Modern
Technology: Good or Bad? A Comparison/Contrast Essay
1. Technological
Change
- We often accept new technologies without
thinking about how they will change our life.
- Often the change is so slow, we don't
notice the changes.
- Choose one technology in your life: cell
phone, TV, video, computer, the Internet, etc.
- Be sure it is a technology that you use a
lot.
- Go here
for an example of the positive and negative aspects of
automobiles.
2.
Pre-writing
- Make 2 columns.
- In one list one way the technology you
chose has improved your life.
- Look into the future and try to predict
other possible good effects this technology will have on your
life.
- In the other column, list the ways the
technology has had a bad effect on your life.
- Look into the future and try to predict
other possible negative effects.
3. Writing Your
Composition
- Write a comparison/contrast composition
that uses the information your have put in your
columns.
- Go here
for more information on writing a comparison/contrast
composition.
