Food as Symbol stories were due today.
Class began with a review of how to give positive feedback, then students formed small, random groups and shared their stories and got positive feedback from their peers. After sharing in small groups students could volunteer to share or be nominated to share their stories with the entire class.
Next the class added six vocabulary terms:
Omnivore
Carnivore
Herbivore
lacto-
pecse-
ovo-
Students with completed stories had to complete the following self evaluation activity.
Address in paragraphs with good topic sentences and evidence or examples the following requirements of the story assignment:
# It is a story: character+conflict => resolution
# Food / eating is a symbol (better) or food / eating is part of an lesson (ok)
# Dialogue is used and formatted correctly
# Blocking is used
# Setting description is used
at least two of the following four categories are represented A) objects B) atmosphere C) dimensional clues D) sensory details
# Conclusion: What do you think of your story
Next students began analyzing the first chapter of Mark Bittman's Food Matters.
Students were asked to respond (via personal experience; connections; arugment; or questions) to four passages.
1) The chart on page 6
2) The first paragraph of chapter 1 on page 9
3) The passage: "...but the bottom line here is that to eat well we must first eat moderately, and limit our eating to real food. (Organic junk food--and there is plenty of it--is still junk food). (Page 10)
4)Our instincts, as human animals, prod us to eat all the food we can lay our hands on" (page 10)
Class began with a review of how to give positive feedback, then students formed small, random groups and shared their stories and got positive feedback from their peers. After sharing in small groups students could volunteer to share or be nominated to share their stories with the entire class.
Next the class added six vocabulary terms:
Omnivore
Carnivore
Herbivore
lacto-
pecse-
ovo-
Students with completed stories had to complete the following self evaluation activity.
Address in paragraphs with good topic sentences and evidence or examples the following requirements of the story assignment:
# It is a story: character+conflict => resolution
# Food / eating is a symbol (better) or food / eating is part of an lesson (ok)
# Dialogue is used and formatted correctly
# Blocking is used
# Setting description is used
at least two of the following four categories are represented A) objects B) atmosphere C) dimensional clues D) sensory details
# Conclusion: What do you think of your story
Next students began analyzing the first chapter of Mark Bittman's Food Matters.
Students were asked to respond (via personal experience; connections; arugment; or questions) to four passages.
1) The chart on page 6
2) The first paragraph of chapter 1 on page 9
3) The passage: "...but the bottom line here is that to eat well we must first eat moderately, and limit our eating to real food. (Organic junk food--and there is plenty of it--is still junk food). (Page 10)
4)Our instincts, as human animals, prod us to eat all the food we can lay our hands on" (page 10)
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