Fast Food

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Fast Food

• Whos to Blame?

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Reading selections for unit

• Brownlee, Shannon. Its Portion Distortion That
  Makes America Fat. Sacramento Bee. 5 Jan. 2003
• Barboza, David. If You Pitch It, They Will Eat
  It. New York Times. 3. Aug. 2003.
• Weintraub, Daniel. The Battle Against Fast Food
• Begins in the Home. Sacramento Bee. 17 Dec.
  2002.
• Zincenko, David. Dont Blame the Eater. New
  York Times. 23 Nov. 2002.

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Fast FoodDAY ONE
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Activity 1 Getting Ready to Read

• On a separate sheet of paper, write a response
  to the following topic
• Whos at fault for Americas growing weight
  problem?

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Activity 2 Surveying the Text

• 1. What does the titles Its Portion Distortion
  That Makes America Fat tell you about the
  authors position on who is responsible for
  Americas weight problem?

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Activity 2 Surveying the Text, cont.

• 2. What do you think is the purpose of this
  article?
• 3. Portion Distortion was published in The
  Sacramento Bee, and If you Pitch It was
  published in The New York Times. What
  similarities do you think these articles might
  have? What differences? Do you think they will be
  equally reliable?

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Activity 2 Surveying the Text, cont.

• 4. What else can you tell about the articles just
  by looking at them?
• 5. Do you think that this article might support
  your claims?

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Activity 3 Making Predictions Asking Questions

• Read the first three and the last paragraphs of
  Brownlees article. What is the point of
  comparing burgers, fries and cigarettes? What
  arguments so you think she will make?
• Who is the intended audience for these articles?
  How do you know this?
• 3. What information and ideas is the author
  likely to draw on to convince you of their
  positions?

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First Reading

• Read
• -Brownlees, Its Portion Distortion That
  Makes America Fat.

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Rereading Exercises

• Activity 1
• Now that you now what Portion Distortion is
  about, answer the following questions.
• 1. Think back to your original predictions. Which
  were right? Which did you have to modify as you
  read Portion Distortion?
• 2. What is the main idea of Portion Distortion?
  Who does Brownlee think is to blame for Americas
  obesity problem? Underline or highlight the
  sentence that most clearly indicates who is to
  blame.
• 3. What does Brownlee think is the solution to
  the problem?

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Rereading Exercises Learning How to Use Your
Readings

• Activity 2
• Reread Annotate Portion Distortion
• underline identify
• ?authors thesis (make sure to star this
  info.)
• ?arguments made to support the thesis
• ?evidence used to support thesis
• ?the conclusion

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Responding to Reading Writing a Summary

• (See attached assignment sheet)
• Group A
• Write 6-7 sentence summary of Brownlees Portion
  Distortion following the summary guidelines from
  Reading Rhetorically p.59-62.
• Then write a 3-4 sentence response to Brownlees
  views.

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Peer Response to Summary

• Exchange your summary/response with a partner
  from Group B. Use the Peer Response Form to
  evaluate your partners summary/response.
• Then talk about both articles with your partner
  and decide whether you agree or disagree with the
  authors views about marketing and its
  relationship to obesity.