1. BELLWORK: What do you think of when you see this picture? In your small groups, generate a list of words that come to mind. Each person should write the list.

2. Now that you have brainstormed words that you associate with the image, write for 10 minutes on this topic: What about and why do you like (or dislike) junk food? Describe your most (or least) favorite: what it actually tastes like and how you feel after you eat it. Now that you have brainstormed words that you associate with the image, write for 10 minutes on this topic: What about and why do you like (or dislike) junk food? Describe your most (or least) favorite: what it actually tastes like and how you feel after you eat it.

3. Write a sentence that uses one of the following sentence stems: One pattern that we discovered in our responses is ______. For example ______. A relationship that we noticed in our responses is one of_________. For example, ________. One pattern that we discovered in our responses is ______. For example ______. A relationship that we noticed in our responses is one of_________. For example, ________.

4. What do you think is the purpose of these articles "Portion Distortion" and "If You Pitch It" ? The articles probably want to make people aware of their own ___________. The articles may also want to make people aware of the ways that restaurants________ have contributed to____________.

5. "Portion Distortion" was published in The Sacramento Bee and "If You Pitch It" was published in The New York times. What similarities do you think the articles might have? What differences? Do you think they will be equally reliable? I think that both articles will be ______and both should be _______. While_________ may be more ________,_______ is most likely going to _______________.

6. On the basis of the title of his article, "The Battle Against Fast Food," what do you think Weintraub's position will be? In what ways do you think his article will be similar to those of Brownlee's and Barboza? In what ways do you think it will be different. What do you think his purpose is? The title of Weintraub's articles suggests that he blames America's weight problem on ______. His article may have a similar message overall to those of Brownlee and Barboza, but I think it will differ in that ____________. His purpose is probably to _________.

7. On the basis of the title of his article, "Don't Blame the Eater," what do you think Zinczenko's position will be? Which of the other authors do you think he might agree with? It sounds like Zinczenko will take the position that_______. The title suggests that he will agree with_______ because _________. The title suggests he will disagree with ________ because ___________.

8. What do you expect is the purpose of the letters to the editor written in response to Zinczenko? How will they be different from Zinczenko's article? Some people may have written letters to praise Zinczenko for his articles, but others will _______. The letters will be different from the article because ___________. They may also be more __________ since people who take the time to write letters to the editor likely feel ______.

9. Read the first three and the last paragraphs of Brownlee's article. What is the point of comparing burgers, fries and cigarettes? What arguments to you think she will make? All three are things that _______. I think she'll argue that we have to ________. She may also argue that ___________since people choose to _________.

10. Read the first three and last paragraphs of Barboza's article. According to Barboza, who is responsible for America's weight problem? What arguments to you think he is going to make? The first and last paragraphs of Barboza's article seem to suggest________. I think he is going argue that _________. These paragraphs make it sound like he is going to put less blame on _____ and more on ________.

11. Who is the intended audience for these articles? How do you know? The intended audience is probably ___________ because _______________. The intended audience is probably ___________ because _______________.

12. What information and ideas are the authors likely to draw on to convince you of their positions? The authors will probably cite statistics from different studies that show ____________. Additionally, Barboza's article may cite ________.