In a one page, single-spaced essay, present an argument that demonstrates your position on the need for understanding the connections between food and human health or human perspective.
Use at least two of the sources in Module 8 as evidence to substantiate your thesis.
Introductory Paragraph & thesis:
Begin your essay by arousing the audience’s interest. Invest them in the problem or issue you are focusing on. This is the paragraph that must clearly establish the subject of your essay and a clear explanation of what has given rise to a particular phenomenon.
Include a thesis statement that is one sentence long and that appears in the very last sentence of the introductory paragraph.
Thesis Statement:
Make sure your thesis is a supportable statement of your opinion,
Sample thesis statement for a causal analysis essay on teaching inner city kids to grow and prepare their own food:
When children are empowered with knowledge and hands-on experience about what to eat and drink, they not only increase their chances of becoming healthy adults, free of heart disease and diabetes, but more prepared to break the cycle of poverty, opening the door for a promising economic future.”
Rubric
Food
