WHY READ

1. WHY READ For each slide, please answer the questions on your own paper. When you are done, please raise your hand and have Mrs. Smith check your work.

2. STOP AND READ A few reminders: *RESTATE the questions – I need to know what you are answering. *WRITE in complete sentences, please. *Use only one side of the paper, write neatly and in pencil.

3. What are your educational goals? • I will assume you plan to graduate from high school. After high school, do you plan to go to college? • If you plan to go to college, do you know where you want to go or what you want to study? If not going to college, what sort of training do you plan to get? • Are you planning to go farther in school than four years of college? If so, what are you planning to do for graduate school?

4. What are your career goals? 4. Please list five jobs that sound like the MIGHT be interesting to you. 5. Of those jobs (or others), what is a job that you might like to have when you grow up? (your best guess) 6. Circle the appropriate answers on paper. 7. Answer the money research questions. 8. If you HAD to pick a SECOND choice…what would it be (for a job) and why?

5. Nine Reasons for Reading • Rewarding • Builds vocabulary • Makes you a better writing • It’s hard, but hard is necessary • Makes you smarter • Prepares you for the work world • Financially rewarding • Opens door to college and beyond • Arms you against oppression (keeps people from tricking you, taking advantage, etc.) 9. Of the reasons above --- which do you think are the TWO most important reasons for reading? WHY?

6. Reading Can Be Difficult 10. Think of a time when you had to work hard at something (sports, music, etc…), how did you get better? Be specific (a PARAGRAPH here --- minimum 6 sentences)

7. Good Reader/Not a Good Reader • Do you consider yourself a good reader? Why or why not? • Think of someone you know who is a good reader --- what makes them a good reader? • Which is more difficult for you: reading, writing, or math? Why do you think this is?

8. Interpreting Quotes – Please explain what each of these quotes means – in your own words. • To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting. (Edmond Burke) • I read my way out of poverty long before I worked myself out of poverty. (Walter Anderson) 16. Nothing can stop a person who wants to be educated. Nothing can help a person who doesn’t.

9. Reading Makes You a Better Writer --- For the words listed, please come up with synonyms (other words meaning the same thing). • said (15 synonyms, please) 18. very (8 synonyms, please)

10. Tips for Multiple Choice Questions • Please tell me three good TIPS for picking the right answer on a multiple choice question. • On the next page, read the Driver’s License test. Then, answer each question…just write as 20a, 20b, 20c, etc. For this question, no sentences are necessary --- just the one letter…

11. Driver’s Test Questions 20a. Which of the following statements about blind spots is true? A. They are eliminated if you have one outside mirror on each side of the vehicle. B. Large trucks have bigger blind spots than most passenger vehicles. C. Blind spots can be checked by looking in your rearview mirror. 20b. You are about to make a left turn. You must signal continuously during the last ____ feet before the turn. A. 50 B. 75 C. 100 D. 125 20c. When parking uphill on a two-way street with no curbs, your front wheels should be: A. Turned to the left (toward the street) B. Turned to the right (away from the street) C. Parallel with the pavement 20d. Roadways are the most slippery: A. During a heavy downpour B. After it has been raining for awhile C. The first rain after a dry spell

12. Continued Driver’s Questions 20e. When driving in fog, you should use your: A. Fog lights only B. High beams C. Low beams 20f. To avoid last-minute moves, you should be looking down the road to where your vehicle will be in about: A. 5-10 seconds B. 10-15 seconds C. 15-20 seconds 20g. A school bus ahead of you in your lane is stopped with red lights flashing. You should: A. Stop, then proceed when you think all the kids have exited the bus B. Slow to 25 mph and pass cautiously C. Stop as long as the red lights are flashing 20h. A white painted curb means it’s a: A. Loading zone for freight or passengers B. Loading zone for passengers or mail only C. Loading zone for freight only

13. Reflect on Driver’s Test • Do you think you could pass the preceding Driver’s Test without being able to read? Why? • Why is the driver’s test important to nearly all teenagers --- give me three reasons. ---READ THE NEXT SLIDE…preview for 2 minutes --- then answer questions after the slide

14. Educated Voter --- for the following actual proposed law, please answer the questions on the next slid. Proposition 209: Text of the Proposed Law This initiative measure expressly amends the Consitution by adding a section thereto; therefore, no provisions proposed to be added are printed in the italic type to indicate that they are new. • The state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting. • This section shall apply only to action taken after the section’s effective date. • Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as prohibiting bona fide qualifications based on sex which are reasonably necessary to the normal operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting. • Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as invalidating any court order or consent decree which is in force as the effective date of this section. • Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as prohibiting action which must be taken to establish or maintain eligibility for any federal program where eligibility would result in a loss of federal funds from the state. • For the purposes of this section, “state” shall include, but not necessarily be limited to the state itself, any city, county, city and county, public university, including the University of California, community college district, school district, special district, or any other political subdivision or government instrumentality of or within the state. • The remedies available for violations of this section shall be the same, regardless of the injured party’s race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin, as are otherwise available for violations of then-existing California anti-discrimination law. • This section shall be self-executing. If any part of parts of this section are found to be in conflict with the federal law or the United State Constitutions, the section shall be implemented to the maximum extent that federal law and the United States Constitution permit. Any provision held invalid shall be severable from the remaining portions of this section.

15. Questions Regarding Voting Yes or No for the Proposed Law 23. What topic/idea do you THINK this law is about? Give your best guess. 24. What happens if the new law (written on the last slide) conflicts (is at odds) with the US Constitution and federal law? 25. Why were these questions so hard to answer? 26. Why would it be important to be able to read proposed laws when you are an adult? --- read the next slide and answer the questions after the slide…

16. Cell Phone Contract – Please read the following advertisement and the “fine print”. Nearly Unlimited Monthly Calling 3,500 total monthly minutes 250 mobile to mobile minutes 29.99 a month Subject to service agreement and calling plan. $35 activation fee on primary line, up to $175 early termination fee per line. Taxes, other charges, and restrictions apply . Requires credit approval. Cannot combine with other offers or business plans. If exceed allowed minutes, standard airtime rates apply. Usage rounded up to the next full minute. Unused allowances lost. Requires CDMA equipment. Available in select markets. Service not available in all areas. Mobile to mobile: for calls on our network within your local mobile-to-mobile airtime rate area. Call forwarding, voice mail, calls to/from prepay customers excluded. 3500 minutes are night and weekend minutes. Night 8:01 p.m. to 5:59 a.m. Weekends 12:00 am Saturday to 11:59 Sunday. Offer expires December 31, 2009.

17. Questions – Cell Phone Contract 27. Can I call someone with the minutes allotted to me under my plan at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday? How about 1:30 p.m. on Saturday? Why the difference? 28. What happens if I want to cancel my contract early? 29. Can I call anyone else on a cell phone with my 250 minutes --- any restrictions on the mobile to mobile portion of the plan? 30. Why do you think people sometimes get “into trouble” with these contracts and are surprised by what they actually get?

18. Brain Maintenance --- Take the quiz about your brain. Write your guesses on your paper (no sentences needed). True/False: • Your brain stops growing after age five. • Television provides good brain exercise. • The lower your education level, the higher your chances may be that you will suffer dementia later in life. • If you exercise your brain a lot when you are young, you build up reserves to fight brain problems later.

19. Answers: Correct your guesses as needed False: Researchers believe your brain has the potential to grow throughout your life. False: Television puts your brain in “neutral”. Brain researchers suggest that you should turn the television off. True: One study showed that those who read fewer books were more likely to develop problems as they aged. True: Researchers now believe how much you read between the ages six and eighteen are predictors of how well you’ll think decades later. 35. Why is it important to read – according to the brain research quiz? Minimum of two reasons.

20. Amount of Time Spent Reading and Reading Achievement of Fifth Graders 36. How many more words does a kid in the 98% group read a year compared to a kid in the 10% group? 37. If you read only 12.9 minutes a day, how many words would you read in a year? How many less is that than the 98% group? 38. Do you think reading % test scores are directly related to the amount of time kids spend reading? WHY?

21. Career Chart – Some common jobs • What is a job you would like to have someday? • What type of education is required for that job? (if you don’t know – research it) • Why is it important to read NOW to help achieve your career goal?

22. US Average Earnings • What does reading have to do with • making more money? • For the job you THINK you might be • interested in as an adult, what would • the predicted lifetime earnings be? • The average cost of raising a child • for a middle-class family is about • $233,530. This covers food, shelter, etc. for a child. How does this relate to your education level and ability to read?

23. Moral of the story • Michael Jordan made $300,000 a game. That equals 10,000 dollars for every minute of an average 30 minutes of play per game. • With $40 million in endorsements, he makes 178,100 dollars a day, working or not. • If he sleeps seven hours a night, he makes $52,000 every night while he sleeps. • If he goes to see a movie, it will cost him eight dollars, but he will make 18,550 while he’s there. • If he decides to have a five-minute egg, he’ll make $618 while making it. • He makes 7,414 an hour more than the minimum wage. • If he wants to save up for a new $90,000 dollar car, it will take him twelve hours. • This year, he’ll make twice as much as all the U.S. presidents from 1789 to now. • AMAZING, isn’t it? • However, if Jordan saves 100% of his income for the next 250 years, he will still have less than Bill Gates has today. • GAME OVER --- NERD WINS! Don’t you think Bill Gates reads a lot??? 45. What is the moral/lesson of this story? Why do you think I would have you read this story?

24. LAST SLIDE!!! • Whether or not you are currently a good reader, you will continue to improve during school. Please tell me FIVE specific things you can do to improve your reading. CONGRATULATIONS – You are DONE!!