ARGUMENTATIVE PRACTISE

The Death Penalty

Currently Turkish Government has already come to a conclusion as"The death penalty should be abolished." However,
some people still think "The death penalty should be administered for particularly heinous crimes." Stating your point of view write an argumentative essay in order to send to European Court of Human Rights

PS: You can send an e-mail, a fax or a letter to folllowing addresses.
Make use of the links below in order to gather information for your arguments


Address:

Council of Europe
67075 Strasbourg-Cedex
France

Tel: +33 (0)3 88 41 20 18
Fax: +33 (0)3 88 41 27 30

e-mail: webmaster@echr.coe.int

Some of the issues in this argument:

Is the death penalty an effective deterrent for heinous crimes?
What are the economic ramifications of the death penalty?
Is the death penalty the best protection from a murderer?
Are methods of execution reliable and practical?


Sources of Information:

Against the Death Penalty
Amnesty International
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Death Penalty
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
Yahoo's Death Penalty: Opposing Views
Supreme Court Declares Juvenile Death Penalty Unconstitutional
Deterrence and the Death Penalty:The Views of the Experts
Death Penalty from justicepolicy.com

In Favor of the Death Penalty
S.C. bill: Execute 2-time molesters
Death Penalty links
ProDeathPenalty.com (in favor of the death penalty)
Yahoo's Death Penalty: Supporting Views

Informational Websites
Death Penalty Curricula for High School
Angel on Death Row from PBS's Frontline
Death Penalty Information Center
Focus on the Death Penalty: Index
The Death Penalty - American attitudes - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included

ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY

How do you think this item is related to Argumentative Essay we have covered in the writing class?
Post your comments.

OPINION ESSAY

Answer the following RIDDLES. Write your opinions about the possible answers in the comments part.

1.Pronounced as one letter, And written with three, Two letters there are, And two only in me. I'm double, I'm single, I'm black, blue, and gray, I'm read from both ends, And the same either way. What am I?

2.What other letter fits in the following series:
B C D E I K O X ?

3.What's white when it’s dirty?

4.Six glasses are in a row. The first three are full of juice; the second three are empty. By moving only one glass, can you arrange them so empty and full glasses alternate?

5.What's white when it’s dirty?

6.Six glasses are in a row. The first three are full of juice; the second three are empty. By moving only one glass, can you arrange them so empty and full glasses alternate?

7.What is it that everybody does at the same time?

8.The more you take away, the larger it becomes? What is it?

9.What is so fragile even saying its name can break it?

10.How could a cowboy ride into town on Friday, stay two days, and ride out on Friday?

11.What turns everything around, but does not move?

12.I am a box that holds keys without locks, yet they can unlock your soul. What am I?

13. While walking across a bridge I saw a boat full of people. Yet on the boat there wasn't a single person. Why?

14. What can you put in a wood box that will make it lighter?

15.What word looks the same upside down and backwards?

16.How far can a dog run into the woods?

LINKING WORDS

What is the relationship with the picture and linking words?

Check the link below to find more about linking words

http://www.flinders.edu.au/SLC/Linking_words.pdf

GITT VS KITT

Remember the childhood series of yours " Knight Rider" and the very new OPET advertisement of Cem Yılmaz. Think about the cars used, missions completed and the drivers involved in these two films. Talk about the the things they have in common and the points they differ.

Hurry up to post your comments!

SECOND HOMEWORK

Surfing on the net, I have witnessed that the world wide wedding customs page has very limited details about Turkish Traditional Weddinds, whereas most of other weddings are preseted in details.

Let's write how our traditional weddings are, send them an e-mail to tell them that our page can be a useful source for them.

PS: Regional slight differences are not our concern in your wedding processes.

Before you start, click on the page below to check Bulgarian and Turkish weddings! Post your comments about the outline of the Bulgarian weddings. Remember the organizational structure of Process Essay.

CLICK THE LINK BELOW
http://www.worldweddingtraditions.com/locations/east_europe_traditions/turkish_traditions.html

PROCESS ESSAY

What is the relationship between this picture and the Process Essay? Write your comments.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Looking at the pictures, write down your comments. How do you think they are related to types of background we write in the introduction paragraphs. Explain your ideas with your reasons.

WRITING HITS

Here you can post your writing, suggested by your teacher,
so that visitors can read the Best of Writing from various students.

INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH

This picture represents the introduction paragraph of an essay.
How do you think this is related to introduction?Write your comments.