ERWC Fast Food Whos to Blame English 3

ERWC Fast Food: Who’s to Blame? English 3 C 2011 -2012

Standards • Writing 1. 3 Organization and Focus: demonstrate an understanding of the elements of discourse (e. g. , purpose, speaker, audience, form) • Writing Conventions 1. 1 Demonstrate control of grammar, diction, paragraph and sentence structure, and an understanding of English. Objectives • Students will demonstrate understanding of the elements of discourse through SOAPSTones. • Students will write paragraphs that show control paragraph and sentence structure.

Activity 1: French Fries • Describe French Fries. What do you think of when you think about this popular snack food?

Journal #1 • Who do you think is to blame for America’s growing weight problem (consumers, parents, food industries)? ½ pg

Quick-Write • Now that you have brainstormed words that you associate with french fries, write a welldeveloped paragraph on this topic: • Who’s at fault for America’s growing weight problem? • Think about your own personal experiences, events, conditions, and concerns as you write. Activity 1, pg. 2

Popular Junk Food

Fast Food & Obeisity • Discussion (after quick-write) • What is the relationship between fast food and obesity? Activity 1, pg. 2

Junk Food T-Chart • Write words that describe your favorite junk food What are the views about the relationship between junk food & obesity

How does this advertisement affect you?

Rhetorical Appeals • Appeals: Rhetorical devices that manipulate the reader/observer – Ethos: (Ethical) Tradition, authority, expertise, trustworthiness, moral behavior. Ethos is appeal based on the character or image of the speaker. An ethos-driven document relies on the reputation of the author. – Pathos: (Emotional) Appeal to feelings and basic human needs. The emotions of the audience. It plays on sympathy, fears, and desires – Logos: (Rational) Reason and Logic. Arguments that make logical sense. Documents distributed by companies or corporations are logos-driven. Scholarly documents are also often logos-driven.

Vocabulary Notes – Article 1&2 “Portion Distotion” by Brownlee & “If You Pitch It” by Bargboza • • • Portion Distortion Manipulation Revenue Induce Activity 5, pg. 7 • Promotional • Marketing • Class-action • Proliferation • Litigious

Portion • Noun • an individual's part or share of something; amount • When it comes to pizza, he can always eat a larger portion then his teammates. Activity 5, pg. 7

Distortion • Noun • a lack of proportionality in an image, fact, etc. • Looks bigger, looks better, say its bigger or better, or worse than it is • The children had fun in the maze of mirrors due to the humorous images of distortion. Activity 5, pg. 7

Manipulation • Noun • To make someone do what you want by deceiving them • Many children use manipulation to get their parents to buy them things. Activity 5, pg. 7

Revenue • Noun • an amount of money regularly coming in; income • Companies use celebrities in advertisements to increase their revenue. Activity 5, pg. 7

Induce • verb • To make someone do something • Can an advertisement induce you to buy something you would not otherwise buy? Activity 5, pg. 7

Promotional • Adjective • Something done to advertise something • Many stores have promotional sales the day after Thanksgiving.

Marketing • Verb • Activities done to sell products • Carl’s Jr. has a large marketing department that creates the advertisements we see on TV, in magazines, and on the internet. Activity 5, pg. 7

Class Action • Noun • A lawsuit for a whole group of people. • I was contacted by a lawyer about a class action lawsuit that I might be able to get money from against Bank of America. Activity 5, pg. 7

Proliferation • Noun • Spread or expansion • Some people blame the proliferation of violence in our culture on the violence in video games, television shows, and movies. Activity 5, pg. 7

Litigious • adjective • inclined to dispute or disagree; argumentative • The player’s litigious attitude caused him to be ejected from the game. Activity 5, pg. 7

Surveying the Text • “It’s Portion Distortion That Makes America Fat” • “If You Pitch It, They Will Eat” 1. What do the titles tell you about the authors positions on who is responsible for America’s growing weight problem? 2. What do you think is the purpose of these articles? Activity 2, pg. 2

Surveying the Text 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 the articles might have? What differences? Do you think they will be equally reliable? Explain. 4. What else can you tell about the articles just by looking at them? Activity 2, pg. 2

Surveying the Text 5. In the article titled “Don’t Blame the Eater” what do you predict the author’s position will be? 6. What do you expect the purpose of the letters to the editor written in response to the position stated in the article titled “Don’t Blame the Eater”? Activity 2, pg. 2

Journal #2 • If you were asked to give up a junk food item, which would you find to be the hardest to let go? Do you understand how unhealthy this item is to your body? ½ pg

Activity 6: First Reading • Read each article as your teacher assigns it. As you read, think about the predictions you made. You may notice words you worked with in the previous activities. As you look at these words, think about personal connections you can make with them and with the other words. Try to group them together if they relate.

Vocabulary Notes – Article 3 • • • Epidemic Step up to the plate Face up to the fact Crunched Data Implement Activity 5, pg. 7 • • • Prevalence Incentives Sloth Opiate Purveyors

Implement (V) To fulfill, carry out, perform Once in office, he implemented several of his campaign promises.

Prevalence (N) • The condition of being widespread • The prevalence of AIDS in developing African countries is alarming.

Incentive (N) • Something that incites or tends to incite to greater effort; a reward • Teachers offer extra credit as incentive for doing more and better than what is expected.

Sloth (N) • Indolence, laziness • “Sloth is all passions the most powerful. “ (Samuel Beckett)

Opiate (N) • 1. a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain. • 2. any sedative, soporific, or narcotic. • 3. anything that causes dullness or inaction or that soothes the feelings. She was prescribed opiates to alleviate her insomnia and anxiety.

Purveyor (N) • A person who provides/supplies • Starbucks is considered one of the biggest purveyors of coffee, supplying Americans with different kinds of coffee from all over the world.

Latchkey Child (N) • a child who must spend at least part of the day alone and unsupervised, as when the parents are away at work. I spent part of my childhood as a latchkey child. My parents worked until 5 and I spent my afternoons unsupervised at home.

Step up to the plate (Ph) • to voluntarily assume responsibility for something. • BP had to step up to the plate and take responsibility for the oil spill in the Gulf.

Journal #3 • “You are what you eat. ” To what extent do you agree or disagree with this quote.

Making Predictions “Don’t Blame the Eater” by Zinczenko Weintraub & “Letters to the Editor” • What do you expect the purpose of the letters to the editor written in response to the position stated in the article titled “Don’t Blame the Eater”? • Read the 1 st three and last paragraph of Brownlee’s article. What is the point of comparing burgers, fries and cigarettes? What arguments do you think she will make? • Read the 1 st three and last paragraph of Barboza’s article. According to him, who is responsible for America’s weight problem? Activity 2, pg. 2

Journal #4 • If you could change three things in your lifestyle that would you make you healthier, what would you change? Why haven’t you done it yet?

SOAPS • Subject • Occasion • Audience • Purpose • Speaker Content (says) & Purpose (does)

• You need to be able to make sensible inferences based on the clues you have been given (read between the lines) • Comprehension • Critical Thinking • Who you are & what you say will determine how effective your position is.

Think-Pair-Share Questions • Who is to blame for America’s growing weight problem? • Should fast food be eliminated from the school’s menu? • Are parents responsible for what their children eat? • What should be done to put a stop to unhealthy eating?

Tax on Junk Questions • 1. According to the author, who is responsible for America’s problem with obesity? Provide the quote that supports this opinion. • 2. Provide 2 different reasons that the author mentions why there should be a tax on junk food. • 3. Provide an example for each of the following; ethos, pathos & logos that are described in the article.

• 4. Who is the intended audience for the article? How do you know? • 5. Did the author manage to convince you that a tax on junk food is the way to go?

• What’s the subject matter of the article(s)? • What’s the controversy?

Vocabulary Notes – Article 4 • • • Latchkey kid Prepared food Alternatives Launching Vulnerable Activity 5, pg. 7 • • • Liability Entitled Defendant Plaintiff Clogging Credibility

Journal #5 • To keep the body in good health is a duty. . . otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear. -Buddha Explain how this quote is true by using examples.

Journal #6 • “Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are. ” –Kurt Cobain • Explain how this quote is true.

Journal #7 • “What the public expects and what is healthy for an individual are two very different things. ” Esther Williams (movie star in the 40’s and 50’s) • Do you agree or disagree with this quote? Do you think America’s view of healthy is realistic or distorted? Explain. ½ pg

Journal #8 • Do you think you can become a vegan? What are the foods that you would have the most difficulty eliminating from your diet? ½ pg

Essay • Who is responsible for America’s problem with obesity? • 2 -3 pgs. double spaced typed • Cite at least 3 sources that we have covered in class (articles, Supersize Me or Food Inc. ) & you may include one outside source. • Do not use “I. ” Write with conviction!

Thesis statement • It’s the answer to the essay prompt. • Who is responsible for America’s problem with obesity? • Americans today are obese due to their own unhealthy eating habits. • The food corporations are responsible for America’s problem with obesity due to it’s deceptive promotional tactics.

Four Corners • When children are at school, schools are responsible for what they eat.

Four Corners • Schools (including colleges) should not offer brand-name fast food choices.

What is the purpose of a text? • To inform • To persuade • To entertain What is Rhetoric? The art or study of using language effectively and persuasively.

What is a warrant? • A reason • A justification • A reasonable connection between a claim and the evidence offered to support it.

The Warrant Formula: • Because…concrete detail, example, or evidence • Therefore…your claim • Since…the logical connection between your evidence and your claim • Because many students are failing classes at an alarming rate. • Therefore the blame needs to be placed not only on faculty but on parents as well. • Since the parents raise the children, they need to take responsibility along with faculty for their child’s education.

Argument • An Argument Needs Three Things to be successful – Relevant Information – Convincing Evidence – Pattern of Reasoning • Argument – A form of discourse in which the speaker tries to persuade an audience to accept, reject, or think a certain way about a problem.