Peer Editing Essay

Big Idea: What does food tell us about ourselves.

Learning Target: How should we "eat responsibly"?

Reading: You will read your independent reading book for ten minutes. You should finish your next book by March 25th.

Agenda:

1. Vocabulary Preview Game
2. Highlight your essay.
1. Highlight your thesis statement red.
2. Highlight the three parts of each body paragraph.
1. Premise 1 Blue
2. Premise 2 - Evidence Yellow
3. Conclusion - tie everything together Pink
3. Add a four sentence conclusion.
1. If you made all of the changes you described in your essay, how would this help you to eat responsibly and take pleasure in eating?
4. Have two peers read over your essay.
5. Begin The Crucible Introduction.

Success Criteria:

I can learn about a new topic by taking notes.

Homework:

1. Crucible Act I vocabulary list. Start today. It is due on Sunday.

Finishing up the rough draft

Big Idea: What does food tell us about ourselves.

Learning Target: How should we "eat responsibly"?

Reading: You will read your independent reading book for ten minutes. You should finish your next book by March 25th.

Agenda:

1. Finish your rough draft. If you are finished, then use one of the grammar and spelling checking tools in Google Docs.
2. I will hand out your STAR reading results.
3. Food unit vocabulary game for extra credit.

Tools for writing body paragraphs:

1. Each body paragraph must have one quote from one of the sources we have read..
1. Expert’s (or publication’s) Name), a (credentials that suggest validity), (choose one: argues, presents, details, theorizes, refutes, challenges, exposes, (anything but “says,” “states,” or “claims”)) (flow “into the less than 13 words you intend on quoting” (Citation)); however, it must be admitted that (insert a point of concession in relation to the sources argument).
2. Example: Wendell Berry, an American cultural critic, exposes that for the American consumer "food is pretty much an abstract idea" (Berry 4).
2. Write one or two body paragraphs. Remember a paragraph has three parts. Your longest part should be your evidence. Your final two sentences should connect your evidence to your first premise.
1. Problem-solution pattern
1. Many people are ignorant of what chemicals are added to their food to keep it fresh. Frequently, I eat food that tastes good, giving no thought to what is in it and not truly taking the time to enjoy it. If I make my own food, then I can avoid many of these harmful substances and take pleasure in eating something I prepared myself.
1. Cookies- trans fats
2. Amatriciana - enjoy it because I know all the ingredients
2. Choice - benefit
1. If I make my own food, I am more aware of what ingredients are being added. Also, if I prepare it myself I have to put effort into my meal, and human beings always find more pleasure in an activity that requires effort.
1. Amatriciana- taste each ingredient
2. Cookies - I can add real sugar instead of HFC or trans fats.

Articles we read about food:

1. Pleasures of Eating and When a Crop Becomes King

3. Two articles about organic food

Success Criteria:

I can make connections between important ideas on the same topic.

Homework:

1. None

Finishing our rough draft

Big Idea: What does food tell us about ourselves.

Learning Target: How should we "eat responsibly"?

Reading: You will read your independent reading book for ten minutes. You should finish your next book by March 25th.

Agenda:

1. Essay Topic: 
1. In response to the many articles you read in this module, write an essay in which you argue how you can "eat more responsibly."
2. Today you will get a grade for having at least two body paragraphs that are 8-10 sentences in length. For your final grade on the essay you will need:
1. Two body paragraphs if you want a C+/B-, three body paragraphs for B+/A-, and more than three paragraphs for an A/A+.

Tools for writing body paragraphs:

1. Each body paragraph must have one quote from one of the sources we have read..
1. Expert’s (or publication’s) Name), a (credentials that suggest validity), (choose one: argues, presents, details, theorizes, refutes, challenges, exposes, (anything but “says,” “states,” or “claims”)) (flow “into the less than 13 words you intend on quoting” (Citation)); however, it must be admitted that (insert a point of concession in relation to the sources argument).
2. Example: Wendell Berry, an American cultural critic, exposes that for the American consumer "food is pretty much an abstract idea" (Berry 4).
2. Write one or two body paragraphs. Remember a paragraph has three parts. Your longest part should be your evidence. Your final two sentences should connect your evidence to your first premise.
1. Problem-solution pattern
1. Many people are ignorant of what chemicals are added to their food to keep it fresh. Frequently, I eat food that tastes good, giving no thought to what is in it and not truly taking the time to enjoy it. If I make my own food, then I can avoid many of these harmful substances and take pleasure in eating something I prepared myself.
1. Cookies- trans fats
2. Amatriciana - enjoy it because I know all the ingredients
2. Choice - benefit
1. If I make my own food, I am more aware of what ingredients are being added. Also, if I prepare it myself I have to put effort into my meal, and human beings always find more pleasure in an activity that requires effort.
1. Amatriciana- taste each ingredient
2. Cookies - I can add real sugar instead of HFC or trans fats.

Articles we read about food:

1. Pleasures of Eating and When a Crop Becomes King

3. Two articles about organic food

Success Criteria:

I can make connections between important ideas on the same topic.

Homework:

1. None

Adding quotes to your essay

Big Idea: What does food tell us about ourselves.

Learning Target: How should we "eat responsibly"?

Reading: You will read your independent reading book for ten minutes. You should finish your next book by March 18th.

Agenda:

1. Essay Topic: 
1. In response to the many articles you read in this module, write an essay in which you argue how you can "eat more responsibly. In this essay, describe the changes you can make to your food habits. How can you be more aware of what you eat? In addition to references to one or more of the four articles, support your food plan with logical arguments and evidence.
2. Today we will practice how to add a quote from an article to your essay.
1. Expert’s (or publication’s) Name), a (credentials that suggest validity), (choose one: argues, presents, details, theorizes, refutes, challenges, exposes, (anything but “says,” “states,” or “claims”)) (flow “into the less than 13 words you intend on quoting” (Citation)); however, it must be admitted that (insert a point of concession in relation to the sources argument).
2. You need to have at least one quote from an article in each body paragraph.
3. Write one or two body paragraphs. Remember a paragraph has three parts. Your longest part should be your evidence. Your final two sentences should connect your evidence to your first premise.
1. Problem-solution pattern
1. Many people are ignorant of what chemicals are added to their food to keep it fresh. Frequently, I eat food that tastes good, giving no thought to what is in it and not truly taking the time to enjoy it. If I make my own food, then I can avoid many of these harmful substances and take pleasure in eating something I prepared myself.
1. Cookies- trans fats
2. Amatriciana - enjoy it because I know all the ingredients
2. Choice - benefit
1. If I make my own food, I am more aware of what ingredients are being added. Also, if I prepare it myself I have to put effort into my meal, and human beings always find more pleasure in an activity that requires effort.
1. Amatriciana- taste each ingredient
2. Cookies - I can add real sugar instead of HFC or trans fats
4. You will get a grade today for writing an introduction and at least one body paragraph.

Articles we read about food:

1. Pleasures of Eating and When a Crop Becomes King

3. Two articles about organic food

Success Criteria:

I can make connections between important ideas on the same topic.

Homework:

1. None

Writing body paragraphs

Big Idea: What does food tell us about ourselves.

Learning Target: How should we "eat responsibly"?

Reading: You will read your independent reading book for ten minutes. You should finish your next book by March 18th.

Agenda:

1. Essay Topic: 
1. In response to the many articles you read in this module, write an essay in which you argue how you can "eat more responsibly. In this essay, describe the changes you can make to your food habits. How can you be more aware of what you eat? In addition to references to one or more of the four articles, support your food plan with logical arguments and evidence.
2. Create a Google Doc for the essay assignment in Google Classroom.
3. Here are the introductions we wrote together. You can use them as a model for your essay.
1. Eating responsibly when surrounded by enticing advertising for unhealthy snacks can be a great challenge. It is also very difficult to know where food comes from and it takes time to read labels to see what is in the food we eat. Although the effort it takes to be an active rather than passive consumer of food can seem burdensome, ultimately it is worth it for my health and my relationship to the environment. In order to eat more responsibly, I plan to…
2. I plan to eat more responsibly by… No longer wanting to be a victim of my ignorance of what is in the food I eat, I think it is important to know where my food comes and what it contains. I can also learn to actually enjoy my food rather than merely “fueling up” with unhealthy snacks, cooking my own food rather than receiving what is processed for me. I want to reclaim my food freedom and be an active eater instead of a passive consumer.
4. Write one or two body paragraphs. Remember a paragraph has three parts. Your longest part should be your evidence. Your final two sentences should connect your evidence to your first premise.
1. Problem-solution pattern
1. Many people are ignorant of what chemicals are added to their food to keep it fresh. Frequently, I eat food that tastes good, giving no thought to what is in it and not truly taking the time to enjoy it. If I make my own food, then I can avoid many of these harmful substances and take pleasure in eating something I prepared myself.
1. Cookies- trans fats
2. Amatriciana - enjoy it because I know all the ingredients
2. Choice - benefit
1. If I make my own food, I am more aware of what ingredients are being added. Also, if I prepare it myself I have to put effort into my meal, and human beings always find more pleasure in an activity that requires effort.
1. Amatriciana- taste each ingredient
2. Cookies - I can add real sugar instead of HFC or trans fats
5. You will get a grade today for writing an introduction and at least one body paragraph.

Articles we read about food:

1. Pleasures of Eating and When a Crop Becomes King

3. Two articles about organic food

Success Criteria:

I can make connections between important ideas on the same topic.

Homework:

1. None