Riley's Intended Audience Worksheet Final Draft

1. My intended readers are going to be early education teachers, and kitchen staff. They are the ones I feel I should be gearing my website to. However I also think that principals and parents of young children have something to gain from this information as well.

2. I will be targeting people who probably know quite a bit about this topic. Therefore I think that background information is going to be important but not nessicarily essential. Seeing as how there really isn’t a whole lot of background information on this topic I don’t think it will hurt to include some of it order to cover all the bases. I definitely think I should spend some time explaining things like poverty, and how it affects the diet of young children.

3. I feel as if my readers will be very supportive of my topic. Heath is a common topic in today’s society and the majority of people are in support of it. However it may be a struggle to find a solution that is not costly. This could cause readers to loose interest.

4. The main gist of the argument is that children who eat a healthy diet are better able to learn and stay focused. Childhood is an essential time in brain, and bodily development. There for encouraging proper nutrition could help children to grow up to be smarter and healthier individuals. Meal times are also beneficial for building relationships with peers, family, and a connection to the world as a whole. Some may disagree with this because they believe that child hood is a time of freedom. By restricting their diets you are taking away their freedom to be a kid and try everything. There is also a definite argument out currently about whether or not kids should be forced to eat healthy food or simply encouraged.

5. I am excited about this part of the assignment. I think the colors on the site should be bright and happy with pictures of healthy foods everywhere. It should be light and airy. This means the text should for the most part be broken up into bullet points, and captions. I would also love to incorporate a section for recipes and menus. Perhaps even if possible a place for people to submit their own comments, recipes, and solutions.

6. My position will be that early education programs like Head Start should all have a time where they get together and eat. Here they should encourage proper nutrition and the teacher should serve as an example to the children. They should also include some more oriental meals and a lesson about the country where the food originated and what that place is like. It would also be very cool if they explained the actual food itself to the kids. One kid in my Head Start class doesn’t know the difference between butter and mayonnaise, or turkey and chicken. I think that they should know where their food comes from and why. Their parents should also be included in meal times and perhaps even have the opportunity to take a free class on how to give children the proper amount of nutrition on a low income budget.