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To all of the faithful out there who are still keeping up with us over at 2120 West: you’ve undoubtedly noticed that we’ve lost a little bit steam in the past few months. There is no one to blame but myself, the dear old editor.

All of that is going to change. 2120 West is going to get the boilers boiling again very soon.

We’ll be readjusting and reorganizing a bit as we go in to the summer semi-hiatus. Expect that with a new school year, a new crop of students, and a refreshed editor, we’ll be ready to take the world by storm in September. There will be a much more steady output of new literature and art, and possibly some new features as well.

That said, summer vacation is almost upon us. In the coming months, you can expect only a few new posts, but I also intend to sweeten the deal with some classic art and literature from my tenure as faculty adviser of the Bison Bits print magazine.

Enjoy, and thanks for reading.

-Lindsey

With your group, view the series of television advertisements below and answer the questions that follow.

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What is the primary appeal in the first ad?
What other appeals are evident?
Explain how the ad employs logical fallacies?

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Our discussion boards and associated calendars are under maintenance for upgrades and improvements. Check back in the fall to see what we’re reading.

We’ve moved our e-learning site to a local server, accessible only from within the Dallas ISD network. Sorry for any inconvenience. The e-learning link in the sidebar has been updated.

If you’ve ever said to yourself, “Gee, I wish I had a reliable and easy way to find out what score my essays would receive on the AP Language or Literature rubric,” then I’ve got just the thing for you.

Download the Power Point, read your essay, answer a series of simple yes-or-no questions, and suddenly, magically, you have yourself a score.

Now you have the power; the power of GRADING!

Download the sucka’ here.

First period TAKS intervention students, follow the links below to create a TRACK account or to log in once you’ve created your account.

To create a new account:
https://track.uttelecampus.org/secure/createprofile.aspx

You must provide an e-mail address to register. If you don’t currently have one, you may use yourname@sunsetdallas.net (of course, you’ll need to replace yourname with your actual name; let me know if you need help)

To log in once you’ve created an account:
https://track.uttelecampus.org/secure/portal.aspx

We’ll take the diagnostic test later this week.

Glowney’s students: In order to complete Part II of your Of Mice and Men Anticipation Guide, you’ll need to register with sunsetDallas.net’s Discussion boards. The link at the bottom of this post will get you there, but first:

• The discussion boards are separate from the e-learning site you use on Fridays; your e-learning username and password will not automatically work on the discussion boards.
• However, to keep things simple, try to register the same username and password with the discussion boards as you use with the e-learning site.
• Before you can post, you must be approved by a site administrator; this may take some time, so don’t get impatient.

http://sunsetdallas.net/discussion/index.php?action=register

Some of you seem be having some trouble finding the correct link to our class page. There are lots of ways to get there.

First, you can type sunsetdallas.net/lindsey directly into the address bar on your favorite browser.

Secondly, you can look to the right and see the Classes & Pages category, and click on the AP Lit link.

Thirdly, if all of that fails, you can click here, or on any of the hypertext links above.

No more excuses.

While your at it, make sure you’re checking in regularly and making contributions (both comments and work) to 2120 West.

Thanks.

-Lindsey