1. Reading 3A
IECP
Fall 2014
Nikki Mattson

2. Agenda
• Idiom
• VP 12 Quiz
• Newspaper Article
• Reading Explorer 8A

3. Said when it is difficult to get someone to do something.

4. VP 12 Quiz

5. Newspaper Article
• Video

6. Discussion Questions (3A)
1. Do you think the example of “flip flop” punishment is a serious problem? Is there
something about this situation that you think should be changed?
2. Is there a difference between child abuse and throwing a shoe and/or flip flop at
somebody? According to the article, how do those affiliated with Latino culture tend to
speak about experiences like flip-flop punishments?
3. How does your country deal with parents who spank their children in order to give them
a good upbringing?
4. Do you agree with Mary L. Pulido’s idea that “to be effective, discipline needs to be
consistent, perceived as 'fair' by the child, age-appropriate, and should teach the child
how to act in the future."?
5. Lisa Fontes said, “I think people from all groups joke about the punishments they’ve
received.” Do you agree with this opinion?
6. According to the author, if we want to stop corporal discipline, where do we start? Do
you agree?

7. Return Tests

12. TTaarrggeett VVooccaabbuullaarryy
• After the explanation, try each word out with your
partner.

13. It’s a story as compelling as any murder mystery.

14. The real cause of death, however, has been in dispute ever since.

15. Ben Weider…is a proponent of the theory that Napoleon was poisoned with
arsenic, a deadly chemical.

16. Weider has relentlessly sought the cause of Napoleon’s death for more than
four decades…

17. Additionally, the doctors who examine Napoleon’s body after his death didn’t
find any of the usual symptoms associated with arsenic poisoning…

18. …they gave him a massive amount of mercurous chloride…

19. That and other medications disrupted Napoleon’s heartbeat and resulted in
his heart ceasing to beat.

20. Could he, motivated by revenge, have poisoned the wine?

21. In Fornes’s opinion, evidence for murder by poisoning is inconclusive and
wouldn’t hold up in a court of law.

22. Napoleon Bonaparte’s body was returned to France in 1840, and it has rested
in a truly grand tomb in Paris for nearly 150 years.

23. PPrree--rreeaaddiinngg
• Pg. 124 – Read + part A

24. PPrree -- RReeaaddiinngg DDiissccuussssiioonn
• What do you know about Napoleon’s life?
• What do you know about Napoleon’s death?

25. WWhhaatt kkiilllleedd tthhee EEmmppeerroorr??
• Video

26. PPoosstt--VViiddeeoo DDiissccuussssiioonn
• What did you understand from the video?
• What are some of the theories that explain the
arsenic that was found in Napoleon’s hair?
• What are the two very different opinions about his
death that are expressed in the video?

27. RReeaaddiinngg -- 88AA
• Read 1 paragraph silently
• Orally summarize the paragraph with your partner
• Repeat these steps until you have finished the text
( 25 minutes)
• Complete pgs. 128-129
• Write 3 discussion questions that can be used by the
class for a discussion.

28. HHWW
• Newspaper article quiz = Friday