Reading 3AIECPFall 2014Nikki Mattson

Agenda

• Idiom

• VP 12 Quiz

• Newspaper Article

• Reading Explorer 8A

Said when it is difficult to get someone to do something.

VP 12 Quiz

Newspaper Article

• Video

flip flops

Discussion Questions (3A)1. Do you think the example of “flip flop” punishment is a serious problem? Is there something about this situation that you think should be changed?

2. Is there a difference between child abuse and throwing a shoe and/or flip flop at somebody? According to the article, how do those affiliated with Latino culture tend to speak about experiences like flip-flop punishments?

3. How does your country deal with parents who spank their children in order to give them a good upbringing?

4. Do you agree with Mary L. Pulido’s idea that “to be effective, discipline needs to be consistent, perceived as 'fair' by the child, age-appropriate, and should teach the child how to act in the future."?

5. Lisa Fontes said, “I think people from all groups joke about the punishments they’ve received.” Do you agree with this opinion?

6. According to the author, if we want to stop corporal discipline, where do we start? Do you agree?

Discussion Questions (3B)

• 1. How do you think governments and/or other organizations could help to address the problem of negative self-image/low self-esteem?

• 2. Do you think that this problem might occur more in some regions/areas more than other regions? If so, where and why?

• 3. According to the article, what is the relationship between technology and negative self-images in today’s society? Why is it particularly difficult for teenagers?

• 4. Do you think that having low self-esteem is a normal part of adolescence? According to the article, what negative affects can arise from having low self esteem?

• 5. What are some factors that influence our perceptions of ourselves? According to the article, how can one’s self-esteem be improved?

Return Tests

Target VocabularyTarget Vocabulary

• After the explanation, try each word out with your partner.

It’s a story as compelling as any murder mystery.

The real cause of death, however, has been in dispute ever since.

Ben Weider…is a proponent of the theory that Napoleon was poisoned with arsenic, a deadly chemical.

Weider has relentlessly sought the cause of Napoleon’s death for more than four decades…

Additionally, the doctors who examine Napoleon’s body after his death didn’t find any of the usual symptoms associated with arsenic poisoning…

…they gave him a massive amount of mercurous chloride…

That and other medications disrupted Napoleon’s heartbeat and resulted in his heart ceasing to beat.

Could he, motivated by revenge, have poisoned the wine?

In Fornes’s opinion, evidence for murder by poisoning is inconclusive and wouldn’t hold up in a court of law.

Napoleon Bonaparte’s body was returned to France in 1840, and it has rested in a truly grand tomb in Paris for nearly 150 years.

Pre-readingPre-reading

• Pg. 124 – Read + part A

Pre - Reading DiscussionPre - Reading Discussion

• What do you know about Napoleon’s life?

• What do you know about Napoleon’s death?

What killed the Emperor?What killed the Emperor?

• Video

Post-Video DiscussionPost-Video Discussion

• What did you understand from the video?• What are some of the theories that explain

the arsenic that was found in Napoleon’s hair?

• What are the two very different opinions about his death that are expressed in the video?

Reading - 8AReading - 8A

• Read 1 paragraph silently• Orally summarize the paragraph with your

partner• Repeat these steps until you have finished

the text( 25 minutes)• Complete pgs. 128-129• Write 3 discussion questions that can be

used by the class for a discussion.

HWHW

• Newspaper article quiz = Friday