4.09 Graded Assignment Assignment: Digestive Journey Exploration

In this assignment, you will write a story about how different foods travel through the digestive and excretory system from the mouth to the anus. Pretend that you are a food, such as pizza, traveling through the digestive system. Explain what happens to you (food) in the digestive tract from the time you are placed in the mouth until you exit the body. What do you see along the way? What happens to you at each part of the journey? Make your story creative and fun. The essay should be 1 to 1.5 pages, typed (using 12 pt. font), double-spaced.
Your story should have the following elements:

1. Describe how food travels through the digestive system.
2. Include 3-4 different foods.
3. Explain what occurs at each organ of digestion.
4. Be written in the first-person point of view (This means you pretend that you are the food, so use I and me to refer to yourself).

Include these key words and phrases: stomach, digestion, small intestine, large intestine, mouth, anus, and complete digestive system.