Articles

6 Possible Topics

1. Natural Disasters

• Earthquakes
• Tsunamis
• Tornados

2. Racing Cars

• Lamborghini Reventon
• Lamborghini Gallardo

3. Computer Technology

• updating computer

4. Music

• My favorite musics
• My favorite artists

5. Movies

• My favorite movies
• Favorite movie genres

6. Global Warming

• The reasons why it's getting worse

Visual Thesarus

Happy:

Pleased

Glad

Joyful

Cheerful

Blissful

Tired:

Unrefreshed

Ragged

Bushed

Drained

Worn out

Excited

Thrilled

Eager

Keyed up

Agitated

Energized

Bored

Fed up

Uninterested

Jaded

Bored to death

Bored stiff

Angry

Mad

Annoyed

Irritated

Heated

Fuming

Sad

Gloomy

Depressing

Cheerless

Miserable

Distressing

Question 1: What does CIA stand for?

CIA

Right there question: What does the initial CIA stand for?
Answer: Central Intelligance Agency

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency

Reading Strategy QAR

Reading Strategy: QAR (Question, Answer Relationships)

Purpose for reading: To create and answer different types of questions QAR has four types of questions:

Right there: The answer can be found directly in the text

Think and Search: The answer is in the text , but you need to put together different

'information to come up with the answer (synthesize)

Author and you: The answer is not in the text, but you can use the information in the article to come up with an answer. You need to think about what information the author gave you as you read the text.

On my own: The information is not in the article, but you will be able to speculate (guess) about an answer now that you have read the text.

On my own questions:

Teens Driven to Distraction:

Why do adults think teenagers are bad?

Reading Strategy QAR

Videos

Response to Videos