Rivenbark.TopicUpdate

10/24

After trying and failing to come up with more ideas for my project on Ellen DeGeneres and trying to move forward with it, I have decided to change my topic. I am changing my topic to Paula Deen (see TopicTalk below). I know I have to have 10 FAQ-I sheets for this topic and have 6 out of the 10 done and am working to catch up on my genres this week.

**Topic Talk: Person**

**Topic Choice: Paula Deen** List five facts that you already know about this person:
 * 1) She has multiple shows on Food Network


 * 1) She has published cookbooks


 * 1) She is from Georgia


 * 1) She owns a restaurant in Georgia with her two sons


 * 1) She gives recipes for delicious food

**Answer these questions about this person:** Paula Deen has provided the country with countless recipes for good food.
 * 1) How did this person impact the world?

I want to show what makes Paula Deen so popular and examine what got her to this point in her career/life
 * 1) For what purpose do you want to write about this person--that is, what argument(s) might you make about him or her? (For example, you might argue that Michael Jordan is the greatest basketballer ever, or that Franz Ferdinand caused WWI).

For home cooks/anyone interested in cooking/culinary arts.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">For what audience(s) do you intend to make your argument(s) about this person? (People who already know about basketball? Historians? Your family? Teachers?) Explain.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">A biography, a recipe, a picture collage, a letter
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What genres (types of writing) might be appropriate to this person? (For example, what kinds of writing might s/he write? What kinds might be written about him/her?)

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">I love to cook and bake and I love Paula’s recipes.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Why are you interested in researching this person? How do you personally connect with him/her?

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Resources** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What resources do you think will be useful to you? Specific books? Series of books? Magazines? Periodicals? Interviews? Internet sites? Films? Other?

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">I think Paula’s own books, interviews her, foodnetwork.com and other websites will be helpful to me.