Sub Plans Thursday 11/10/16

Today is a BLUE day with blocks 1, 2, and 3 AP Language and Composition

Note to students: My mom asked me to drive with her to the desert Wednesday
afternoon to help with my grandfathers estate, and she has asked me to stay through
Thursday to meet with the lawyer and process the final paperwork. While I want to be
with you today to discuss the election results, the ramifications, and to help comfort you
and allay some of your fears, my mother needs me to be strong with her as we finish
executing my grandfathers will. Please know that I have incredible hope for the future of
this country--I am playing the long game (excuse the sports metaphor at OCSA); while
I know many people feel like their team gave up a run in this inning, it doesnt mean the
game is lost. I am keeping in mind the goodness that exists within our elected
representatives in congress, and the universal desire to see America succeed as a
nation. Tuesday just reinforced what I do...teaching has never been more
important. Tuesday also reinforced what YOU are doing...actively working to become an
educated, aware, ENGAGED member of our citizenry.

I am proud of our OCSA community--people are reaching across the red/blue boundary
and supporting each other. Half of the country is morning, and half of the country is
celebrating their chance to be heard. There is a wide distance between rhetoric and
reality. My father always said the one thing--the only thing--that politicians are good at,
is getting elected. President Elect Donald Trumps rhetoric, while divisive, was
ultimately effective. Presidential candidates always overstate policy on the campaign
trail: Obama promised to close Guantanamo Bay in his first 100 days...eight years later it
is still open While I cant predict which portions of President Elect Trumps campaign
promise rhetoric will become policy, I do know that passing legislation is a long, long
process, and I will keep my faith in the checks and balances in place to protect our
country.

One more note concerning the Supreme Court, and the rights of the LGBTQIAPP+
community--Justice Scalia was incredibly conservative, and wrote a scathing opposition
to the Gay Marriage Supreme Court Case. Even if President Elect Donald Trump
nominates the most conservative justice possible, and then that justice is approved by
the senate, the Supreme Court will again be the court that President Obama worked with
for seven years...the balance of the court will be the same as it was when Gay Marriage
was legalized. This doesnt mean that I am not concerned for the civil rights of this
community, and all marginalized communities for that matter--but Ive always been
concerned for their civil rights. Maybe this is what it takes to get us to rise up together
and demand positive change.

Now for the lesson plans:

You are going to write a researched essay about proposition 64. Consider your precis,
your notes from the debate, what you heard during the debate, and your research. (You
can also do more research!)

Your assignment--Proposition 64 Researched Essay

1. Write an essay that responds to the following question: Did Californian voters
make the RIGHT decision in voting to pass proposition 64?
2. WRITE THIS ESSAY UNDERNEATH THESE DIRECTIONS AND SUBMIT TO
GOOGLE CLASSROOM BY THURSDAY 11/17/16
 a. Your essay should be 3-4 pages MLA formatted (double spaced, times
new roman, all that jazz)
b. You must cite at LEAST THREE SOURCES (list them below)
i. Source A:
ii. Source B:
iii. Source C:
iv. (optional)Source D:
v. (optional)Source E:
c. You must use at LEAST THREE types of evidence (multiple types can
come from a single source)
.Statistical
i.Testimonial
ii.Anecdotal--not YOUR experience with the drug, but can be your experience with
friends/family members or your experience in discussing this topic...
iii.Analogical
d. You must take a firm stance on the argument, and your central claim (thesis)
should make your position obvious.
e. You SHOULD include a counter argument (while the other side argues x, they
are incorrect because y.)
f. Consider the appeals--how will you appeal to pathos? Logos? Ethos?
g. Consider your audience: your classmates in APLANG
.We know the basics of the prop, so you shouldnt spend four paragraphs summarizing
what it says...you should focus on specific portions of the text and quote the law
directly when referencing its impacts.
i.What TONE would work for this group?
h. Create a Works Cited page for this essay (we will learn how to do this on
Tuesday...thrilling!! :) )
3. The KICKER: if you write an essay that is the SAME POSITION you took in the
debate (you debated pro and are writing an essay that says Californians made
the right choice), the highest possible grade you can earn for the argument
portion of this essay is a 4 out of 6. (a high B) If you want a chance to earn 6
points for the argument portion of this essay, you must write an essay that is from
the OPPOSING viewoint of the team you were assigned to debate. You are NOT
being graded on your ethics, or your OPINION, but on your ability to CRAFT AN
ARGUMENT and SUPPORT it with EVIDENCE.
. If you were absent on the day of the debate, same goes, considering what I had
you write as the three minute open...
4. You have the entire class block to work INDEPENDENTLY on this
assignment. Youve already done the research. Youve already had the
debate. It is now time to say what you wanted to say in the debate but didnt
have time to say, and to summarize your argument.
. While you may use the research that your group found while planning for the
debate, but be careful you dont plagiarize another students writing.
5. I am REALLY looking forward to reading these!
. This will be a SUMMATIVE WRITING GRADE...the only one in the books before
the next progress reports come out. Dont slack on this.
a. I have internet here in the desert, so will be checking in on your documents
throughout the day to see how you are doing, and what kind of progress you are making.
6. I bragged about your marvelous debates to all of my colleagues, and my
husband loved hearing the evidence that many of you presented. You made me
 a proud teacher this week. I am thankful for each and every one of
you. Bowman-Long-Distance-Hug.

This is your homework. I will collect this and your rhetorical precis next thursday in
google classroom. If you have any questions, please email (though I wont be able to
check my email often Thursday, I will this weekend.)

Love to you all,

Mrs. Bowman

Lauren Lyons

Mrs. Bowman

AP Lang

17 November 2016

Con Proposition 64 Essay

Californians did not make the correct decision in voting yes on Proposition

64. With proposition 64 in place, there will be many problems with people driving under

the influence and causing a potential risk to others, children accidentally in taking

marijuana, and people over the age of 21, who can legally purchase pot, selling it to

minors. These problems will occur with the legalization of marijuana.

 The legalization of marijuana poses a risk of people endangering others lives

while driving under the influence of marijuana on the road. Bob Cooke, Special Agent in

Charge (ret) CA Dept of Justice, Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement stated Marijuana

affects many skills required for safe driving: alertness, the ability to concentrate,

coordination, and reaction time. These effects can last up to 24 hours after smoking

marijuana. Marijuana use can make it difficult to judge distances and react to signals and

signs on the road. According to the AAA Foundation, they discovered that fatal crashes

involving high drivers recently doubled in the state of Washington after the legalization

of marijuana (Impaired Driving And Cannabis). Also research studies have shown

negative effects of marijuana on drivers, including an increase in lane weaving, poor

reaction time, and altered attention to the road. Use of alcohol with marijuana made

drivers more impaired, causing even more lane weaving (Drugged Drivers). Driving

while high not only poses a risk to the driver, it also poses a risk to other people using the

road. In the state of California, from the source Fatality Analysis Reporting System

(FARS), the number of deaths caused by car crashes involving a drunk driver between

2003-2012 was 10,327 (Sobering Facts: Drunk Driving in America). Driving under the

influence is already a huge problem in California and with the legalization of marijuana,

it will only get worse.

Proposition 64 does not regulate the number of children who accidentally in take

edibles. While proposition 64 does require childproof packaging of edibles, it does not

regulate what happens with the edibles after purchase. It is very easy for an adult to

become annoyed with the packaging and place the edibles in an easy to access container,

causing a potential risk to children. California is likely to have this problem, according to
a study conducted by Dr. Sam Wang that discovered in the state of Colorado edibles

accounted for almost half of all accidental ingestion cases seen at Childrens Hospital,

with a parent being the most likely source of the marijuana (John Ingold). According to

the Denver Post, About twice as many kids visited the Childrens Hospital Colorado

emergency room per year in 2014 and 2015 as did in years prior to the opening of

recreational marijuana stores. This could easily happen in the state of California just

like it did in Colorado.

While proposition 64 regulates people over the age of 21 buying recreational pot,

it does not regulate what they do with the marijuana after they have bought it. Many

adults are likely to sell or give marijuana to minors causing an increase in recreational pot

users in teenagers. Marijuana affects the brains process to learn and retain

information. According to a recent study conducted at UC Santa Barbara, nearly one in

three U.S. high school students, about 1.2 million, fail to graduate with a diploma (Bob

Cooke). One of the main arguments in proposition 64 is that legalizing marijuana will

help America get out of debt and make approximately $1 billion each year. But the state

of California could make more money regulating the drop out rates in school (marijuana

being one of the problems). The UC Santa Barbara study showed that, in California the

high school dropout rate averaged 24.2%, at a cost to taxpayers of $46.4 billion .

$392,000 per dropout. Cutting the dropout rate even in half in California would

potentially solve the States budget problem. If the average holds true nationally, the cost

to American taxpayers is approximately $470 billion a year (Bob Cooke). This proves

that we could make more money keeping kids in school than legalizing marijuana and

adding more to the dropout rate at hand.

 Recreational marijuana should not be legal in the state of California because there

would be more drivers operating vehicles under the influence, more children being sent to

the hospital for accidentally in taking edibles, and more pot users among teenagers. Tom

Dominguez, president of the Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs, said that

We are concerned that this proposition is bad public policy and does nothing to prevent

advertising and marketing to children and teenagers near parks, community centers and

child-centric businesses. It is a danger to our youth and the communities we have been

sworn to serve ( ).

Now that this law has passed, the work begins for California in order to protect our

citizens we have legalized recreational marijuana use, we will have to pass stricter laws

to prevent these dangers of occurring.

So why shouldnt marijuana be legalized in the state of California

http://www.denverpost.com/2016/07/25/colorado-kids-emergency-room-visits-

marijuana-increased/

About twice as many kids visited the Childrens Hospital

Colorado emergency room per year in 2014 and 2015 as

did in years prior to the opening of recreational

marijuana stores

Colorado requires that marijuana be sold in resealable

child-proof containers. Rules soon to go into effect will

 mandate that edible marijuana products be stamped with

a special symbol, and a law passed this year will

eventually ban marijuana edibles in the shapes of

animals or fruit.

Wang said he expects the symbol will do little to curb

accidental ingestions by young kids the median age of

patients at both the Childrens ER and in poison-control

cases was about 2 years old, well before reading age

https://www.aaafoundation.org/impaired-driving-and-cannabis

https://www.quora.com/Why-would-law-enforcement-officers-be-opposed-to-Marijuana-

legalization

While pro-pot advocates extol the healing powers of marijuana, that fact is, it can

provide relief, but it doesn't heal anything. Its not a medicine.

Nationally, nearly one in three U.S. high school students, 1.2 million, fails to

graduate with a diploma.

UC Santa Barbara recently conducted a study that showed in California the high

school dropout rate averaged 24.2%, at a cost to taxpayers of $46.4 billion .

$392,000 per dropout. Cutting the drop out rate even in half in California would
potentially solve the States budget problem. If the average holds true nationally, the

cost to American taxpayers is approximately $470 billion a year.

Currently, for everyone one person who smokes pot, ten people abuse alcohol, at

great cost to society. If marijuana were legalized, the public health problem and

associated costs would skyrocket.

Marijuana affects many skills required for safe driving: alertness, the ability to

concentrate, coordination, and reaction time. These effects can last up to 24

hours after smoking marijuana. Marijuana use can make it difficult to judge

distances and react to signals and signs on the road

https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/drugged-driving

https://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/pdf/impaired_driving/drunk_driving_in_

ca.pdf

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/marijuana-724164-law-enforcement.html