Politics of FoodDay 8

• 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

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.

Sources

• How to use sources– Direct quote: word for word sentence/phrase

from your source in quotation marks, followed by MLA citation.

– Paraphrase: the ideas from a source in your own words followed by MLA citation.

– Summarize: similar to paraphrase, you summarize the main ideas from a source, some words will be the same, this is also followed by MLA citation

Works CitedWorks Cited

The Format of a Citation:

Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Name of Publishing Company, Copyright Date.

Book…

RulesIn-Text Citation Bibliography/Works Cited

Entry

…no author (“Media Giants” 48) “Media Giants.” Advertising Age. New York: Penguin Books, 2008.

…editor only (Craig 104) Craig, Patricia, ed. The Oxford Book of Travel Stories. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1996.

…1 author (Pyles 89) Pyles, Thomas. The Origins and Development of the English Language. 2nd ed. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1971

…2-3 authors (McCrum, Smith, and Johnson 45) McCrum, Rober, William Smith, and Robert Johnson. The Story of English. New York: Penguin Books, 1987.

…4+ authors (Donald et al. 35) Donald, Robert B., et al. Writing Clear Essays. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1996.

…Corporation is the author (California Department of Education)

California Department of Education. “Enrollment.” 2008. <http://www.cde.ca.gov>.

Magazine…

RulesIn-Text Citation Bibliography/Works Cited

Entry

…weekly Same as book Wallace, Charles. “A Vodacious Deal.” Time, 14 Feb. 2000: 63.

…monthly Same as book Gustaitis, Joseph. The Sticky History of Chewing Gum.” American History, Oct. 1998: 30-38.

Everything Else…

RulesIn-Text Citation Bibliography/Works Cited Entry

Brochure or pamphlet Same as book Same as book

Radio or TV (“Washington’s Crossing of the Delaware”)

“Washington’s Crossing of the Delaware.” Host Liane Hansen. Guest David Hackett Fischer. Weekend Edition Sunday. National Public Radio. WNYC, New York City. 23 Dec. 1999. Transcript.

Internet Same as book Smith, John. “Fun Facts About Gum.” National Association of Chewing Gum Manufacturers. 19 Dec. 1999. <http://www.nacgm.org/consumer/funfacts.html>.

Newspaper Same as book Thurow, Roger. “South Africans Who Fought for Sanctions Now Scrap for Investors.” Wall Street Journal, 11 Feb. 2000: A1+

[For a multipage article that does not appear on consecutive pages, write only the first page number on which it appears, followed by a plus sign.]

Personal Interview (Smith) Smith, Jane. Personal interview. 10 Feb. 2000.

Encyclopedia or dictionary (Posner)

[No page number needed]

(“Sonata”)

[No page number needed]

Posner, Rebecca. “Romance Languages.” The New Encyclopaedia Brittannica: Macropaedia. 15th ed. 1987.

“Sonata.” The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. 4th ed. 2000.

Draft Writing

• Using your thesis and sources, put together a rough draft of your essay.– It does not need to be perfect, just work on

getting started and getting the ideas down on paper.

BRING A DRAFT OF YOUR ESSAY NEXT CLASS FOR A FINAL PEER EDIT. YOUR FINAL DRAFT WILL BE DUE THROUGH TURNITIN.COM BY MIDNIGHT ON TUESDAY, 2/7/12