FOOD WASTE PROBLEM AT GROCERY STORES
Topic Choices Choose one of the following topics: the food waste problem at grocery stores (or at a specific store where you have worked) the food waste problem at restaurants (or at a specific restaurant where you have worked) the food waste problem in consumer’s homes the food insecurity problem for college students the food insecurity problem in your community Once you’ve selected your topic, you will learn more about this topic in our on-line class, and you will also do some research to help you write your essay. In your essay, you will share your solutions for fixing this problem and convince your audience to adopt your solutions in order to solve this problem. There are countless ways to solve the food waste and food insecurity problems, so I encourage you to share your own unique ideas. It is so interesting for me to read your creative ideas and to read various points of view. Composition 3 Requirements Use a variety of rhetorical strategies that you have learned this semester to convince your audience to agree with your thesis and to adopt your solutions. Include some of your own creative solutions. I′m not looking for a ″right″ solution; there are so many ways these problems can be solved. Add personal observations and even compelling personal experiences to convince readers. To enhance your own ideas, incorporate research into your essay from the following required sources: at least two of the food waste or food insecurity articles you read in class at least two credible sources from Grossmont’s library database at least one credible source from your google search In addition to the required sources listed above, you may also incorporate research from the videos we will watch in class or from additional resources I post on Canvas. Let your ideas and creativity dominate the essay rather than the research. The research is just meant to enhance what you think could be done to solve the problem you′re writing about. Organize your essay in a way that is easy for the reader to follow. Use transitions to help the reader follow your ideas. Use in-text citations (author page number) after any quoted or summarized material from your research. On a separate sheet of paper include a Works Cited page at the end of your essay that lists all of the sources you cited. Type your essay, and use MLA format: 12-point font, Times New Roman font style, double-spacing, and one-inch margins. Proofread your essay for grammar and punctuation errors. Structuring Composition 3 Introduction (1 paragraph) Create a hook to grab your audience’s attention. Identify the problem that you are writing about. State your thesis (your opinion about how you think this problem should be solved). Body (5-6 body paragraphs) Include at least one background paragraph. In the background paragraph, give an overview of the problem in order to show your audience why this problem is worth caring about. Identify some negative consequences this problem creates in society that you’ve experienced or observed yourself, read about in your research or in the articles from class, and/or seen in the videos you have watched in our class. Include at least four “solutions” paragraphs in which you describe your solutions to this problem. Address the following points to help you develop each “solutions” paragraph: Identify one of your solutions to the problem. Explain how this solution could help bring some relief to and help mitigate the problem. Use rhetorical strategies to convince your audience to adopt this solution. You could also add a counterargument paragraph in place of one of the “solutions” paragraphs and use the “refuting the opponent” rhetorical strategy. First explain the opposing view (the counter argument). Then “refute the opponent” and explain why the opposing argument is flawed, unfair, weak, or misguided. Conclusion (1 paragraph) You could summarize your most important points that you want your audience to remember. You could make a prediction about what might reasonably happen if your audience does not adopt your solutions. You could end your conclusion with something very powerful, something you really want to stick in your audience’s mind. Works Cited On a separate page, list in alphabetical order all of the sources you quoted and summarized in your essay.