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Class slides for1/26 & 1/27

Seeing what “they say”

and what “I say”

in the sample articleSlide2

If ever there were a newspaper headline custom-made for Jay Leno’s monologue, this was it: Kids taking on McDonald’s this week, suing the company for making them fat. Isn’t that like middle-aged men suing Porsche for making them get speeding tickets? Whatever happened to personal responsibility?

I tend to sympathize with these portly fast-food patrons though. …Slide3

THEY SAY

If ever there were a newspaper headline custom-made for Jay Leno’s monologue, this was it: Kids taking on McDonald’s this week, suing the company for making them fat. Isn’t that like middle-aged men suing Porsche for making them get speeding tickets? Whatever happened to personal responsibility?

I tend to sympathize with these portly fast-food patrons

though.

…

I SAY

… [In my childhood,] as now, [fast-food restaurants] were the only available options for an American kid to get an affordable meal. …

… Today, … type 2 diabetes accounts for at least 30 percent of all new childhood cases of diabetes in this country. …

Not surprisingly, money spent to treat diabetes has skyrocketed, too. …

Shouldn’t we know better than to eat two meals a day in fast-food restaurants? Slide4

THEY SAY

If ever there were a newspaper headline custom-made for Jay Leno’s monologue, this was it: Kids taking on McDonald’s this week, suing the company for making them fat. Isn’t that like middle-aged men suing Porsche for making them get speeding tickets? Whatever happened to personal responsibility?

I tend to sympathize with these portly fast-food patrons

though.

…

I SAY

… [In my childhood,] as now, [fast-food restaurants] were the only available options for an American kid to get an affordable meal. …

… Today, … type 2 diabetes accounts for at least 30 percent of all new childhood cases of diabetes in this country. …

Not surprisingly, money spent to treat diabetes has skyrocketed, too. …

Shouldn’t we know better than to eat two meals a day in fast-food restaurants?

THEY SAYSlide5

THEY SAY

If ever there were a newspaper headline custom-made for Jay Leno’s monologue, this was it: Kids taking on McDonald’s this week, suing the company for making them fat. Isn’t that like middle-aged men suing Porsche for making them get speeding tickets? Whatever happened to personal responsibility?

I tend to sympathize with these portly fast-food patrons

though.

…

I SAY

… [In my childhood,] as now, [fast-food restaurants] were the only available options for an American kid to get an affordable meal. …

… Today, … type 2 diabetes accounts for at least 30 percent of all new childhood cases of diabetes in this country. …

Not surprisingly, money spent to treat diabetes has skyrocketed, too. …

Shouldn’t we know better than to eat two meals a day in fast-food restaurants?

That’s one argument. But where, exactly, are consumers—particularly teenagers—supposed to find alternatives?

THEY SAY

I SAYSlide6

THEY SAY

If ever there were a newspaper headline custom-made for Jay Leno’s monologue, this was it: Kids taking on McDonald’s this week, suing the company for making them fat. Isn’t that like middle-aged men suing Porsche for making them get speeding tickets? Whatever happened to personal responsibility?

I tend to sympathize with these portly fast-food patrons

though.

…

I SAY

… [In my childhood,] as now, [fast-food restaurants] were the only available options for an American kid to get an affordable meal. …

… Today, … type 2 diabetes accounts for at least 30 percent of all new childhood cases of diabetes in this country. …

Not surprisingly, money spent to treat diabetes has skyrocketed, too. …

Shouldn’t we know better than to eat two meals a day in fast-food restaurants?

That’s one argument. But where, exactly, are consumers—particularly teenagers—supposed to find alternatives?

THEY SAY

I SAY

Complicating the lack of alternatives is the lack of information about what, exactly, we’re consuming. …

Make fun if you will of these kids launching lawsuits against the fast-food industry,

but don’t be surprised if you’re the next plaintiff. …

THEY SAY

I SAYSlide7
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http://theweek.com/articles/535210/deflategates-ridiculous-empty-moralizingSlide9
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http://theweek.com/articles/534800/american-sniper-cashed-conservative-resentmentSlide11
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http://time.com/3681726/vatican-balloons-doves/Slide13

Make sure you’re fair and accurate when you tell us what THEY SAY.Slide14

What’s the difference?

Pat

said

that the car was green.

Pat

believed

that the car was green

.Pat

claimed

that

the car was green

.

Pat

emphasized that the car was green.Pat

agreed

that the car was green.

Pat

argued

that the car was green.

Pat

insisted

that

the car was green.

Pat

admitted

that

the car was green

.

Pat

verified

that the car was green.

Point: Choose your verbs carefully!Slide15

In pairs (or groups of three, if necessary), read aloud your two summaries. Try to read in a neutral voice, not giving away whether you agree or disagree with the position you are summarizing.

When are you the listener (rather than the reader), write down any words or phrases that make you think the reader definitely agrees or definitely disagrees with the position being summarized.Slide16

Words/Phrases that suggest agreement

Words/Phrases that suggest disagreementSlide17

For your conference, write TWO summaries – no longer than a paragraph each – in which you summarize “Don’t Blame the Eater.”

1. In “Don’t Blame the Eater,” David

Zinczenko

says/claims...

BUT (because he wrong, and there really ARE inexpensive and healthy alternatives to fast food) I say…

2

. In “Don’t Blame the Eater,” David Zinczenko

says/claims...

BUT (because his argument is based on cultural stereotypes of obesity rather than on genuine medical problems) I say…

Questions?