27. vp 9 check, inferences, novel quiz, presentations

Reading 3IECPSpring 2013Nikki Mattson

Agenda

• Idiom• Inference practice with comics• Novel quiz• Newspaper article presentation

• to twist a report or story to one's advantage; to interpret an event to make it seem favorable or beneficial to oneself or one's cause

Put a spin on it

Examples• Robert was good at putting a positive spin on weak

financial reports. He could make losing money sound almost good somehow!

• The politician tried to put a spin on the bad publicity that she had recently been receiving.

• My father was upset when I got a C in math class, but I tried to put a positive spin on it by saying the a “C” in that class is like an “A” in any other class because it is so hard!

Practice• My friend got in trouble for driving too fast.

When he got pulled over, he tried to put a positive spin on his actions by saying…

• Several fans said that the singer did not perform enough songs at the concert. The singer tried to put positive spin on the accusation by saying…

Inferences

• What is an inference?• How do we use inferences in reading?

GarfieldBY JIM DAVIS

1. What inferences can you make from this comic strip?____________________________________________________________________________________

Calvin and Hobbs by: Bill Watterson

2. What inferences can you make from this comic strip?_____________________________________________________________________________________

Dilbert By Scott Adams

3. What inferences can you make from this comic strip? ____________________________________________________________________________________

Archie 4. What inferences can you make from this comic strip? ____________________________________________________________________________________

Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

5. What inferences can you make from this comic strip? ____________________________________________________________________________________

6. What inferences can you make from this comic strip? ____________________________________________________________________________________

  6. What inferences can you make from this comic strip? ____________________________________________________________________________________ 

Novel Quizzes

Restaurant Meals Mean More Calories And Soda For Kids And Teens

by Helen Thompson, NPR

 1 -How often do you eat at fast food restaurants or full-service restaurants? Do you think it is a good idea? Why/why not?

•2 -How many extra calories do teens get per day when they eat at the fast food restaurants? Why is this the case? What are the major problems associated with eating 

fast food   ?

•3 -Why do you think eating out is so popular in the US? What is the percentage of people who are obese in the U.S? Do you think this is higher or lower than your home country ?

•4 -Who has been blamed in the article? What steps should be taken in order to prevent or reduce this phenomenon ?

•5 -Will you eat at fast-food restaurants after you have read about how it negatively affects your health    ?

By Breeanna Hare, CNN

Open that iPad before you buy it

1 What is main point of the article? What was wrong with the Ipads? Where were they purchased? 2. Do you buy devices the same way that people bought their Ipads? Why/why not?  3. Why have some people had difficulty being reimbursed for their purchases? 4. How does this type of fraud happen? In your opinion, why do people want to deceive others and get income fraudulently/dishonestly?  5. Do you think the primary problem is the negligence of the customers or the negligence of the stores? Why? 6. What suggestion and helpful information does the author mention?

HW

• VP 9 Quiz = Monday (4/1)• Unit 4 test = Wednesday (4/3)