Outlines for Lit Review & Research Paper

To Prepare myself for the conference, I tried to organize my thoughts and put them into the most accessible form to allow myself to organize and ask for help!

Lit Review

1.       Introduction to the problems that are happening today.

2.       Offer the Solution of Organic Eating

a.       Brief history/knowledge/Qualifications

b.      Benefits of Eating Organic

c.       Why will this solution be effective? Why won’t other solutions be effective?

Research Paper

1.       Introduction:

a.       Show the trend of organic sales

b.      Thesis Statement: Due to the significant amount of benefits that ensue from eating healthy, it is clear that the current inclination of eating organic will remain widespread due to  more nutritious  reputation,  improvements to  modern day health problems (try to avoid obesity-over done!,state out asthma specifically?) and improvement on  environment (pesticides, more natural ingredients)

2.       Paragraph 1: Argument for Why organic is more nutritious.

a.      

3.       Counter Argument for more nutrients

4.       Paragraph 2: Organic eating’s benefit to modern health problems.

a.       Asthma, Better Mood, Mental Quickness
b.       Organic Honey is a natural home remedy for asthma. It is believed that sticking honey underneath the nose will help an asthma attack. (Natural Health Organic Foods) Figs are also useless for asthma attacks because they help with the drainage of mucus.

5.       Counter Argument for improved health problems
           a. Many protest because it is easier to take a pill or stop an acitivity as   opposed to make a lifestyle change (changing diet, more exercise) (Find source and eleaborate)

6.       Paragraph 3: Argument for healthier environment (pesticides, ingredients)

a.       “Keeping the Earth in a more accessible, recyclable form”.

7.       Counter Argument: Who is arguing and why are they wrong?

8.       Conclusion

Questions for Conference:

1.       Does the abstract connect with the paper or does it belong on a separate piece before the paper begins?

2.       Should I be in APA or MLA?

3.       Having difficulty starting my thesis; not sure how to start it. Confusion sets in when talking about the problem.

4.       Need help distinguishing which blueprints to pick; I need to narrow my selections down.