that struggle this year by reading every night so I can be more successful in my academic career. I would also love to stop procrastinating so that I can learn to become more productive and not spend as much time on homework. Lastly, achieve all A’s is hard but if I set that high expectation I will become a better student.