Violence on the Rise

GABRIELA PANAGIOSOULIS
ESL 12^th Grade

INTRODUCTION:

here have been many incidents involving Gang related activities at Walton High School. Everyday, you hear about a student getting “jumped” or about someone joining the Latin Kings, Bloods or Cribs. Recently, there has been an influx of Latin Queens among the student body. These girls are said to be more ruthless and vicious than their male counterparts. Your class has been invited to join the Committee on Safety Awareness (CSA) in your school. You will be meeting with School Security Authorities (SSA), deans, and the Principal trying to come up with solutions on what to do about the rising incidents of gang violence in your school.

TASK:

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our task is to work in groups and identify specific gang activities at Walton and come up with suggestions on how to get these gangs to come together and solve their problems in a non-violent way. You will analyze the history of gang violence at Walton for the past 5 years and hypothesize on reasons why some years had higher or lower incidents. You will state your findings and your plan of action in a report on school safety to be presented in class. You will use the Six Step Public Policy Report to write your report. You will make a chart or graph comparing the incidences of gang activities at Walton for the past five years.

Identify gang activities at Walton

Make suggestions for peace

State your findings in a report

Make a graph/chart on gang violence for past 5 years

Hypothesize

PROCESS:

Step 1. You will work in groups of four.

Step 2. Using the Public Policy Analyst you will define the problem of gang violence.

Step 3. Gather evidence.

Step 4. Identify causes

Step 5. Evaluate a Policy.

Step 6. Develop Solutions.

Step 7. Select best solutions.

EVALUATION for report:

Criteria

Pts.

	4	3	2	1
Information	Information on social problem and argument is clearly stated and consistently maintained. Clear references to the issue(s) are stated. Use of all six PPA worksheets.	Information on social problem and argument is clearly stated and consistently maintained. References to the issue(s) at hand are missing. Use of four or five PPA worksheets	Position on social problem is stated, but is not maintained consistently throughout work. Little information based on PPA worksheets- only two or three completed.	Statement of position on social problem cannot be determined. No use of PPA worksheets	____
Supporting Information	Evidence clearly supports the position; evidence is sufficient.	Evidence clearly supports the position; but there is not enough evidence.	Argument is supported by limited evidence.	Evidence is unrelated to argument.	____
Organization	Structure of work is clearly developed.	Structure developed reasonably well, but lacks clarity.	Some attempt to structure the argument has been made, but the structure is poorly developed.	There is a total lack of structure.	____
Sentence Structure	Sentence structure is correct.	Sentence structure is generally correct. Some awkward sentences do appear.	Work contains structural weaknesses and grammatical errors.	Work pays little attention to proper sentence structure.
Punctuation & Capitalization	Punctuation and capitalization are correct.	There is one error in punctuation and/or capitalization.	There are two or three errors in punctuation and/or capitalization.	There are four or more errors in punctuation and/or capitalization.
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