Select a topic for your IP 1 argument essay and use prewriting strategies (freewriting, mapping, clustering, brainstorming) to explore a specific issue related to the selected topic to develop a thesis statement and supporting ideas and specific details for your essay's content. Consider your purpose as you plan your essay. The purpose of your essay may be to evaluate (argue a claim of value), to solve a problem (argue a claim of policy) to analyze causes and effects (argue a claim of cause and/or effect) or to argue a disputable fact (argue claim of fact or definition). Discuss your ideas with peers and provide feedback on their ideas as you respond to discussion board postings.
Topics
Choose one of the following topics and then decide on a specific issue to explore:
•Criminal Justice (reducing juvenile delinquency; prison security ; DUI problem in rural areas; human trafficking in United States; police misconduct; treatment of mentally ill in prison; prison privatization; medical negligence inside prisons; effects of justice system on families/children)
•Education (improving inner-city schools; alternative/charter schools; effect of technology on education; importance of early childhood education; improving curriculum/learning; class size/teacher-student ratio; teacher recruitment; improving student achievement/graduation rates; rural school issues; legalizing state lottery to fund public education; gender, race or ethnic issues in education)
•Technology ( impact on small businesses/entrepreneurship; social networks and marketing tactics; social networks and effect on society; technology and consumerism; online privacy/secure networking; rural areas and Internet access; technological innovation/new products; green technology)
•Healthcare (healthcare management issues; issues in patient care; national medical database; food safety; problem of obesity in America; preventive care initiatives; state healthcare reform; teen pregnancy and prenatal care; health information technology effects on physician-patient care; environmental dangers to health; veterans and healthcare benefits)
•Business (SME financing; economy effect on small businesses; undercapitalization and bankruptcy; issues related to health or liability insurance costs; Entrepreneurial Myth; the Small Business Job Act; social media and small business marketing: small business certification and customer trust)
Post to the Discussion Board
prepare paragraph describeing your use of different prewriting strategies to plan your IP 1. Identify the specific prewriting strategies and how each contributed to the development of your thesis statement and supporting ideas.
Post your ideas from your prewriting in the following format:
1.Topic
2.Narrowed Issue/problem
3.Thesis Statement (specific argument claim)
4.Outline with three or more supporting arguments (main points) listing specific details under each point