1. Research outline—8 th grade

2. Write the websit e sourc e on the lines here. III. Body Paragraph/Main Point 2  Background/early influences of individual who proves humanity is good/bad A. Topic sentence abut Main Point 1: ______________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ ___________________ __________B. Supporting fact: ___________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ ____________ __________C. Supporting fact: ____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ ____________________ __________D. Supporting fact: _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ ____________________ __________E. Supporting fact: ____________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ ____________________ __________F. Supporting fact: _____________________________________________________________________

3. V. Conclusion A. Summary statement: Shoplifting is becoming the secret shame of more and more teenagers. B. Summary of Main Points: Teens at risk for becoming shoplifters are often depressed or suffer from a family culture that emphasizes strict rules. These teens begin stealing as a way to gain a feeling of control over their lives, but the embarrassment of their secret often increases their depression and problems within the family. The most successful therapies for these individuals involve the whole family. C. Your POINT/Concluding remarks/lessons to be learned from all this: Teens out there who are afraid to tell about their stealing problems should not only know that there are others out there who deal with the same problem, but that there is help available. Our school counselors can speak to you about it and they have a social group that meets every other week. The students in the group discuss their problems in a nonthreatening atmosphere and it seemed to help some of the students there. One said she has not had the urge to shoplift and another revealed that when he did he texted a friend who is also in the group and he talked his friend out of stealing. It seems like a great way to get over a problem—getting new friends like yourself to help!

4. Watch this clip of movie boxer Rocky Balboa training for his first big fight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=- ZKhpbfR-LE&list=PLF77AD948682A1B69 Alfred had been feeling frustrated and thinking of giving up in recent chapters. Why? When have your ever felt that way? Why does he decide to come back to training?