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SUNDAY UPDATE

WEEKLY NEWS WRAP

Program Content for November 16th, 2009

Vocabulary Warm Up – Define each word below, then use it in a sentence.

Repatriated

Pandemic

Innovative

Compel

Rigorous

 

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Using Friday’s Paper (11/13/09):

 

A1: “Washington in race for federal education funds”

 

What is the Race to the Top program?

How much money is involved in this program?

How many states are expected to benefit from this money?

Do you agree with the fundamentals of this program?  Why or why not?

 

The money for Race to the Top is more than the U.S. Department of Education has spent on education reform in the past ____ years combined.

 

What are charter schools?

 

Why has Washington State been opposed to charter schools?

(Do some research if you need more information)

 

What are your thoughts on charter schools? 

Do you agree with charter schools?  Why?

Would you go to a charter school over a regular school if you had the chance?  Why or why not?

 

What else is keeping Washington State from getting Race to the Top grants?

 

Do you agree with Washington State’s policies for schools right now?

Why or why not?

What do you think can improve education in Washington state?

 

 

Using Saturday’s Paper (11/14/09):

 

B1: “Licata eyes traffic-ticket revenue to make up for ‘head tax’”

 

What is Seattle’s ‘head tax?’

 

What is councilmember Nick Licata’s plan to fill the $4.5 million hole in the city’s budget created by the end of the ‘head tax?’

 

Where are speed vans used for right now?

Where will they be used in the future?

 

How many red light cameras were in the city in 2006?

How many are planned for the future?

 

Do you agree with ending the ‘head tax?’

Why or why not?

 

Do you think it’s a good plan to get this revenue back by adding more automated traffic tickets?

Why or why not?

 

How would you generate the needed revenue?

 

 

A1:  “Ready for holidays: Airport light rail”

 

What day will light rail service to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport begin?

 

How long is this extension to the light rail?

 

How much did this extension cost?

 

How many minutes will it take riders to get from Westlake Center to the airport?

How much does this fare cost?

How many riders will it take to pay for the cost of the light rail service extension to the airport?

 

How many riders is the light rail hoping to get by late 2010?

 

Will you be using the light rail this holiday season?

 

Have you ever ridden the light rail?

 

Look up the extension plans for the light rail over the next couple of years. Will the light rail be something you can ever take advantage of?

 

Assuming they both took you where you wanted to go, would you prefer to ride the light rail or the bus? Why?

 

 

Using Sunday’s Paper (11/15/09):

 

Scavenger Hunt:  Use pages A2-A3 to find the answers to the questions below.

 

What type of attorney is Mike McGinn?

 

What famous Washington, D.C. building did President Franklin Roosevelt place the cornerstone of in 1939?

 

What’s the name of Russia’s President?

 

Magnus Carlsen of Norway beat _____________ _____________ from Hungary in the final round of a chess tournament in Moscow?

 

What did police charge Christopher John Monfort with this past week?

 

What village did a New Delhi-bound train derail near?

 

What is the name of Seattle’s Assistant Fire Chief?

 

How many Americans have been infected with the H1N1 flu since April?

 

What highly anticipated movie comes out this upcoming Friday?

 

What did NASA scientists find on the moon?

 

How large was the hole this impact carved into the moon?

 

How much money has the CIA funneled to Pakistan’s intelligence service since the September 11th attacks?

 

Which famous Mariner has signed another year-long contract worth at least $2 million?

 

What is the name of the United States’ Secretary of Defense?

 

  

 

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