DAILY ASSIGNMENTS
*calendar subject to change*
Friday 1/20
1. Create Your Own Advertisement
HW: Reading Questions, p. 1-7
a. Pick two questions to answer.
b. Each answer should have 3-4 sentences for full credit.
1. If a “billion-plus smokers” are not “idiots,” as Spurlock explains, then why do these people smoke?
2. Describe Spurlock’s argument regarding advertising. According to Spurlock, how does advertising affect people?
3. According to Spurlock, are people responsible for being healthy?
4. Find a statistic about advertising. What is the significance of this statistic?
Monday 1/23
Procedure:
1. Review Advertising Rubric
a. meet in groups
2. Review Reading Questions
3. Read in class
4. Collect HW
5. Return Poems
Homework: read p. 9-25 + Reading Prompts
Reading Prompts
p. 9-25
Answer the following:
1. Why are the poor becoming fatter?
2. Give three examples why Americans are, in general, becoming fatter:
3. How did Super-Sizing begin? Give two examples of this.
4. Explain the M&M study that illustrates how people eat more. Does this study apply to you? Describe how it does or doesn't apply to you.
Tuesday 1/24
1. Possible Reading Quiz
2. Watch excepts from Super Size Me
3. Class Discussion regarding reading p. 9-25
Homework: Read Ch. 4 + Reading Prompts
Wednesday 1/25
1. Possible Reading Quiz
2. Meet in Advertising Groups
3. Discuss Readings
4. Watch Excerpts from Super Size Me
Homework: Read Chp. 5 + Reading Prompts
Thursday 1/26
1. Possible Reading Quiz
2. Present Ads
3. Discuss Readings
Homework: Read Chp. 6 + Reading Prompts
Chp. 6 Study Guide (Due Friday)
1. What does Spurlock say is the psychological reason he was excited to
start his McDonalds diet?
2. What celebration was starting on the first day of the McDonalds diet?
3. What is the ingredient in the McDonalds food that makes it
addictive according to nutritionists?
4. What was the prank Spurlock played on a friend in his friend’s office?
Friday 1/27
1. Possible Reading Quiz
2. "But My Friends are Eating it Too" lesson
3. Discuss Readings
Homework: Read Chps. 8-9 + Reading Prompts
Monday 1/30
1. Do Now
2. Video: Chapters 1-2
3. Weekly Food Chart
4. Read Text
HW:
a. Read p. 131-145 + Study Guide
b. Weekly Food Chart + 1/4 page analysis
Weekly Eating Journal Questions
1. Why do you eat this food?
2. Is this meal healthy?
3. How do you feel before, during and after the meal?
4. What does your meal tell you about yourself? (You eat, just to eat. It’s part of a ritual. You are healthy. You are always starving.)
Write ¼- ½ page each day. Analyze your thoughts, feelings, behaviors about your eating habits. What have you learned about yourself by analyzing your eating habits?
Chp. 9 Reading Questions (Due Tuesday)
1. Because of eating at Mcdonald’s, describe the weird things that were happening to Spurlock’s body.
2. Why would Spurlock’s headaches go away? What do you think this means?
3. How did this diet affect Spurlock emotionally?
4. How does Spurlock describe a “naked” hamburger?
5. In a trial, a McDonald’s spokesperson claims everything they serve is healthy. How is Coke healthy according to this person?
6. Give, at least three reasons why Jared, from Subway, gains weight.
Tuesday 1/31
1. Review HW
2. Reading Quiz?
3. Final Assignment
HW: Read Chps 13-14 + Reading Chart/Analysis
Wednesday 2/1
1. Review HW
2. Video
3. In-Class Reading
HW: Read Chp. 15 + Reading Chart/Analysis
Thursday 2/2
1. Review HW
2. Begin Final Assignment
3. Video
HW: Work on Final Project + Reading Chart/Analysis
Friday 2/3
1. Review HW
2. Continue to work on Final assignment
HW: Work on Final Project + Reading Chart/Analysis
Tuesday 2/7
1. Review elements of a persusasive essay.
HW: Rough Draft: Introductory paragraphy + 4 body paragraphs; Research due: observation report = 3/4 page or interview one expert or three people
Wednesday 2/8
1. Review elements of a persuasive essay
2. Introducing concrete detail.
3. Analysis of concrete detail
HW: Complete rough draft
Thursday 2/9
1. Review Concluding Paragraph
2. Review Rubric
3. Peer Edit
HW: Complete Typed Rough Draft + Identify key elements in persuasive esay.
Friday 2/10
1. Discuss transitional phrases
2. 2nd Peer Edit
3. Collect Final Rough Drafts
HW: Continue to work on essays
Monday 2/13
1. Review Rubric, Final Essay Comments and Student Model
HW: Each body paragraph needs to have evidence, with attribution
Tuesday 2/14
1. Final Questions
2. Peer Edit
HW: Final Essay Due
Wednesday 2/15
1. Collect Final Essay and HW
2. Students offer final thoughts on unit
HW: None
Thursday 2/16
1. Watch Super Size Me
HW: None
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