AP SEMINAR

 1.  Single-schools have been criticized and denoted for many years by coeducational school leaders and parents, but are they better than coeducational schools? Single-sex schools have been around since the 19th century in the US, not to mention earlier in various countries. Coeducational schools were not popularized in the USA until the early 1970s (Hughes 6). It has been common today to dismiss the advantages of single-sex schools since coeducational schools are more popular and have shown the same amount of academic benefits. However, recent studies have shown that single-sex schools can benefit a student academically and even behaviorally. Single-sex schools allow girls and boys to focus on academics and not have to constantly worry about looking good, or saying the right things to impress each other. Being put in a more professional and focussed environment is sure to prepare students for the future and help them to achieve their full intellectual abilities. Many parents ...

 1. " In this season of giving, (metacommentary) six of John Carroll’s IND transfers donned their old uniforms and returned to their former school to continue a special Thanksgiving tradition. At the invitation of IND’s Alumnae Association,  Caitlin Kuhn ‘21 ,  Grace Hemphill ’2 1 ,  Brandi Swinton ‘21 ,  Lauren Milbourne ’22 ,  Rhyian Singleton ‘22  and  Breanne Swinton ‘23  helped to distribute 80 “Hildie’s Thanksgiving boxes,” stuffed with a turkey and a week’s worth of groceries, to the residents of nearby Latrobe homes. Named for Sr. [Hilda Marie Sutherland, a mainstay at the school for 65 years before her passing last year, the Thanksgiving boxes were the longest standing tradition of her “Hildie’s Helpers” service club] elab . We are proud of these Patriots whose service showed what it means to “live like Hildie” and carry forth her selfless love. Thanks to Mrs. Hemphill for sharing the news with us and to Sue Petti, President of ...

 1a. Examples in the chapter show that translating academic language into everydayspeak can be a good tool for spelling out ideas to readers. But at a basic level, such translation can be a basic means for you as a writer to prove your thoughts to yourself. Translating academicspeak into everyday speak can be a tool to help say what to begin with. 1b. As the examples in the present chapter have informed, translating academic language into everydayspeak could be an indispensable tool for clarifying and underscoring ideas for consumers. Therefore at an even more simple level of understanding, such translation can be an indispensable means for you as a writer to clarify your own ideas to oneself. In separate means, translating acadmeicspeak into everydayspeak can serve as a processing mechanic that enables you to discover what you are trying to claim to commence with. 1c. As the examples in this chapter show, translating academic language into everydayspeak can be a necessary tool in ...

 1.     - transitions(underline)          - keywords(circle)           - pointing terms(boxes) Our civilisation . . . is founded on coal , more completely than one realises until one stops to think about it. The machines that keep us alive, and the machines that make the machines , are all directly or indirectly dependent upon coal . In the metabolism of the Western world the coal-miner is second in importance only to the man who ploughs the soil. He is a sort of grimy cary- atid upon whose shoulders nearly everything that is not grimy is supported. For this reason the actual process by which coal is extracted is well worth watching, if you get the chance and are willing to take the trouble. When you go down a coal-mine it is important to try and get to the coal face when the “fillers” are at work. This is not easy, because when the mine is working visitors are a nuisance and are not encouraged, but if you...

 1. Poaching 2. Factory Farming (Animal cruelty) 3. Equal pay and work opportunities for women 4. LGBTQ+ Rights 5. Principles of the Education System

 1. After reading a few articles, I have concluded that most of the articles used "who cares" questions as they were an important part in setting their arguments. Compared to the ones who used "who cares" questions, the articles I read that didn't use them were a little hard to keep interested in and some of their main points were left unexplained. The authors who used the questions mostly just stated why their argument and claims actually mattered to what is happening in the real world today or how it can affect people's lives. One technique I could use for my own essays is to demonstrate why my claims should be important to the readers. What I would suggest to the authors of the articles that "who cares" questions is to try to least point out why their arguments are relevant. 2. For this exercise, I will use my essay about single-sex schooling as an example. For this essay, I do not think I did a good job at stating the "who cares" ques...

 1. Charlip first uses a signal phrase by using a quote from a different source, which we can only assume is an opposing article because then she state s "If only that were true, things might be more simple". This statement is important because it shows how she believes that perspective is too simplified and inaccurate. Charlip uses the personal pronoun "I" a lot to state that it is her point of view, and when addressing a professor she first implies that he will give his opinion and then states, using "he", what he said. She then states how he would person ally define the topic and ask questions directly to the audience. Like in this chapter, Charlip uses a template with a quote to restate her point: " The average American will tell you he or she is “middle class"." She also addresses her father's opinion, as they had the same one. 2. For this example, I used my essay about how single-sex schools are better than coeducational schools. I...

 2. In " Language is here to serve all of us. Merriam-Webster’s word of the year shows that" by  Benjamin Dreyer, he talks about how the word "they" should be used more often in talking to non-binary people or talking about someone or something that could be either gender. Dreyer talks about the new grammar techniques that will be used with using "they" and how more writers are using it all the time. I agree that more writers should use "they" instead of "he" as the default gender, a point that needs emphasizing since so many people believe that "they" should be used. By focusing on the use of "they", Dreyer overlooks the deeper problem of gender stereotypes. Many people still believe today that men are more dominant than women. Although they can have their own opinions, I believe this opinion is outdated and sexist. This relates back to the use of the word "they", which I agree should be used, because inst...

Stakeholder: Students Claim: College students believe that, although college education is useful, it is too expensive. Citation: Network, The Learning. “What Students Are Saying About: College Tuition, Homework Help and Loneliness.” The New York Times , The New York Times, 18 Oct. 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/10/18/learning/what-students-are-saying-about-college-tuition-homework-help-and-loneliness.html.  Stakeholder: Colleges Claim: College education is worth the expense because it is necessary to pay for a student's full education and use of college facilities Citation: Best_Schools. (2020, March 23). Why is College So Expensive? Retrieved October 09, 2020, from https://thebestschools.org/magazine/why-college-expensive/ Stakeholder: Employers Claim: college is worth the expense because it sets students up for a good job and future Citation: Dedman, Ben. “Employers Agree: College Degrees Are Worth It.” Association of  American Colleges & Universities , 5 Sept. 2018, www.aac...

1. Should children under 17 be banned from buying violent video games? Parents believe that children under 17 should be banned from buying violent video games because it promotes bad behavior and exposes them to inappropriate material. Children under 17 argue that they should be able to buy violent video games because they are just for entertainment and won't affect their everyday behaviors. Video game companies believe that anyone under 17 can play their games as long as they have parental permission. 2.  Is college education worth the expense? College students believe that, although college education is useful, it is too expensive. Colleges believe that their college education is worth the expense because it is necessary to pay for a student's full education and use of college facilities. College employees believe college is worth the expense because it sets students up for a good job and future 3.  Do parents have the right to check their children's social media accounts...

1.  In the article Single-Sex Education: Positive Effects, author Jennifer Sills references many “they say” quotations in her text. Sills integrated the quote into her text by first saying what the opposition believes and shutting their point down. Then Sills writes “They also claim that” before writing the quote. She uses this quote to show that they used an unreliable source. After the quote, she continues with her main point. Based on what I’ve read I think that Sills could do a better job at explaining the actual quote and introducing it. Instead of saying “they also claim that”, she could write “Their point is that”. 2. For class, I wrote about the benefits of single-sex schools. I used many direct quotes from sources agreeing with my argument, but I could’ve used some that were from articles against my argument. After every quote, I explained it and stated how it relates to my claim. To introduce one of my quotes I wrote “Laster writes” and to improve this by using one of the...

 1. In kid's sports, it is important to give them all participation trophies because it encourages kindness and support. Kids will be more determined to play sports or other activities if they can all get some kind of award. This also boosts morale and helps kids to reassure that they can do anything they want. Lots of parents agree that all the kids that played on the field worked hard, and why should they not be compensated for their work? Why should kids not all get rewards if they all participated and played their best? I urge children's sports leagues to consider giving all kids a trophy for playing their hardest and inspire kids to keep playing sports. I believe that not all kids should get participation trophies because it does not teach them the right life skills. Giving everyone a reward teaches kids that you do not need to work hard in life to get what you want, and denies them of what the actual world is like. It would make no sense for the hardest working players to...

  1. Some locals who live in Ohio say that the Ohio groundwater is perfectly safe and has been drinkable for many years. History is the study of what our human ancestors have accomplished, and material forces are not the driving force for people’s actions and ideas. People say that the standard notions of rationality cannot be questioned because they are set in stone. Females interact more in class discussions than men. Some critics suggest that the film is about the advantages of romantic relationships Graff and Birkenstein, writers of They say I say , agree that templates are just helpful writing starters that increase creativity in a student's literature. 2.  If ever three was an idea custom-made for a Jay Leno monologue, this was it: Pineapple on pizza is delicious. Isn’t that like crazy? Whatever happened to hating pineapple on pizza? It is obviously a ridiculous idea to many pizza lovers. I happen to sympathize with pineapple on pizza, though, perhaps because it combats ...

 Argument: Single-sex public schools should be more prominent because they help kids learn better than in co-educational schools. Claims and Evidence 1. Improvement in Behavior  In co-educational schools, girls and boys can be distracted by each other and act out to impress each other, but in single-sex schools girls and boys are separated and can focus on their academics. In single sex schools, girls are more likely to participate, boys are more likely to be cooperative, and both are more likely to have better attendance records.   Janice Streitmatter studied and compared the results of girls taking physics in a coeducational and single-sex setting and found that " in the single- sex physics class 87.5% of the girls made an ‘A’ and 12.5% of the girls made a ‘B’; whereas in the coeducational class only 14.3% of the girls made an ‘A’, 14.3% made a ‘B’, and 71.4% made a ‘C’". This shows how separating boys and girls helps  improve  behavior, and increase  par...

  “ They Say / I Say”: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing , written by Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein, talks about writing templates and how they can help anyone immensely improve their writing and debate skills. Graff and Birkenstein start off the book by explaining how templates are important in critical thinking and can be related to things students do everyday. The authors talk about how their favorite template is “They Say___; I say____”. This is their favorite because they believe it is the set structure for other templates and presents the importance of listening to other people’s perspectives while doing argumentative or any kind of writing. Graff and Birkenstein argue the idea that the foundation for their templates are essential in every argument to captivate the audience and display that the speaker has an overall goal for his or her argument by stating an opposing opinion. To try to demonstrate the importance of these templates, the authors use quotes from di...

Argument: Single sex education (SS) displays sexism in the classrooms and is not any better academically than co-educational schools. Claims: There is little evidence of the educational advantages single-sex schools have over co-educational schools. There is no evidence boys and girls learn differently There are negative impacts to single-sex education Evidence: Reviews by the U.S Department of Education, Great britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the Programme for International Student Assessment found that there is little difference between the academic outcomes of single sex schools and co-educational schools. Neuroscientists have found ,except for the larger size of a boy’s brain and the earlier c pletion of a girl’s brain, few sex differences in the brain that don’t relate to learning. Although there are more sex differences in adult brains, those differences don’t relate to comprehension or learning. Although there may be some gender stereotyping in co-educational schools...

The best fast food restaurant in the world is Chick-fil-A. Claims: 1. It is the most professional a. Chick-fil-A workers are all required to speak with respect to all customers, and have set dialogues, like the most famous one "My Pleasure" b. Workers are required to have a strict dress code with a uniform with dress pants, a polo, all black dress shoes, and no wrinkles 2. It has the best quality food a. According to the official Chick-fil-A website " We source our chicken from farms in the USA, in accordance with our Animal Wellbeing Standards, and our pledge to serve No Antibiotics Ever by the end of 2019.  " The capital A in "Chick-fil-A" stands for grade A top quality food. b. Chick-fil-A locations get delivered fresh food weekly, which means non caged and grass fed chicken. The food is also cooked there daily with lemonade and teas made-in-store. They also use proper equipment so nutrients and allergy facts are accurate with no cross-contamination. 3...

 People argue with each other all the time. It is almost natural for a lot of people to do it, but what is an argument? An argument is a set of statements used to determine the degree of truth of another statement. This means that there are usually two sides to an argument, each one discussing and trying to prove that their side is right. In academic arguments, which are the ones that the class will be learning about in AP seminar, are unlike other kinds of arguments because they use careful and researched claims and evidenced to help show which side has better reasoning. In general there are two kinds of arguments: deductive and inductive. Deductive arguments are valid and accurate, and have all of its assumptions proven. This means that deductive arguments are fully factually and have to be true Inductive arguments, on the other hand, are more based the predictions that have been established by the premises used in the argument. Inductive arguments are more of an educated guess b...

 The QUEST framework is the guidelines used for AP Capstone to help dissect what the classes are about and what will be learned. It provides a clear way for students and teacher alike to understand the curriculum of each class in the program. Students can develop better thinking skills that will help them answer complex problems and benefit them in their future careers. The Q stands for question and explore. This is made for students to help question what they have already learned and see what they haven't. Questioning starts a student's curiosity into studying an important topic and helps students to start exploring the subject of their choice. The U stands for understand and analyze. Understanding and analyzing texts about the topic helps set a foundation for a student's research and project. The U helps students to look at the works of authors and be able to identify what should be used as facts and what should be used as opinions. Many authors are bias or try to make a ...