1. School Lunch Proposal Due 2/6

2. What is a proposal? A proposal is a statement of purpose that is presented for someone's acceptance. It intends to persuade that person to fund your project.

3. What does it look like? It states the problem, or analyzes the situation. It offers a plan, with clearly stated goals, objectives, and strategies for solving the problem. It makes a plea for the resources needed to accomplish the plan. It demonstrates probable success; that is, it shows that you are capable of doing what you say you will. It offers a pledge that you will show by certain specified measures that you have accomplished what you said you would.

4. Think of it this way… Another way of looking at what goes into a proposal is the five fingers plus one method. Every proposal should somewhere answer who, what, when, where, why, and how about the project which is being attempted. You can tick these interrogatives off on your fingers; that's why this is called the five fingers plus one method for effective persuasive writing. Some people refer to it as the 5 w's and an h process. Whatever you call it, use it. It works.

5. Here is the final task for this unit 3 grades: Brainstorming activity Research 1 from ERWC book/ 1 from EBSCO Host submitted as an annotated bibliography submitted via google docs. Final Draft submitted via google docs

6. Part 1 – Brainstorming Activity Due: 2/2/2015 Brainstorming Activity– BIG THINGS – Problem, Solution, Vision What is the problem? Why is it a problem? Who is it affecting? Where is this happening? How can we fix it? (solution) When we fix it, what will it look like?

7. Part 2 – Annotated Bibliography Due: 2/4/2015 Select 1 article from your ERWC book and one article on EBSCO Host that support your ideas. Submit via google docs as a document (NOT A WORD DOCUMENT) Citations must be in MLA format Choose two statements from each article, document them and explain why selected each one. You will have two entries in your bibliography, each followed by two entries.

8. Example Brody, Jane E. ""Attacking the Obesity Epidemic by First Figuring Out Its Cause." New York Times (September 12, 2011): “As more women entered the workforce, the food industry, noting a growing new market, mass-produced convenience foods with palate appeal. The foods were rich in sugar, salt and fat, substances that humans are evolutionarily programmed to crave.” (81) The citation explained how many cheap, unhealthy convenience foods came about. This is significant because mother’s have an obligation to teach their children the importance of eating healthy. Even if they work full time, they can still make it a priority to see that their kids are eating nutrient dense foods.

9. Part 3 – Final Draft - due by 2/8 Final Draft needs to be at least 1,000 words Must be turned in by 2/8/2015 at 11:59 PM – No exceptions Must include: Claim/ Thesis/ Problem 2 pieces of evidence A solution A description of how the solution will benefit us in the future

10. Final Draft Outline ¶ 1 – State what the problem is and why it is a problem. Also include who the problem is affecting and where it is happening. ¶ 2- 3 – Support your claim with 2 pieces of evidence and give some explanation as to how it supports your claim. ¶ 4 – How are you proposing to fix the problem? ¶ 5- When your solution is implemented, what improvements will we see?