Friday, September 28, 2007

Teen Issues - Paragraph Writing Assignment for Choice 2000 Students

Debating the Teen Brain
Are teenagers' brains too undeveloped to make wise decisions about safe behavior? Or is the problem with adults?
Read/listen to this VOA Special English Health report here:
http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/2007-09-18-voa3.cfm

For this extra-credig assignment (10 points) students have the opportunity to choose which side they prefer within this debateand identify their position within the debate by writing a 2-chunk paragraph, using concrete details and properly identifying at least two valid sources of reference.