Improve my two pages essay

Mrs. Mary Shannon

English 113B

Spring 2013

Junk Food Exercise

DUE: Wednesday, February 12 Draft due

Monday, February 17 Final

Purpose: To do primary research

To organize and think clearly about junk food

To demonstrate understanding of definition and description

Background:

Many of us eat unconsciously, barely taking time to savor or enjoy the foods we put in our mouths. In addition, we eat foods that may taste good at the moment, but are harmful to our bodies in the long run. We also tend to eat while doing other tasks such as driving, watching television, playing video games, taking notes in class, or walking. We may know that some foods are not good for our bodies, but when we get hungry, we often want to get food as soon as possible.

Task #1

Read this article from the New York Times on mindful eating: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/dining/mindful-eating-as-food-for-thought.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all It is also posted on Moodle.

Task #2

Choose three days in which you will try as hard as you can to eat no junk food/fast food. Be aware of the choices you make when you eat, and make an honest attempt to avoid the usual foods that you know are considered junk food. Part of this task is to define junk food and fast food. Don’t assume “everyone knows” what it is. If you do decide to consciously eat junk food, eat it mindfully, as the article describes.

Task #3

Write an essay about your experience of avoiding junk/fast food, or eating it mindfully.

In preparing to write your essay, you may find it helpful to ask such questions as: What does this experience mean to me? How can my narrative of the experience be most effectively organized? What do I want to communicate to my audience with this writing?

The essay should be two pages, which is approximately 500 to 600 words (pages are more important than word count). The paper must be typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman or similar font, one inch margins, 12 point type. Name, class, and date are to be in top left hand side, double-spaced. Insert your last name in the header, right justified, along with the page number. Read it carefully for typos and misspellings.

NO LATE PAPERS!

Is every junk food is fast sood ? Many ppl thin jf same as , but becoz we like to section thing . in my opinion they are way diff . the junk is repar quiqly, also eat it fast…, but the ff is ….. , coz a lot of helthy fast food we can find in ….., thesis how I bear I succeed the dangr of it nd the sulotion

Kids nd teen

Do not expect junk food to provide your body with vitamins, iron and calcium

     Before I read this article about the hunger in LA county, I thought LA is one of the richest area in U.S. The numbers and the statistics surprised me. I saw a lot of homeless in some area in LA but I did not expect that More than 1.7 million Los Angeles County residents struggled with hunger in 2009. This means that they are in edge of the cliff. The government has to do something before its get worst. Today 408,000 hungry men, women and children are fed at 854 non governmental social service agencies providing emergency food in Los Angeles County. Two years ago only 216,000 people needed food each day. That was the latest statistics and it show as that the hunger people increasing dangerously. 

      The reason of the hunger is the poverty, so they have to find a solution and not temporary one. For example, make job opportunities and give the residence the right to study in the colleges with a low fees. 

    

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