Come prepared to class with your copy of A Streetcar Named Desire
AP Language
Make a rhetorically effective informational text that synthesizes the information you researched and discussed in the last two days. The best examples will receive extra credit in addition to credit for the assignment.
REQUIREMENTS
- Includes a catchy title that will appeal to your audience
- Defines key terms
- Presents a variety of the most persuasive evidence: quotes, statistics, paraphrases (avoid weaker evidence that does not apply to your audience)
- Addresses common counterclaims that teenagers make or assume about drugs/alcohol
- Attractive and appropriate
Some options for your mini-poster/letter (if you have another idea, go for it)
-Compare and contrast between research on drugs and alcohol vs. portrayals in the media
-Point/counterpoint about recreational marijuana
-Effects of drugs/alcohol on the teenage brain
-A one-page guide for 8-9 graders about alcohol and marijuana
-A one-page guide for college freshman of key facts about drugs/alcohol
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