Illegal Immigration

by Egendorf, Laura K.

• ISBN13: 9780737735826
• ISBN10: 0737735821
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-12-08
• Publisher: Greenhaven Pr

Summary

Offering instructive guidance while avoiding a typical classroom feel, Writing the Critical Essay: An Opposing Viewpoints Guide directly supports student achievement. This exciting new series is specifically designed to help students write effective five-paragraph essays. Writing the Critical Essay: An Opposing Viewpoints Guide expands Greenhaven Press's celebrated Opposing Viewpoints product line, providing easy access to multiple sides of current, yet timeless debates - ideal subjects for persuasive writing. Writing the Critical Essay: An Opposing Viewpoints Guide has all a student needs to complete an essay on a chosen controversial topic. Using exemplary presentations of opposing viewpoints as research material, each book features: Model essays guiding students in writing a particular five-paragraph essay, including persuasive, descriptive, expository and cause-and-effect essays Guided reading and discussion questions helping students understand the essays themselves and target persuasive techniques authors use to compose convincing arguments A final essay encouraging students to go beyond the five-paragraph model Sequential step-by-step exercises helping students outline arguments, write introductions and conclusions, and ultimately construct their own essays Supplemental materials providing essay topic ideas Bibliographic and electronic resources for further research And more

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 9
Introduction: Background to Controversy: Immigration and Illegal Immigration: Important Differences	p. 11
Opposing Viewpoints on Illegal Immigration
Illegal Immigrants Take Jobs from Americans	p. 18
Illegal Immigrants Do Not Take Jobs from Americans	p. 25
Illegal Immigrants Do Not Respect American Values	p. 31
Illegal Immigrants Embody American Values	p. 36
Illegal Immigration Has a Negative Effect on the U.S. Health Care System	p. 42
Illegal Immigration Does Not Have a Negative Effect on the U.S. Health Care System	p. 49
Model Essays and Writing Exercises
The Five-Paragraph Essay	p. 56
The Cause-and-Effect Essay	p. 58
What Causes Illegal Immigration?	p. 61
Create an Outline from an Existing Essay	p. 65
Illegal Immigration: Criminalizing America	p. 66
Create an Outline from an Existing Essay	p. 70
Organize and Write Your Own Five-Paragraph Cause-and-Effect Essay	p. 71
Imagining Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants: A Bad Solution to a Growing Problem	p. 73
Examining Introductions and Conclusions	p. 79
Using Quotations to Enliven Your Essay	p. 81
Final Writing Challenge: Write Your Own Five-Paragraph Cause-and-Effect Essay	p. 83
Supporting Research Material
Facts About Illegal Immigration	p. 88
Finding and Using Sources of Information	p. 92
Using MLA Style to Create a Works-Cited List	p. 96
Sample Essay Topics	p. 98
Organizations to Contact	p. 99
Bibliography	p. 104
Index	p. 108
Picture Credits	p. 111
About the Editor	p. 112
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