Finding Solutions to Food Waste: Persuasion in a Digital World

Materials and Technology

Student Interactives

Printouts

Websites

Preparation

 

MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY

• Computers with Internet access
  
  
• LCD projector and screen

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STUDENT INTERACTIVES

Grades   3 – 12  |  Student Interactive  |  Organizing & Summarizing

Persuasion Map

The Persuasion Map is an interactive graphic organizer that enables students to map out their arguments for a persuasive essay or debate.

 

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PRINTOUTS

• The Art of Persuasive Writing PowerPoint presentation
  
  
• Persuasion Map (click on “Print Blank Map”)
  
  
• Cafeteria Waste Activity Sheet
  
  
• Why Not Eat Insects? Notes Organizer (student version)
  
  
• Why Not Eat Insects? Notes Organizer (teacher version)
  
  
• Research Guide
  
  
• Waste Not, Want Not (Note that this blog is formatted as a PDF for easy classroom use; ideally though, it should be posted to your class website or blog for students to access rather than handed out.)
  
  
• Persuasive Blog Rubric
  
  
• Metacognitive Strategies Chart

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WEBSITES

• TED Talk: Marcel Dicke: Why Not Eat Insects?
• Food Facts: Your Scraps Add Up
• Food Waste Basics

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PREPARATION

1. At least one week ahead of time, set up and test student blogs. Students should be divided into blogging communities of eight to ten members so that they are not overwhelmed by having to read and respond to too many blogs. Edublogs or Kidblog are two options to consider if your school or district does not have a blogging system already in place. If you feel you need a refresher about using student blogs, refer to the resources at Setting Up Student Blogs by Kathleen Morris.
   
   
2. Copy and paste the Waste Not, Want Not blog on to your class webpage or blog, or print it and make a copy for each student.
   
   
3. On your teacher website, create links to the ReadWriteThink Persuasion Map, TED Talk: Marcel Dicke: Why Not Eat Insects?, Food Facts: Your Scraps Add Up, Food Waste Basics, and the student blog you choose so students can access them quickly and efficiently.
   
   
4. Prepare the Metacognitive Strategies Chart to share with the class, either in hard copy or with your LCD projector.
   
   
5. Make one copy for each student of the following:
   
   
   • Cafeteria Waste Activity Sheet
   
   
   • Why Not Eat Insects? Notes Organizer
   
   
   • Research Guide
   
   
   • Persuasion Map (if you do not plan to have students use the RWT interactive option for Session 5, click on “Print Blank Map” to make print copies)
   
   
   • Persuasive Blog Rubric
   
   
6. Schedule computer lab time for Sessions 3, 4, 5 (optional), 7, and 8. Decide whether more than nine sessions should be prepared, based on the level of scaffolding needed for student mastery and the grade level taught; plan for any additional sessions.

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