Drive On to Preserve Native American Tongues

Listen to the MP3 Link here.

*1. What is the problem?

**2. What are people trying to do?

***3. About how many native languages are still spoken

today in California?

****4. Where does today's knowledge of the Coastal Miwok

language come from?

NPR Listening Activity: America's Forgotten Fruit

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2011/09/29/140894570/the-pawpaw-foraging-for-americas-forgotten-fruit?ps=cprs

1. Write a topic sentence for this news article.

2. Find three adjectives from this article that describe the pawpaw.

3. What does the journalist mean when she says, "If scientists could put a "health halo" over the pawpaw . . . . it would give the fruit a commercial boost."

Reading Activity #4

Students, please read this news article and answer the questions below. Then, you may read from any reading site found at http://brianteacher.blogspot.com. Happy Tuesday!

1. WHERE will the journalists go over the course of the next year or so?

2. WHY does the article’s writer say the assignments are “not so glamorous anymore”?

3. WHY might this “dream assignment” also be nerve-racking?

Dear Students, please visit these two websites:

http://homepage.smc.edu/reading_lab/online_readings.htm

http://college.cengage.com/collegesurvival/watkins/learning_companion/1e/students/timed_reading.html


Read one story or article from EACH.

The rest of the period, please read from your choice of articles at www.npr.org or www.nytimes.com

Happy Monday!

Listening Activity #2

Listening Quiz

For Slice Of Fame, Pizzerias Spar Over 'Oldest' Title
by Joel Rose

Listen to the MP3 here.

1. 
   

   Explain the controversy in this story.

2. 
   

   What is a pizzeria?

3. 
   

   How is pizza flattened at Azzaro's?

   
   
   
   
   

4. 
   

   What is Ed Levine's book called?

5. 
   

   Where does John Brescio work?

Reading Activity #3

Read both pages of the article linked here and then answer the questions below.

WHO is Yuja Wang?

WHERE is she from?

HOW old is she?

WHAT accomplishments has she already achieved?

WHAT does Ms. Wang have in common with Kirill Gerstein and Daniil Trifonov?

WHAT is the phenomenon observed in the article by those who teach young musicians?

WHY is it happening?

WHEN was the golden age of pianists, according to many music buffs?

Reading Activity #2

Where Politics Are Complex, Simple Joys at the Beach

Read the Article (linked above) and answer the questions below:

1. WHO traveled to Israel to take a dip in the ocean in Tel Aviv?

2. WHO were their hosts?

3. WHAT risks did they take in undertaking this trip?

4. WHAT was remarkable about the beach visit?

5. WHERE do the visitors live?

6. WHEN was Palestinian movement into Israel first restricted?

7. WHY does the group, We Will Not Obey, oppose the Law of Entry into Israel?

8. HOW did the Palestinian women “disguise” themselves to cross the border?

Reading Activity #1

The Learning Network: Life Skills 101
By By KATHERINE SCHULTEN
Published: July 19, 2011
6 Q's About the News | What are the "essential life skills" you think a young person might need in order to live on his or her own?

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Listening Activity #1: Do Schools Really Kill Creativity?!