You Are What You Eat

You Are What You Eat

Poll

How many times a week do you eat fast food?

• 1-2

• 2-3

• 3-5

• everyday

What is an Informational Text?

• Always has clear thesis & supporting details

• 3 types of evidence (supporting details)

• Empirical, Anecdotal, Logical

• Empirical: based on experiences and direct observation through research

• Logical: based on facts and a clear rationale

• Anecdotal: based on personal accounts of incidents

Open Ended

What are the 3 types of evidence?

Multiple Choice

What type of evidence is the reaction video?

• Empirical

• Logical

• Anecdotal

Open the "Junk Food Ads" assignment in G-Classroom

Make an inference on the main idea based off of the title

Open Ended

What do you think is going to be the main idea of this text?

Before We Start Reading

Remember, the focus for today is author’s purpose, main idea, and supporting details.

The main idea and supporting details help reveal the author’s purpose. 

The Think Aloud

• Create legend at top of page for highlights: Empirical, Logical, Anecdotal

• Highlight 1st sentence & click "add comment" icon on right hand side- notate this line as the Thesis

• Highlight your 1st two paragraphs like Mrs. Tabor

• Use our color legend for each type of evidence

• Add exact same notes as Mrs. Tabor

Poll

What is the text structure of "Junk Food Ads"

• Compare/Contrast

• Description

• Sequence/Chronological

• Cause/Effect

• Problem/Solution

Multiple Choice

Which line best supports the thesis?

• From 2013 to 2017, spending on TV advertising for restaurants, food and beverages decreased by 4 percent overall.

• Fast food and unhealthy food options that are marketed as cheaper and more easily accessible in small stores become more desirable.

• Some companies spend quite a bit of money to endear themselves to these communities that they don’t even give public health organizations a chance.”

• the food companies spent $11 billion on advertising that year, with 80 percent spent on ads for fast food, candy, sugary drinks and unhealthy snacks

Find the relevant supporting details

Highlight 2 pieces of supporting details in this paragraph (annotate in "add comment" which type of evidence)

-Drop one piece of evidence you found in the chat!

Open Ended

Based off of the supporting details we highlighted in paragraphs 1-2, write a 1 sentence summary of the text so far.

Multiple Choice

Which phrase from paragraph 2 best helps the reader understand the meaning of the word pervasive?

• We looked then we saw him step in on the mat!

• ...it’s almost invisible

• … “I’m not sure it’s really widely known

• We looked and we saw him- the cat in the hat!

Multiple Choice

The author’s most likely purpose for including the information in paragraphs 1 and 2 is that he wants to

• show how important advertisement is.

• give readers the information they need to sue fast food restaurants.

• persuade readers that they can be like fast food companies and increase wealth through targeted advertising.

• demonstrate how food companies exploit black and brown communities just to earn money.

Multiple Choice

How does the author’s use of text structure affect the meaning of the text?

• He uses description and cause and effect to show how research studies help people understand poverty.

• He uses problem/solution and chronology to show how readers can solve health problems by eating fruits and vegetables.

• He uses description and cause and effect to show readers how targeted marketing strategies impact the health of black and brown kids.

• He uses problem/solution and procedural structures to show how researchers solve problems through conducting meaningful studies.

Multiple Select

Pulse Check!!

Please click all that apply

• Main Idea is the Thesis of Informational Text

• Informational texts have fictional characters

• All evidence is supporting of the thesis

• All Informational texts have structure

Poll

Thanks for staying engaged today! How do you like this flow of the lesson?

• Love it

• Like it

• Undecided

• Hate it