paragraph 3: People who are obese are likely to develop type II, non-insulin dependent diabetes.    In fact, 90% of obese people develop this disease.  Seventy percent of obese people will develop heart disease, and 33% will develop hypertension.  Colon and breast cancers are also linked to obesity. 

Paragraph 1.  Always warm up before attempting any strength training exercises.  Failure to warm up can cause injuries to cold muscles.  Remember to use proper lifting procedures for safety sake.  In addition, to avoid harm, make sure that you have a spotter with you if you are using free weights.  You can also avoid injury by working within your limits and avoiding the need to show off.

Paragraph 2.  One technique to manage stress is self-hypnosis.  Another relaxation technique is the “relaxation response.”  In this technique, one learns how to quiet the body and mind.  Still another way to manage stress is progressive muscular relaxation.  This is a procedure in which muscles are contracted and relaxed systematically.  Other techniques include yoga, quieting, and diaphragmatic breathing.

Kayla became a superstar

Kayla Become a Superstar 
Order of Events and Story Sequence 
Directions: Read the story and recall the order in which the events took place. 

One very beautiful, clear night, a girl named Kayla and her mother were talking and looking up in the sky at the stars. Kayla said, "Mom I hate how I look. My hair is so ugly; there's never anything to do with it. And my clothes - they're awful!"

"Well Kayla you need to accept who you are and like it," said Kayla's mother.

Just then, a shooting star flew past. Kayla saw it and wished that she was a superstar like Christina Aguilera.
After Kayla said her wish, her mother said, "Time for bed."

The next morning Kayla woke up to a man she had never met in her whole life. The man kept telling her, "Wake up! Wake up! You need to start early today if you want to sing well in your concert tonight!!!"

Then Kayla said, "What? What concert?"

Then it hit her; she had wished on the star and it came true! Kayla looked in the mirror and it was Christina Aguilera's face staring back at her. She jumped up and said, "Where is everyone? Aren't they supposed to be getting all my make-up and hair ready for me?"

 "Of course," said the man. "They have been waiting for you to get up all morning."

 "Well where are they?"
 "Christina, are you feeling ok? You are acting like someone else."
 "Oh yeah, I am fine." said Kayla.

 Kayla got up and started getting all dressed up and ready for the big night. When she was done, she had to go to practice for the concert that night.

Kayla was having blast until she got to rehearsal. First, she had a hard time getting to rehearsal because so many annoying people with cameras were shouting at her and telling her how great it must be to be a superstar. Then at rehearsals she had a hard time getting the dancing moves right. It was a total disaster.

 She was just beginning to realize that being a superstar wasn't so awesome after all when it was time to go on stage in front of everyone. She didn't know what to do. She thought fast and looked in the sky but didn't see any shooting star. At that moment the man who woke her up this morning said, "You go on in 5, 4,3,2,1. You're on!"

 Kayla walked out on stage did know what to do so she started talking to the crowd. She started to talk to them about being yourself keeping goals and NEVER wishing you were someone else because everyone is perfect in their own way.

 At that moment, she saw a shooting star and wished she was in her own home, wearing her own clothes, and back to her own life! Suddenly, she was on her porch with her mom talking and looking up in the beautiful sky with the stars shinning bright!

Sequence

The Lion and the Mouse

A Lion lay asleep in the forest, his great head resting on his paws. A timid little Mouse came upon him unexpectedly, and in her fright and haste to get away, ran across the Lion’s nose. Roused from his nap, the Lion laid his huge paw angrily on the tiny creature to kill her.

“Spare me!” begged the poor Mouse. “Please let me go and some day I will surely repay you.” The Lion was much amused to think that a Mouse could ever help him. But he was generous and finally let the Mouse go.

Some days later, while stalking his prey in the forest, the Lion was caught in the toils of a hunter’s 

net. Unable to free himself, he filled the forest with his angry roaring. The Mouse knew the voice and quickly found the Lion struggling in the net. Running to one of the great ropes that bound him, she gnawed it until it parted, and soon the Lion was free. “You laughed when I said I would repay you,” said the Mouse. “Now you see that even a Mouse can help a Lion.”

organize the events in the appropriate order.

1. _____________ The Mouse found the Lion in the net.

2. _____________ The Lion roared with anger.

3. _____________ The Mouse promises to help the Lion someday if he will let her go.

4. _____________ The Lion was asleep.

5. _____________ The Lion laid his paw on the Mouse.

6. _____________ The Mouse chewed the net to free the Lion.

7. _____________ The Lion went hunting and got caught in a net.

8. _____________ The Lion let the Mouse go.

9. _____________ The Mouse ran across the Lion’s nose.

10. _____________ The Lion woke up.

Main Idea

Text 1: Fears are common in early childhood. Many 2 to 4-year-olds are afraid of animals, especially dogs. By 6 years, children are more likely to be afraid of the dark. Other common fears are of thunderstorms, doctors, and imaginary creatures.

Topic: _________________________

Main Idea: ______________________________

Text 2: Soccer is known in some countries as football. It is a popular sport across the world, with over 200 countries playing the sport. It is estimated that over 250 million people, both men and women, play soccer. The sport has been part of the Olympic Games from 1900 to 1928 and from 1936 to today.

Topic: _________________________

Main Idea: ____________________________

Literature 3

Legal Alien

by Pat Mora

Bi-lingual, Bi-cultural, 
able to slip from “How’s life?” 
to “Me’stan volviendo loca,” 
able to sit in a paneled office 
drafting memos in smooth English, 
able to order in fluent Spanish 
at a Mexican restaurant, 
American but hyphenated, 
viewed by Anglos as perhaps exotic, 
perhaps inferior, definitely different, 
viewed by Mexicans as alien, 
(their eyes say, “You may speak 
Spanish but you’re not like me”) 
an American to Mexicans 
a Mexican to Americans 
a handy token 
sliding back and forth 
between the fringes of both worlds 
by smiling 
by masking the discomfort 
of being pre-judged 
Bi-laterally.

Literature 2: Point of view

Directions: Use the graphic organizer on the board to help you determine the writer’s point of view in the following brochure text.

Good-bye Boredom, Hello Fun

     It’s another boring Saturday afternoon. Your entertainment options range from enduring dull old movies and home fix-it shows on TV to bathing the dog. Does this sound painfully familiar? It won’t when you discover Funtown Community Center. At Funtown, you can meet new people, compete in joke-telling contests, create your own poems and stories in writing workshops, invent characters in cartooning classes, sharpen your computer skills, learn surprising facts about the town’s history, and swim in the pool. It’s all for teenagers and all free! So switch off the TV, wave good bye to Fido, and meet your friends at Funtown Community Center. Funtown—it adds life to your life!