Open Up - Grade 8 - ELA - Module 2 - End of Unit 1 Assessment
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Directions: Read the article. Then, watch the video about a similar topic. After reading the article and watching the video, answer the questions that follow. (RI.8.7, RI.8.9)
Is Eating Healthy Really More Expensive?
By Margaret Marshall
It’s expensive to eat, but it is more cost effective to choose your food wisely
In my years of presenting training or seminars and workshops, and working with my clients, this question or comment always arises: “Why is the price of lettuce so high, and have you seen the price of tomatoes, bananas, etc.?” I grocery shop too. I see the prices and I make choices from available food items. But as I walk through the grocery store I also notice others’ shopping carts. Some carts are loaded with cookies and sugary boxes of cereal. The carts hold ice cream, boxed cakes, individual drink pouches, or chips. I watch people walk up and down an aisle just grabbing items from the shelf. I think . . . those poor eating patterns are just too expensive, in so many ways:
1. Eating and drinking food that is loaded with sugar and artificial sweeteners will cause you to eat more. You’ll continue to eat because this food does not nourish you. Not only are you paying the high sticker price on these items, but because you eat large quantities you purchase them more frequently. Much of the high-priced, so-called diet food also contain artificial sweeteners, leading you to eat more.
--Eating high-priced, processed, or sugary food can cause a multitude of illnesses leading to time off from work, or costly health care bills.
--Eating these food items adds excess weight. As you pack on the pounds, you could retreat from an active life, sever relationships, and never achieve your full potential, resulting in lost income.
My definition of healthy eating, as stated in Body, Mind, & Mouth . . . Life’s Eating Connection, is: “Eating food that is enjoyable to you, in the quantity that is good for you.” This means the fruit and vegetables you find enjoyable can be eaten in a larger quantity than the chocolate cake you find enjoyable that should be eaten in a much smaller quantity. It means that you don’t deprive yourself, but you learn to make choices congruent with your desired results. It also means your grocery cart is full of the food that nourishes you, and less or none of the food with no nourishment. In the grand scheme, it costs you less.
2. When you eat food that is nourishing, you eat less because you are giving your body the nutrients it requires and you are satisfied with smaller portions.
3. When you eat smaller portions, you eat less, and need to purchase less.
4. The cravings for sugary items will subside and there will not be a need to purchase them often.
5. You’ll find you have more energy and stamina to fulfill your daily tasks and reach your full potential.
6. You may even find you can live medication-free, saving money at the pharmacy.
This list can go on, and I’m sure you can add to it. I would ask you to. The more you realize that choosing your food wisely is preventive medicine, the healthier you can be.
Source: Marshall, Margaret. “Is Eating Healthy Really More Expensive?” Huffington Post, 25 Jan 17. Web. Used by permission.
Directions: Watch the video “No Free Lunch” twice, and take notes on the speaker’s purpose, motive, and format. Then, answer the questions that follow the note-catcher. (RI.8.7, SL8.2)
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What was the purpose of the information provided in “No Free Lunch”? (SL.8.2)
What was the purpose of the information provided in “No Free Lunch”? (SL.8.2)
SL.8.2
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What is the most likely reason this presentation was created? (SL.8.2)
What is the most likely reason this presentation was created? (SL.8.2)
SL.8.2
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Which of the following is an advantage of presenting this topic through a video that shows a single speaker presenting an argument? (RI.8.7)
Which of the following is an advantage of presenting this topic through a video that shows a single speaker presenting an argument? (RI.8.7)
RL.8.7
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What is one way the information in the video conflicts with the information presented in the article “Is Eating Healthy Really More Expensive?”? (RI.8.1, RI.8.9)
What is one way the information in the video conflicts with the information presented in the article “Is Eating Healthy Really More Expensive?”? (RI.8.1, RI.8.9)
RL.8.1
RL.8.9
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Both the video and the article address the cost of eating healthy food. How do they differ in how they respond to this concern? (RI.8.1, RI.8.9)
Both the video and the article address the cost of eating healthy food. How do they differ in how they respond to this concern? (RI.8.1, RI.8.9)
RL.8.1
RL.8.9
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