Module 2 Infer the Topic

On the next few slides you will see images related to the module topic.

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Discuss the picture and caption.

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Take notes on pg. 3 as you go​

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​Wait for your partner

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Open Ended

Use complete sentences to answer the following questions. Include specific examples from some of the images you saw.

What do you think this module might be about?

What does this topic mean to you at this point? Why might it be meaningful to study?

What are you looking forward to about this topic?

Multiple Choice

What is the title of the anchor text you will read in this unit to analyze food choices?

• Summer of the Mariposas

• Food Rules and How to Follow Them

• The Omnivore's Dilemma

• The Herbivore's Dilemma

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the definition of "dilemma"?

• a difficult situation or problem

• an issue with conflicting viewpoints

• a source of frustration

Read aloud to your partner

​Performance Task

In Module 1, your performance task was to build a website of folklore characters. Throughout this module, you will research how food impacts our health. You will write an argumentative essay about one recommendation for your community to consider when making food choices. Then you will create an infographic and speaking points to present your claim to your community.​

Multiple Choice

What is an "infographic"?

• A series of graphs displaying data from research

• A formal debate performed as a team

• A storyboard featuring settings and characters

• a visual image such as a chart or diagram used to represent information or data

Open Ended

Use complete sentences to answer the following questions. Include specific examples of assignments and projects you've done in the past that will help you make your infographic.

What do you notice about the task?

What do you wonder about the task?

Now that you have analyzed the performance task, has your inference of what this module might be about changed? How?

​3. What factors influence our access to healthy food? How do we research this?

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4. What factors should we prioritize when making choices about our food? How do we share these recommendations with others?​

​1. Where does our food come from?

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2. How do we analyze arguments about how food should be grown and processed?​

​Take turns reading aloud the Module Guiding Questions

Multiple Choice

What factors influence our access to healthy food? How do we research this?

What is the meaning of "access"?

• the right, privilege, or opportunity to use something

• the amount of something

• the quality of something

• the cost of something

Multiple Choice

What factors should we prioritize when making choices about our food?

What is the meaning of "prioritize"?

• to treat something as less important

• to treat something carelessly

• to treat something as more important

• to treat something carefully

Draw

Consider what the guiding questions emphasize. Sketch about your ideas.

Poll

Select your level of engagement with our new module topic.

• Yay! I'm excited. Sounds interesting.

• Parts of it interest me

• It sounds a little confusing

• I'd rather read something else, but I'm willing to participate