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8th Grade Language Arts
Agenda:
1. Independent Reading
2. Thesis Paper
Assignments:
-HR Presentation (TH 2/13)
-Library Card (F 2/14)
-Parent Signature for thesis paper (F 2/14)
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What is a thesis/research paper?
1. The synthesizing of your discoveries about a topic and your judgment,
interpretation, and evaluation of those discoveries...drawing conclusions about your
discoveries.
2. A new work that you create that only can be found on the pages you write
(original work)
3. An acknowledgment of all sources you use.
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What a research paper is NOT
1. A summary of books
2. Other people's ideas
3. A series of quotes
4. Unsubstantiated personal opinion
5. Copying
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Adoption
• open/closed
• U.S. adoptions
• International adoptions
Affirmative Action
• Business required to employ a
certain number of minorities?
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Standardized Test
• basic skills test to graduate
• Test scores used to evaluate teachers
• students transfer to districts that are accredited
Terrorism
• government allowed to detain suspected
terrorists without trial
• gov't allowed to monitor phone calls,
emails, etc to find suspected terrorists
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Bullying
• students who cyber bully be
suspended from school?
• appropriate response to bullies
• bully responsible when someone
commits suicide?
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Juvenile Crime/justice system
• children who commit violent crimes-tried
as an adult
Others:
• Should people who download music and movies
illegally be punished?
• Should our country have a universal health care
program?
• Should illegal immigrants be allowed to get a
driver's license?
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