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Preparation work for live session
Preparation work for live session
In our first session of the new term, we're going to practice making connections between texts Thinking about ways in which texts support or contradict each other shows that we're able to understand their main tenets and apply them to other situations. We're going to start this term with a quick review of this by looking at four texts which look at the problem of unhealthy eating and corrective action that governments could take to help mitigate the problems it causes. Read through the texts in the preparation materials below and work through the comprehension questions.
Live session discussion - task review
Live session discussion - task review
Among the four texts you read, which ones supported a tax on unhealthy foods, which were against and which were neutral?
Share your notes from text four about the UK's sugar tax.
What is the UK’s ‘sugar tax’? (research online if necessary)
What did the authors investigate?
What were the findings?
According to the article, is the tax effective?
Who do you think benefits from this tax?
After reading the four texts, what would be your stance on the question: To what extent can a tax on unhealthy food help reduce diseases related to obesity?
In what order would you refer to the four texts in your essay?
What other texts could you look for that could be relevant for this kind of essay question?
Would Jamie Oliver support this kind of tax; do you think it would be effective for the problems in Huntington?
Live session discussion - Language review
Live session discussion - Language review
Last term we introduced concepts such as academic style, cohesion, paragraph structure and hedging.
What are some of the features of academic style that we looked at in week 2 and week 3 last term?
Are the texts above examples of an 'academic' style of writing? If so, how?
Look at the sentences below which have been taken from the four texts. Identify examples of hedging in each sentence.
This suggests that if subsidies reduced the cost of fruits and vegetables, this may be effective in reducing obesity for lower-socioeconomic groups.
New evidence suggests that SSBs are price elastic.
The effect of these tax policies on calorie consumption and obesity is likely to be minimal.
This rate – 61% – is higher than almost all other developed countries.
Such a tax could have large implications at the population level.
Text two states that the tax could have implications at the population level. What do we mean by the term implications? Refer back to the work we did on conclusions in week 10 last term if you need a reminder.
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