Quick write on front of article packet:

“Six Million Kids are Seriously Overweight… What CAN families do?”

What should the government do?

What should schools do?

What should YOU do?

A SECOND self-read of BOTH articles!

• 1) In a DIFFERENT COLOR PEN - • Argue from the other side! Argue with yourself! • Point out things that people who DON’T agree with you

might say… write those in the margins

• 2) Highlight the POWERFUL words used• Especially those that explain and/or clarify the main

points• The ones that are used to show the LOGIC!!! (logos)• Those that pull at the emotion strings (pathos)

On bottom of Article #1

An Introductory Sentence using THREE of the powerful words!

In ________________’s _______________________ (Author’s full name) (Name of publication and genre)

“___________________________” (___________________), (“title of article”) (date)he/she (argues, claims, asserts, suggests, or another verb)

that _________________________________ (finish with the

author’s thesis statement, i.e. what they are arguing). Highlight HOW author does this, using powerful words.

Shannon Brownlee Sacramento Bee newspaper article

It’s Portion Distortion That Makes America Fat January 5, 2003

In Shannon Brownlee’s Sacramento Bee newspaper article “It’s Portion Distortion That Makes America Fat” (January 5, 2003), she argues that the fast food industry is almost solely responsible for the ever-growing waistline of the American public. She notes that it is the result of “consumer manipulation” (paragraph 6) and that it is not a “matter of individual responsibility” (paragraph 19), even though she agrees that we are “ultimately responsible” (paragraph 24) for what we eat.

In Shannon Brownlee’s Sacramento Bee newspaper article “It’s Portion Distortion That Makes America Fat” (January 5, 2003), she argues that the fast food industry is almost solely responsible for the ever-growing waistline of the American public. She notes that it is the result of “consumer manipulation” (paragraph 6) and that it is not a “matter of individual responsibility” (paragraph 19), even though she agrees that we are “ultimately responsible” (paragraph 24) for what we eat.

Same with article #2

On bottom of Article #2

An Introductory Sentence using THREE of your powerful words!

In ________________’s _______________________ (Author’s full name) (Name of publication and genre)

“___________________________” (___________________), (“title of article”) (date)he/she (argues, claims, asserts, suggests, or another verb)

that _________________________________ (finish with the

author’s thesis statement, i.e. what they are arguing).

David Barboza New York Times newspaper article

If You Pitch It, They Will Eat August 3, 2003

Let’s read Article 3

• Cold read ANNOTATIONS now!!!• On your own, you must:

– Second read (argue in another pen color)– Highlight powerful words– Use your OWN powerful words to write an

Introductory sentence at the bottom of the article

– Complete the chart with evidence from article