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Unit 3: Restaurant Reviews


Restaurant Review Examples
The following examples are for analysis and critique. Enjoy!
1. New York Times Food Critic Ruth Reichl has two very different experiences at the same fancy restaurant, Le Cirque:
http://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/29/arts/restaurants-065093.html?pagewanted=1
2. A privileged nine-year-old reviews the food in his elementary school cafeteria:
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/robert-frost-elementary-school-cafeteria
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3. Tina Nguyen reviews The Trump Grill for Vanity Fair:
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/12/trump-grill-review
4. New York Times Food Critic Sam Sifton raves about Tom Colicchio's restaurant, Craft:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/07/dining/reviews/craft-nyc-restaurant-review.html?ref=dining


Unit 3 Schedule*
Day 1: Read assigned weekly course reading and write analysis essay.
Day 2: Read assigned weekly course reading and write analysis essay.
Day 3: Upload essay to peergrade.io; Write ISO.
Day 4: Give peer feedback in peergrade to 3 classmates
Day 5: Finalize and post analysis essay and ISO to your website or blog; Work on Restaurant Review.

Day 6: Read assigned weekly course reading and create one-pager.
Day 7: Read assigned weekly course reading and create one-pager.
Day 8: Write ISO and upload to peergrade.
Day 9: Give peer feedback in peergrade to 3 classmates; work on ISO.
Day 10: Finalize and post analysis essay and ISO to your website or blog; Work on Restaurant Review.

Day 11: Read assigned weekly course reading and complete critical reading graphic organizer.
Day 12: Read assigned weekly course reading and complete critical reading graphic organizer.
Day 13: Write ISO. Upload Restaurant Review to peergrade.
Day 14: Give peer feedback in peergrade to 3 classmates; work on ISO.
Day 15: Finalize and post ISO to your website or blog; Work on Restaurant Review editing.

Day 16: Read assigned weekly course reading and complete student choice response.
Day 17: Read assigned weekly course reading and complete student choice response.
Day 18: Write ISO.
Day 19: Finalize and post ISO and Restaurant Review to your website or blog. Write reflection over this unit and your growth as a writer.
Day 20: Post reflection to your website or blog; Sharing and celebration day.

*At the end of each week, post a link in Google Classroom to the writings you have posted on your website or blog.
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  • Home
  • LIT/COMP 10
    • Unit 1: Narrative Writing with the New York Times
    • Unit 2: Critical Media Literacy
    • Unit 3: Stunt Journalism and Research Writing
    • Unit 4: A Whole Lotta Drama
    • Unit 5: The Hill We Climb/Dear Martin
    • Unit 6: Marginalized People and Of Mice and Men
    • Unit 7: Ethics, Science, and Human Lives
  • Grammar and the English Language
    • Unit 1: The Basics - Words, Usage, and Grammar >
      • Unit 1: Common App and Writers' Craft
    • Unit 2: Rhetoric, Politics, and the English Language
    • Unit 3: Linguistics, Code Switching, and Register Shifting
  • Creative Writing
    • Creative Writing Syllabus
    • Student Publications
    • Teacher Blog
    • Course Readings
    • ISOs (In the Style of)
    • Peer Feedback
    • Unit 1: Mini-Memoir
    • Unit 2: Letters to Myself
    • Unit 3: Restaurant Reviews
    • Unit 4: Creative Short Fiction
    • Unit 5: Conversations
    • Unit 6: Our Voices
    • Final Exam
  • Advanced Creative Writing
  • English 3
    • Course Pack and Beginning of the Year
    • Genius Hour
    • Unit 1: Source Analysis
    • Unit 2: Short Stories About Us
    • Unit 3: 3 Tragedies
    • Unit 4: The Grapes of Wrath
    • Unit 5: Between the World and Me
    • Unit 6: Research Writing >
      • Stunt Journalism Research Project
    • Class Resources >
      • Grading in English 3
      • Citing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism
  • AP English Literature
    • Virtual AP Lit Unit 1
    • AP Summer Reading Project
    • Common App Essay
    • The Bible Project
    • Women's Studies Project
    • Critical Literary Theory
    • AP Exam Resources
    • AP Grades
  • Junior Seminar
  • Senior Seminar
  • Race in America
    • Race in America Independent Study
    • Race in America: The Course
  • Contemporary Writings
    • Readings
    • Writings
  • Public Speaking
    • Unit 1: Memorization and Recitation
    • Unit 2: Political Speeches
    • Unit 3: Expert Speeches
    • Unit 4: Personal Storytelling
    • Public Speaking Syllabus
  • About the Author