So, this is a video that is really good and at first glance seems really long. The writing assignment, in the end, is just to edit or rewrite the opening paragraph. However, getting to that point and really understanding it will require watching the video. There are some parts in the beginning that you can skip, like the introduction and her explanation of how things are going to work for the next few weeks, but you will be able to tell when she is getting down to business. This is practice for the rhetorical analysis essay. We will be doing 4 lessons with this passage. When you get towards the end of the video, she will have up on the screen an opening statement that she is asking you to rewrite. You will come to learn in the next few videos (which we will do this upcoming week) that she is actually teaching you about how to establish a "line of reasoning". So, watch this and then post a rewritten or edited thesis. You do not need to comment on classmates posts this week. All 20 points will be based on your rewritten thesis.
John Quincy Adams left on a journey abroad; however, he left home with a large amount of reluctance. His mother, Abigail Adams, wrote John Adams a letter in order to convince him that this experience is everything he needs. Abigail argues that despite the perils, the journey will strengthen John’s character, which will allow him to fulfill his patriotic duties to his family, country, and future generations.
ReplyDeleteAbigail Adams, a devoted mother, is at home, while her son, John Quincy Adams, is out partaking in a voyage with his father. She decides to write a letter to him that details her views on the necessity and importance of experience. She writes detailing her position and attempting to convince her son on the same position.
ReplyDeleteAbigail Adams fills the role of an affectionate mother as she writes to her son John Quincy Adams who is reluctantly traveling abroad with his father. Abigail attempts to relay her belief of how the journey will shape John Quincy to become an educated and respected politician. She expresses her knowledge of what’s best for her son in her argument while striving to convince him to agree with her.
ReplyDeleteAbigail Adams, the devout mother of John Quincy Adams, writes a letter to her son, who is journeying abroad, in order to express her beliefs in the importance of experience. Abigail’s letter details her belief that experience will help John form the character of a hero and the statesman. The letter expresses her desire of wanting what will benefit her son and aims to convince him to share in her beliefs.
ReplyDeleteAbigail Adams writes to her son John Quincy Adams out of concern and love while he is abroad with his father. She outlines her view on the importance of having experience in life to become successful and fulfilled. Throughout the letter she has written him, she expands upon her belief by sharing her own personal beliefs. She hopes to persuade John Quincy Adams to take her advice to better himself as a man and politician.
ReplyDeleteAbigail Adams, the mother of John Quincy Adams, is writing to her son who is traveling with his father. She is trying to tell John all the goods things that can happen on an adventure. She is writing this letter because she wants her son to fell the same way she does about these voyages.
ReplyDeleteAbigail Adams, a caring and encouraging mother, wanted her son, John Quincy Adams, who was hesitant about a journey in a foreign land, to understand her views on the value of experience. She wrote a letter in order to convey this position and to convince him to believe it as well, and her speaking of the virtues she hoped he would grow in contributed to this goal.
ReplyDeleteAbigail Adams encourages her son John Quincy Adams with a new experience. John was hesitant about a journey with his father. In this letter she encourages him and talks about the good that could come from this foreign journey. In the letter she tries to convince him to make the most out of it and have a good experience.
ReplyDeleteIn a letter to her son, Abigail Adams portrays an equal balance of love and teaching towards her son while advising her son to accompany his father on an oversea trip to France. She says within the letter that having this experience will help lead him on a road to success and she even brings in some of her own experiences to help support this. She writes this letter in order to present to him the good lessons that can come out of a voyage and how it will help him to become a better and more patriotic man.
ReplyDeleteAbigail Adams is a kindhearted and attentive woman. She is the mother of John Quincy Adams, who is out on a voyage with his father. Being how kindhearted she is to her son, she writes him a letter on how important it is for him to able to experience and learn from his mistakes on his quest, which will ultimately will make him more of a mature man. She hopes that the letter will help him fulfill his expectations and to boost his moral by agreeing with him about both of their beliefs of the potential opportunities at hand.
ReplyDeleteAbigail Quincy Adams, the mother of John Quincy Adams, was a firm believer in learning from mistakes and self improvement. She expressed this idea by writing a letter to John Quincy Adams, while he was venturing with his father. Abigail’s letter explained that we have much more potential if we look to improve ourselves, and make good of all situations. She also explains that by doing this, John will mature into a much better man.
ReplyDeleteAbigail Adams, a strong kindhearted woman, wanted her son, John Quincy Adams, to live his life to the fullest. In the letters she wrote, she encourages him to learn from his mistakes in order to help him grow as a person. By doing this she forces her son to look inward and ultimately pushes him in the write direction in becoming a better man.
ReplyDeleteAs a result of her son's voyage to France, Abagail Adams gives important pieces of advice in a letter, which include understanding the value of experience and the importance journey. She does this in order to reaffirm her son, John Quincy Adams, and establish a strong sense of self-belief.
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DeleteBecause of John Quincy Adams' journey to France, Abigail Adam, the mother of John, offers significant bits of guidance in a letter. These of which incorporate the understanding and the estimation of involvement and the significance of the venture. She does this in order to reaffirm her child, John Quincy Adams, and make him appreciate himself more.
ReplyDeleteIn the letter John Adams mom, Abigail Adams writes to his son about the importance of experience. She talks about how learning from your mistakes is so important and also on working in self improvement. She wrote the message out of love for her son because she wants him to be a week known and confident politician.
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