Class slides for1/26 & 1/27

Seeing what “they say”and what “I say”

in the sample article

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. …

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 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 SAY

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 SAYI SAY

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 SAYI 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 SAYI SAY

http://theweek.com/articles/535210/deflategates-ridiculous-empty-moralizing

http://theweek.com/articles/534800/american-sniper-cashed-conservative-resentment

http://time.com/3681726/vatican-balloons-doves/

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

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!

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.

Words/Phrases that suggest agreement

Words/Phrases that suggest disagreement

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?