First, choose one of the letters from yesterday's HW, read it, and then complete this form.
Finally, after re-reading yesterday's letter and today's letter, think about how you will structure your introduction. A typical introduction (and the easiest to write) is one that includes an brief introduction of yourself to help set credibility (ethos), your claim, and a hint at the call to action. There are other possible ways to begin your letter, how do you plan to do it?
Using the language of persuasion to help you write your claim, and using the letters from yesterday to help you structure your introduction, write your introduction and post it as a comment to this blog post. Be sure your name is attached to the introduction so I can give credit to you.
Bre'Ahna Johnson
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4-18-12
Police officers in San Diego today seem to believe that any minor seen walking this city's streets past ten o'clock at night are up to no good.
Nick Shepard;
ReplyDeleteHello my name is nick Shepard and I am concerned about juveniles getting sentenced to life with out parole. I believe that a juveniles life sentence should come with a possibility of parole.
Dear Bill Kowba,
ReplyDeleteLet me ask you a question how would you feel if you were to lose a loved one or just somebody that lead you into life helped you out with your problems and him/her was just there for you. Well I am sure you are well aware of all the teachers that have been receiving a pink slip in order to to have some budget cuts done. I think that the way they are being selected to receive a pink slip needs to change and the way they are being selected is by the amount of years they have been teaching,i mean what if you happen to lay off a teacher that the students favor the mot and learn the best with that wouldn't be good for them because then that could affect their test scores and could then affect the school’s test scores and could then make our school look like a joke.
-Esmeralda Ortiz
4.18.12
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Dear Bonnie M. Dumanis
ReplyDeleteMy name is Maria Sillas and as a student at Point Loma High School that juveniles are committing serious crimes. I believe they should be punished for committing those serious crimes. Being a 15 year old I know choice my decisions everyday. I know my rights and wrong. Being a my age I know how the teenage brain works. Therefore I believe that juveniles should be given a second chance.
Dear Patrick Carmichale,
ReplyDeleteHave you ever had a customer that has ever asked you why housing prices are so high? Housing prices have gone up during the past few years and some people cannot afford to but these homes that they had desired any more. They rather purchase a cheaper home in poor locations. I believe that housing prices should come to a sudden decrease.
-Luis Ocegueda
4.18.12
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Dear Barbara Suini Moran,
ReplyDeleteMy name is Diana Linney, and I am a student at Point Loma High School. I would like to express my concern regarding whether juveniles should be sent to prison for life without parole. Currently, some juveniles are being tried as adults and being sent to prison for life without parole. My feeling about this is that in some cases juveniles should be tried as adults, but they should never be sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Diana Linney
4.18.12
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Dear Mr. Jerry Sanders,
ReplyDeleteI am Ashley Jesus, a ninth grader at Point Loma High School. I went to Correia Middle School for both seventh and eighth grade, and both years I was part of the Associated Student Body class. As a student of that class, one of my major duties was to help take care of the schoolwide recycling program. I know from that experience that many children do not care much about recycling, and neither do many adults, even though it could help conserve many things. I believe that citizens of San Diego should be encouraged to recycle more to help save energy and money.
Dear Mrs. McConnell,
ReplyDeleteAs a 9th grader at Point Loma High School I strongly believe that all students from 9 - 12 grade with good GPA and good citizenship should be offer to have off-campus lunch.
Carlos
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Ruben De La Cruz
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Dear Greg Cox,
Hi, I am Ruben De La Cruz a student at Point Loma High School. As a teenager I believe too many innocent teenagers are being arrested and getting a criminal record for being a couple minutes late after curfew. If we want to protect teenagers rights then we should have the teen curfew law revised and improved.
Dear Nancy Pelosi,
ReplyDeleteIt is often said that juveniles should be treated like adults and should receive the life sentence without the possibility of parole. I disagree with this statement because at this young age parts of the brain are still continuing to mature. Another point in favor is many juveniles learn from their mistakes and make a change to their lives. Although if we are not given that second chance there is no way we can make that change. Now let me ask you a question. Do you think it is fair that a juvenile must spend the rest of their life behind bars when they do not yet realize the consequences to their actions? I do not. This is why it is essential that we end juvenile life without parole in order to prevent young people to spend the rest of their days behind bars.
-Carmen Torres
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4/18/12
Dear Bill Kowba,
DeleteI am but a regular high school student with regular high school problems and one of the main problems weighing me down is the fact that I must complete at least 40 hours of community service in order to graduate high school. This worries and concerns me because like most people i don’t have very many opportunities in terms of community service which means we all fall behind and no one notices. People high up in the chain such as yourself don’t see this but rather just believe students are slacking off and or being lazy. which is far from the truth. We are all crammed with things such as homework, sports, social responsibilities, chores, ect. and when you stack on activities like volunteer work, being picking up trash or working in a nursing home we just don’t have time to breathe let alone be a kid or even happy. We’d be just too busy.
Dear Mrs. Samilson,
ReplyDeleteI’m a 9th grader here in Point Loma High School, I’ve noticed all the signs that are being put up all around the school and I like that kids in our school are trying to take action with this big issue. Physical bullying has serious consequences and effects, yet people still do this horrible thing. Cyberbullying, another issue that has serious effects, those effects are physical and emotional. Victims of cyberbullying harm themselves and leave the hurtful things that are said to them in their head for a pretty long time. Although, cyberbullying is a big issue, most people don’t really pay attention to this because they claim it’s less hurtful than physical bullying.
- Jackie
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Dear Mrs. Samilson
ReplyDeleteHi, my name is Analy Rojas, im a ninth grader here at Point Loma High School. I dance for our dance team. I love sushi and my favorite subject is math. I love Point Loma its such a wonderful area to hang out with friends, go to the beach and just have fun. Point Loma High is an awesome school, there’s cool teachers, cool students, and cool classes. Although Point Loma High is a great school, I believe that the food that is offered by our cafeteria should be more nutritional and more appealing. You have the ability to make these changes happen.