Why do you have to take a final exam?
Final Exam Dates:
December 12-14
About the Departmental Final Exam
The final exam will ask students to use two readings (the final exam readings) to support the thesis-driven essay that they write in response to a question. The departmental final is a 3-day module in Brightspace.
Background Info:
Navigating supermarket: 5 minute video
1. Read Michael Pollan’s nonfiction book The Omnivore’s Dilemma, excerpted here “The Anxiety of Eating” & “The Ethics of Eating Animals” (pdf).
2. Complete Conversation 5.
3. Context for Text #2:
3. Read Jiayang Fan’s article “The Gatekeepers Who Get to Decide What Food is ‘Disgusting’”, excerpted here “The Gatekeepers Who Get to Decide What Food Is ‘Disgusting’” (pdf).
4. Class discussion and individual writing.
5. Good luck with the final exam!
Unit 5 Packet will be distributed in class.
Supplemental materials:
“Hitting The Taco Trail With José Ralat” The Sporkful with Dan Pashman. (podcast)
