We first reviewed James' topic : the need for the government to impose stricter regulations on the food industry. I then demonstated how to use the internet for research,and more importantly how to cull and write notes based on the research. After we looked at some statistics and material on the rise of obesity, we began our first paragraph. I provided suggestions as to a first sentence: a startling statistic, an interesting instructive ancedote, or a rhetorical question. James began his essay with a statistic and began to construct from this juncture sentences that will logically lead to his thesis statement which we are placing as the final sentence of the first paragraph. James will work on a few paragraphs on his own which we will look at next class.