Double-Sided Adele

Adele:   I don't make music for eyes. I make music for ears.

Jay’s Double-Side Journal and Cause and Effect Support Paragraph - Adele

Materials Needed:

a.       Cause and Effect Notecards (2)  – summaries, paraphrases, quotes (completed on Monday)

b.      Annotated Research Articles (2)

Here is what you do

a.        create a page-size, double-sided journal.

i.                    This means they create a table of two columns and three rows.

ii.                  At the top of the first column, they create the title “My Research”

iii.                At the top of the second column, they create the title “My Response”

b.      In the three boxes on the left-hand column, ask students to enter three important ideas that

support cause and effect analysis.

Here is what I suggest: one summary, one paraphrase, and one quotation.

c.       In the three boxes in the right-hand column, as students to write a 2-3 sentence personal response

It might look like this:

In today’s world,  eating disorders of young women are heavily influenced by  the media.  Probably from the beginning, women have been objectified by the music and entertainment industry (McWatt).  To succeed women are expected to maintain a specific – slender, sexy – body image.  These type of norms send a message to young women and girls that the road to success is paved with sex.  I mean, if they want to be considered beautiful, they  will need to sell themselves.   They need to  look sexually attractive and available.  Sadly, in this business IMAGE is EVERYTHING.  Bethan Jenkins, chairwoman of an international eating disorders association, says the constant bombardment of sexual media images puts unrealistic expectations on women: they feel increasingly pressured to look like all the skinny, beautiful, and famous actors and models (par. 5).  I believe this to be very true.  The images are everywhere – music videos, advertising, video games.  I read somewhere that over 80 percent of all 13 year-olds have already tried dieting because they believe they are overweight.  How can they not when they compare themselves with what they see on television?  "The impact of this,” Jenkins explains, “is that a girl who does not have a 'perfect' body, who has spots, stretch marks, flabby bits, thin hair, small eyes (the list of perceived flaws is endless) is likely to feel inadequate and try to change the 'flaws'” (par. 8).  Here is where the anorexia comes in.  It’s not about losing weight, it’s about losing yourself.  Young girls literally starve themselves to become somone they are not and never will be.  Anorexia is the third most chronic illness among adolescents in America.  60 percent never recover.  2-3 percent die.  This is what I believe:  we need to share the value of diversity with our children.  Celebrities are under contract to look a certain way, but our young people should be encouraged to explore their own personal look.  It’s COOL to be DIFFERENT.