Taxing unhealthy food would be an inexpensive way to improve American health. Offering healthy lunches at school means kids are more likely to eat healthy food at home. Activity 4: Making Predictions and Asking Questions Read the first paragraph of silently. “No Lunch Left Behind” What do Waters and Heron think should happen to school lunches? Now that read the first paragraph, explain what the title of the article means. you’ve Now read the first five paragraphs of and then discuss the following questions: “Bad Food?,” What is it going to be about? Why does Bittman put a question mark after “Bad Food?” Who do you think is the intended audience for this piece? How do you know this? Is this the same as the audience for “No Lunch Left Behind”? Turn the title of article into a question to answer as you read the essay. Bittman’s Reading Activity 5: Reading for Understanding The first reading of an essay is intended to help you understand the text and confirm your predictions. This step is sometimes called reading the or the believing “with grain” “playing you read, think about the following questions: game.” As Which of your predictions turned out to be true? What surprised you? If your predictions turned out to be wrong, what misled you? Can you answer the question you created from the title? What, if anything, is still confusing to you?
Taxing unhealthy food would be an inexpensive way to improve American health. Offering healthy lunches at school means kids are more likely to eat healthy food at home. Activity 4: Making Predictions and Asking Questions Read the first paragraph of “No Lunch Left Behind” silently. What do Waters and Heron think should happen to school lunches? Now that you’ve read the first paragraph, explain what the title of the article means. Now read the first five paragraphs of “Bad Food?,” and then discuss the following questions: What is it going to be about? Why does Bittman put a question mark after “Bad Food?” Who do you think is the intended audience for this piece? How do you know this? Is this the same as the audience for “No Lunch Left Behind”? Turn the title of Bittman’s article into a question to answer as you read the essay. Reading Activity 5: Reading for Understanding The first reading of an essay is intended to help you understand the text and confirm your predictions. This step is sometimes called reading “with the grain” or “playing the believing game.” As you read, think about the following questions: Which of your predictions turned out to be true? What surprised you? If your predictions turned out to be wrong, what misled you? Can you answer the question you created from the title? What, if anything, is still confusing to you?
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