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Developing . Counterarguments. Task 1. Write a controversial statement. Come up with a topic that is controversial (in other words, a topic that people disagree on), and write your opinion on it in one sentence. Example: Public schools should teach comprehensive sex education. Task 2.

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  1. Developing Counterarguments

  2. Task 1 • Write a controversial statement. Come up with a topic that is controversial (in other words, a topic that people disagree on), and write your opinion on it in one sentence. • Example: Public schools should teach comprehensive sex education.

  3. Task 2 • Pass your paper to the person to your right. • When you receive the paper, write “Yes,” “No,” or “Maybe,” depending on how you feel about the topic.

  4. Task 3 • Once the original person receives back his/her statement, we’ll discuss our reactions as a class. As the writer of the statement, take notes on anything people say that’s against your argument.

  5. Task 4 • Lastly, write a “counterargument statement,” a statement that will likely end up in your own paper on your controversial topic. It should contain: • What people are saying on the issue (against your opinion) • Why your opinion is correct • (see next slide for example)

  6. Sample Counterargument Statement • Some argue that comprehensive sex education encourages youth to have sex. It provides them with ways to protect themselves against STDs and pregnancy, which makes them feel as though they are free to do what they wish. In turn, proponents for abstinence-only believe these same youth will end up having sex regularly, which will result in the occasional forgetting of birth control and/or condoms, leading to teen pregnancies and STDs spreading. While these are valid concerns, teens who are only taught abstinence only sex ed may still choose to have sex, and they will be more likely, as Sarah Smith notes in a New York Times article, to “contract STDs and/or have unplanned pregnancies” because they do not have the knowledge of condoms and birth control or believe these protections are wrong (22).

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