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College Prep 4-22-13

Now its time to focus on how to start writing a

research paper and research skills.

This is incredibly important because: Being informed on a topic makes your argument more

powerful These skills will profoundly impact your success in

college

Research and stuff

We are going to read an article on junk food in

schools We will then do some research and generate an

argument

BUT FIRST…we need to do something, what might that be? What is the first thing that must be done BEFORE any

argument begins? OR rather, what is the first thing that everyone has to

know before we begin?

Junk food in schools

To have an argument, we must agree on what

exactly we are arguing about.

SO….lets do that

Hope someone said define

Get into groups of no more than 4

Rock a frayer model to help us all define “Junk Food.” REMEMBER!!!!: Start with the examples

Share out

And Ill write

Group and comp it up

Examples: Chips, twinkies, fast food, processed

foods, soda, pizza, deep fried chicken.

Criteria: Low nutritional value, high calorie, high sodium, sugar or fat

Non-examples: Fruits, vegetables, organic, Grade A, nuts

Definition: High calorie without any nutritional benefits. Heavily processed.

What IS junk food?

Read the article ya’ll

Read “Aptos Middle School”

(candy for whoever can tell me the difference

between “further” and “farther”)

Using your computers, find some scholarly articles that would help us argue our topic (BOTH SIDES!!!) You probably ought to read the article…just saying

Share out those articles…we will read them. IF they are truly scholarly.

Lets go one step further

We’ve done this before…

USE THOSE SOURCES WE CAME UP WITH!!!!

On a the back of the article…4 for each side.

Yes/No Chart

We will be having debates tomorrow, so you need to

prepare.

The trick is, you won’t which side you will be arguing.

Remember: Whichever side you are on tomorrow, you can/should use the arguments you create on the other side as your counter arguments.

Prep for tomorrow…