WRITING ASSIGNMENT #3 - Toxin

PROMPT

You have read and heard opinions and facts from many different sources in this unit. Now it is your turn to say exactly what you think. Your assignment is to choose one aspect about food borne disease and present your understanding of it. You could do your research on the USDA, the meat packing industry, medical treatment, preventative measures, or any other element you clear with your teacher.

 

Remember this requires research that has been documented. You can use your letters from before or even the research you did to create your brochures, but remember this is a growing project so even more support should be collected. Consider counter-arguing by getting the meat packing industry’s position or possibly that of your local restaurant.

 

This information will be presented in multimedia form. That means that in addition to your brochure you will need a least 2 other form of media. One will need to be electronic (PowerPoint would be an excellent idea) and the 3^rd is up to your discretion. Make sure to clear this last form with your teacher, but the more creative it is the better.

 

 

PREWRITING

As a culminating activity to your Toxin unit, you will be presenting a Power Point presentation in order to accomplish the following goals:

 

1. Present images and opinions regarding one of the most prominent and crucial health issues facing the world today.

 

2. Present informed opinions regarding how you feel these issues will effect national health, and give practical examples of these effects.

 

 

3. Present how you believe Cook addressed these issues in Toxin. You need to figure out what message he was sending in the novel

 

4. Allow for class participation and interaction as part of your presentation in order to help your classmates learn more from your presentation.

 

DRAFTING

Your Presentation should comply with the following guidelines:

 

A.                          Your presentation should contain a minimum of 10 slides not including title, closing, or works cited.

B.                           Your presentation should contain a minimum of 3 relevant images.

C.                          Your presentation should contain a minimum of 2 appropriate sounds.

D.                          Your presentation should contain a brochure.

E.                           Your presentation should be 32-36 font (not including titles)

F.                           Your presentation should not have more that 30 words a slide.

G.                          Your presentation should have a MLA formatted works cited.

H.                          Your presentation should be for your audience, not the presenter.

I.                             Your presentation must be submitted at least 24 hours prior to your deadline.

J.                             Your presentation must be completely classroom appropriate.

K.                          Your presentation must be given live (not pre-recorded).

 

 

 

PROOFREADING

This project should be both fun and thought provoking. Mr. Nicholson will schedule several days in the library, but remember this is a large project - use your manpower effectively. You will need to provided some way of storing the information, either on the server or through email. Do not expect a floppy disk to get you through any more than the initial stage of this project.