Thursday, May 17, 2007

Annotations 10

"Virgin Territory". Camille Hahn. Ms. Arlington. Fall 2004. Vol. 12, Iss. 3; pg. 54, 3 pgs. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=709147011&sid=5&Fmt=4&clientld=35494&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

This document is a synopsis of a book written in the early 1980s that was made when the conservative ideas and "family values" was important. It talks about the concerns of the political side of sexual education, also. President Bush decided to up the support for the teaching of abstinence. And the such. Overall, this article is about abstinence.

Annotations 9

"Talking About Sex Education: New Generation Of Parents Still Tongue-Tied About Sex". John Richardson. Maine Telegram. May 14,1995. Pp. 1C+. May 7, 1995. http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=SMN0059-0-8930&artno=0000013772&t....

This article starts off by discussing how relatives were the way people normally find out what sex is and how they learn about it. Parents find this hard to do, though. This article is basically saying that because of this, teens have no choice but to turn to other places, mainly school, for this information. The majorities of polls done in 1993's national survey show us that teens between 12 and 17 learn from media, school, and other teens before they hear from their parents. There are good arguments as to why the school is good for the educational purposes of sex. There are also strong arguments towards school not being an appropriate place to learn because they are failing to do their job, before they even start. There are arguments towards the importance of marriage as well as abstinence. It is strongly argued throughout this entire article that school replaces the gap that parents and other figures and role models make when they don't talk to their teens about sex.

Thursday, May 3, 2007

Outline

INTRODUCTION
- attention getting device:Q&A quote from "About:" station.
- preview of main points:Article on Christians' view on sexual sin. Parent's view on sex ed in school. polls and surveys done on sex issues...
- transition to thesis statement/main question or point of the paper:Does sexual education help or harm students. is it effective? is it working?

BODY
- FIRST PARAGRAPH
- topic sentence about one side of the issue:What constitute as sexual sin? What counts as sex?
- research and quotations from sources to prove the topic sentence is correct: answer to attention getter from intro. Use authors examples. Use Bible topics. use other articles used to research this paper.

- SECOND PARAGRAPH
- topic sentence about one side of the issue: Majority of parents would prefer teaching abstinence
- research and quotations from sources to prove the topic sentence is correct: not only teaching abstinence, but what sex is. and the love, commitment and etc. attached to it. Expand from article. and how they think it should be taught more in depth and give contradictory article opinions and examples.


- THIRD PARAGRAPH
- topic sentence about the other side of the issue: People are not for sex ed because they think there is no difference.
- research and quotations from sources to prove the topic sentence is correct: use the articles I've decided are against sex ed.

- FOURTH PARAGRAPH
- topic sentence about the other side of the issue: start with attention grabber here with a poll research statistic that is shocking.
- research and quotations from sources to prove the topic sentence is correct: Get into how condom use and sexual partners are related.

- FIFTH PARAGRAPH
- topic sentence stating your position on the issue: I am for more sexual education.
- reasons and research that say why you chose this standpoint: There is more proof of it being better and decreasing STD's and the such based off of research.

CONCLUSION
- Re-state thesis: Does sexual education help or harm students. is it effective? is it working?
- Review main points:Article on Christians' view on sexual sin. Parent's view on sex ed in school. polls and surveys done on sex issues...
- Use an attention-getting device to send the reader off in a thought-provoking manner: Just think... how would sexual education have effected YOUR life?.....

In addition, you will need 8-10 sources (minimum 3 SIRS, 3 ProQuest, 1 Internet, 1 Wild Card) and those sources need to be put in MLA style for a Works Cited page that is made into an annotated bibliography.