The document provides information about the types of passages and questions that may appear on the ACT Reading section for humanities passages. These passages typically deal with topics relating to art, language, literature, religion, and philosophy. Readers should pay attention to different opinions expressed and how the author's views compare to others mentioned. Questions may ask about main ideas, details, relationships, and viewpoints discussed in the passages. Answers must be justified based on information or ideas from the given text.
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Essay #1Taking a Position on Food Due by 1159pm on Sunday.docxSALU18
Essay #1:Taking a Position on Food
Due by 11:59pm on Sunday April 23rd
We manipulate the planet and all of its creatures. We create, we consume, we build, and we
destroy, but how often do we consider the processes and people that provide unceasingly for our
unquenchable appetites? How often do we consider the consequences? This essay asks that you
consider the inner (and outer) workings of the US food system and then take a position on a
narrowed down aspect of it.
During this project we might ask ourselves any combination of the following: where does our food
come from, and at what cost? How have our foods been processed, conceived, even constructed, and then shipped and
stored? How do we treat the animals we eat? How should we treat them? How are they killed? How conscious are
we of the world we are taking from every single day? Where do we fit in? What do we have to say?
To accomplish your task, you will be using pairings of articles I provide in order to take part in
an ongoing conversation about food. These readings will require you to look closely at what we
eat and how our consumption shapes the world, in both positive and negative ways.
You will need to first consider our relationship with food and the consequences of our eating
habits, on individuals, societies, and the planet that we share, then narrow down your focus to an
individual and focused topic/idea, which you will then research independently so that you might
enter into a scholarly conversation. The goal of this essay is to either make your own claim about
your subject, or to support an already established claim with rational and logical reasons and
evidence in order to convince your reader to take up the same position that you hold.
This essay need not be a soapbox for any political agenda; instead, we are looking for a balance
in rhetorical strategies. Using ethos, pathos, and logos effectively means respecting all viewpoints
while backing up your claims with reputable sources and logical insights/analysis.
In the wise words of Christopher Hitchens: “That which can be asserted without
evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
While I value each and every one of your opinions, scholarly readers are less forgiving. Imagine
your audience to be educated readers who are familiar with the topic and themes we will be
exploring. These readers will expect you to back up your claims, and to use reputable sources.
See the end of this prompt for paper specifics / requirements.
Reading and Research
I am providing you with a group of food-related readings. Some of the readings will be
mandatory, as in I expect everyone to read them and use them in their papers. The others are
paired options that you will choose from. Each reading will be labeled on the Module I introduce
it as either mandatory or optional. They are also listed at the end of this prompt.
Make sure to take detailed notes of the sources you do read. It is alw ...
Active ReadingWhy Good Readers Make Better Writers.by An.docxAMMY30
Active Reading
Why Good Readers Make Better Writers.
by Anthony Starros, M.F.A.
1. Strategies for Active Reading
2. The Four Stages of Active Reading
3. Writing a Critique
This Lecture Will be in Three Parts:
Don’t Read Homework Like You Read a Magazine.
Reading for pleasure is often done passively, without the need to organize the
writer's ideas or your responses to those ideas. For college writing, though, it is
your responses to writing that is important.
Passive Reading: reading done without an active, critical mindset.
Active Reading: using techniques to more fully engage with a text.
What a writer means can be interpreted different ways by different people, so
meaning is important because it clarifies the writer’s Main Idea from the General
Topic.
Keep Your Focus on the Meaning
When it comes time to write your essays, it’s your own meaning that’s important.
• Main Idea: the key concept of the topic (meaning, sometimes opinion).
• General Topic: the general subject of a passage (objective, just the facts).
The best way to read actively is to annotate. Annotating is simply writing notes
in the margins of a text as you read.
The Benefits of Annotating:
• Annotations provide a variety of points to keep in mind while looking
for ideas to include in your own essay.
• Annotating will help you locate and interpret the meaning of any text.
• Annotating will save you time since you won’t have to read something
over and over again to understand the author’s meaning.
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Here is what annotating looks like:
There is, though, such a thing as bad annotating:
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Helpful Hints for Annotating:
If you've annotated well, you can simply go back and read your notes to help
gather your thoughts on the author's main idea and start formulating meaning.
1. the topic (what is the subject being talked about?)
3. supporting details (evidence or examples used)
2. the main idea (what is the writer’s point about the subject?)
There are key points to look out for in a passage. These 3 key elements to
comprehension are:
4. your responses (Do you agree/disagree? Why?)
Strategies for Active Reading:
1. Always read with a pen or pencil in hand!
2. Use that pencil to annotate
3. Listen to what you're reading -- consider yourself in a dialogue with the author
4. Compare authors' ideas with what you know
5. Question statements made by the author
6. Identify important ideas and respond with your own
7. Look up words you don't know immediately
The Four Stages of Active Reading:
1. prep (access prior knowledge -- what do you know about the subject?)
2. read (annotate)
3. re-read (annotate)
4. review (further develop your own responses from your notes)
Yes, read it twice.
Just like listening to music or watching a movie, the more often you hear
or see it, th.
Assessment Assignment Helpful HintsAbridged version of the Gra.docxgalerussel59292
Assessment Assignment Helpful Hints
Abridged version of the Gram/Mehling document, compiled by Betty Sears Mehling
Before you begin, read the questions (prompt) first.
The questions tell you what sort of information you are expected to find in the written documents and cartoons/pictures.
Give yourself enough time to go over the documents multiple times.
Really think about the document between each reading.
Visualize what the document says as you read.
Think about what you learned in class and from the book that goes with the document.
Give yourself enough time to answer the questions (prompts) thoroughly.
Questions will have multiple parts.
2 or 3 sentences will not suffice.
Read your answers thoroughly.
Make sure that your answers make sense.
Make sure that you have supported your assertions.
Make sure that you use college level grammar and punctuation.
How to read a political Cartoon:
The creator is trying to make an argument or a point about something.
Know the historical context of the cartoon.
What year was it made?
What part of the country?
What event it is talking about?
Use your textbook and lecture notes to remind yourself of what was happening at the time the cartoon was created. Your secondary sources will give you the information you need to understand and analyze the visuals.
What seems important about the cartoon?
Political cartoons make a strong, succinct statement.
Whatever your eyes are drawn to is probably the main point.
Political cartoonists are trying to get you to agree with them about something.
What has the cartoonists drawn?
Look for symbols.
What is in the cartoon?
Cartoonists will sometimes use a familiar object to represent something else.
Example: If you see an elephant stomping a donkey, the cartoonist could be suggesting that the Republicans will win the next election.
Look for exaggeration.
Sometimes cartoonists use real objects but draw them in an exaggerated way.
If the cartoonist draws the members of Congress as screaming babies, maybe the point is the childish, unprofessional behavior of the members of Congress.
Determine if the cartoon is serious or ironic.
Short phrases throughout the cartoon can give you hints.
Compare the words with the picture. Are we supposed to agree with what the words are saying or are we supposed to realize that the opposite is true?
Many of the same rules above apply for photographs.
What is going on in the photograph?
Why did the photographer think this was something worth photographing?
What does he/she seem to be saying about the event or person in the photo.
What does the picture focus on?
What was happening when this picture was taken?
You must know the historical context of what is depicted in the picture before you can analyze it.
Reading a Primary Document:
Read the essay prompt (question 1) first.
Questions are designed to make sure you understand the main points.
Who is the author?
What do you .
2. ACT READING - HUMANITIES
The humanities passages tend to deal with the human
experience.
The range of topics include art, language, literature,
communication, religion, and philosophy.
Expect to read about people who have different opinions.
You will be asked to determine the strengths and weaknesses of
those arguments.
How does the opinions of the author compare with the opinions of
others referred to in the passages.
3. ACT READING - HUMANITIES
As you read, keep track of facts, dates, and key ideas.
Many of the questions will be ask about your understanding of the
different viewpoints from the passages.
Find the overall main idea
Determine how the author feels about the topic
Determine the relationships between the characters and the
entities
Now, you need to put all of this into context based on the
passage.
4. ACT READING - HUMANITIES
Read the questions carefully
You will be asked what is the main idea of the passage or of a certain
paragraph
Identify or interpret a detail – these questions will often have question stems
such as According to the passage ….. & The author states ……
Specific points in the passage may not always have line references
mentioned in the question.
The answer is not necessarily word for word in the passage, but you still need
to be able to justify the answer based on the passage.
Many of the questions will ask about your understanding of the different
viewpoints found in the passage.
Questions may ask you how the author would respond to the concept
mentioned in the passage.
