Today we will highlight and annotate the article When a Crop Becomes King by Michael Pollan. As you read, I want you to divide the article into sections.
Have a discussion with another student in class about how you divided up the article. Try to give a name to each section.
Finally, add questions to the right side of the article.
In our English journal we will practice writing a sentence like the one Berry uses in his article:
The passive American consumer, sitting down to a meal of pre-prepared or fast food, confronts a platter covered in inert, anonymous substances that have been processed, dyed, breaded, sauced, gravied, ground, pulped, strained, blended, prettified and sanitized beyond resemblance to any part of any creature that ever lived.
Big Idea: What does food tell us about ourselves and how we treat our planet? Reading: Today we will read for less time than usual so we can have our class discussion. Agenda:
Yesterday we finished reading the Wendell Berry article and we made annotations on the left side. Today we will add questions on the right side of the article.
Big Idea: What does food tell us about ourselves and how we treat our planet? Reading: Today we will read for 10 minutes. Your first book review will be on February 8th. Agenda:
Today I will introduce you to the TQE process. It is a helpful procedure for having thoughtful class discussions. You will be graded based on how much you talk.
Before you have a class discussion you must come prepared with your own Thoughts, Questions, and Epiphanies. We will break the article into chunks. We will annotate the first part together. The article takes about 17 minutes to read.
You will have a chance to discuss your findings with another student in the class.
Success Criteria:
I can identify what the author left for me to discover.
Homework:
Make sure you are reading your book at home. Your first book review will be on February 8th.
Big Idea: What does food tell us about ourselves and how we treat our planet? Reading: Today we will read for 10 minutes. Your first book review will be on February 8th. Agenda:
Today you will receive a paper copy of the first article we will read for this unit. Go to Google Classroom and open the document titled POF001.
You will have a chance to talk to another person in class about what you learned today.
First, write down, to the best of your ability, what you eat on an average day from sun-up to the last thing you have to eat at night.
Second, you will write about one of the following topics:
To what extent do advertisers influence your choices regarding the amount of water, flavored drinks, processed foods, meat, fish, fresh fruits, vegetables, fast food, sugar, and the like that you feed your body?
Consider what you know about the foods you eat, their origins and their quality. How much do you know about your food?
Evaluate your own dietary habits, and discuss whether and in what ways you might change your diet.
Think about the amount of time and the quality of the time you spend eating. Do you drive and eat? Do you stand or walk while eating? Discuss how often you sit with your friends and family and enjoy the food that you eat.
Certainly, we all are responsible for what we put into our mouths, but at what point do we assume responsibility? At age five, ten, fourteen, eighteen, twenty-one? When (at what age) does a parent’s responsibility end and an individual’s begin?
Big Idea: What does food tell us about ourselves and how we treat our planet? Reading: Today we will go to the library and check out independent reading books.
Agenda:
First-day basic information slides.
Write me a letter of understanding.
What has your high school experience been like so far?
What do I need to know about you? Likes, hobbies, music, what you like to watch, etc.
We will go to the library and check independent reading books. Make sure to bring these each day.
Success Criteria:
I introduced myself to Mr. Brubaker
I checked out a book to read for the next four weeks.
