Project #1 Short Argumentative Paper Overview:3-4 pagesDraft 1.1 due Monday 1/25Mandatory Individual Conference Wednesday 1/27Draft 1.2 due Monday 2/1For this project you will write a thesis driven essay that answers a question relating tosustainability and food. This paper must include: a debatable thesis statement supported byreasons and evidence you draw from one of the articles we have read and (if applicable) “realworld” experience; logically sound line of reasoning; properly integrated evidence; clear evidenceof critical thinking and reading.Learning Outcomes: 1, 2, 4, 5Questions at Issue – Choose 11) What role should the government play when regulating food production and/orconsumption?2) How should consumers respond to the concerns surrounding factory farmed meatproducts?3) Are individuals solely responsible for their own health or do corporations carry someof that responsibility?4) What should the most important consideration be for consumers when purchasingfood?5) Choose your own question at issue. Please note: you must contact me with your ideaand receive my permission to move forward with it by 5pm Friday 1/22. Papers based ontopics that I have not approved will automatically receive a grade of F for the assignment.Please note the following requirements:– Papers should be typed in 12pt font in Times New Roman or other acceptable font anddouble-spaced.– Papers must be at least 3 full pages in length.– Papers should reference at least one of the three articles we have read so far in class. Thisreference should include a brief rhetorical summary of 1-3 sentences identifying thearticle thesis and connection to the your argument.– Papers must be submitted through Turnitin via the course Moodle page– You will need to bring in a hardcopy of your paper to our class meeting on 1/25 and yourconference on 1/27.
