Step 1 First choose one the following topics that interest you. Then, read the articles that are under that particular topic. Remember that these are the articles that you have read already. Whose Business is Sex Education 1. The First step in improving sex education: Remove the Hellfire by Fred M. Hechlinger 2. Condoms in schools: The Right Lesson by Paul Epstein 3. Educators declare war on traditional values by Thomas Sowely Is it right to Identify Aids Victims 1. On Aids and Moral Duty by William Gaylin 2. Discrimination goes on by Robert H. Cohen 3. Aids: In Plagues, Civil Rights aren’t the issue by Richard Restak These articles are in PDF version. Make sure that you download them. If you cannot download them, you must download from one the computer labs on campus. You need to have adobe reader to download them. Here is the website. www.adobe.com. Or, I left copies of these articles at the circulation desk at both libraries. Step 2 · You will write a well argumentative essay about the topic you chose. You must take a clear and discernible stance on the issue (Your thesis or claim). An outline will be provided for you. You will need to incorporate a secondary source to support your argument. Theses secondary sources from the article you read. State one reason why you are for or against the issue. Remember that this is a three paragraph essay. After, choose one of the following prompts and create an effective, documented argumentative essay. These prompts should help you with your essay. 1. There has long been a heated debate when it comes to sex education. When is the appropriate age to educate one’s child on this issue? Whose business is sex education: family, teachers, friends…who? What is your position on this issue? Use the articles to support your argument. 2. At the height of the AIDS epidemic, many people were falsely informed and simply scared. Matters escalated in the early ‘90’s when people wanted AIDS patients to be labeled, and identified, to prevent the spread of the virus. What do you think? Knowing what we now know about AIDS and its prevention, what do you think about that question asked over 15 years ago: Should AIDS patients be identified? What is your position on this issue? Use the articles to support your argument. **This is a three paragraph essay, 1 source essay. All papers must follow proper MLA guidelines. Any paper not using the below mentioned font style/size and/or not meeting the required length will be severely penalized. Step 3 Remember to incorporate intext citations. Your essay must have quotes with page numbers. signal phrase + author + direct quote (dq) + parenthetical citation ex. Murray writes, “Writers must learn to be their own best enemy” (156). signal phrase + no author + dq+ parenthetical citation (with author) Ex. He writes, “Writers must learn to be their own best enemy” (Murray 156). Signal phrase +author+ key words or phrase (or partial quotation) + parenthetical citation Ex. Murray writes that in assessing our writing we need to become our “own best enemy” (156). no author + key words or phrase (or partial quotation) + parenthetical citation (with author) Ex. He writes that in assessing our writing we need to become our “own best enemy” (Murray 156). 5.author + paraphrase or summary + parenthetical citation ex. Murray writes that in assessing our writing we need to be our harshest critics (156) 6.no author+ paraphrase or summary + parenthetical citation (with author) ex. He writes that in assessing our writing we need to become our harshest critics (Murray 156). Ex. In assessing our writing we need to become our harshest critics (Murray 156).
