Attention Getter
Rhetorical Question
When is it okay to kill?
*Use Imagery
Imagine being seventeen years old again and never being able to see your
eighteenth birthday. Your life cut short because you chose to wear a hoodie and
to walk to the local 7-11 to get a bag of Skittles and an Arizona iced tea one
heinous night. Your last words are not to anyone you love, but to the person that
murdered you and took your life before even reaching adulthood. There would
be a trial, but your murderer is able to walk free and live a full life that was taken
from you. Your name, you ask? Trayvon Martin, but, in reality, we all could be
Trayvon Martin because…
Use Generalizations
The average American has the right to protect themselves when they feel
threatened under the second amendment…
Announcement
Teens beware, you can be killed for carrying skittles and an Arizona iced tea…
*State a Fact
According to The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, every year in the
U.S., an average of more than 100,000 people are shot.
Try to use more than one, if you can!
Background Information
Should answer some and/or all of these questions
about Stand Your Ground laws in general and
the rights of citizens:
Castle Doctrine-protect home if life is in jeopardy
WHAT are Stand Your Ground laws?
WHEN can you use Stand Your Ground laws?
WHERE are Stand Your Ground laws? WHY would
you use Stand Your Ground laws?
HOW are Stand Your Ground laws used?
WHO can use Stand Your Ground laws?
SYG Laws
Write your thesis statement (claim +
reasons):
Stand Your Ground laws should exist
because…
Stand Your Ground laws should not exist
because…
Finding Evidence
1. Go to http://www.ed1stop.org
username: heathert_stu
password: student
2. On the tabs at the top of the page, click “Reference”. Click “EBSCO”.
3. Click on “Ebsco Host Magazines, Newspapers, Books and More”
4. Select the top three options
-Always click “Full Text” to ensure that the articles you get are the full
article and not just a summary.
-Type in your topic. You can narrow your topic by typing in other search
words.
-Look at some of the article titles to see if they are what you are looking
for. If so, click on the title and read over the article. If it has good
information, you can save it to your Drive or email it.
-Click on the right hand side on “Cite” and scroll down to MLA format.
This will give you the full citation for your Works Cited! Copy (ctrl + c)
and paste (ctrl + v) into a Google Doc to use later.
TIQAT Body Paragraph
Stand Your Ground laws should exist throughout the United States
because innocent people have a right to protect themselves from harm.
In today’s society, crime has increased three fold since 1960 according
to the Bureau of Justice statistics. These increases leave the average
American vulnerable to becoming a victim of violent crime or even
worse, dead. Innocent Americans don’t have to become a crime statistic
victim if the laws were on their side, protecting the innocent instead of
the criminals that are committing these heinous crimes. While owning a
gun does not increase nor decrease crime rates according to the
magazine Real Clear Science, it does prevent you or a loved one from
falling victim to a criminal attack. Think about it, if you are being
attacked, are you going to allow the person to attack you without trying
to fight back or get away? Of course not, you would do whatever it
takes for you or your loved one’s survival. Having Stand Your Ground
laws, an innocent person would be able to protect themselves against a
violent criminal that is threatening their life without fear of being
incarcerated or labeled a murderer in the justice system. Laws appear
to be helping and protecting the criminal, when they should be helping
and protecting the innocent Americans that are left defenseless without
the protection of Stand Your Ground laws. Not only should Stand Your
Ground laws exist so innocent people can protect themselves against
criminals, but they should also exist because it is your right to bear
arms.
TIQAT Body Paragraph(s)
Topic Sentence: Topic + Reason
Stand Your Ground laws should exist throughout the United States because innocent
people have a right to protect themselves from harm.
Introduce Evidence: Define the reason and lead into the general evidence (quote/statistic)
In today’s society, crime has increased three fold since 1960 according to the
Bureau of Justice statistics. These increases leave the average American vulnerable
to becoming a victim of violent crime or even worse, dead.
Quote/Example: Give a specific quote, statistic, and/or example
Innocent Americans don’t have to become a crime statistic victim if the laws were on
their side, protecting the innocent instead of the criminals that are committing these
heinous crimes. While owning a gun does not increase nor decrease crime rates
according to the magazine Real Clear Science, it does prevent you or a loved one
from falling victim to a criminal attack.
Analyze Reason: Why is this important to SYG? How does it affect citizens?
Think about it, if you are being attacked, are you going to allow the person to attack you
without trying to fight back or get away? Of course not, you would do whatever it takes
for you or your loved one’s survival. Having Stand Your Ground laws, an innocent
person would be able to protect themselves against a violent criminal that is
threatening their life without fear of being incarcerated or labeled a murderer in the
justice system. Laws appear to be helping and protecting the criminal, when they
should be helping and protecting the innocent Americans that are left defenseless
without the protection of Stand Your Ground laws.
Transition: Summarize your reason and lead into the next reason
Not only should Stand Your Ground laws exist so innocent people can protect
themselves against criminals, but they should also exist because it is every American’s
right to bear arms.
TIQAT Body Paragraph(s)
Topic Sentence: Topic/Claim + Reason
Stand Your Ground laws should exist
throughout the United States because
innocent people have a right to protect
themselves from harm.
Stand Your Ground laws should not exist
throughout the United States because it
causes an unnecessary increase in
violence.
TIQAT Body Paragraph(s)
Introduce Evidence: Define the reason and lead into the
general evidence (quote/statistic)
Quote/Example: Give a specific quote, statistic, and/or
example
In today’s society, crime has increased three fold
since 1960 according to the Bureau of Justice
statistics. These increases leave the average American
vulnerable to becoming a victim of violent crime or even
worse, dead.
Innocent Americans don’t have to become a crime
statistic victim if the laws were on their side, protecting
the innocent instead of the criminals that are committing
these heinous crimes. While owning a gun does not
increase nor decrease crime rates according to the
magazine Real Clear Science, it does prevent you or a
loved one from falling victim to a criminal attack.
TIQAT Body Paragraph(s)
Analyze Reason: Why is this important to SYG? How
does it affect citizens?
Think about it, if you are being attacked, are you
going to allow the person to attack you without trying
to fight back or get away? Of course not, you would
do whatever it takes for you or your loved one’s
survival. Having Stand Your Ground laws, an
innocent person would be able to protect themselves
against a violent criminal that is threatening their life
without fear of being incarcerated or labeled a
murderer in the justice system. Laws appear to be
helping and protecting the criminal, when they
should be helping and protecting the innocent
Americans that are left defenseless without the
protection of Stand Your Ground laws.
TIQAT Body Paragraph(s)
Transition: Summarize your reason and
lead into the next reason
Not only should Stand Your Ground laws
exist so innocent people can protect
themselves against criminals, but they
should also exist because it is every
American’s right to bear arms.
Stand Your Ground laws cause an
increase in unnecessary violence, but they
also depict the United States as a racially
biased society.
Counterclaim-Acknowledge Other Side
Topic Sentence: Topic + argument of the other side
Now, some might argue that Stand Your Ground laws should
not exist.
Reason: Give two examples that the other side argues
They believe that it will lead to an increase in violence
throughout the United States and that trained cops should be
the ones to protect the citizens.
Example and Analysis: Downplay 2 arguments and counter them
What they don’t understand is nobody wants to have blood on
their hands and to be responsible for another person’s death
unless it was absolutely necessary. What if it was your life or
your child’s life in question, wouldn‘t you want to fight to
survive and be protected under the law in doing so? Sure, you
could wait for a trained officer to arrive, but how long do you
really have when someone is trying to kill you or your loved
one?
Transition: Go back to your side
Stand your ground laws are essential in protecting the innocent
when they feel there is nothing else they can do to survive.
Counterclaim-Acknowledge Other Side
Topic Sentence: Topic + argument of the
other side
Now, some might argue that Stand Your
Ground laws should not exist.
Some Americans might say that Stand
Your Ground laws should exist.
Counterclaim-Acknowledge Other Side
Reason: Give two examples that the other
side argues
They believe that it will lead to an increase
in violence throughout the United States
and that trained cops should be the ones
to protect the citizens.
Counterclaim-Acknowledge Other Side
Example and Analysis: Downplay 2
arguments and counter them
What they don’t understand is nobody
wants to have blood on their hands and to
be responsible for another person’s death
unless it was absolutely necessary. What
if it was your life or your child’s life in
question, wouldn‘t you want to fight to
survive and be protected under the law in
doing so? Sure, you could wait for a
trained officer to arrive, but how long do
you really have when someone is trying to
kill you or your loved one?
Counterclaim-Acknowledge Other Side
Go back to your side
Stand Your Ground laws are essential in
protecting the innocent when they feel
there is nothing else they can do to
survive.
Stand Your Ground laws are detrimental to
the United States and create a society
filled with violence.
Conclusion
Restate Thesis
• Stand Your Ground laws should/should not exist for all states in
the United States because…
• …are all reasons why Stand Your Ground laws should/should not
exist for all states in the United States.
Generalize Points
• A society filled with violence is a society where…
• A protected society is a society where…
Stand Your Ground laws should exist
because…PROTECTION
Stand Your Ground laws should not
exist because…VIOLENCE
Second Amendment/Constitutional right
Mistakes are made by the “untrained”
Law abiding citizens need to defend
themselves
Represents a license to kill
Extension/Relate to Life
• So, when is it okay to kill? The answer is…
• Life is something to…
Leave the Reader With Something to Think About OR Revisit
Attention Getter
Works Cited Help
Civil War Wasn't to End Slavery Purposes
The Civil War is often thought to be fought to end slavery; however, “The
confusion stems from the failure to realize that the two sides in a war need not
be fighting over the same issue. The objective of the North was not to end
slavery but to preserve the Union. What the South sought was not to end the
Union but to preserve slavery” (“Civil War Wasn’t to End Slavery Purposes”).
The Civil War is often thought to be fought to end slavery, but according to the
article “Civil War Wasn’t to End Slavery Purposes,” the Civil War has a
different objective, “The objective of the North was not to end slavery but to
preserve the Union. What the South sought was not to end the Union but to
preserve slavery.”
Works Cited
"Civil War Wasn't to End Slavery Purposes: The South Fought to Defend
Slavery. The North's Focus Was Not to End Slavery but to Preserve the
Union. The Slavery Apology Debate Misses These Facts." Baltimore Sun.
N.p., 31 Aug. 1997. Web. 16 May 2014.
Works Cited Help
In-Text Citations
Book
(Author Pg.) = (Green 42)
Magazine/Newspaper/Website
(Author Pg.) = (Green 2)
(“Title of Article” Pg.) = (“Civil War” 2)
Basically, the beginning portion of your Works Cited
and the page number.
Works Cited
Separate page
Alphabetical order
Indent any lines after the first line
Example-Needs to be double spaced
Works Cited
"Blueprint Lays Out Clear Path for Climate
Action." Environmental Defense Fund.
Environmental Defense Fund, 8 May 2007. Web.
24 May 2009.
Clinton, Bill. Interview by Andrew C. Revkin. “Clinton
on Climate Change.” New York Times. New York
Times, May 2007. Web. 25 May 2009.
Dean, Cornelia. "Executive on a Mission: Saving the
Planet." New York Times. New York Times, 22
May 2007. Web. 25 May 2009.
Ebert, Roger. "An Inconvenient Truth." Rev. of An
Inconvenient Truth, dir. Davis
Guggenheim. rogerebert.com. Sun-Times News
Group, 2 June 2006. Web. 24 May 2009.