Choice 1 (creative)
From The New York Times Learning Network Blog
This week, the teachers, Jonathan Olsen and Sarah Gross, and their ninth graders were just as taken with Dining critic Pete Wells’s review of Guy’s American Kitchen & Bar as the adult readers who sent it to the top of theMost E-Mailed list and the social media universe that made it a viral sensation. “This is the best article we’ve read this year,” one student said.
Below are some ideas for talking and writing about a review that was called“already a legend” just a day after it was published.
Dining: “As Not Seen On TV”
The New York Times’s food critic Pete Wells recently visited Guy’s American Kitchen & Bar, Guy Fieri’s huge new restaurant in Times Square. It is an understatement to say that Mr. Wells did not enjoy his visit. Read the review closely before looking at “Your Task,” below. What stylistic device does he use to make this review so memorable? How long did it take you to identify it?
Your Task:
Before You Do the Task, You Might …
Choice 2 (more straightforward)
You may have heard that General David Petraeus recently stepped down as head of the CIA because of a scandal in his personal life. However, did you know that the real cause of his resignation was a snafu involving digital literacy?
Your Task: