TEXT DEPENDENT QUESTIONS-Answer your answer in the boxes below for each question. these in COMPLETE SENTENCES using details where requested 1. How did the author, Michael Pollan, make decisions about what to eat before he began working on his book? 2. Describe the farm by citing specific details from the text. 3. In the first paragraph on page 3, the author writes: was driving through a “I feedlot, with tens of thousands of animals bellying up to a concrete trough that ran along the side of a highway for what seemed like miles.” What do these words help the reader better understand about where hamburgers come from? 4. Re-read the passage titled, “The Omivore’s Dilemma” (pg. 3-4). Based on The dilemma is” we can eat anything, but have no instincts of “omnivore’s that reading, what is the omivore’s what to eat. dilemma? 5. What can you infer about Pollan’s I can infer his purpose is to inform us of what is in our food so we can make better choices. purpose in writing this book just from reading the first chapter? What makes you I this because he is telling us facts and examples and using his own personal journey. think this? Name______________________________________________________ ELA 8 Chapter 2 pages 20-28 Chapter 2 - The Farm GIST-What are 2-3 main things you took away Author’s Purpose-Why did Author’s Claim-What is the Why is it titled this? from the chapter? the author write this chapter? author trying to prove?
TEXT DEPENDENT QUESTIONS-Answer these in COMPLETE SENTENCES using details where requested your answer in the boxes below for each question. 1. How did the author, Michael Pollan, make decisions about what to eat before he began working on his book? 2. Describe the farm by citing specific details from the text. 3. In the first paragraph on page 3, the author writes: “I was driving through a feedlot, with tens of thousands of animals bellying up to a concrete trough that ran along the side of a highway for what seemed like miles.” What do these words help the reader better understand about where hamburgers come from? 4. Re-read the passage titled, “The Omivore’s Dilemma” (pg. 3-4). Based on that reading, what is the omivore’s dilemma? The “omnivore’s dilemma is” we can eat anything, but have no instincts of what to eat. 5. What can you infer about Pollan’s purpose in writing this book just from reading the first chapter? What makes you think this? I can infer his purpose is to inform us of what is in our food so we can make better choices. I this because he is telling us facts and examples and using his own personal journey. Name______________________________________________________ Chapter 2 pages 20-28 ELA 8 Chapter 2 - The Farm Why is it titled this? GIST-What are 2-3 main things you took away from the chapter? Author’s Purpose-Why did the author write this chapter? Author’s Claim-What is the author trying to prove?
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