FOOD PRODUCT DESIGN FROM FAST FOOD NATION ERIC

THIS WEEK’S TIMELINE q. Monday – Complete the SOAPStone worksheet to dig into the

SOAPSTONE Speaker • What do you know or infer about the speaker from reading

SOAPSTONE Occasion • What is the setting of this selection? What was going on

SOAPSTONE Audience • What specific group of people does the writer hope to reach?

SOAPSTONE Purpose • Why does the author want this group of people to read

SOAPSTONE Subject • What is the specific topic of this piece?

SOAPSTONE Tone • What feeling or mood does the author try to establish? What

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FOOD PRODUCT DESIGN FROM FAST FOOD NATION ERIC SCHLOSSER

THIS WEEK’S TIMELINE q. Monday – Complete the SOAPStone worksheet to dig into the selection, “Food Product Design” by Eric Schlosser. q. Tuesday – Complete the preparation sheet for the Socratic Seminar on Thursday, 2/11/16. q. Wednesday – Finish any unfinished work and Photo Journal #11. q. Thursday – Socratic Seminar – “What information confirmed or changed your ideas about fast food? ” You will discuss this question, using citations from the text and your own elaboration during a Socratic Seminar. q. Friday – Sub Day – The sub will give you a worksheet that MUST be completed and turned in by the end of class. This will be a graded assignment and will NOT be accepted after Friday, 2/12/16.

SOAPSTONE Speaker • What do you know or infer about the speaker from reading the text? Does the author write in first or third person? Is this a fiction or nonfiction piece? What do you know or can infer about the background/culture of the narrator? • Cite evidence.

SOAPSTONE Occasion • What is the setting of this selection? What was going on in the world when this was written? What was going on in the world which made the author write this? Is this a modern text or from a different time period? • Cite evidence.

SOAPSTONE Audience • What specific group of people does the writer hope to reach? Why is this information vital to this particular audience? Did the author avoid bias or was he/she stay one-sided? • Cite evidence.

SOAPSTONE Purpose • Why does the author want this group of people to read this? What is he/she trying to convince them of? How does this connect to this quarter’s essential questions (look up above the whiteboard). • Cite evidence.

SOAPSTONE Subject • What is the specific topic of this piece?

SOAPSTONE Tone • What feeling or mood does the author try to establish? What literary devices (simile, metaphor, hyperbole, irony, imagery) does the author use? • Cite evidence.