Eng 101 : Take – Home 50% of the Final
Help your classmates become healthier. This paper should be convincing or persuasive, NOT just informative. Like a journal, needs “thesis” and then “support paragraphs.” Persuade your classmates you know how to improve their health care.

Required Thesis driven; the vast majority of the paper is to persuade, not describe. Topic sentences.
2-4 experts should support your thoughts; your topic sentence.
– The rough draft and the final should have at least two experts – short quotes, or data from experts, or a brief summary of experts, supporting your topic sentences.
(Part of the grade will be the high quality of the experts and convincing paragraphs)
– One paragraph early that describes ‘the horror / problem’ of the current situation
– Four sentence paragraphs; APA format in-text & References page
– All the normal construction guidelines
– No Wikipedia, essay-cheat pages, blogs, dot.coms

Suggested – Define terms ‘on the fly’ e.g., diabetes, a disorder involving sugar and insulin, —
– A ‘case study’ or example of a ‘sufferer’ from the problem that is part of your first paragraph
One Possible Outline: An overall outline might look like this
– Paragraph One builds to a thesis
“BSC students should do x and y to avoid ” OR
“BSC students should do x and y to maintain ”
– Paragraph Two describes ‘current situation’ and/or ‘horrors’ of the poor health status today
– Paragraphs 3-5 are persuasive about one way to fix the problem
– Ending should be a short ‘call to action’ – stress what small steps a student can take.

Timeline:
Wed Nov 16 Choose topic and thesis statement .
Friday Nov 18 Rough draft: 500+ words (up to 20 pts); Include APA in-text & references
500 does not count quotes, titles.

Sunday Nov 20 Final Copy (600++ words, (Quotes, titles, Works Cited don’t count in the 600 words) (100 pts)

Because I’m turning in grades on Nov 21, no late work and no rewrites.

Allowed topics (Please get approval before starting on a different topic): Health and Nutrition
The goal is one person for each different topic; no duplication, please.
I. Nutrition
a. How BSC students can and should minimize intake of empty calories
b. Should have more regulation of fast food industry because
c. Benefits (or lack of real benefits) from Yogurt, esp., Greek Yogurt
d. Benefits (or lack of benefits) from Vitamin D supplements
e. Beef and Chicken grown in the US are unhealthy because of —-
f. Obesity & Fast Food: How to minimize
g. Americans should avoid saturated fats and hydrogenated fats (in these specific foods) because
h. BSC students should limit the intake of alcohol because of i. Growing home garden food will improve nutrition especially j. BSC can improve the nutrition in cafeteria food without raising costs

II. Controversies
a. Energy drinks are harmful and should be regulated because –
b. Excessive tanning should be avoided because –
c. GMO foods should be avoided because —
d. High fructose corn syrup should be avoided because —
e. Sweeteners in sodas should be avoided because —-
f. Americans should become vegetarian because —
g. Delivery of health care to Veterans needs to be improved through h. Health care in US prisons needs to be improved through

III. Health Care Broadly

a. US should adopt a national health care plan like Canada because —
b. Canadian health care is not an attractive model for the US because —
c. Obamacare should be repealed because —-
d. People don’t realize that Obamacare is advantageous because it —–
e. Obesity & Image: How to minimize
f. Heart health can be maintained
g. Prescription medicine costs should be regulated because —
h. Health care should be more available to poor & unemployed
i. A regimen of is recommended to BSC students because —-
j. Minimize the use of NSA’s (e.g., aspirin, ibuprofen) because —-
k. BSC students should be aware of the side effects of l. Outdoors? Social activities? To avoid depression