1. AP ARGUMENTATION
2014

2. First Prompt
For years corporations have sponsored high school sports. Their ads are found on the outfield fence at baseball parks or on the walls of the gymnasium, the football stadium, or even the locker room. Corporate logos are even found on players’ uniforms. But some schools have moved beyond corporate sponsorship of sports to allowing “corporate partners” to place their names and ads on all kinds of school facilities-libraries, music rooms, cafeterias. Some schools accept money to require students to watch Channel One, a news program that includes advertising, and schools often negotiate exclusive contracts with soft drink or clothing companies.
Some people argue that corporate partnerships are a necessity for cash- strapped schools. Others argue that schools should provide an environment free from ads and corporate sponsorship for schools and indicate why you find one position more persuasive than the other.

3. What do you address? What is your claim?
Corporate Sponsorships – Yes or No?
Why Yes?
Why No?
An Evil Necessity? (qualification)
Parents Boosters vs Corporations? (qualification)
How Do Schools Function (Taxes or Fundraising?)

4. Introduction Strategy
Analogy
Defininition
Event Referencing – Allusion
Personal Interest
Quotations
Questions
Startling Statistics
Personal Stories - Annecdote

5. Good or Bad?

6. Once you have your Thesis main ideas

7. Historical Knowledge
Can you talk about Title IX?

8. Corporations Corupt?

9. Personal Experience
Do you have personal experience with corporate sponsorship and a school activity.
Make it your actual experience
Not “ I know at my school the sports teams. . .”

10. Conclusion Strategy Call To Action Come Full Circle
Evoke a Vivid Image
Play the “So What” Game
Pose a Provocative Question
Predict Results or Consequences
Universalize Your Topic