4. Vocabulary Power – Ch. 5
• Pronounce
• Check answers with a partner
– Compare answers
– If there is disagreement, try to reach consensus
– Let Nikki know if you have questions
• Complete “Words in Discussion”
_________________________________
____ Quiz your partner on the words in preparation for
the quiz next class
– Practice spelling the words
5. 1. Which product is more important for you today: an iphone or a Coca-
Cola soda? Why? Which product is more liked on Facebook?
2. Why do you think that Apple’s brand has risen around the world recently?
What other companies have been on the rise?
3. Why do you think Coca-Cola has fallen from the # 1 spot on the Best
Global Brands report? Is this switch in popularity (Coke from first to third
and Apple to first) noticeable in the US? Is it noticeable in your country?
4. Do you think that Apple will be able to hold its number 1 spot for a long
time? Why/why not?
5. Besides the value of a brand, what significance does being number 1
have in the world? What does it show us about our society?
6. Navy Yard Tragedy Unnerves Mass Shooting Survivors
by Alan Greenblatt
1. What is the article mainly about?
2. Why did the residents of several previously traumatized communities travel
to Washington D.C ?
3. What happened to the two Colorado Senators who recently supported
stricter gun laws in their states? What implications does this have?
4. The Navy Yard shootings came a week after “much of the political media
had run obituaries on gun-control efforts”? What does this mean? Why is
this significant?
1. Who is Art McDonnell? What experience did he have?
2. Who said this and why "It's disappointing and discouraging that a country
with as many great minds as we have can't lessen the impact of things like
this," ? Do you agree or disagree with this statement?
7. Prisoners will pay for damage repairs, says
Grayling
• 1- What is the main idea of this article?
• 2- What are the monetary and other consequences that prisoners will now face for
damaging prison property? Do you think these consequences are fair?
• 3 -What is the concern that is mentioned about vulnerable prisoners? How do you
think these cases should be handled?
• 4-How many cases of willful damage have been proven since 2012? Previous to the
new policy, what consequence did prisoners face for their actions?
• 4-Who is Chris Grayling? What is his opinion about the new policy?
• 5 – In which situations will the monetary consequence for willful damage be
cancelled? Do you think this is fair?
• 6 - What new information did you learn from this article? Was anything surprising to
you?
8. What a Messy Desk Says About You
By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS
• 1. What have the psychologists and researchers traditionally found when
studying personality traits? What question has been left unanswered by
previous studies?
• 2. What is the goal of the recent study that is described in the article?
• 3. What happens in the first experiment that is described in the article?
What are the results? Are these results surprising?
• 4. What happens in the second experiment that is described in the
article? What are the results? Are these results surprising?
• 5. In your opinion, is it better to work in a messy environment or a neat
environment?
• 6. Do you think the study that is described in the article is accurate in real
life? Why/ why not?
