Workshop 8: Families Function: Families Eat Part of Families In This Section Introduction to Workshop 8 From Families Eating together is important family time; it validates the importance in family and offers good socialization, which is very important. - Gale Mills In... Session-at-a-Glance: Workshop-at-a-Glance From Families Activity Minutes Welcoming and Entering 0 Opening 5 Activity 1: Foods Continuum Game 10 Activity 2: Food and Family: A Discussion 10 Activity 3: Food Sk... Spiritual Preparation From Families Many of us have a love/hate relationship with food. We eat more than we should or we do not eat enough. We make food choices that are not healthy. We... Welcoming and Entering From Families Materials for Activity Pictures of food clipped from magazines, grocery store circulars, and the like Poster board or paper Markers Glue sticks Preparat... Opening From Families Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice and matches Mac Hammond's "Thanksgiving," poem #119 from Poetry 180, or another humorous poem ab... Activity 1: Foods Continuum Game From Families Activity time: 10 minutes Description of Activity This game invites participants to have fun while thinking about food.... Activity 2: Food And Family: A Discussion From Families Activity time: 10 minutes Description of Activity Tell participants that your focus today will primarily be about families and food. You might start by... Activity 3: Food Skits From Families Activity time: 15 minutes Preparation for Activity If you plan to do use youth leaders, recruit them in advance of the session. Description of Activity... Activity 4: Food Feast From Families Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Table set-up for the feast, including flatware, plates, napkins, and cups Food and drink (pre-arranged ... Closing From Families Activity time: 5 minutes Description of Activity Gather participants in a closing circle.... Leader Reflection and Planning From Families Confirm arrangements for Family Event 2, which will take place before the next session. Copy Handout 6, Consent Form, for Family Event photography. Send... Faith In Action: Weight Discrimination From Families Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Guest speaker (optional) Handout 1, An Interview with Hanne Blank (optional) Preparation for Activity... Alternate Activity 1: The Poetry Of Food And Family From Families Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 1,Background for Writing Poetry with Youth Handout 2, Writing Poetry: Some Methods Jane... Taking It Home: Families Function: Families Eat From Families Eating together is important family time; it validates the importance in family and offers good socialization, which is very important.... Interview with Hanne Blank From Families Excerpt from an interview conducted and published by Advocates for Youth (permission pending). June 22, 2001,10:30 a.m.... Writing Poetry Some Methods From Families Method One: Writing a Tercet In a tercet, every other line rhymes. A tercet is a form of poetry that has three-line stanzas in which the first and third... Writing Poetry with Youth From Families Anything goes into poetry. There are rules, but you don't need to know them; even if you know them, you can break them. Poet Janet Wong, 2002 Why write... PREVIOUS: Family Facts and Figures UP: Families NEXT: Introduction to Workshop 8 Download all of Families (Word) (PDF) to edit or print.