Problem 1: Watch & Read the following video and article to help you to understand how to properly paraphrase and use direct quotations. The article also focuses on when to paraphrase vs. when to use direct quotations. This is especially important to collegiate writing, as too often students choose direct quotations as the easy way to avoid paraphrasing, but as you will see in the article this should not be the case.
How to Paraphrase!
How to use Direct Quotations!
Problem 2: Select an annotation from the assignment to explore further with your classmates. Choose one of the annotations perhaps where you found yourself reading against the grain, where Pollan touched on something you found yourself disagreeing with, or an annotation where you read with the grain, a place that really struck you and you'd like to discuss further.
Problem 3: Select an original idea of Michael Pollan's that you consider quote-worthy to present here and then explain why it's quote-worthy using the article above.