The Omnivore's Dilemma PDF

Examencito: The Omnivore's Dilemma Part 1

Mad Cow?!?!

Homework:  Continue reading The Omnivore's Dilemma
                    Honors:  Chapters 8-9
                    Young Readers: Chapters 10-11

Turn in your coffee forms!

"Starter" 28:  For each video, note rhetorical observations (genre, appeals, ideological bias, fallacies, etc.)
A. The Meatrix (2 videos)
B. Where does McDonald's meat come from?



Work Time
Study for Quiz
Read
Edmodo

The Botany of Desire

Starter 27:  React to Film Clips
a) What do think about Michael Pollan's perspective about the human relationship to plants?
b)  The film discusses how man's desire to control his natural environment has led to "biotech" crops and the genetic engineering of food.  Do you see this as beneficial or detrimental to our species?  Why?

If you were absent from class, read this material to make up the starter:  http://www.pbs.org/thebotanyofdesire/potato-control.php.


Work Time:
Read The Omnivore's Dilemma
Edmodo time!

Bonanza!

Bienvenidos, Profesores!

Project Launch:  The Rhetoric of Food

Surveys:  Eric Setka's survey (change the second strongly agree to strongly disagree)
Project Week Survey: https://sites.google.com/site/ospreyweek/

Read: The Omnivore's Dilemma

ACT testing

City Market!

Begin reading The Omnivore's Dilemma.  Quiz: Monday, April 30 on Part 1.


Study Guides
Honors
Young Reader's

City Market Field Trip!

Seminar: The Human Relationship with Food

Seminar Post-write due Monday!

Rubric

Post-seminar writing:

1.  Reflection/Self-Assess

·         Reflect on the outcome of the seminar.  Consider your own performance and the seminar overall.  How did you do personally and how did the group do collectively?   Based on the rubric, what grade do you deserve on the seminar? 

·         React to your peers’ ideas (be specific) and the meaning you all constructed together.  Was there anything that enlightened you?  Something you particularly disagree with?  How did your thinking about the text change as a result of this seminar? 

2.  Synthesis

·         Make a claim about an idea from today's seminar and support it with evidence.  Your claim may be something you develop further from your seminar prep, or it may be a new idea that you acquired during the seminar.  

For this seminar, you will receive only one grade, which will be a fusion of your reflection and your seminar performance.  I still would like you to write a synthesis, but instead of sending it to me, you should post it on Edmodo.


Honors:  Don't forget to get a copy of The Omnivore's Dilemma by Monday!

The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race

Crash Course:  The Agricultural Revolution

Group Work:  "The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race"

Seminar Prep: The Human Relationship with Food

Answer the following questions referencing evidence from Hatchet, Supersize Me, and “The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race.”

1.  Compare and contrast Brian’s relationship with food in Hatchet and that of a “heavy user” of McDonald’s food.  Which way would you rather live?

2.  Compare and contrast the life of a hunter/gatherer with your own.  Who lives better?  Explain.

3.  Was the agricultural revolution the worst mistake in the history of the human race?  Why or why not?

If you finish your seminar prep, spend some time on Edmodo in a rhetorical exchange about food!

Homework:  Read and Annotate: "The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race"

Questions 

1.  What is the thesis of this article?

2.  What evidence does the article give to support its thesis?

3.  Do you agree with the article?  Why or why not?

4.  What arguments can be made against the article’s thesis? 

Questions for Hatchet
1.  Write a paragraph that discusses your thoughts and observations regarding the evolution of Brian's relationship with food.
2.  Compare/contrast Brian's relationship with food (while in the wilderness) with your own.

Welcome Back!

FOOD!

Starter 25:  How do you characterize your relationship with food?

Freewrite for 20 minutes on as many of the following questions as you feel.  Please feel free to go in another direction if you choose.

• What does the experience of eating mean to you?
• What do you eat?
• What are the influences that shape what you eat?
• What sorts of food have you grown up on? 
• What is the food culture like in your family? 
• What are your favorite foods and why?
• What kind of eater are you?
• What do you know about where your food comes from, and how does this affect what you eat?

Small Group Discussion:  

Why study food in Humanities?  Make a list of the potential connections that you see between food and Humanities class.  

What do you hope to learn more about it through this unit?

First reading:  Hatchet

1.  As you read, annotate regarding Brian's changing relationship with his food.  When you finish, write a paragraph that synthesizes your thoughts and observations.

2.  Compare/contrast Brian's relationship with food (while in the wilderness) with your own.

Seminar: Cat's Cradle

Seminar Rubric and Post-write

Cat's Cradle Seminar Coaching

Coaching Packet

Character Activity handout

Major themes/Interpretations handout

Books of Bokonon

Literary Analysis:

Shameless Lies: An Analysis of Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle

Kurt_Vonnegut’s_Cats_Cradle:_An_Analysis

The_Use_of_Humor_in_Vonnegut’s_Writing

Reaction to Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s Cat's Cradle

Sparknotes Analysis

Major Themes

Welcome Back, Juniors!

LINK reflection/self-assess and debrief