Structuring Arguments

1) We should amend the constitution to abolish the electoral college - claim
- Because a true democracy is based on the popular vote, not the votes of the unusually known electors
Warrant: Electoral college is not a true democracy

-Because under the electoral college system the votes of the people who have minority opinions in some states end up not counting.
Warrant: The votes of people who have minority opinions in some states should be end up counting

Because then Al Gore would have won the 2000 election
Warrant: If the electoral college did not exist, then Al Gore would have not won the 2000 election

Because the electoral college is outdated relic of an age when the political leaders did not trust people
Warrant: If the electoral college was not outdated the politic leaders would trust the people

Because electoral college skews power toward small and mid-sized states for no good reason
Warrant: Electoral college skews toward bigger states

The warrant that would need to be defended would have to be the last warrant, the bigger states should have more power. Also the second warrant would need defending, and the fourth. The college audience would likely accept the first warrant without significant backing.  

English Standard

3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using

effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.

d. Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language 

to convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or 

characters.

                                                               O.P.T.I.C Analysis

Overview:
I see planet earth out in the dark outer space. This picture seems to be taken from the moon. The image seems to be capturing only half of planet earth.

Parts: 
Planet earth looks like the size of a marble. The side of themoon looks like an edge, where nothing but darkness is urrounding it.

Title:
Earth Rise

Inference:
 The darkness of space makes earth stand out, you can see the colors, green and blue, that is the ocean and land.

Conclusion:
Earth is in the middle of nowhere in space, but only miles, and miles away from the moon.

English Standard

3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using 

effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.

d. Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language 

to convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or 

characters.

                                                                   O.P.T.I.C Analysis
Overview:
I see various kids bunched up together, they look tired and sad. They all look filthy from working in the coall mines.

Parts:
There are various kids short and tall, but all seem to look skinny. There faces look very serious. they look like they are outside taking the picture.

Inference:
All the kids look like they were forced into being all bunched up to take this shot.

Conclusion:
The whole image gives off a sad mood. Seeing all those coal mine kids at a young age working, and who knows, risking their lives.

English Standard

1. Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text 

says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining 

where the text leaves matters uncertain.

                                                      California's Epic Drought

How bad is the drought?

• 82 percent of the Golden State
• California's lakes and streams shriveled up
• Wildfires raged across the state
• Towns without water
• California farmers have been forced to rip out their plants

Whats causing the drought?

• Sierra Nevada
• Mass of high-pressure air has blocked pacific wintwer storms from reaching those mountains
• Rainfall has been just 42 to 75 percent of normal since 2011
• Global warming maybe exacerbating the drought 
• First half of 2014 was the hottest on claifornia record, 9average 4.6 degreess Farenheit)

How are Californians coping?

• people get fines
• Los Angeles limits lawn watering
• Farmers ripping out their tomato crops

How does that process work?

• Farmers race to drill wells into the central valley;s aquifer's and access the undergoing water reserves 

What is being discussed?

• Voters will decide whether to aprrove propl, an emergency 7.5 billion water bond that would expand the state's reservoirs
• Jerry Brown was largley supported by states urban residents

Whenwill the crisis be over?

• Drought could represent the beginning of a historic megadrought
• 20 to 50 percent chance of a 35 year megadrought by the cetury's end
• California's population is expected to grow to 50 million by 2050, making the effects of the potential water crisis even more severe.

English Standard

1. Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text

says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining

where the text leaves matters uncertain.


                                             Netanyahu challenges Obama on Iran

Pro:

• Obama declined to attend, saying he could not be seen taking sides ahead of Israels March 17 election 
• Obama has repeatedly pledged not to let Iran obtain a nuclear weapon and to take action if Tehran breaks the terms of any deal

Con:

• Israel prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu isseued a warning to president Obama about the nuclear deal being negotiated with Iran.
• Netanyahu's speech was organized by republican housekeeper John Boehner without consultation of the white house
• Netanyahu was essentially " agitating for war"
• His real focus was not on Iran anyway 
• Netanyhu is playing a dangerous game

Stance:

      Netanyahu was palying a dangerous game on the negotiation over the nuclear deal with Iran. Iran's " breaout time" to develop nuclear weapons could set off a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. Obama has repeatedly said not to let Iran get control of nuclear weapons.

English Standard

7. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question

(including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the

inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demon-

starting understanding of the subject under investigation.

Research a Career

1.What does a person typically do in this occupation?

In this occupation the person typically evaluates the health of patients and provides care for them.

  

2. Describe the working conditions.

The working conditions for this job is typically in a safe environment, and a clean one too. Nurses usually work in hospitals, and hospitals always seem to be calm and clean place to work in.

3. What special skills are necessary?

The special skills that are necessary for this job are patience, communication skills, compassion, ethics, critical thinking, confidence, and adaptability.  

4. What is the median wage for this job?

The median wage for nursing is 66,220, and for further more experience it is 96,320.

5. Where can you find employment for this job?

You can find this employment online at websites like International Council of Nurses, or at Discover Nursing.

6. What is the training requirement for this job? What education programs would train someone for this job? The requirement for this job would be having a Nursing Diploma, Associate's of science in Nursing or Bachelor's of Science in Nursing. The program you would take would be The Licensed Practical Nurse or Licensed Vocational Nurse.

7. What schools offer training for this job?

The schools that offer this training is, Fresno State, Long Beach, CSU Northridge.

8. What is your reaction to this job? Would you reconsider it? Why or why not?

I really think this job is right for me, I would consider it because I believe I have all the necessary skills that require to be in this job. I am really good at being patient, and being there to care for them.

English Standard

5. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1–3 up to and including grades 11–12.)

Outline

History

1. Sports were seen as important in teaching the “American” values of hard work, and respecting authority, but now in this modern world things have changed.
2. throughout the world various forms of unequal fairness is happening all around us.
3. A particular unfairness has come to my attention, playing time.
4. All players must play for equality, motivation, and development.

1. Fairness
1. What is fairness?
1. All players must play for equality
2. players are equally trained and educated and are still not receiving enough play time
3. studies have shown that the number one reason why players quit is because they are not having fun
4. I think we can all agree that sitting on the bench the whole game is not an enjoyable experience
5. being benched affects team dynamics, the best player can get injured, and inexperienced players are put in and can ruin the game because they did not receive enough play time.  
6. Play time can bring out someone's well performance in any game  
2. playing time can make or break your season
1. playing makes you feel on top of the world, and if you're not put in as much, it makes you lose interest in the sport
2. Encouraging Motivation is the key to students participating in sports  
1. having motivation makes everyone go to practice and be more engaged to do better in games
2. no one signs up for something they plan not to try, the commit to it
3. Everyone wants to feel like they are  part of the team, and when others see that, they automatically want to join
4. When students are seeing the lack of players not getting put into the games they definitely don't want to be in that position where they know they will be sitting out
5. If every player received meaningful minutes every player would be engaged to attend practice more
6. Coaches can bring low self-esteem to players
1. Ruining children’s self-confidence can even cause them to go into depression, feeling like they can no longer succeed in sports and thinking negative thoughts about themselves, which can ultimately affect their everyday lives
2. Other studies have shown that some coaches do not always seem to realize is that the kids are not just learning from the teammates and the actual playing of the game, but they are very in tune to what the coach is doing and how the coach leads and motivates the team
3. Coaches are the ones who decide what players to put in, and they are the ones who also do not include everyone to play  

                     3. Development brings out the best of players, but not to those who are not given a chance to show it.

4. Teamwork is important, everyone learns how to work with each other, and give greater respect, and a team like that ends up winning
5. Confidence, allows a player to break out of its shell, it allows you to feel good about yourself and makes you improve
6. Socializing makes you have a great time with your teammates
7. the players who are antisocial are the ones that are less put in games
8. Communication gets you from the bench to the court, you make yourself stand out, and make the coach realize you have it in you to play
9. Getting equal play time allows you to manage pressure, if you get to play a lot in games you know how to handle it, but those who are sitting at the bench every game would not know how to
10. its always important to include every player to develop skills to improve themselves when playing
4. Conclusion

In conclusion, all players must play for equality, motivation, and development, we all deserve the opportunity to play.

Writing Standard

1. Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts,
using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.

b. Develop claim(s) and counterclaims fairly and thoroughly, supplying the
most relevant evidence for each while pointing out the strengths and
limitations of both in a manner that anticipates the audience’s knowledge
level, concerns, values, and possible biases.



                                                          Equality in Sports



Throughout the world various forms of unequal fairness is happening all around us. One particular unfairness has come to my attention, playing time. Team sports who are equally trained and educated, are not receiving equal time in play within the members of the team. Being on a team should not limit someone’s chance of participating because they are no good at it. On the contrary, they should be forced to be engaged just as the rest of the team. All players on a team must play for the main purpose of equality, motivation, and development.


What is equality? Equality is being equal; sameness in amount, size, number, value, degree, rank and etc (Barnhart). Playing time is like winning the golden ticket, you feel very happy; it makes you feel like you are on top of the world. When you do not have that golden ticket it makes you feel miserable, and believe it or not you start losing interest in the sport. Basically playing time can make or break your season. Conversely, studies also tell us the number one reason athletes leave sports is because they are not having fun. I can think we all agree that sitting on the bench is not an enjoyable experience for anyone, which raises the issue of equal time playing (Amindon). Athletes sitting on the bench want to been seen out on the court playing their hardest , making the team proud. Having athletes sitting on the bench affects the team dynamics, especially when there is a risk of injury. In sports the main focus is winning. Lets say its the final game of the season, and your team has made it through, obviously the coach is going to put the best players. The opposing team is winning by a few points, and suddenly one of the best players gets injured. The player is going to have to sit out for the rest of the game. Therefore, the coach is left with no other choice but to put in an athlete from the bench. The game is now really intense, both teams are anxious, and all the pressure is left on the athlete who hardly gets put in. All his teammates know he does not play as much. Why? Because they never give him the opportunity to do so. Both teams are tied now, the team who makes the next point will win, the inexperienced athlete has the ball and he is going for the shot but, out of nowhere another athlete from the opposing team takes it away and make the final shot. If every athlete had equal playing time everyone would be confident, everyone would have worked together to win, and the athlete would have known how to play with the rest of the team. Equal play can bring out someone’s well performance in any game, you just have to give them the opportunity to prove themselves.


Motivation for students to participate in team sports is always being encouraged. When students decide to join a sport they plan to commit to it. No one signs up for something if they plan to not try. Having motivation makes everyone go to practice and be more engaged to do better in games. Because every player received meaningful minutes, every player was engaged in practice (McCormick). Coaches play an important role in motivation. Coaches can either reinforce negative or positive attitudes towards the players. When coaches deliver positive feedback, the players sense motivation that keeps them coming to practice, and especially it makes the coach feel content. Positive feedback is good for athletes, it will destine them to carry out a well developed game, with great attitude and a positive mindset. Coaches creating bad reinforcement only makes things worst for the team or an individual. What some coaches do not always seem to realize is that the kids are not just learning from the teammates and the actual playing of the game, but they are very in tune to what the coach is doing and how the coach leads and motivates the team (Lawrence). Coaches can really affect players with their words, they can make players feel very miserable, and cause them have a low self-esteem. Athletes stop caring about school, grades, and mainly the sport. It creates this mindset that they might not be good at anything, and it ruins their self-confidence. Ruining children’s self-confidence can even cause them to go into depression, feeling like they can no longer succeed in sports and thinking negative thoughts about themselves, which can ultimately affect their everyday lives (Grassi). We have to keep in mind that we are all human beings. We all deserve the chance to better ourselves, show that we are capable of improving, and capable of treating each other equally.


Players on a team must play for development. Putting players on the court or field is an advantage for them to develop many skills in the sport. The first skill one can develop is teamwork. When an athlete is put on the court, they learn how to work with each other, and they learn to give greater respect for one another. A team like that ends up winning, because they all learn how to work well. Learning to cooperate with others towards a common goal in sports is what builds character, friendship, and learning life skills for players and coaches (Harle).


Confidence is a great development that team sports offers because it allows you to break your shell and show others what you got. Thats why there should not be any athletes sitting on the bench the whole game, because they won't be able to learn or develop any of those skills. Being confident allows you to feel good about yourself, and it does not let any negativity affect you. Confidence makes you improve yourself to things you did not think you could do, and it allows you to conquer fear, uncertainness, and much more. Believing you could be good out on the court boosts your abilities to think you can play just as good as anyone on the team. Socializing plays an important role in an athlete's development, as well.


Socializing makes you have a great time with your friends on the team, and it makes others want to participate in teams to have that connection between teammates. Believe it or not, when you are not social among your teammates you feel unhappy, and no one should get to feel that way. The person who would be antisocial on a team would be the person less likely to be put out on the court. The reason why that person would act antisocial is because if the athlete sitting out did not get included to what would be an important game where the rest of the players did contribute and successfully win the game, the athlete on the bench would feel like he did not contribute to that win. He would keep all his emotions to himself, and distance himself away while others would celebrate the win. Its always important to keep in mind that a healthy team consists of well socialized people, and equal participation. Communication can get you from the bench to the court. Having good communication with your coach will allow him to realize you have great potential. It makes you stand out because you are the one reaching to be a good team player and it shows that you could do so much more for the team than just sitting down the whole game.


Equal play time allows athletes to learn how to manage pressure. Its one thing getting use to pressure when you're always getting put into the games, but not everyone gets the chance to experience how to handle it. Handling pressure is a good life skill to learn because you will face it out in the real world. When you are hardly out on the court you really don't know how to handle pressure. If all players were given the same amount of play time, athletes would not have to feel that they might let their team down because the pressure got the best of them. Its always important to include every player to develop the skills to improve themselves in playing time. These are the things that will help shape them in life going forward (LaVoi). In all, teamwork, confidence, socializing, and handling pressure are all important developments an athlete should learn from being on a team sport. Building a high performance in a sport is all part of being developed, and everyone should be included to show a good performance out on the court.


In conclusion, all players on a team must play for equality. A team that respects each other is a winning team from the beginning to the end. We all deserve an opportunity to put ourselves out there even if they are short meaningful minutes. Players on a team must play to receive motivation. At the end its all worth it if the whole team motivates each other to participate and work together to get that win. Finally, all players on a team must play for greater development. Equal play time can provide a superior developmental opportunity to every athlete. Regardless of all opposing people, we should all keep in mind, a team full of well developed talent is always better than a team with few highly developed athletes.





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