By: Mr. Lucero
Introduction
It is a very common among high school students to believe that
the senior year, and especially the prom day, is the “last chance” for them to
become sexually active before they start college. This
often results in unwanted pregnancies and expensive care
Task
You are one of the parents
of a teenager in his/her senior year and you are very worried that your
son/daughter may soon become sexually active and become a parent before he/she
even graduates from high school.
The Process
You will be responsible for writing a 3-5 pages essay paper. You will
also design a five minutes power point presentation which will include a
minimum of ten slides
A) In order to complete your
task, you have to use the TIPS PPA format. There
for, you have to visit the hyperlinks given below. You have to follow the six
steps of the format. * You will adhere
to the (Public Policy Analyst) format. See Hyperlinks below.
1. Define the
problem: Way is it that teenage pregnancy is a problem?
2. Gather
evidence: Fine data, statistic,
evidence that prove that teenage pregnancy is a social problem.
3. Identify
causes: Why is it that kids are sexually active and getting pregnant too early in live
before thy even graduate from high school?
4. Evaluate
a policy: What does
5. Develop
solutions: come up with some source of rules and regulations to stop or
prevent early pregnancy to lower drop out rates at your school.
6. Select best solution:
Explore the negative consequences of the many possible solutions to choose the
best ones that will beneficiate your community.
B) Once you learned about the PPA format, you will have to visit the
different web sites given in the Resources section below to gather information
about your topic, which is “teenage pregnancy”
C) Write your essay: Your essay should consist of
3-5-pages, have a well-organized structure,
introduction, body and a conclusion. See rubrics below.
D) Make your power point presentation: Your presentation should last at list five minutes and it should include ten slides. See rubrics below.
The
Resources
Website links related to your topic.
http://www.medem.com/MedLB/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZFV0TF97C&sub_cat=6
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http://www.cde.ca.gov/cyfsbranch/lsp/health/tppgab2645.htm
http://adolescenteshoy.com/fuentes/articulos/delsexo.htm
http://www.elaviso.com/articulos/detalles/default.asp?ContentID=77&ContentSubID=1289
http://www.intac.com/~jdeck/tahra/Tp1.html
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/teenagepregnancy.html
GENERAL SEARCH ENGINES:
The Evaluation
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RUBRICS |
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3 |
2 |
1 |
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Content |
3-5-pages essay that shows in-depth
analysis and understanding of the topic |
2-3-pages essay that shows some
understanding of the topic |
0-1-page essay the shows poor
understanding of the topic |
|
Organization |
Writing is clear with elaborate
sentence structure, It also shows a good use of the PPA format |
Writing is not very clear, length of
sentence varies essay shows some use of the PPA format |
Writing is not clear with basic
sentence structure. It does not show a good use of the PPA format |
|
Style |
Very well essay structured paper with
pictures and photographs that illustrate
the topic |
Not too well essay structured paper
with few pictures and photographs that illustrate the topic |
Poor essay structured paper with no
pictures or photographs that illustrate
the topic |
|
Power point presentation |
Clear, well organized oral presentation. Good
use of slides |
Not very clear, not very well organized oral
presentation. Some use of slides |
Not clear, not well organized oral
presentation. Not use of slides |
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• consider the nature and
evolution of constitutional democracies throughout the world
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ELA STANDARD
Students
will read, write, listen, and speak for social interaction.
Students
will use oral and written language for effective social communication
with a wide variety of people. As readers and listeners, they will use the
social communications of others to enrich their understanding of people and their
views.
The
conclusion
After
the completion of this project, you have proved that you master the use of the
PPA method, as well as demonstrated full knowledge of the topic “Teen age
pregnancy”. In the future, you will be asked to do a web quest on another
social problem that affects the
