March 30, 2005
Health and Safty proposal
1. What will be the topic of your definition argument? Explain.
What should be considered ADD?
2. Write a first-pass definition thesis that your paper will support. The claim must identify a choice of a specific case, a category and at least two or three preliminary criteria.
Just because a child talks wont sit still doesn't mean he or she has ADD
3. Describe an audience that would find your claim interesting or controversial. Why would they care about your claim?
Any Parent, soon to be parent, Teachers School
4. List some items that are obvious members of the category, some that are non-members, and some borderline cases.
Border line cases-children that talk too much in class children that that do not sit still children
Non-members children that pose no problem in class
Baldemar,
It sounds like you want to treat ADD as your category term and to choose a specific behavior to argue that is does not fit into the category. If that is correct be sure to choose a controversial behavior and keep in mind that often a diagnosis is not based on just one symptom.
