¿Qué hicimos hoy?

My heart goes out to Arka and Amy, who missed a wonderful English class today. The period began with the distribution of AP Exam packets. We were relieved to discover that the English Language exam does not conflict with any other AP exam, with the notable exception of the wildly popular Italian Language and Culture test. Moving along, Mr. Lazarow encouraged us to perform rhetorical analysis on Senator Obama's campaign speeches. From there, we turned our attention to Dance Marathon, which is scheduled for May 30-31. We discussed some of the plans for the charitable event and even made some creative suggestions which might add to the fun. These included, but were not limited to, building an electric fence around participants and forcibly moving the dancers' appendages. I volunteered the services of DJ Ernie, a local disc jockey and part-time student. (Incidentally, I spoke with Ernie today, and after reviewing his calendar, he seems confident that he will be available on the above mentioned date) Before we continued our lesson on the Toulmin model, Mr. Lazarow reminded us that brown is always good, and white is always bad. I frankly couldn't agree more. As time expired, we talked about case examples, which function much like straight facts and help to clarify an argument or make it more persuasive. They are different than hypothetical examples, which only demonstrate probabilities. As we went over this point, the bell rang and we shufflled mindlessly to our next class.