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1. FIRES sanis pas ai THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL RRARRARARARARRARRARARARRRRRSRRARARBAARARARRARRSRRRRRESRARARRRARARARRARRRSRRRR Newspaper POWER Survive or Thrive It should not be surprising to find out that the 7 You are a survivor someone who keeps Sunday newspaper can help you learn Think to 7 going despite setbacks But you can do about it In a newspaper you can get informa more than just survive With the skills you tion about everyday life Need a d learn in school you have the power to really job Find one in the aa succeed and do well in the world In fact Help Wanted ads Need STE you can thrive When you thrive advance a new set of wheels Check out the ment and prosperity follow And then your ads for bikes and cars The newspaper is life will be better than downright incredible Where else can you find j Super good it will be fabulous News aper a job a place to live a X M n ee And it s all up to you You can car to drive tn be like a superhero and your NG television shows and Z movies concerts gt Mes Ch and sporting events food to Fa x v AC A eat clothes to wear CL special power is the ability to make your life exactly the way you want it to be The Sunday news paper can help you Newspaper power and people to hang out wi2. 1 Use the newspaper index to find the Sports section 2 Find a winning score and circle it 3 Find an adjective or descriptive word about a player Draw a box around the word and write it here 4 Put an X on a synonym a word that means the same for the word win Write that word here 5 Find the name of one female athlete Write her initials here 6 Locate the word field and circle it Write the page number on which you found it in this 7 Find some sports statistics and write a math equation using some of the numbers you found 8 Find the name of a winning athlete and put a star on it 9 What kinds of products are advertised in this section of the newspaper y CLASSIFII D Classroom J f Ep 7 1 5 1 UT je SIER iat HOS R ji afektis Gat bl AE AR Sarera j ki df Lapa gU i LT hi CHE VIE ea E In the Classified section of the Sunday news paper you will find lots of information that can help you build life skills People pay the newspaper to print ads that they write when they want something They may want to sell or buy an object or they may be looking for help and are offering jobs d ENT he Ji When you read a Classified ad you learn something of value Reading those ads is a skill you can really use Because the ads cost money to run H 5 ae nS D with the price usuall
3. LINO 1 BRs from 650 Remdld units f 95399594099 0 incl HHW MW amp GD Library Courts Benefit Unit pets Spectacular views Townhouse 5 LIYES UNO LIYES INO QY ES UNO 555 666 4440 e2 years old Excellent Plumbing amp Kitchen NW 1200 PARK ROAD Fixtures EFFCY 500 MO INC UTILS Walk in Closets amp Full Size 1BR 600 utils Call after 5pm bee 555 654 9685 555 256 7890 4 bedrooms CAP HILL GREAT LOCATION Walk to excellent local schools 400 blk 1st St SE Newly renov 2 Community pool BR Eng bsmt W w d cac walk 1500 per month inc utilities 1500 mo utils incl 555 622 Managed by Smith Realty 5454 7 9pm only pfg pleasefindmeaplace com Weather Wise 2 5 3 L 4 te You re planning a great day a basketball game with friends 5 How much warmer is the high temperature in Kansas City than the followed by an outdoor lunch Then your plans fall apart when you low temperature in Detroit discover the sky has turned gray and rain is pouring down If only you had read the weather forecast in the Sunday newspaper you 6 Where is a cold system located What is the temperature in that area could have planned for an indoor day of bowling and burgers instead The weather information in your newspaper can help you learn how to gather and process data Here is a weather map showing information for the Un
4. are highs for the day Forecast high low temperatures are for selected cities Miami 4 72 62 9 If you were traveling from El Paso Texas to New York would you be going to a warmer or colder area What direction would you be traveling If you travel from Atlanta to Seattle what direction are you going and is it getting warmer or colder Can you draw any conclusions from this 10 Which of these skills did you use to solve these problems Circle them Reading Understanding north south east and west Reading a map Adding and subtracting Interpreting a map Writing in complete sentences Getting the main idea Understanding whole numbers Using your computer go to AccuWeather com on the Internet and do the following exercises E the home page click on the iSight link Select Buffalo NY for the camera location What are the weather conditions in Buffalo B Type the ZIP code for your town on the home page in the appropriate box What will the high and low temperature be in 5 days Will there be any rain or snow in 10 days In 15 days will it be sunny cloudy or a mixture of both ACCU Z22mu EAT SS Oe FILES Simply The Most Accurate AccuWeather com Adding Dollar and Cents Here is an ad for some electronic equipment Imagine that you want to buy a television and a DVD player Which of these is the better buy Which would you buy Why Look carefully at the information about the tel
5. live Afford Imagine that you earn either 350 400 or 450 per week To find your monthly earnings multiply the weekly earnings by 4 33 or 4 Calculate What You Can Your affordable monthly rent can be 28 x your monthly earnings Most financial experts think that a person should spend no more than 2896 of his or her income on housing A 9 350 per week you can spend on monthly rent B 400 per week you can spend on monthly rent C 9 500 per week you can spend on monthly rent Now choose five apartments from the listings in the newspaper Fill in the chart Apts Unfum D C Houses Furnished MD AFFORDABLE check YES OR NO DUPONT CIRCLE ARL FT MYER AREA CORNER Apt T Rent PTT T THE WINTHROP OF LEE HWY amp SPOUT RUN 9782 Massachusetts Ave NW Newly renov d spacious 3 BR 1 LIY ES UNO LIY ES UNO OYES UNO 1 BRs from 1200 FREE UTILS house 1050 1 2 OFF 1st S CAC parking avail handicapped Month s Rent Walk to shopping and metro accessible amp Metro D W AC alarm On con 2 QY ES UNO UNO QY ES UNO Resident Manager 555 342 5400 venient bus lines Call 555 242 5400 M F 9 00 5 00 GEORGETOWN FOXHALL 3 QYES UNO QY ES UNO 4870 McCarthur Blvd NW d Arlington Bethesda First month s rent free 3210 ce Pueblos Lane 4 LIYES LINO LIYES INO LIYES
6. 9 VALENTINE BAGGED CANDY 20 oz Y2 PK SOFT DRINKS Pepsi Dict Sweethearts 12 Starburst Hearts Pepsi Pepsi ONE Mountain Dew Sweelorts Hearts and more Code Red and more 318 EPSON AND CANON INK CARTRIDGES RUBBERMAID STORAGE 14750 50200921 8071 10 off all other clear storage tore Also an sale Epson and Conon cartridges 14 45 and 6 gol totes 2 5 Sele 8 PK SCOTT PAPER TOWELS 250 ct Scott napkins 1 77 HUGGIES JUMBO USrctrim or Supreme CHEER LAUNDRY DETERGENT diapers Pull Ups or GoodNites Hugges wipes 6 37 404009 powder JHood with bleach and 100 02 bawd Answer each of these questions by using the infor mation in this ad Show all of your math work below each question or on another sheet of paper if 2 Napkins How much does each napkin cost you need more room Money answers should be rounded to the nearest penny 3 Soda How many cans of soda can you buy for 1 Candy How much do you pay per ounce of 7 hocolai dy 9 How much is that per can chocolate candy 4 Socks Other socks are on sale for 77 cents a pair Do those cost more or less than the socks in this ad How much are these socks per pair 5 Laundry Detergent If you buy both kinds of pow der laundry detergent how many loads of wash can you do If you do 3 loads of wash per week how much will that cost per week and about how long will this
7. escription of that job Then find an ad for a job you d like to have when you are 25 years old Compare that job to the first one you found How are they alike and different rite a letter to someone who might hire you In the letter tell that employer what makes you a good person to hire That kind of letter is called a cover letter Skim the Classified ads to find out which of these items is advertised a tractor a cat a room to rent a refrigerator in excellent condition a pony 9081 JO 8 Aue oid oed our Kou Y y 1oAo duro imyroddo enbo 303 JLA syoom SYM e uvmnsur SUI pied pd eoueuedxe steak SJ euro drp Toouos 8 dip SH e uo ure1804d 5015892 o1d p1o opr L 3JOSOJOTJAI sn ue AYOM 1op1o poos pu yeou ssury daay 0 ou noX yey SIAS Jeuoneziursio ueblo Suid amp dA poos eur yed Aqyensn sr 559 SurpAuy 499A qovo smog Op 1noqe Jo qof v WYL eum nj 14 suonene4qqe djou 03 sjomsuy M ath S kill Builder Business Section Savvy The Business section of the Sunday newspa per helps people learn what they need to know about business and industry It contains articles about companies in your area and around the country There is also news about the ec
8. evisions Answer these questions On another sheet of paper show the math work you did to find the answers 1 Find the difference in screen size between these two televisions 2 Find the price difference What is the percent of difference 3 How much more per inch of screen will you pay for the larger television Write a description of how you solved these problems What operations did you use SONY mc AD HI H VCR wi n frond A PV inputs Bho EVH CLEARANCE 99 27 STEREO TV vath front NM is nnd remola comirot AUDIOVOX 21 99 DVD HOME THEATER SYSTEM Has a Dolby Digital receiver builtin DVD player 5 ues sound speaiers subwooler and temal contro Ha EMDTUUASI 99 W STEREO mv Faatures frevit AFV inputs and remer Reg 16999 3159 CLEARANCE DVD Vcp Ccp PLAYER Has playback uli i Tiden adc and remote control meon ampaonen GO VIDEO 27 DVD WCR DUAL DECK Full frend p aye hegad hit m one 10 02 HERSHEY S VALENTINE TREATS Kisses Assorted Miniatures ond Reeses peanut BONUS SIZE POST CEREAL Sele Sele butter cups miniatures Assorted vanehes 20 5 Raisin Bron 3 3 2508 6 PK KIDS PRO SPIRIT SOCKS Cocoa or fruity Pebbles Boys ond girls low cut crew 14 543 63 o2 Honeycomb and styles Quartines imisi No tam checks 00 345
9. h using the writing process B Coupons are a good way for companies to tell people about their products Most of them offer a money saving discount Sunday newspapers often include these coupons and if you read them care fully you can save lots of money But if you re going to use coupons you ll need to follow some rules You need to read the smaller print sometimes called the fine print to find what you need to know Look at this coupon carefully and answer these questions 1 What do you have to buy 2 What will you get free If you buy one 6 pack box of popcorn will you get the free soda Why 4 What is the most money the coupon is worth Learning standards for activities on this page reading for different purposes composing original texts 5 If you go to the store to use this coupon on June 5 2004 will you get the free soda Why or why not 6 Why do you think the word Free is so big 1 Make a booklet of 10 coupons you find with the newspaper D escribe possible uses for each product and figure out how much you would save if you used each one How many of those coupons are for products you ve used 2 Create a coupon for an imaginary product Use some fine print 3 Place 3 coupons on your desk side by side N ote the differences in the type of information each one contains Ms The people who contributed to this supple
10. ision Then find the percentage spent eating sleeping studying hanging out with friends and anything else you did yesterday News In the Know Read a movie review then write your own review y of the last movie you saw in this box Use an extra sheet of paper if you need to MORE FUN Maybe watching television isn t your idea of a good time Not to worry The newspaper offers you other choices for fun and frolic Check it out and see whether you can find at least five different ways to have fun List them here and rank them 1 5 with 1 being the one you would most like to do Learning standards for activities on pages 12 amp 13 solving problems connected to everyday experiences describing traits that define culture responding to texts CURRENT EVENTS Build Skills Each week more than 60 million people read America s Sunday newspapers Even in a world where electronic communication is easy many people still like to get their news by reading the T newspaper they hold in their hands For many people reading the newspaper means skimming or scanning the pages until they find the stories they want to read You may not know this but when you do that simple and fun act skimming through the newspaper looking for something good to read you are using important reading skills such as locating information analysis comparison and predic tion And bes
11. ited States 7 Look at what you are wearing today Locate a place on the map You can see temperatures around the country and where weather sys where you would be most comfortable in that outfit tems are found The map uses numbers pictures and colors to give you different information Look carefully at the map and the keys that go with it to see the range of information Be sure you know the answers to these questions before you do the rest of the activities on this page m What do the colors tell you m What information is shown using numbers m What do the little pictures like the ones of snowflakes and drops tell you After carefully studying the map solve these problems L Choose any five cities and find the average of their high temperatures 2 Name five states in which it is not raining 3 Where is the warmest region in the country Los Angeles Em 67 48 4 Find your state on the map Write a one sentence description of the DRY weather there Then write a one sentence description comparing it to Paso what the weather is actually like today Showers T storms MMH SHE Rain Cold 77 Flurries W Snow a Stationary a Wrap 8 What would you wear if you were going to Los Angeles Would you wear the same clothing in Billings Why Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation Temperature bands
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13. onomy to help people plan how to use their money Stock Smarts Many people invest money in the stock market f and they check the stock listings in the newspaper to see how their investments are doing Your news ru it paper may have these listings in chart form If you DS T d can read a chart like this one you also will be able to P read other charts with important information such as train or bus schedules 12 mo Stock Hi Lo Volume 1 000s Last Chg XYZ 2475 1273 29 12 3 9 LO o mei i Up down arrows indicate stocks that rose or fell 10 or more in Canadian doltars No PE last week n New issue within last year Stechs im bold are those of compa Preferred nies based here Holder owes installment s of Underlined stocks had more than 5 purchase price percant of their outstanding shares pr Praferance trade during tast week rt Rights 1 Steck Abbreviation by the s Split in the last 52 weeks Price was 52 week 2 12 mo Hi Lo The stocks highest In bankruptcy or receivership and lowest prices in the last 12 wd When wi When issued Sales 1 0008 Shares in thov wt Warrants sands that traded last week ww With warrants 4 Last The week s closing price x Ex dividend any dradend is 5 Chg The change between the payabie to the seller closing price tast week and the x
14. soap last simuour 9 jnoqe unser Jad sjuoo 1noqe SuNsos qse Jo speo G Jad sjuoo c are 5205 posnoApe au Aouour ONW p uto Jad sjuoo cz sues 96 U39 SI Jomsue aq suoroorp 194 amp uued jso1eou ay 0 51090 0 51802 Appenioe urydeu qoeg LLITS surydeu osz ud Joded pews ur st ooud urydeu au gouno Jad sjuoo 6 SJoMSUy Learning standards for activities on pages 10 amp 11 using place value with whole numbers and decimals using computation to solve problems solving problems involving measurement Eg Read for Information One of the cool things about Sunday newspapers is that you can find information about fun things that you do like watching television or having a hobby Careful reading gives you the power to choose your fun activities wisely so that you make the most of your free time Use the newspaper index to find the television listings Get the inform ton you need to complete this chart PROGRAM TYPE NAMFE OF SHOW CHANNEL START TIME END TIME Mystery Comedy News Movie Soap Opera National Talk Show Bonus Figure out how many hours of television you watched yesterday Or if yesterday was a weekend day use the last weekday instead How does that compare to the hours you spent in school Compute the percentage of your day that you watched telev
15. t of all as you use the news to learn you also learn about the world in which you live Finding Basic Information Check out the front page of your newspaper Find the story with the largest headline and answer t estions Wh what is the story about Wh at is the key word or phrase in the headline gm Wh en did an important event in the story happen a Wh ere the page is the story found Can you tell Why the event happened Datelines The dateline is the part of the story some times found at the beginning that tells you where the story takes place Check out the stories that have datelines and see whether you can find and describe a story that happens in another city and an event happening in another country Local News Your Sunday newspaper may bring you news from around the corner or around the world The news that happens closest to you is called local news Check today s newspa per to see whether you can find stories about two types of local events an accident and a sports contest Write the major theme of each story you find Accident Learning standards for activities on pages 14 amp 15 comprehending selections inquiring and conducting researc
16. th and you an unstoppable duo stuff to do together There is is 5 En I Te Biwi Reading writing and using po arms i Mur M numbers Those are the 4 ae 0 Eu CE A Ji ioe almost nothing you can do in a day that you can t read about in your Sunday newspaper skills you need to succeed That s So enjoy this what this special section It will newspaper section is show you how t about using your to use the newspaper to build those learning skills gg brain and improve your life Functional Reading PO ER e 06060600600000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Functional reading is the kind of reading you do each day to get the information you need to make decisions Functional reading might be fun but unlike leisure reading it is not for fun Functional reading is what you use when you fill out forms pay bills or follow directions It s what you do when you read a sign a user s manual a train schedule or a food label Read to succeed and you are using your functional reading power The Sunday newspaper offers you some great sections to practice the skills that make you a good functional reader Those skills include skim ming scanning and reading for detail 0 RA Let s start with the Sports section Go on this scavenger hunt and follow these directions
17. w Without warrants closing price the previous week y Ex ividend and sales in full not in thousands d Price was 52 week low 2 Sates in full not in thousands The key to reading a chart is understanding how it is organized Look first at the top bottom and sides of the columns and rows That s where you will often find out the information contained in each column or row Some newspapers offer a key along with the stock listings that tells the reader how to get information from the listings Look at one such key on the left Read one explanation at a time Make sure you know what each column means After reading all of the explanations answer these questions about the stocks on the listing shown above Which one gained the most Which lost the most What was the year s high of the BWAY stock How much does one share of Baldor cost now Learning standards for activities on pages 667 interpreting charts understanding the benefits of a free enterprise system using computation to solve problems 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 People need three things to stay alive food clothing and shelter a place to live Most newspapers have information about all three Take Use the newspaper index to find apartments for rent Find a neighborhood listed that you would want to live in You need to figure out which apartments you can afford shelter for example The Sunday newspaper can help you find a place to
18. y P i if Y i STIS di Jh id that take up the smallest possible amount of space Often they use abbreviations meaning that they shorten or abbreviate words by not using all the letters Usually they leave out the vowels and assume that the reader will be able to guess what the word is anyway The ads are easy based on how long the ad is most people write short ads to read if you can understand the abbreviations Cracking the Code On the next page is a Help Wanted ad that might be placed by someone looking for a person to do a SH 7 i i l H J job People who are looking for jobs read the Help Wanted ads to find the job that is right for them The abbreviations are almost like a code When you read an ad you re really figuring out the code so that you can understand the message The key to cracking the code is knowing what kinds of things people want in a job If you know what people are looking for it will be easier for you to understand each word in the ad People want either full time or part time work Usually full time means 40 hours each week if H HHI SH JL z 3 va i how much vacation they will get meaning the number of days when they don t have to come to work but will still be paid and what the benefits such as health insurance are The
19. y will need to know how much education is needed for the job and what some of the work is like Finally they have to know how to answer the ad and apply for and part time means anything less They might want to work in a the job job they have had some experience in They might want to know Learning standards for activities on pages 4 amp 5 using a variety of word identity strategies analyzing how people make a living composing original texts using writing processes see whether you and your classmates can talk about it and understand the abbreviation code so that you can figure out what the ad says Clerk Secretary FT Gd typ organ skills phones filing WORD exp HS dip 3 yrs gen clk exp Pd health ins 2 wks vac free park close to public transp Call Teri 555 5555 EOE What does each of these abbreviations mean Answers can be found in the right column FT exp Gd pd typ ins organ wks WORD vac HS dip EOE yrs clk Answer these questions about the ad What is the job 2 Is it for full time or part time work 3 What skills do you need 4 How far do you need to go in school to qualify for this job 5 How much vacation do you get each year 6 Is it easy to get to work Why L Check out the Help W anted ads and see whether you can find one job that you could get with the skills you have right now W rite a d
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