topic...issue


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

List five facts that you already know about this event/issue: 1. It means attention deficit disorder.
 * Topic Choice: kids with ADD**

2. Many kids have it, it is very common.

3. Kids who have it have trouble concentrating.

4. Kids who have it have trouble sitting still.

5. There are medications that can help kids who have this.

It impacts kids who have trouble learning in class because they have ADD. If they do not know they have this, their grades can suffer and they wouldn’t know why.
 * Answer these questions about this person:**
 * 1) How did/will this event/issue impact the world?


 * 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 show teachers the steps how to work with kids that have ADD. I

This argument is for teachers. This is so they learn ways to deal and work with kids that have ADD.
 * 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.


 * 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?) They could interview a child with ADD and see what it feels like and what troubles the go through on a day-to-day basis in class.


 * 1) Why are you interested in researching this event/issue? How do you personally connect with it? I want to be a teacher and work with kids with disabilities so this is very interesting to me. This information could help me in the future.

What resources do you think will be useful to you? Specific books? Series of books? Magazines? Periodicals? Interviews? Internet sites? Films? Other? I think books, interviews, films, and Internet sites about ADD will all be very helpful to me.
 * Resources**