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SUNDAY UPDATE

Program Content for June 15, 2008

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Questions that make you think:

1.   Look at the photo on Local B1, under the headline, "UW grads' day in the sun."

• What is different about the graduation attire in the photo?

• How do the customized "graduation caps" represent the program of study of students in the photo? 

• Try to come up with additinoal examples of attire that could be designed to represent specific majors.

2.  Read the B8 editorial, "Nothing is Private."

• Think about things you've posted on the Internet, on sites like Facebook or MySpace. 

• When you post information onto the Web, who do you imagine as your intended audience?

• If someone asked to be admitted to your site as a friend, do you allow them access? 

• Do you take any safety precautions when admitting new friends to your Web site?

• Who is able to freely visit your Web site postings?  (Consider people like teachers or school administrators, future employers, college recruiters.)

• What consequences or advantages do you feel go along with strangers (or with people like those named above) visiting your site?

3.  Read the column by Leonard Pitts Jr., "Giving Google the day off." 

• Do you agree or disagree with Pitts' assessment of why he has "forgotten" how to read?

• Are you comfortable going into depth with a subject, or do you feel impatient when researching information?

• What is the last book you read by your own choice (and not assigned as a reading in school)?

• As a group, share books that you found especially enjoyable.  Also, look over the list of books reviewed in today's NW Arts & Life section.  Make a list of the top five books you are interested in reading this summer.  Set a goal to read at least one new book each month this summer.

Content Discussion: Questions and Activities

1.  Summertime is a time for excursions for many families.  Look over the stories featured in today's NW Traveler.  Imagine you are able to go on any trip you choose this summer.  From the stories that appear in J section, find a destination that interests you.  Break into small groups and do the following.

• Where destination did you pick?

• What did you learn about that destination from the story?

• Where can you find more information about your destination?

• Making an itinerary is one way of making sure you see as much as possible during a trip.  What is an itinerary?

• Using the Internet as a resource, find additional information about your destination.  Make a list, or itinerary of your travel plans.

2.  People make vacation plans for various reasons; to see new sights; to visit relatives; to learn about an area or region, or to just relax and have fun!

• Writing Prompt:  Think about the local Northwest.  What is it that motivates people to choose this region for vacationing?  Is it the water, the mountains, or other attractions in and around local cities that draw people to come here?  Write a position statement, explaining why you believe people choose to be tourists of the Northwest.

3.  Read the J1 story, "Travels with Lillian."

• What places have father/daughter visited together?

• What memories does Lillian's father share about their travels?

• If you could choose a travel companion, who would it be?

• What places would you like to visit with the travel companion you named above?

• How could you make the trip happen?

Answers

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