RJA #15b: Reflection on What You Learned

This class has definitely taught me to use the sources around me to benefit not only with the organization of my paper, but to better the material written. I've learned new techniques as far as arranging ideas in way to draw the reader in with whatever message I might be trying to convey by the structure being used and the order of events in which they are used in. The professor was very helpful in assisting me with the expansion of my thoughts and ideas and using what I had already known to create a finely sculpted paper.

RJA #15a: Word Cloud

My WORD CLOUD =)

RJA #14: Annotated Bibliography, Part 2

Annas, George J The Supreme Court and Abortion Rightd. New England Journal of Medicine, 2007


Charo, R Alta The Partial Death of Abortion Rights. New England Journal of medicine, 2007
Mainly describing what went into the change in the rights and the major events that had taken place.


Tanne, Janice Hopkins. US Supreme Court Approves ban on "partial birth abortion 99" 4/28/2007
Very interesting article in showing when and how the ban of partial birth abortion took place. Seen as this will probably be a big chunk of my paper, I took a lot of good points from it.

Thompson, Janice and Melinda Manore. Nutrition: An Applied Approach. Vol. 2 N.p; Pearson Education n.d 602-03. Print
Very helpful in describing the beginning to life, which helped expand on a lot of the points I had already made.

Interview
Was very helpful in seeing a different view point in areas I was already confident in believing.

Torr, James D. Abortion: Opposing View Points. Farmington Hills, MI: Greenhaven Press, 2006
Seeing a different view point helps develop a writers opinion, and this helped.

RJA #13b: Annotated Bibliography, Part 1

Thompson, Janice, and Melinda Manore. Nutrition: An Applied Approach. Vol 2 N.p: Pearson Education, n.d. 602-03. Print
A useful source that helped me with precise definitions when describing the detailed scientific understanding of the beginning or life or what is technically defined AS life.


National Abortion Federation N.p., 2007.Web. 3 Dec. 2009
Very helpful website; useful facts backed with credible sources.


Losos, Johnathan B., Kenneth A. Mason, Susan R. Singer, Peter H. Raven et al. Biology. Eighth ed. NYC: McGraw-Hill Companies, 2008. 250-52. Print
Detailed description of each procedure made this source useful in my paper when describing the severity of each procedure and all the dangers involved.


M, Paul. "Surgical Abortion Procedures." American Pregnancy Association. 11/21/09
I found this site very useful to even further others to, who may have questions, or advice. Women who might feel like they have no where else to go or just want to expand their knowledge.

RJA #13a: Field Research Report

For my field research, I will be conducting an interview. Here are some examples of my questions:

1) Do you believe that life begins at conception or birth?
2) What defines someone as human?
3) Is abortion immoral?
4) What is your opinion on teenage mothers?
5) Should abortion be illegal?

RJA #12c: Introduction Check

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RJA #12b: Presentation Plan

I will include the different types of procedures that are practiced in our institutions today, as well as a couple that used to be more common, but have been made illegal.

I will describe these procedures in detail, along with the necessary facts (backed by diagrams/graphs) and images.

RJA #12a: Progress Report

So far what I have accomplished is a solid idea of the concept of my paper. I know which direction I'm headed and what argument I want to argue towards. Its taken plenty of research and many attempts before I was able to find the structure that worked best for what I wanted to get across, and with the help of some useful sources, I have achieved that.

As much as I do know the main direction of the paper, I'm still having some issues making my idea and my argument clear throughout the paper. I need to thoroughly expand my thoughts and ideas to further develop my opinion.

RJA #11c: Thesis Statement Check

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RJA #11b: Visual Aids

• A graph showing statistics of abortions done around the world, or in USA.
• A graph showing the statistics of the type of abortions being done.
• Pictures of aborted babies.

RJA #11a: Introduction

The human body is made of thousands of cells. Each cell serves a different purpose in how the human body develops and functions. It is these very cells that make people different from one another, allowing one to be completely unique. These cells determine the color and texture of peoples hair, bone structure, eye color, muscle development and so on. According to scientists, life begins when the sex cell from the male, the sperm, and the sex cell from the female, the egg, unite. The full process of fertilization usually takes around ten hours, and the "zygote" is created, which consists of the forty-six chromosomes needed to be human.
However, pro choice advocates actually believe that the only time something is defined as human, is when it has a personality, for distinction, which is completely understandable, and from a scientific stand point, makes sense. They claim it is impossible to call the joining of the cells, a human, seem as in the first couple of weeks, it isnt even attached to the uterine wall. A bunch of cells, molded together, in a group, shows no special characteristics, unlike that of a human. It doesnt even develop a heart beat until the fourth week, and even then, it is not fully developed.

RJA #10b: Argument

Introduction: Included thesis statement
-History of abortion
-Theories
-Ideas

First Argument: When does life begin?
-Different, opposing opinions
-Facts
-Research
-Religion vs Politics

Second Argument: Is it morally correct?
-Religion
-Pro Choice
-Pro Life

Different Forms of abortion
-Dangers
-Legality issues with some forms
-Side effects: Psychological and Physiological

Alternatives

Conclusion
-What I believe
-What needs to be done
-Government

RJA #10a: Thesis Statement

Since abortion first became a part of life, it has either received full support, none at all, or left many with an unpleasant feeling of uncertainty on the topic; some have very strong willed feelings against the matter, backing their opinions with morals and religion, while others incorporate political reasoning and debates.

RJA #9: Evaluation of Sources

The Supreme Court and Abortion Rights
by, George J Annas

The Partial Death of Abortion Rights
by, Alta R Charo

Biology
by, Jonathan B Losos, Kenneth A Mason, Susan R. Singer, Peter H Raven

National Abortion Federation
by, Paul M.

US Supreme Court approves ban on partial birth abortion 99
by, Janice Hopkins Tanne

Abortion: Opposing View Points
by, James D Torr

Extra Credit Assignment #3

Here is my SQUIDOO account =)

Extra Credit Assignment #2

My TWINE account =)

RJA #8c: Multimedia

Multimedia Search Tool:

VideoSurf:

• Resource searched or tool used: VideoSurf
  
• Keywords used: Abortion
  
• Search strategies used: Search bar
  
• Date of search: 10/26/2009
  
• Number of hits: 12,833
  
• Relevance of hits: 2
  

RJA #8b: Social Media

Social Media Search Tools:

Twitter:

• Resource searched or tool used: Twitter
  
• Keywords used: Abortion
  
• Search strategies used: Search bar
  
• Date of search: 10/26/2009
  
• Number of hits: n/a
  
• Relevance of hits: 3
  

Ice Rocket:

• Resource searched or tool used: Ice Rocket
  
• Keywords used: Abortion
  
• Search strategies used: Search bar
  
• Date of search: 10/26/2009
  
• Number of hits: n/a
  
• Relevance of hits: 3
  

RJA #8a: Websites

Search Engine: Google

• Resource searched or tool used: Search bar
• Keywords used: Abortion
  
• Search strategies used: Advanced search, normal search
  
• Date of search: 10/26/2009
  
• Number of hits: 24 million hits
  
• Relevance of hits: 3

Meta and Multi Search Engine: MetaCrawler

• Resource searched or tool used: Search bar
  
• Keywords used: Abortion
  
• Search strategies used: Advanced Search, general search
  
• Date of search: 10/26/2009
  
• Number of hits: 61
  
• Relevance of hits: 2

Directoroes: Search Monster

• Resource searched or tool used: Search bar
  
• Keywords used: Abortion
  
• Search strategies used: General Search
  
• Date of search: 10/26/2009
  
• Number of hits: 10
  
• Relevance of hits: 1

Invisible Web Search Tools: Incywincy

• Resource searched or tool used: Search bar
  
• Keywords used: Abortion
  
• Search strategies used: General Search, Advanced Search
  
• Date of search: 10/26/2009
  
• Number of hits: 264,433
  
• Relevance of hits: 4
  

RJA #6c: Protopage

My Protopage