Making Predictions and Making Predictions and Asking QuestionsAsking Questions

The Politics of Food:The Politics of Food:

Surveying the TextSurveying the Text

Surveying the TextSurveying the Text

Read the titles of the two articles and Read the titles of the two articles and guess what they might discuss. Jot down guess what they might discuss. Jot down your ideas.your ideas.

Wendell Berry’s essay, “The Pleasures of Wendell Berry’s essay, “The Pleasures of Eating”, comes from a collections of his Eating”, comes from a collections of his essays titled, essays titled, What Are People For?What Are People For? What What do you think the title of the collection might do you think the title of the collection might mean? mean?

Things to consider…Things to consider… What do you think the subject of these essays What do you think the subject of these essays

will be?will be? What do you think is the purpose of these What do you think is the purpose of these

essays?essays? Who do you think is the intended audience? Who do you think is the intended audience?

How do you know?How do you know? What do you think the writers want us to do or What do you think the writers want us to do or

believe?believe? Based on the titles, what information or ideas Based on the titles, what information or ideas

might these essays present?might these essays present? Will the articles be negative or positive in regard Will the articles be negative or positive in regard

to their topic? What makes you think that?to their topic? What makes you think that?

Diving InDiving In

1.1. Read the first two paragraphs of Berry’s Read the first two paragraphs of Berry’s article. Jot down your predictions of what article. Jot down your predictions of what Berry might discuss.Berry might discuss.

2.2. Read the first paragraph of Pollan’s Read the first paragraph of Pollan’s article. Jot down what you think his point article. Jot down what you think his point of view might be.of view might be.

3.3. Will these writers make arguments? For Will these writers make arguments? For what?what?

4.4. Turn the title of each essay into questions Turn the title of each essay into questions that you might keep in mind while reading.that you might keep in mind while reading.

Key Vocabulary: BerryKey Vocabulary: Berry

Urban shoppers (4)Urban shoppers (4) Specialization (5)Specialization (5) Industrial food Industrial food

consumer (5)consumer (5) Cultural amnesia (6)Cultural amnesia (6) A pig in a poke (6)A pig in a poke (6) Food esthetics (8)Food esthetics (8) Perfunctory (8)Perfunctory (8) Obliviousness (9)Obliviousness (9)

Relentlessly (11)Relentlessly (11) Estranged (20)Estranged (20) Comely arts (20)Comely arts (20) Concentration camp Concentration camp

(21)(21)

Key Vocabulary: PollanKey Vocabulary: Pollan

Dubious (1)Dubious (1)Domestication (2)Domestication (2) Insinuated (3)Insinuated (3)Subsidize (4)Subsidize (4)Wreaks havoc (6)Wreaks havoc (6)Metabolized (10)Metabolized (10)Predators (13)Predators (13)

Homework: Advertisement and Homework: Advertisement and VocabularyVocabulary

Cut out a food product from a magazine or Cut out a food product from a magazine or printed page from the internet or bring in a printed page from the internet or bring in a food product from home. Create an food product from home. Create an advertisement for that product. Use at advertisement for that product. Use at least five of the vocabulary words provided least five of the vocabulary words provided from the articles. Be sure you keep in from the articles. Be sure you keep in mind literal meanings as well as mind literal meanings as well as connotations. Your use of the word must connotations. Your use of the word must agree with its contextual use in the article. agree with its contextual use in the article. Remember to use persuasive techniques Remember to use persuasive techniques to “sell” your product.to “sell” your product.