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.

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