- The research question I am trying to answer is; do abstinence-only sex education programs in the United States work? Do they achieve the desired goals such as lowering teen pregnancy and STD spread rates?
- My purpose is to open people's eyes so that they see that abstinence-only sex education programs are not working; and in fact are ultimately hurting today's teenagers.
- The main audience that I'm directing this research paper towards are the parents of teenagers in the United States. I feel they will be most affected by my paper. They are the ones that can make a change. Also the teacher and students will also be my audience, seeing as they will be reading my paper.
- I fit into the context in the sense that I am fighting against abstinence-only sex education programs. I have gone through them myself and know that they teach very little.
2. Drafting A Thesis Statement
Research Question: Do abstinence-only sex education programs in the United States work? Do they achieve the desired goals such as lowering teen pregnancy and STD spread rates?
Precise Claim: Abstinence-only sex education programs do not help educate or protect teenagers in the United States. In fact, they are more harmful than good.
Reasons/Blueprint:
- Teenage pregnancy rate has increased.
- Teenage STD spread has continued to grow.
- Teen oral sex activity has skyrocketed.
Complete Thesis Statement: Abstinence-only sex education programs do not help educate or protect teenagers in the United States. In fact, they are more harmful than good. This is because teenage pregnancy rate has increased, teenage STD spread has continued to grow, and teen oral sex participation has skyrocketed.
3. Understanding Your Warrants
Claim: Abstinence-only sex education programs do not help educate or protect teenagers in the United States.
Reason: Teenage pregnancy rate has increased.
Warrant: Teenagers are not taught about contraceptives or ways to prevent pregnancies in abstinence-only sex education programs and this is causing teenage pregnancy rates to increase.
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4. Playing with language to clarify your thesis:
Original: Abstinence-only sex education programs do not help educate or protect teenagers in the United States. In fact, they are more harmful than good. This is because teenage pregnancy rate has increased, teenage STD spread has continued to grow, and teen oral sex participation has skyrocketed.
- Abstinence-only sex education programs do not help educate or protect teenagers in the United States. In fact, they are more damaging than good. This is because teenage pregnancy rate has increased, teenage STD spread has continued to grow, and teen oral sex participation has skyrocketed.
I feel that with my thesis the words are not very changeable. They are specific and the key terms really can't be altered or switched out for anything else. Only a few descriptive words possibly could be tinkered with.
5. Reporting vs. Arguing?
- essay about the Holocaust, and essay about why I want to become a teacher
- I wrote the essay about the Holocaust for a class I took last semester. It discussed how the Germans handled their role in the Holocaust. It was a final assignment for the class. The essay about why I want to become a teacher was for my admittance into the college of education. The purpose was to convince the board that I am a good candidate for their program.
- The audience for the 1st paper was my professor. The audience for the teaching essay was the admittance board for the college of education at Northern Arizona University. After reading my essay on the Holocaust I wanted my professor to get a sense of the different types of Germans during the Holocaust and how they handled their roles differently. I wanted the admittance board to understand how passionate I am about becoming a high school history teacher. I wanted them to think I was an outstanding candidate.
- The Holocaust paper was reporting and the teacher's essay was arguing. Arguing why I would be a good candidate for their program
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