Chew+On+This

=3/21/12 -- Final Project Assignment/Rubric and Ideas Brainstormed in Class Today:=

= = =3/8/12 - Here are photos of the notes you all posted on the board during today's "Stop the Pop" lesson:=







=2/10/12-- Here are the groups for the "You Teach the Class" Assignment, and here is the assignment and rubric. =

= = =2/6/12= = = = = =2/1/12 - //Chew On This// Day 1 = = = =

= = = =Here are the slides and pictures from our Compass Points activity today. I look forward to using all your suggestions moving forward!!= = =



= = Can't read the sticky notes?

** North ** – What do you **N**eed to k**N**ow in order to be successful as we tackle this unit?

 * === I need to know what keeps teens going to fast food restaurants and what the restaurants do to capture these teens ===
 * === What I need to know in order to be successful is the moral of what we are reading ===
 * === I need to know how bad this issue affects us ===
 * === What fast food is ===
 * === I need to know how food can affect me personally ===
 * === Why are we reading this? It’s kind of gross and sickening! ===
 * === I need to know on what will this book help me? ===
 * === What we need to know throughout this unit is to have an open mind, so you can believe the reality behind our favorite foods ===
 * === What I need to know in order to be successful learners throughout this unit is that I can look at vocabulary in the book. ===
 * === I need to know where this unit is going to take us ===
 * === I need to know if this could really affect us ===
 * === How it affects me ===
 * === Why are we reading this book? ===
 * === I need to know what is in fast foods ===
 * === What we need to know in order to be successful learners throughout this unit is where the food came from, who makes it, ingredients, etc. ===
 * === The projects we are going to do for this book, and how will we go over/discuss this book? ===
 * === I need to know how this food will affect me ===
 * === Why are we reading this? ===
 * === I don’t know ===
 * === I need to know if there will be projects ===
 * === I will need to know how meat we eat at fast food restaurants is processed ===

** West ** – What are you **W**orried about?

 * === That it’s disgusting and it makes me not want to eat at all. ===
 * === I might get sick! ===
 * === That I will be disgusted when I find out what’s really in fast food. ===
 * === It makes me want to throw up thinking of this book ===
 * === I’m worried that it would probably be boring, ===
 * === What worries me about this unit is nothing! ===
 * === What worries me is that I’m scared of what could be in my body at this point, since I eat so much fast food. ===
 * === Finding the extreme facts about the food I eat everyday ===
 * === It might make me hate fast food ===
 * === I’m worried that I will stop or just dislike fast food more because I like it (it tastes good!) ===
 * === I’m not worried about anything with this unit but me not being able to look at fast food again. ===
 * === What worries me about this unit is that I am going to stop eating burgers, the crunch French fries, and the delicious nuggets. ===
 * === What worries me is where the food comes from and what’s in it and what it does to your body ===
 * === I’m worried this book is not going to affect me at all ===
 * === To read something really nasty ===
 * === I think it might affect my position on fast food. It also might gross me out. ===
 * === Essays ===
 * === That I will hate fast food after this ===
 * === I am worried that I might not clearly understand what’s going on ===
 * === I’m worried I’ll have a phobia of eating fast food ===



** East ** – What are you most **E**xcited about?

 * === I’m not really that excited because it might make me throw up ===
 * === I’m not excited about this book ===
 * === That I will learn what’s really in those juicy burgers. Hopefully knowing the real ingredients in fast food will make me want to make healthier choices ===
 * === To know what all the things we eat are made out of ===
 * === I’m most excited about how I will learn what is in my fast food hamburger, French fries, and soda. I want to learn what this food does to us. ===
 * === Knowing what I’m really eating ===
 * === I’m excited about learning about what’s in my food. ===
 * === I’m excited to learn about the 15-year-old who made a burger. ===
 * === What I’m most excited about is discovering what our foods are really made of. ===
 * === I’m most excited to know what it’s like to be working out back in the kitchen ===
 * === I am most excited to find out what they’re hiding ===
 * === Nothing, nothing at all ===
 * === I’m NOT excited for this book ===
 * === Nothing ===
 * === I am excited about seeing what goes in the good fast food we eat. ===
 * === I am excited to see what they put in fast foods. ===
 * === I’m excited about group projects/discussions this book will bring ===
 * === Knowing the process of food and fast food ===
 * === I am excited to see people wanting to become vegetarians—the way to go! No meat! ===
 * === I’m excited about the questions we are going to have, because I think it’s going to be an easy one—ha ha! ===
 * === I’m most excited about finding out what these fast foods are really made of ===
 * === I’m most excited about learning more secrets behind the fast food industry. ===
 * === Reading the book and learning new facts about our fast food society! ===

** South ** – What **S**uggestions do you have as we move forward?

 * === Be open-minded ===
 * === I think we should discuss how this book makes us feel ===
 * === My suggestion is no essays! The book is too straightforward. ===
 * === We should really pay attention to what they are saying ===
 * === What a PETA video ===
 * === I’m going to suggest we watch a PETA video ===
 * === That we stop with this! ===
 * === We stop reading this book ===
 * === We should stop reading this book ===
 * === I think we should take notes on some facts given from the book ===
 * === To watch Supersize Me and videos on how the meat is created ===
 * === I suggest in order to know what we’re really discussing ===
 * === We could discuss how the effects of fast food are long-term effects ===
 * === Make connections ===
 * === I think we should watch videos and the movie Supersize Me to better explain the point of the book ===
 * === What we should do is when we move on in this book—like when we are done with it—we could do an awesome project. ===
 * === I think that throughout this unit, we should watch videos about and have activities (FUN!) about it. ===
 * === We should watch Supersize Me ===
 * === Let’s stop reading this!! ===
 * === Do a cool project with a lot of creativity! ===

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 * Video Intro to //Chew On This//:**

[|Click here to watch the trailer for the film Food, Inc.] **[|Click here to watch the trailer for the film Supersize Me]**