Politics of Food Day 7

2.0 Reading Comprehension (Focus on Informational Materials) Students read and understand grade-level-appropriate material. They analyze the organizational patterns, arguments, and positions advanced. The selections in Recommended Literature, Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve illustrate the quality and complexity of the materials to be read by students. In addition, by grade twelve, students read two million words annually on their own, including a wide variety of classic and contemporary literature, magazines, newspapers, and online information. 2.3 Write reflective compositions: a. Explore the significance of personal experiences, events, conditions, or concerns by using rhetorical strategies (e.g., narration, description, exposition, persuasion). b. Draw comparisons between specific incidents and broader themes that illustrate the writer's important beliefs or generalizations about life. c. Maintain a balance in describing individual incidents and relate those incidents to more general and abstract ideas. Students will be able to… – Discuss and elaborate upon their opinions, ideas, and questions about a text. – Develop questions to facilitate discussion of a text. – Question credibility, effectiveness, and rhetorical appeals in media and texts. – Identify the different elements and parts of a text. – Analyze stylistic and structural elements of a text – Summarize and respond to a text

SUMMARY CHECK Get with a partner and compare your summaries. Did they include something you didn’t? Did you include something they didn’t? Whose was more concise, why? If you need to edit your summary, do so now.

SMALL GROUP First we are choosing our groups. Second, with your group, you will go over the discussion questions you developed for homework. As a group you will choose one question for each article to discuss in depth and come to a common understanding on. Everyone should write the chosen question and the groups response to it on a sheet of paper to turn in.

Thinking Critically Logos – What are Berry’s major claims and assertions? Do you agree with the author’s claims? – Are any of his claims weak or unsupported? Which ones and why? – Can you think of counterarguments that Berry doesn’t consider? – Do you think the author has left something out on purpose? Why? Ethos – Does this author have the appropriate background to speak with authority on this subject? – Berry makes a reference to Sir Albert Howard. Who is he? What is his book, Soil and Health, about? – What does Berry’s style and language tell you about him? Pathos – Which of these two pieces affect your emotions the most? What parts? – Do you think the authors are trying to manipulate your emotions? How? – Do your emotions conflict with your logical interpretation of the arguments?

Essay Prompt Choices 1. Analyze your own diet or your family’s diet in light of the Pollan and Berry articles you have studied. Is it possible for you to eat a more healthy diet? Why or why not. 2. Analyze the five snacks foods that you consume regularly and determine how many corn byproducts you eat. Argue whether or not you have a healthy diet. 3. Imagine that you will be having Berry or Pollan (or both) to dinner. What would you serve them and where would you purchase your food? Why would you make your choices?

Essay Details Must include: – At least 3 cited sources (must be cited in text and on the works cited page.) – At least one counterargument and your rebuttal. – All aspects of the prompt. – Around 700 words.

CHOOSE YOUR PROMPT, CREATE YOUR THESIS, AND RESEARCH AT LEAST 3 SOURCES YOU CAN USE AND BRING IN THE INFORMATION.