Day 19

1. Review of CAT-W Practice 3: Discussing the reading and possible angles to respond to it. 
2. CAT-W Practice: Thesis Statements HERE
3. Understanding what makes a passing essay with student examples

• Sample Student Responses to "Playtime Is Over"
• Sample Student Responses to "Hang It Up"

Today's Lab: 

Blog 14: Labor Conditions in the Food Industry

Remember the slaughterhouse workers getting injured for the sake of profit in The Meatrix II 1/2?

The evil Con-Agra Agent replies to Moopheus' concern for the workers by saying "meat packing is the most dangerous job in the nation--but just like you, my friend, our workers are expendable."

Today we will learn a bit about these "expendable" workers, one third of whom will likely suffer from injuries such as "torn muscles and pinched nerves,...broken bones, deep cuts and amputated fingers and limbs" (Sustainable Table).

So, for Blog 14: the New Industrial Migrants:

1. Read the two excerpts from Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation on pages 35-36 of your class packet
2. Choose one significant idea you wish to QUOTE.
3. Write a 250-word paragraph that uses the Sandwich Method on page 17. Then, code the three parts of the paragraph thus: Topic sentence = blue; Quote = black; Your comments =green.

If you want more details on the conditions surrounding work at slaughterhouses, click HERE.

Next Class: Last CAT-W Practice and Schedule for Last Days