Food

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=Issues= What are some of the health concerns expressed from the video (or others that you have heard about?) Discuss big vs. small farms, use of various substances for food safety, food safety problems, organic foods, good vs. bad foods....

=The assignment= Choose one concern that you would like to research. It could be a specific pesticide or hormone, specific food, genetically altered food, artificial flavors or colors, processed and not real food (velveeta, twinkies, etc.) that have shelf lives of years, animal mistreatment (animals that become are food), or any other food issue. You can also discuss why brown rice is better than white, why we should be avoiding the use of white flour, contamination of food (check out the second resource listed below), etc. Make a statement for or against. **Either way, you should represent both sides and find articles or evidence supporting those sides.** Create a persuasive essay providing the facts that you found, supporting links to the information, any recommendations for avoiding the bad effects, and your opinion. You are free to ask "What do you think?" or thought provoking questions in your essay. You will create an essay. Be sure to create a clever title.

=Suggestions:= = = =Rubric=
 * You need an idea first. Find one issue and research information about it. Become knowledgeable about it. Why do they put that additive into the food (advantage), what problems does it cause (disadvantage), what alternatives are there (solution), what are your thoughts on it? Find something you are passionate about as it becomes easier to write about it.
 * Begin with the end in mind. You need to know where you are going before you can effectively choose the right path there. Any writing is really telling a story. You need to know the big picture of what it is before actually writing. Identify what the clear point is.
 * Persuasion is an art. Identify the fundamentally most compelling element of the topic. In order to communicate the element effectively, you must connect with the raw emotions of the audience (this could be passion, fear, or even anger.) You need to strike a nerve in them not in you. Make it very personal. **How to do this: Identify what is compelling, connect at that emotional level, then back it up with logic.**
 * Learn to tell a persuasive story.
 * 1) Create an opening. Make a shocking statement, quote a fact, or create a scenario.
 * 2) Connect to emotions by feeling the readers pain or connecting with those passions.
 * 3) Show a solution and how they should act on it. What can be done?



=Resources for Persuasive Writing= [] [] []

=Food Resources= This is not a complete list. These are just a few starters: [] [] [|http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/dalbook.html] [] [] [] [] []

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