"Extra Crunch With Lunch"

Our reading for Thursday, "Extra Crunch With Lunch," discusses entomophagy, or the eating of insects.

Question #1

To what does the term “harvest day” refer? Why does Kingsolver think the term “harvesting” is appropriate? What is her problem with the word “killing” in this context?

Question #2

What are some examples of how animals are affected by a human vegetarian diet? 

Question #3

What are some potential consequences of freeing farm animals? 

Question #4

What does Kingsolver mean when she refers to farm animals as “human property, not just legally but biologically” (223). What do you think about this argument? 

Question #5

What are your thoughts on the description of the harvest?

Compare/Contrast

A Venn diagram is a tool that helps you compare and contrast things. In the diagram below, a dog and a cat are compared and contrasted. 

Dog	Both Animals	Cat
Range from very small to very large Wide variety of breeds Bark Eat dog food Can be trained	May be pets Usually have fur Need proper care	Generally the same small size Only a few breeds Meow Eat cat food Difficult to train

The same can be done for characters in a book.

The Wine of Astonishment by Earl Lovelace

Ivan Morton	Both Characters	Bolo
Schoolteacher/politician Moves to a big house on the hill Rich	(Kind of) community leaders Date Eulalie In a position to help the problem with the church	Stickfighter Lives in the village Poor

Practice:

To practice using a Venn diagram, compare and contrast the Gerbie and the Furbie. Record how each is different. Then, write what is the same about them. 

Gerbie	Both Items	Furbie

Once you organize ideas in a Venn diagram, you can more easily write about those ideas. When writers write to compare, they must present information in a way that makes sense to readers.

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There are two ways to organize a written comparison. One way is to talk first about one object, then about the other. This is called a whole-to-whole comparison. In this whole-to-whole comparison, information about an orange is in regular type. Information about a lemon is in italics.

This orange has a slightly bumpy, orange skin. When I peel the rind off, I can easily pull apart the sections. The taste is sweet. The lemon also has a slightly bumpy skin, but it is yellow. Inside, the sections are not quite so easy to pull apart. It is the sourest thing I have ever put in my mouth.

If you were doing this in a longer essay, you might consider having one paragraph about oranges and one paragraph about lemons.

The other way is to talk first about one feature, or characteristic, as it relates to both objects. Then, go on to another feature, and so on. This is a part-to-part comparison. Here is an example. Again, information about an orange is in regular type; information about a lemon is in italics.

This orange has a slightly bumpy, orange skin. The lemon also has a slightly bumpy skin, but it is yellow. When I peel the orange’s rind off, I can easily pull apart the sections. Inside the lemon, the sections are not quite so easy to pull apart. The taste of the orange is sweet. The lemon is the sourest thing I have ever put in my mouth.

Now, look back at the details you recorded about the Gerbie and the Furbie in your Venn diagram. Write a paragraph in which you compare and contrast the two items. Decide which method of organization you will use: whole-to-whole or part-to-part. Then, write the paragraph.

MLA Format (Update for New Version of Windows)

There are a number of MLA format requirements that we still need to review. I have the directions for how to do them in the old version of Microsoft Word, but the computers we use in the computer lab have a newer version of Word. This is where you come in...

1) Get together with the people in your row.
2) Get a copy of Ms. Uzzilia's formatting directions for the old version of Word and review together.
3) Figure out how to update these instructions for the new version of Word (the kind we use in lab).
4) Create a short document showing step-by-step directions. You can do this with screen shots of all the steps (CTL+ALT+Print Screen, or at least that's how to do it in the old version of Word). An amusing cartoon might work as well, as long as it's informative.
5) Email me a copy of this document. Make sure to include the names of everyone who worked on it.
6) Have one or two people come up to demonstrate to the class using the overhead.

Later, I will combine your directions into one document and distribute them to the class.

MLA Style Citation

(Books with One Author)

Example: 

Fiedler, Leslie. Freaks: Myths and Images of the Secret Self. New York: Simon, 1978. Print.

Author (last, first.)

Title (in italics, include subtitles after colons, period at the end)
City of Publication (followed by colon)
Publisher (followed by comma, abbreviated)
Date of Publication (followed by period)
Medium of Publication (“Print.” for book, “Web.” for online book (slightly different format),  CD, Film, DVD, Performance, etc.)

Any line after the first line is double-spaced and indented on-half inch or five spaces. This is called a “hanging indent.”

(Selection from an Anthology or Collection)

Give the author and title of the selection, using quotation marks around the title. Then give the title of the anthology, in italics. If the anthology has an editor, note the name or names after the “Ed.” Give the page numbers for the entire selection as shown.

 

Mabry, Marcus. “Living in Two Worlds.” Between Worlds: A Reader, Rhetoric, and Handbook. Ed. Susan Bachmann and Melinda Barth. 6th ed. New York: Longman, 2010. 109-111. Print.

(Two or More Selections from the Same Anthology or Collection)

To avoid repetition, give the full citation for the book once, under the editor’s last name. Then list all articles under the individual authors’ names, followed by the title of their work. After each title, put the editor’s name as a cross-reference to the complete citation.

Bachmann, Susan, and Melinda Barth, ed. Between Worlds: A Reader, Rhetoric, and Handbook. 6th ed. New York: Longman, 2010. Print.

Holman, M. Carl. “Mr. Z.” Bachmann 133-134. 

Staples, Brent. “Black Men and Public Space.” Bachmann 181-185.

What Do You Eat?

There are a number of ways you can answer the question, "What do you eat?" In the comments, please post at least one answer to this question. Here are some ways you can think about it: 

What did you eat this morning before coming to class? 

What do you eat for dinner most of the time? 

What is the best thing your mother/father/sister/brother cooks for you? 

If you were on Death Row and had one last meal, what would it be? 

What is the most exciting thing you've ever eaten? 

What would you never eat? 

What would you eat only on a dare? 

What do you wish you could eat? 

Theme #2: Animals as Food (Essay #2 Assignment)

In recent years, we have becoming increasingly concerned with the way we eat, and the question of eating meat usually arises. (Last year, for example, LaGuardia started promoting a “Meatless Monday” menu in the cafeteria.) “My Son, My Compass” by Janna Malamud Smith, “The Fruits of Family Trees” by Jonathan Safran Foer, and “Six Rules for Eating Wisely” by Michael Pollan each discuss different reasons for why we eat the way we do. How should we decide what to eat? How should our relationships with animals affect how we eat, if at all?

Use specific examples from at least one of the readings (Smith, Foer, and Pollan) and at least one outside source of your own choosing to support your position. Make sure to include at least one quotation sandwich from each reading. You can also include examples from your personal life or from other readings as well.

Your final draft needs to be at least 700 words, in MLA format, with a “Works Cited” page.

Dates:

Th, March 29^th: “My Son, My Compass” (Smith), “Six Rules for Eating Wisely” by Michael Pollan

T, April 3^rd:  “The Fruits of Family Trees,” from Eating Animals (Foer)

Th, April 5^th: Essay #2 Rough Draft Due (11:59pm by email)

T, April 10^th: No Class (Spring Break)

Th, April 12^th: No Class (Spring Break)  

T, April 17^th: [Essay #2 Rough Draft Returned], “Delicious, Dangerous, Disgusting, and Dead,” from Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat (Herzog)

Th, April 19^th: Last day to officially withdraw from a course with a “W” grade, “You Can’t Run Away on Harvest Day,” from Animal, Vegetable, Miracle (Kingsolver)

T, April 24^th: “Extra Crunch with Lunch” (Schmidt)

Th, April 26^th: Essay #2 Final Draft Due (11:59pm by email)

T, May 1^st: [Essay #2 Final Draft Returned] “Grub” (Goodyear)

Th, May 3^rd: Midterm

T, May 8^th: [Midterm Returned]

*Subject to Change