Reading in Literary Non- Fiction Making choices about food that affect more than our waistlines.

Reading in Literary Non- FictionMaking choices about food that affect more than our waistlines

• Even though the price of groceries has sky-rocketed and people all around the world are dying from starvation each day, Americans still throw away 30 million tons of food each year. After reading articles, book excerpts, watching video clips and viewing a photo essay on food, write a narrative account from the point of view of someone outside the United States that shows what you’ve learned about this global problem.

Essential Questions

• What can individuals do to change the way we think about food and waste?

• Why is America the fattest nation on the planet?• How can we be more healthy?• Is our addiction to fast food too much for us to overcome

as a nation?

Hungry Planet: What the World Eats - Peter Menzel

• Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio traveled the world documenting that most basic of human behaviors — what we eat. Their project, “Hungry Planet,” depicts everything that an average family consumes in a given week–and what it costs — laid out in thought-provoking detail. Their results will be exhibited by The Nobel Peace Center to give viewers a peek into kitchens from Norway to Kuwait, and to raise awareness about how environments and cultures influence the cost and calories of the world’s dinners.Read more: Hungry Planet: What The World Eats | TIME.com http://world.time.com/2013/09/20/hungry-planet-what-the-world-eats/#ixzz2ppCIKN39

The Revis family of North Carolina

Directions:

• On paper provided or a google doc titled “NC Image”• Create 4 boxes-fold paper in half and in half again.• Label each quadrant as follows:

1 2

3 4

Directions:

• Quadrant 1• 3 minutes: Write down everything thing you observe• 2 minutes: Share what you observed with your group• Group Share Observations• Repeat steps for each Quadrant

Next steps

• On back of paper, or bottom of table or information on doc:

• Summarize your thoughts of what you have viewed• Ask 2 questions you now have• Share one question on Discussion Board on wikispaces• Respond to 3 classmates questions and respond to

students who responded to your own post.