“Should restaurants pay more attention to people’s health?

HUM014 Support for Business Writing and Communication

Final Assessment FA20

You are going to write a 5 paragraph essay based on the following topic:

“Should restaurants pay more attention to people’s health?

Some points you may want to consider in your essay:

• What can restaurants do to ensure people’s health?

• Is using bio or organic foods the best option?

• How much does cost feature in providing a healthy menu?

• Is our health the responsibility of restaurants?

• Is cheap food (junk) necessarily a bad thing?

Minimum Word Count =700:

Instructions: important, please read carefully

Start by researching the topic – find arguments for and against the topic

question.

Remember to include:

• Cover Page (see Style Guide page 5) with name, student id and word

count (word count starts at the beginning of the introduction until the

end of the conclusion only)

• Automatic table of contents

• Introduction – give definitions and a summary of the key issues/your

main points in your introduction with at least two citations. Give

examples.

• Three main body paragraphs. Each main paragraph must have a topic

sentence and at least 3 supporting sentences and a concluding sentence.

Each paragraph must have at least two citations.

• Give each paragraph a relevant heading e.g. not Paragraph 1, Paragraph

2 etc

• You may write more than 3 main paragraphs if you wish.

• Conclusion – first, summarise your main points from the essay in your

conclusion and then add your own opinion – do you agree with the topic

question or not and why?

• Harvard referencing must be used throughout your essay.

• Check your grammar and spelling

• Use formal language e.g. no contractions like “don’t”, “it’s” etc

Upload into elearning in week 11 by the due date (check in elearning). Papers

not submitted on time will receive an automatic zero grade.

Please check the grading criteria below before you submit your work.

Grading Criteria, Final Exam

Assessment Criteria: Marks Given

Layout Have you included :-

• cover page with your name and student number and WORD count– 2 Table of contents – 2

• Paragraphs with headings - 2

• Conclusion - 2

• Reference List - 2

10

Introduction

Does your introduction explain the purpose of this paper

and state the question you will be answering?

10

Main Paragraphs Have you included 3 main paragraphs discussing your main

topic points?

15

Conclusion

Is your conclusion a good summary of all of the points that

you have made in the paper? Did you add your own

opinion?

10

Evidence Have you:-

Included your list of references at the end in Harvard style? Have you used citation in your paragraphs? E.g. (Gould, 2019)

10

Quality of Writing

Is your writing:

• Well structured?

• Clear and easy to read?

• With ideas clearly stated?

• With a minimum of grammatical errors?

• Have well-structured sentences and paragraphs?

30

Turnitin <30% ? Is the Turnitin similarity score less than or equal to 30% ? 10

Length 700 words ? Not including cover page, table of contents or

reference list

5

Total 100

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