Watermelon

Our writing style is IEEE style.
The product that I chose was WATERMELON.
The professor recommended that we should start the essay with a short scenario. For example, “As a kid, one of the hardest jobs was carrying the grocery bags especially when there was watermelon inside them. Growing up, I always used to ask myself why are the watermelons bigger than than the other fruits.”
That was just an example.

Fascinating Foods

Your last writing assignment for this course is to CHOOSE a mundane food product (fruit, vegetable, or grain) and explore its significance and meaning to the world in different ways and from many different angles.

Examples include tomatoes, pineapples, bananas, cashews, etc.

Among other things, you should discuss the following:

· History of the food. Where and when did it come from? Has it changed at all? Who is the biggest producer/exporter?

· What is its classification?

· How is it made and/or grown?

· Nutritional and health benefits?

· Cost (to produce, to purchase)?

· Any issues with it? (for instance, carbon footprint, toxicity).

· Connections with the UAE. Is it grown here? Why or why not? How much does the UAE import? Where does the UAE primarily import from?

You should make a list of at least 12-15 questions about your product. The more questions you ask, the better your essay will be. The next step is to organize your questions. Put them into groups and give each group a name. You should have 4-7 groups.

Use your research to write an essay that will persuade your readers that your food is truly fascinating. You want to be as interesting and surprising as possible, and to challenge your readers to think to themselves, “Wow! I didn’t know that. I never thought of [your product] like that before.”

Your essay should

· Use IEEE style. The final draft should be approximately 1000 words.

· Tell me things I didn’t know about this product before.

· Use as much factual information and data (#s) as possible.

· Make the product seem fascinating and new.

· Cite, paraphrase, and quote all the information correctly. Did you avoid merely copying information?

· Be properly organized and use section headings.