Word Connotations

Essential Question: What does our relationship with food reveal about us, and our relationship with the world?

Goal: to write a review of your independent reading book.

Reading: Make sure you have chosen a new book. You have until March 2nd to read the book.

Agenda:

1. Finish the 4Rs activity for the Barboza article
1. Respond to the article
1. I learned...and therefore...
2. I was surprised by...This information made me think about...
3. I already knew about __ but now...
4. Based on this article, I...
2. Analyze the connotations of the words used in the Barboza article. GOOGLE CLASSROOM
3. Work on your vocabulary.
4. Watch Food, Inc.

Homework:

1. Choose a new book. This should be book number 7.

Retelling, Relating, and Responding

Essential Question: What does our relationship with food reveal about us, and our relationship with the world?

Goal: to write a review of your independent reading book.

Reading: Make sure you pick a new book this week.

Agenda:

1. Make sure you turn-in your book review.
2. Today we will finish our 4Rs notes.
1. Use the 4 sentence precis model on Google Classroom to Retell the text
2. Relate the other two articles we read to this article. In Google Classroom, I  moved up the notes you made on the other two articles.
3. Respond with your own thoughts about the article. How much does advertising influence our food choices? Are young children unfairly targeted? Choose some of the main points you highlighted and write what you think about that topic.

Homework:

1. Choose a new book. This should be book number 7. You need to finish the book by March 2nd

Manipulated Through Marketing

Essential Question: What does our relationship with food reveal about us, and our relationship with the world?

Goal: to practice the 4 Rs strategy for understanding a text.

Reading: This week you should be choosing a new book.

Agenda:

1. Check your vocabulary from last week. CLICK HERE for your new vocabulary list.
2. We will watch these two commercials and write a response to them on Google Classroom.
1. https://youtu.be/qfZcxeqa1g4
2. https://youtu.be/4xpYBqN6FCs
3. Summarize the commercial. How is it getting its message across? What is being hidden? What is being exposed?
3. Read "If You Pitch It, They Will Eat" by David Barboza
1. Use the graphic organizer to increase your understanding of the article.

Homework:

1. Choose a new book. This should be book number 7.

Book Review Day

Essential Question: What does our relationship with food reveal about us, and our relationship with the world?

Goal: to write a review of your independent reading book.

Reading: Fill out the READING PROGRESS UPDATE FORM

Agenda:

1. Work on your vocabulary for this week. Play a vocabulary Jam.
2. Start on your Book Review. It is due on Tuesday. GOOGLE CLASSROOM

Homework:

1. Choose a new book. This should be book number 7.

Globalization Online Discussion

Essential Question: What does our relationship with food reveal about us, and our relationship with the world?

Goal: to connect our relationship with food to the world.

Reading: You should be done with your book by Friday.

Agenda:

1. Your annotations must identify the topic and explain how it fits.
1. Big businesses during the industrial revolution sent their products all over the world. People
2. We will then participate in an online discussion where you will share what you discovered. Use the following paragraph in your English Journal Globalization:
1. The two topics I focused on were...First of all, I found a lot of ideas in the article about Globalization that connected with...(write about the information you annotated for the first topic)...In addition, I was able to find information that connected to the idea of...(write about the information you annotated for the second topic)...Overall, what surprised me the most was...
3. Copy and paste your paragraph from your English Journal to the online discussion. You must reply to two people. In this discussion I want you to practice building on other people's ideas. Use the following sentences frames when you reply:
1. When you wrote...it made me think of...I also noticed...
2. I also noticed that...Another point that supports what you wrote is...

Homework:

1. Read your independent reading book. Due date is Feb. 2
2. Start your new vocabulary list. CLICK HERE.