Shannon+Turner+topic+-+issue


 * Topic Talk: Event, Issue, or Other Topic of Interest**

List five facts that you already know about this event/issue: 1 . Deadly virus
 * Topic Choice: Aids **

2. Can be spread through sexual activity

3. Can be given from mother to child in the womb.

4. It is the final stage of the disease HIV

5. The virus goes after your immune system and weakens it immensely


 * Answer these questions about this person:**
 * 1) How did/will this event/issue impact the world?

Many people have died from this virus and there is still no cure. There is treatment and therapy for it but, there is no official cure.


 * 1) For what purpose do you want to write about this event/issue--that is, what argument(s) might you make about it? (For example, you might show how teachers can work with dyslexic students or argue that Hurricane Katrina was a turning point in American politics).

I would want to research and write about this issue because it has impacted not just one country but, the entire world. It is a worldwide epidemic that has affected an extreme amount of people.


 * 1) For what audience(s) do you intend to make your argument(s) about this event? (People who already know about dyslexia? People from New Orleans? Teachers?) Explain.

I would intend to make my argument towards young teens. I believe that teens should be aware of the disease and what can come from it. They should also be aware of what can cause it. That way they can help prevent this disease as much as possible.


 * 1) What genres (types of writing) might be appropriate to this topic? (For example, what kinds of writing might associated people (like teachers) write about it? What kinds of writing might be written about it?)\

There are many different types of writing on the issue of aids. There are newspaper articles, medical journals, magazine articles, and also there are diary entries from people who have suffered from this disease. There was a movie made just to make people more aware of the disease and to get people to start paying attention and fighting it.


 * 1) Why are you interested in researching this event/issue? How do you personally connect with it?

I have always wondered a lot about this disease and why there is no cure for it yet. I believe that it is one of the worst things a person can go through and I would like to find out more.

What resources do you think will be useful to you? Specific books? Series of books? Magazines? Periodicals? Interviews? Internet sites? Films? Other?
 * Resources**

I would use newspapers, the internet, interviews, films, magazines, and books about the disease.