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Portfolio assignment (part 1) – Essay Title and Plan

Essay Title: Nutrition is the best way to avoid congenital malformations

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Introduction 10% (approx.) of total word count: _________ words

General statement 1- Congenital malformations have been

common in recent years
2- So I will highlight how regular food
ingredients are used along with special
nutritional products to allow the
continuous growth of the child while
controlling the progression and symptoms
of the disease.

Background information? Clinical Paediatric Dietetics (2014)

Definition (if necessary)?

Thesis statement This essay will consist of six paragraphs with

three causes and three effects of congenital
anomalies, and a conclusion with some
information about how this problem was
controlled and minimized.

Statement of purpose (outline) 1- Causes of birth defects

2- What affected them

3- Conclusion and some information

Main Body 80% (approx.) of total word count: _________ words

Paragraph 1

Topic sentence (what is the key argument in 1- Neural tube

this paragraph and how does it link to your
thesis statement?)

Supporting evidence (what It is the most common and most dramatic

facts/examples/statistics from your sources are congenital anomaly of the central nervous
you going to include to support your argument? system.
What citations do you need to include here?)
Folate Deficiency and Folic Acid
Supplementation: The Prevention of
Neural-Tube Defects and Congenital Heart
Defects (2013)

Counter-argument (what alternative argument

could you include here? What information have
you read in your research that contradicts the
main argument in this paragraph?)

Paragraph 2

Topic sentence (what is the key argument in Malnutrition

this paragraph and how does it link to your
thesis statement?)

Supporting evidence (what Malnutrition is the leading cause of

facts/examples/statistics from your sources are immunodeficiency worldwide and
you going to include to support your argument? micronutrient deficiency has effects such as
What citations do you need to include here?) poor growth, impaired intellect, and increased
mortality and susceptibility.

The Interaction between Nutrition and Infection

(2008)
 Counter-argument (what alternative argument
could you include here? What information have
you read in your research that contradicts the
main argument in this paragraph?)

Paragraph 3

Topic sentence (what is the key argument in Newborn Surgery

this paragraph and how does it link to your
thesis statement?)

Supporting evidence (what Approximately 3% of newborns suffer from

facts/examples/statistics from your sources are
you going to include to support your argument?
What citations do you need to include here?)
congenital anomalies without surgical
intervention, a third of these babies will die
because their abnormalities are not
compatible with sustainable life outside the
womb and due to the development of
prenatal diagnostic procedures and advanced
surgical techniques, most babies with fatal
deformities can be saved. Perform an
operation in the neonatal period.

Newborn Surgery (2011)

Counter-argument (what alternative argument

could you include here? What information have
you read in your research that contradicts the
main argument in this paragraph?)

Paragraph 4
 Topic sentence (what is the key argument in
this paragraph and how does it link to your
thesis statement?)

Supporting evidence (what

facts/examples/statistics from your sources are
you going to include to support your argument?
What citations do you need to include here?)

Counter-argument (what alternative argument

could you include here? What information have
you read in your research that contradicts the
main argument in this paragraph?)

Paragraph 5

Topic sentence (what is the key argument in

this paragraph and how does it link to your
thesis statement?)

Supporting evidence (what

facts/examples/statistics from your sources are
you going to include to support your argument?
What citations do you need to include here?)

Counter-argument (what alternative argument

could you include here? What information have
you read in your research that contradicts the
main argument in this paragraph?)

Conclusion

Can you summarise all the key Malnutrition was a major cause of birth defects, and
arguments that you have put neonatal surgery contributed to reducing the number of
forward in your essay? congenital anomalies.

Have you reminded the reader

what your thesis is and how you
proved it in your essay?