Transcript bottled water is a

Comparing & Contrasting Texts
1/20/15
COMMON CORE STANDARDS ADDRESSED
RI7.8:
EVALUATE ARGUMENT FOR SOUND
REASONING, RELEVANT/SUFFICIENT
EVIDENCE
W7.1
WRITE ARGUMENTS TO SUPPORT CLAIMS
WITH CLEAR REASONS AND RELEVANT
EVIDENCE
ESSENTIAL QUESTION?
Analyze and support which article presents a more
convincing argument as to why their product (Tap or
Bottled Water) is more appropriate and responsible
in today’s world.
RI7.8:
Evaluate argument for sound reasoning,
relevant/sufficient evidence.
LET’S DECIDE WHICH QUOTATION IS “MOST
EFFECTIVE” OR SUFFICIENT.
Bottle vs Tap Water: HIGHLIGHT in your PACKET
Story of Bottled Water
Bottled Water Matters
“Is it cleaner?
Sometimes, sometimes
not: in many ways,
bottled water is less
regulated than tap.”
LINE 5
“Bottled water is a
packaged food product
regulated by the U.S.
Food and Drug
Administration (FDA),
which requires bottled
water to comply with
bottle water-specific
standards.”
Paragraph 2
What does
REGULATED
MEAN?
Regulated
ANNOTATE IN
THE MARGIN
OF THE
ARTICLE.
Regulated means to “control” or
“monitor” something to make
sure it meets certain standards
and qualities expected for the
public.
Bottle vs Tap Water
Story of Bottled Water
Bottled Water Matters
“Is it cleaner?
Sometimes, sometimes
not: in many ways,
bottled water is less
regulated than tap.”
LINE 5
“Bottled water is a
packaged food product
regulated by the U.S.
Food and Drug
Administration (FDA),
which requires bottled
water to comply with
bottle water-specific
standards.”
Paragraph 2
Regulated? What’s the truth?
THE STORY OF BOTTLED WATER SAYS
THAT BOTTLE WATER IS “LESS REGULATED THAN TAP.”
BOTTLE WATER MATTERS ARTICLE
SAYS THAT THE FDA “STRICTLY
REGULATES” BOTTLE WATER
STANDARDS AND QUALITY AS A FOOD
PRODUCT.
WHO IS MORE CONVINCING?
ANNIE LEONARD FROM “THE STORY OF
BOTTLED WATER”
OR
IBWA’S “BOTTLED WATER MATTERS”
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Let’s compare…
TA P WAT E R I S R E G U L AT E D B Y T H E
C I T Y.
B O T T L E D WAT E R I S R E G U L AT E D
BY FDA.
SAMPLE
Compare/Contrast Paragraph:
3 Parts
PART 1: TOPIC SENTENCE
WHEN COMPARING BOTTLED WATER
AND TAP WATER, WE KNOW THAT
BOTH WATER SOURCES ARE
REGULATED PRODUCTS. THE CITY HAS
TO REGULATE TAP AND THE FDA HAS
TO REGULATE BOTTLED WATER.
SAMPLE
Compare/Contrast Paragraph:
3 Parts
PART 2: EVIDENCE EXAMPLE FROM TEXT
WHEN COMPARING BOTTLED WATER
AND TAP WATER, WE KNOW THAT BOTH
WATER SOURCES ARE REGULATED PRODUCTS.
THE CITY HAS TO REGULATE TAP AND THE FDA
HAS TO REGULATE BOTTLED WATER.
ACCORDING TO ANNIE LEONARD, “IN MANY
WAYS, BOTTLED WATER IS LESS REGULATED
THAN TAP WATER.” IN CONTRAST, ACCORDING
TO THE IBWA (INTERNATIONAL BOTTLED
WATER ASSOCIATION), BOTTLED WATER IS A
“STRICTLY-REGULATED” FOOD PRODUCT
UNDER THE FDA SUPERVISION.
SAMPLE
Compare/Contrast Paragraph:
3 Parts – PART 3 CONCLUSION
WHEN COMPARING BOTTLED WATER AND
TAP WATER, WE KNOW THAT BOTH WATER
SOURCES ARE REGULATED PRODUCTS. THE
CITY HAS TO REGULATE TAP AND THE FDA
HAS TO REGULATE BOTTLED WATER.
ACCORDING TO ANNIE LEONARD, “IN MANY
WAYS, BOTTLED WATER IS LESS REGULATED
THAN TAP WATER.” IN CONTRAST,
ACCORDING TO THE IBWA (INTERNATIONAL
BOTTLED WATER ASSOCIATION), BOTTLED
WATER IS A “STRICTLY-REGULATED” FOOD
PRODUCT UNDER THE FDA SUPERVISION.
THE ARTICLE THAT PRESENTS THE
STRONGEST EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THEIR
WATER IS… BECAUSE…
Now it’s your turn…
PICK A QUOTE OR PIECE OF TEXT
FROM EACH ARTICLE: THE SCRIPT OF
“THE STORY OF BOTTLED WATER” &
THE ARTICLE ENTITLED “BOTTLE
WATER MATTERS.”
COMPARE & CONTRAST HOW EACH
ARTICLE TREATS THIS INFORMATION,
AND MAKE A STATEMENT IN YOUR
PARAGRAPH AS TO WHICH IS MORE
MEANINGFUL AND EFFECTIVE.
HOMEWORK PROJECT #1
TEAR OUT A SHEET OF PAPER FROM YOUR ELA
NOTEBOOK.
IDENTIFY THE TWO QUOTES YOU WANT TO
ADDRESS IN YOUR PARAGRAPH.
WRITE YOUR PARAGRAPH, MAKING YOUR
ARGUMENT AND SUPPORTING IT WITH
TEXTUAL EVIDENCE.
TURN IN YOUR FINISHED PARAGRAPH(S)
TO MR. SHAPIRO BY FRIDAY.