Montag, 7. September 2009

Outline for Modest Proposal

Outline:

Introduction –

- Global issue :

o Overfishing

- Define overfishing

- Define audience

o Countries referenced in text

o Fish industries

- Countries referencing

o Japan

o Canada

- BIG IDEA : New Food Source

Chapter 1 –

- Japans history

o Foods consumed the most

o Statistics of fishing

o How they fish (nets, etc.)

o What they have done to decrease overfishing

- Canada’s history

o Food consumed the most

o Statistics of fishing

o How fishing began

o Causes of overfishing

o What the country has done to reduce overfishing

Chapter 2- Environmental Consequences

- Japan

o Destruction of coral reefs

o Extinction of fish

§ Consequences on life cycle

o Consequences on humans

o Quotes from WWF and GREENPEACE

- Canada

o Destruction of sea environment

o Consequences on animals

§ Fish

§ Life cycle of fish

§ Water animals

o Deforestation (for building boats in the past)

§ Consequences on environment

Chapter 3 – Proposal

- Food source needed

o scarcity

- more animals (cattle, beef, pork)

o fat source

o meat source

- more crops

o carbohydrates

§ food source needed by humans to produce energy

o usage of crops

§ food

§ fuel

- chemicals to boost growth of animals + crops

o hormones and food preparations

o waste products produced

Chapter 4 –Solution to overfishing

- waste of hormones and preparations

o dump into ocean

- will kill fish

o not a problem

§ overfishing already

§ no more fish needed

· have other products now

Chapter 5 – The end

- rephrasing Big Idea

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