Roughdraft

John Hong
English Essay
Period 3
There is a big problem on this earth that many people do try to counteract. It is not the starvation across the world, or the wars across the world; this is an even bigger problem. This problem is Global Warming. This problem is not being faced seriously enough in the United States. Many people claim it does not exist, or it could just be a natural cycle of the earth. People said disasters like Hurricane Katrina could not happen, but it did. So we do not share the same fate as Katrina we should aim to stop global warming before it is too late. We must teach the younger generation of this global crisis so they will make better choices in the future. To do this The Inconvenient Truth, by Al Gore, should replace the Body of Christopher Creed, by Carol Plum-Ucci because the theme of global warming is greater than the themes in Christopher Creed.
In our school we have the book The Body of Christopher Creed. This book is about a boy who is involved in the disappearance of another one of his peers. The themes of this book are not very important compared to global warming. Suicide is a one of the main themes in the book. A teacher from a school where this book was discussed says, “The students were particularly struck by all the talk of suicide in the book”. Besides suicide another minor important theme in the book is how being different in your teenage group is a bad thing. This is another theme that stuck out in the book. The book showed how “Along the way, he discovers how sheltered he and his friends have kept themselves, and how naïve they all are. In the end, they ostracize him as they have with everyone else different from them”. Another main theme of this book is bullying. The bullying done by the teenagers causes the thoughts about suicide, and the ostracizing.
Suicide and being different are not that important of themes. Suicide is a problem these days, but it is not that important in a neighborhood like this. Pascack Hills is a school with very little bullying and no need for things like Chris Creed to teach kids about bullying. The bullying aspect of the book teaches that bullying is causes people to commit suicide. I do not think this is a true aspect of life. “I don’t want to say that bullying is okay. But it’s a teaching tool for kids. It teaches them to get along with people, how to use power the victims—how to obtain power when not in power positions. How do we stop bullying and victimization? I hate to make this case in public. But we don’t’ entirely want to…” Bullying is a bad thing, but it is a necessary evil in the life of most children. Also the theme of being different is very over taught in society. Being kids we see this almost everyday on children’s television. We do not need another book like The Body of Christopher Creed teaching us things like this. Instead of themes like suicide and being different that we have already known throughout our lifetime we should get a book that teaches us something new, like The Inconvenient Truth.
The Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore is a breathtaking book on one of the major problems on this earth. Global warming is an issue that humans have been feeding for years. Global warming is the rise in the natural surface temperature of the earth. We cause this rise in surface temperature on the earth. We pollute the earth with CO2 emissions, but many countries do have programs do help slow down this global warming. Sadly America has yet to get in the race to stop global warming. Even though America causes over 20% of the world’s pollution, we do not have sufficient enough programs to make up for our mistakes. Most of America does not know how severe this global warming problem is and how as American’s we should try to implement programs to stop the severity of global warming.
To do this we must teach teens who will make decisions in the future about this problem. By making teens read The Inconvenient Truth they will learn the truth about global warming and maybe do something to stop it in the future. While Chris Creed does teach us some important things about our teenage lives, The Inconvenient Truth teaches us about a global problem that can possibly to irreparable damage to the earth. Many people say that teaching our children global warming will help prevent it in the future. “Educating multiple generations about the complexities, consequences, and controversies related to global warming is an enormous task. This challenge motivated Davis Guggenheim and Al Gore to turn an enhanced version of Gore’s multimedia slide show into a 21st; century teach-in on global warming” We should help people like Al Gore and make it our mission to help spread his book into our school curriculum. The threat that global warming causes to the earth are vastly greater than a school bully making a kid goes missing.
Global warming is a huge problem today in our society. By allowing the school curriculum to teach about school bullying and suicide while not teaching about global warming is a crime. We should not rob our children about the knowledge of global warming and implement this book in our curriculum and Pascack Hills.

My weekend

I did almost close to nothing over the weekend. I went over a friends house, then on another day went over and went to a friends birthday. Then my relatives chilled at my house. Besides that I did not do much over the weekend.

Outline

What is the question you are answering in your own words?
What book should we swap in the curriculum for another book.
What is your thesis statement? This sets up the entire paper with your focus and direction.
The Inconvenient Truth, by Al Gore, should replace the Body of Christopher Creed, by Carol Plum-Ucci because the theme of global warming is greater than the themes in Christopher Creed.
BODY PARAGRAPH 1
What is the topic/idea of this paragraph?
What is Chris Creed about?
What quote(s) ideas from research will you use to help prove your points?
a. “The students were particularly struck by all the talk of suicide in the book”
b. “Along the way, he discovers how sheltered he and his friends have kept themselves, and how naïve they all are. In the end, they ostracize him as they have with everyone else different from them”

What example(s) from the book(s) will you use to help prove your points?
a. Chris Creed is about a kid that gets bullied
b. Book tries to find out what happens to Chris Creed and focuses on suicide, and running away
BODY PARAGRAPH 2
What is the topic/idea of this paragraph?
Why Chris Creed should be taken out of the Curriculum
What quote(s) ideas from research will you use to help prove your points?
a. “I don’t want to say that bullying is okay. But it’s a teaching tool for kids. It teaches them to get along with people, how to use power the victims—how to obtain power when not in power positions. How do we stop bullying and victimization? I hate to make this case in public. But we don’t’ entirely want to…”
b. “I don’t want to say that bullying is okay. But it’s a teaching tool for kids. It teaches them to get along with people, how to use power the victims—how to obtain power when not in power positions. How do we stop bullying and victimization? I hate to make this case in public. But we don’t’ entirely want to…”

What example(s) from the book(s) will you use to help prove your points?
a. Bullying is important but it is not a global scale problem that will destroy humanity
b. Suicides and runaways should be better taught in health class
BODY PARAGRAPH 3
What is the topic/idea of this paragraph?
What is the Inconvenient Truth about
What quote(s) ideas from research will you use to help prove your points?
a. “The Marshall Institue survey concluded that global temperatures are rising only.2”F per decade—three times less than what is predicted by computer models—and recommends a hiatus of 10 years before any CO2 emission limits are imposed so that more research can be conducted.
b.
What example(s) from the book(s) will you use to help prove your points?
a. Global warming is real and it exists
b. Humans cause global warming
BODY PARAGRAPH 4
What is the topic/idea of this paragraph?
Why should we put it in the curriculum
What quote(s) ideas from research will you use to help prove your points?
a. “The centre now officially expects global warming to resume at some point between 2009 and 2014”
b. “Educating multiple generations about the complexities, consequences, and controversies related to global warming is an enormous task. This challenge motivated Davis Guggenheim and Al Gore to turn an enhanced version of Gore’s multimedia slide show into a 21st; century teach-in on global warming”
What example(s) from the book(s) will you use to help prove your points?
a. Global warming is a big problem teen’s do not realize
b. Many people will teach young teens global warming does not exist, which is false
CONCLUSION
What should we now understand after reading your paper? Where idea(s) does your paper lead?
a. Chris Creed is not a book that is important enough to be in our curriculum
b. The Al Gore book is very important and should be taught in our High School

TITLE: Bullying
AUTHOR: Issues & Controversies
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2005
Main Idea #1: Bullying is a problem
Summary: There is a lot of bullying in the US
Quote: “According to the National Education Association (NEA), which has launched a National Bullying Awareness Campaign, bullying is a community issue that requires the involvement of many parties, including students, parents, teachers, school administrators and local, state and national governments”
Question: How do we know that there is actual bullying going on in the US. Some teachers may mistake bullying with fooling around.
Main Idea #2: Effects of Bullying
Summary: Bullying destroyed younger children and causes suicide.
Quote: “he attacker's schoolmates claimed that almost every student in the school had engaged in bullying behavior toward him, including tripping, shoving, hitting him with objects and holding his”
Question: This can not be proven and has no proof behind it
Main Idea #3: Bullying laws are misguided.
Summary: Bullying is not a problem that should be addressed by state and measures are already taken to prevent these kinds of things.
Quote: “Some argue that it is unnecessary because sufficient measures are already in place for dealing with bullying, while others say that it is not needed because bullying is not a problem to be addressed by legislation.”
Question: What measures do we already take to prevent bullying?
How will this source help you write your paper?
This will help me write the paper because I am trying to disprove these things. The paper gives me a lot to go against and will help me make my point stronger.

Socratic Seminar 2

This time the class had a seminar and talked about our new book Montana 1948. We finished reading the book and the rest of the class discussed some of the main ideas of the ending. First they discussed did Frank Deserve it? I personally think he didn't because he chose suicide, but some people in class said he did for the crimes he committed. After that they talked about the importance of David becoming a history teacher. Some said this is important because David only saw one side of the story in the situation. By teaching history he can teach students that there are two sides of the story. Was this story a western style story? This question came up in the seminar and the class agreed it had many aspects of a western style story. There were guns, a showdown, and a county sheriff with a lot of power. All these elements make a very recognizable western type story.

Source # 2

TITLE: Global Warming
AUTHOR: Encyclopedia
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1995

Main Idea #1: Global warming is a concern around the world
Summary: Global warming is a concern around the world.
Quote: “An advisory subcommittee of the U.N., the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), issued a report on global warming at the conference”
Question: What is America doing about this
Main Idea #2: Critics about global warming
Summary: What do some critics have to say about global warming
Quote:” Critics of the notion of global warming said the downgraded estimates issued by the IPCC confirmed the earlier contentions of skeptics, who said the scientific claims of global warming were exaggerated”
Question: Why is global warming exaggerated
Main Idea #3: How global warming works
Summary: This article talks about how global warming works and the greenhouse effect
Quote: The planet's natural greenhouse effect has made life habitable on the planet. The Earth absorbs the sun's energy, and, like all things heated, emits its own radiation.
Question:
How will this source help you write your paper?
This will help me write my paper because Al gore’s book talks about global warming and this page helps me prove the idea that Global warming is a threat.

Source #1

TITLE: All-school read unites Waubonsie students
AUTHOR: Beth Sneller
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2003

Main Idea #1: Kids in Waubonsie read The Body of Christopher Creed

Summary: The town has a book program and gives out the Body of Christopher Creed to many children
Quote: “Gayl Smith, a library director, bought 76 copies of Plum-Ucci's book and gave them to students and staff at the beginning of the summer. She instructed Warriors to read the book, sign their names on the inside front cover and pass it on to someone else.”

Question: What did the children think about the book


Main Idea #2: Suicide is a main topic in the story
Summary: The students talked about all the suicide in the book

Quote: “The students were particularly struck by all the talk of suicide in the book.”

Question: What about the suicide in the book?

Main Idea #3: School social status
Summary: The students talk about friendship in the book

Quote: “Along the way, he discovers how sheltered he and his friends have kept themselves, and how naive they all are. In the end, they ostracize him as they have with everyone else different from them.”

Question: How did this effect the book



How will this source help you write your paper?
This will help me write my paper because I can anaylyze what some of my peers think about the book, and with this information I can see if we should keep this book.