Plans for the week were reviewed.
Thursday the class will embark on a mini-unit on food in fiction. The first quarter of Food & Culture is a survey of many different topics; some will be examined in more depth as a class, others may be the subject of independent research for the thesis.
Groups had time to finish their group presentations based on the Corn Causes Vampire reading. The groups had to develop a claim with five supporting facts from their assigned field of knowledge (Agriculture; Economics/ Business; Health; Eating & Cooking; History & Social Sciences; Jeopardy Knowledge; Science; Symbolism & Arts & Religion). Each group also had to develop a metaphor for corn based in their field of knowledge.
ANY STUDENT WHO MISSED THE PRESENTATION MUST COMPLETE A WRITTEN VERSION OF THE PRESENTATION. This can be turned in to Ms. Margolis on Thursday, or Mr. Zartler on Monday or Tuesday of next week.
Students presented their claims and metaphors, and the rest of the class took notes. After all the presentations the class choose a metaphor for corn in general. Two class choose "Corn is like Oxygen," and then each person in class wrote a journal entry to explain the metaphor.
Classes reviewed the current and new vocabulary:
cereal; monocot; dicot; mies en place; sesame oil; savory; umami.
All students MUST bring their independent reading books to class on Thursday when Ms. Margolis will be teaching.
Thursday the class will embark on a mini-unit on food in fiction. The first quarter of Food & Culture is a survey of many different topics; some will be examined in more depth as a class, others may be the subject of independent research for the thesis.
Groups had time to finish their group presentations based on the Corn Causes Vampire reading. The groups had to develop a claim with five supporting facts from their assigned field of knowledge (Agriculture; Economics/ Business; Health; Eating & Cooking; History & Social Sciences; Jeopardy Knowledge; Science; Symbolism & Arts & Religion). Each group also had to develop a metaphor for corn based in their field of knowledge.
ANY STUDENT WHO MISSED THE PRESENTATION MUST COMPLETE A WRITTEN VERSION OF THE PRESENTATION. This can be turned in to Ms. Margolis on Thursday, or Mr. Zartler on Monday or Tuesday of next week.
Students presented their claims and metaphors, and the rest of the class took notes. After all the presentations the class choose a metaphor for corn in general. Two class choose "Corn is like Oxygen," and then each person in class wrote a journal entry to explain the metaphor.
Classes reviewed the current and new vocabulary:
cereal; monocot; dicot; mies en place; sesame oil; savory; umami.
All students MUST bring their independent reading books to class on Thursday when Ms. Margolis will be teaching.
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