Transcript Fast Food

Fast Food
Who’s to Blame?
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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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Activity 1: Getting Ready to
Read
~On a separate sheet of paper, write for
10 minutes on the following topic:
Who’s at fault for America’s
growing weight problem?
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Noticing Language
1. Kids are suing McDonalds for making them
fat.
2. Because more children are obese, type 2
diabetes has increased in children by 25
percent.
3. Although McDonald’s is on every corner.
4. The fast-food industry is vulnerable.
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Every sentence has two parts:
and
1. The verb (predicate) is always related to
the subject
2. The verb expresses:
-Action (eat, stop, buy, make, succeed)
-State of being (am, is was, were, become,
appear)
-Mental states (know, think, feel, believe)
3. The verb either stands alone as the main
verb (ate) or uses a helping verb (will eat)
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Hints to Success
1. The verb usually comes after the
subject.
I exercise one hour every day.
2. If the sentence is a question, the
subject follows the verb or is in the
verb phrase.
Are kids consuming too many calories?
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Assignment
~Complete Grammar Exercise 2: Identifying
verbs & verb phrases
**you may write on the worksheet
~turn your paragraph & this exercise into
the front bin when the bell rings
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Answers to Exercise 2:
Exercise 2: Identifying verbs and verb
phrases
(Underline answers in a different color.)
1.
3.
5.
7.
9.
started
worked
got
should know
needs
2. was
4. were
6. have crossed
8. are
10. ‘ll [will] see
(Action verbs like “start” usually have progressive
forms—“he is starting.” “Being” verbs like “is” and
“got” (meaning “become”) do not. We can’t say, “He
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DAY Two
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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?
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Activity 3: Making Predictions
& Asking Questions
1. Read the first three and the last
paragraphs of Brownlee’s article. What
is the point of comparing burger’s, fries
and cigarettes? What arguments so you
think she will make?
2. Read the first three and the last
paragraphs of Barboza’s article.
According to Barboza, who is
responsible for America’s weight
problem? What arguments do you think
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make?
Making Predictions & Asking
Questions, cont.
3. Who is the intended audience for these
articles? How do you know this?
4. What information and ideas are the
authors likely to draw on to convince you
of their positions?
5. Reword the titles and subtitles and turn
them into questions for you to answer
after you have read the full articles.
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Grammar: Exercise 3
Identifying compound verbs & verb
phrases
~Verb Complements: in addition to the main
verb phrase, verbs can act as nouns that follo
the main verb
**don’t confuse these with the main verb!!
eg.
-Eating often at fast-food restaurants can lead
to obesity.
-Americans continue eating hamburgers
even though fast food is bad for them.
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DAY THREE
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Vocabulary Exercise
~Complete Vocabulary Self-Assessment
worksheet.
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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.”
-Weintraub’s “The Battle Against Fast
Food Begins in the Home”.
-Zincenko’s, “Don’t Blame the Eater.”
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Fast Food:
DAY FOUR
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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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Grammar Exercise 4
**It is easier to recognize the subject of a
sentence what you find the verb first!!
• The subject of the sentence usually:
– Occurs before the verb
– Tells who or what does the action
**Complete Grammar exercise 4.
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DAY FIVE
Annotating the Articles
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Rereading Exercises
1. Complete Reading worksheetActivity 1: Rereading the Text
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How to Annotate:
Specific Annotations
• Think back about your original predictions. Which
predictions were right? (List them) Which ones did
you have to modify as you read “Portion
Distortion”?
• What is the main idea of “Portion Distortion”? Who
does Brownlee think is to blame for America’s
obesity problem?
• On your article, underline or highlight the sentence
that most clearly indicates who is to blame. (Use a
different color or mark this clearly.)
• What does Brownlee think is the solution to the
problem?
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Rereading Exercises
1. Complete Reading worksheetActivity 2: Annotating the Text
2. Complete Reading worksheetActivity 3: Looking Closely @
Language
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How to Annotate:
Standard Annotations
Underline, highlight, draw arrows, and
make comments about main ideas,
questions or objections, and
connections between ideas in the left
hand margin. Write your reactions to
what Brownlee says in the right hand
margins.
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Activity 3: Looking Closely at Language
(Understanding what you read)
1. According to Zincenko’s “Don’t Blame the Eater,” why are kids
suing McDonald’s?
2. According to Zincenko, what are the choices for American kids
to get an affordable meal? Use the work “option” in your
answer.
3. What causes 30 percent of the new cases of childhood diabetes
in America?
4. Give an example of an alternative to fast food. How easy is it for
kids to purchase that alternative?
5. Do people who buy fast food know how many calories they are
eating? Use the word “consume” or “consumer” in your answer.
6. What do you think of kids who file lawsuits against the fast-food
industry?
7. Do you agree with Zincenko that the fast-food industry is
vulnerable?
8. Do you make informed choices
you buy fast food?
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DAY SIX
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Rereading Exercises
1. Complete Reading worksheetActivity 4: Considering the Structure of
the Text
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Writing a Summary
~Rhetorical Reading: p.59-62
Basis 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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DAY EIGHT
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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 NINE
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Writing Assignment
• (See Writing Assignment Handout
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