Health Issues

Writing Task 1: Health Issues

 

1. Content

 

Part 1 – Written Text

 

• Write a media-style text about a health-related issue that might be included in an in-company magazine. Topics could include:
  • Eating habits (e.g. junk food, eating disorders)
  • Exercise habits (e.g. sedentary lifestyles, over exercise)
  • Lifestyle habits (e.g. lack of sleep, being alone)
• Use 5 clear paragraphs that includes the following

1. Nut graph that summarizes the 5 Ws.
2. Definition & scope (E.g. How many people are affected?) of the issue
3. Causes
4. Effects and potential problems
5. Solutions &future

• Write about 300 words (+/-10%)
• Include a relevant headline for the article.
• Use at least 2 external sources for any facts and numbers.
• Provide a list of references at the end of the text, using APA format.

 

 

Part 2 – Language Analysis

 

• Analyse the text that you wrote and identify 10 noun phrases that you used.
• List them and bold the main noun in each phrase.
• Label the different parts of each phrase.

 

Some examples:   1) a major problem (article + adjective + noun) 2) this alarming healthtrend (determiner + adjective + compound noun) 3) many modern food products(quantifier + adjective + compound noun)

1. Presentation / Format

 

1. Include your personal details and assignment details at the top of the first page or as a cover page.
2. Start with a heading that will attract the reader’s attention and summarises your best attribute.
3. Use line spacing of 1.5 for main body of the text.
4. Write 5 paragraphs.
5. Write between about 300 words (10% either way is fine).
6. After Part 2, include a References section that lists external sources (e.g. websites) that you have referred to in Part 1
7. SafeAssign will be used to identify plagiarism, so make sure you also use in-text citations for any facts, numbers, quotes of information taken from external sources.

 

1. Grading

• This assignment is worth 15% of your overall grade.
• You will be graded on the following aspects of your submission:

 

Part 1 – Written Text

1. Content
2. Clarity and communicative effect
3. Accuracy of language (Grammar, Vocabulary & Punctuation)

Part 2 – Language Analysis

4. Task Achievement
5. Grammatical Analysis
6. Deadlines

Sunday 26^thSeptember11pm(Submit to Blackboard).