Transcript Fast Food Who’s to Blame? Fast Food : Unit One

Fast Food
Who’s to Blame?
Fast Food : Unit One
Reading selections for unit:
Brownlee, Shannon. “It’s Portion Distortion That
Makes America Fat.” Sacramento Bee. 5 Jan. 2003
Barboza, David. “ If You Pitch It, They Will Eat It.”
New York Times. 3. Aug. 2003.
Weintraub, Daniel. “The Battle Against Fast Food
Begins in the Home”. Sacramento Bee. 17 Dec.
2002.
Zincenko, David. “Don’t Blame the Eater.” New York
Times. 23 Nov. 2002.
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Grammar Focus of unit:
Identifying Complete
vs.
Incomplete Ideas
Subject & Verbs
Phrases & Clauses
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DAY ONE
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DAY Two
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Activity 1: Getting Ready to
Read
~On a separate sheet of paper, write a
response to the following topic:
Who’s at fault for America’s
growing weight problem?
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Your Response:
Was it convincing??
~Did you state your opinion clearly?
~Did you include information or evidence
that supported your claim?
~Did you conclude your response by
summarizing your ideas for the reader?
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How do make your
response credible?
~Support your claim!!!
**Please take out:
“It’s Portion Distortion That Makes
America Fat”
“If You Pitch It, They Will Eat”
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***New Skill Alert***
~Active vs. Inactive Reading
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Activity 2: Surveying the Text
1. What do the titles “It’s Portion
Distortion That Makes America Fat”
and “If You Pitch It, They Will Eat” tell
you about the author’s positions on
who is responsible for America’s
weight problem?
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Activity 2: Surveying the Text,
cont.
2. What do you think is the purpose of
these articles?
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Activity 2: Surveying the Text,
cont.
3. “Portion Distortion” as published in
The Sacramento Bee, and “If you
Pitch It” was published in The New
York Times. What similarities do you
think these articles might have? What
differences? Do you think they will be
equally reliable?
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Activity 2: Surveying the Text,
cont.
4. What else can you tell about the
articles just by looking at them?
5. Do you think that this article might
support your claims?
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DAY THREE
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Vocabulary Exercise
~What is the Vocabulary Self-Assessment
Sheet?
~What can we learn from using the VSS?
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First Reading
~Read:
-Brownlee’s, “It’s Portion Distortion
That Makes America Fat.”
-Barboza’s “ If You Pitch It, They Will
Eat It.”
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First Reading
~Finish Reading:
-Brownlee’s, “It’s Portion Distortion
That Makes America Fat.”
-Barboza’s “ If You Pitch It, They Will
Eat It.”
-Weintraub’s “The Battle Against Fast
Food Begins in the Home”.
-Zincenko’s, “Don’t Blame the Eater.”
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Rereading Exercises
1. Why is rereading a text important?
2. What is annotating??
Read RR p.52 & 53
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Working with the Readings
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How to Annotate:
Using Standard Annotations
-Underline, highlight, draw arrows, and
make comments about:
main ideas, questions or objections, and
connections between ideas
**Make these comments in the left hand
margin.
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Learning How to Use
Your Readings: Pt I
Activity #1:Reread & Annotate “Portion
Distortion & “If you Pitch It”
~underline & identify:
author’s thesis (make sure to star this info.)**
arguments made to support the thesis
evidence used to support thesis
the conclusion
**make sure to mark any material that would
work in your essay!!
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DAY FIVE
Annotating the Articles
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Grammar: The Comma
**See The Comma PPT
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First Reading
~Read:
Weintraub’s “The Battle Against Fast
Food Begins in the Home”.
Zincenko’s, “Don’t Blame the Eater.”
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DAY SIX
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First Reading
~Finish Reading:
Weintraub’s “The Battle Against Fast
Food Begins in the Home”.
Zincenko’s, “Don’t Blame the Eater.”
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Learning How to Use
Your Readings: Pt II
Activity #1:Reread & Annotate “The Battle
Against Fast Food Begins in the Home”
and “Don’t Blame the Eater”
~underline & identify:
author’s thesis (make sure to star this info.)**
arguments made to support the thesis
evidence used to support thesis
the conclusion
**make sure to mark any material that would
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Grammar: The Semi-Colon
**See The Semi-Colon PPT
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DAY SEVEN
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Writing a Summary
~Rhetorical Reading: p.59-62
**Basic Components of a Summary:
-Authors Name
-Title (of work you are summarizing)
-Basic points covered in article / text
**remember—YOUR OPINION does not
go in summary (unless they ask for it)
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Peer Response to
Summary
• Return the Peer Response Form so your
partner can revise his or her Summary/
Response later.
• Then talk about both articles with your partner
and decide whether you agree or disagree
with the authors’ views about marketing and
its relationship to obesity.
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DAY EIGHT
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Writing Assignment
• (See Writing Assignment Handout
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DAY NINE
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