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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