However, despite setbacks such as the Staples Centre fiasco in 1999, when it looked like the Times was bound to become a second-class read, it has made a remarkable comeback under the editorship of John Carroll, receiving 13 Pulitzer prizes.Granted, the topography of Los Angeles and its almost non-existent public commuting system makes it even more challenging to reach a consistent readership.
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"I loved that book!" was the refrain echoing from the Great Hall to the museum offices, where Brittany Prieto, a staff member, was opening letters from a fourth-grade class reading the book in Scottsdale, Ariz.
I think Ellison would have been pleased with the way the ethnically mixed eleventh-grade class read "Invisible Man".
2. As a class, read and discuss the first 12 paragraphs of the article "A Marriage of Unequals When Richer Weds Poorer, Money Isn't the Only Difference," up to the subsection called "Bias on Both Sides" (//www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/20050519thursday.html), focusing on the following questions: a.
2. As a class, read and discuss the first section of the article "In Explaining Life's Complexities, Darwinists and Doubters Clash" (//www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/20050823tuesday.html), up to the first subheading, "Truncated View of Reality," focusing on the following questions: a.
Why or why not? 2. As a class, read and discuss the first section (23 paragraphs) of "When the Joneses Wear Jeans" (//www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/20050531tuesday.html), ending at the first subsection, "Falling Prices, Rising Debt," focusing on the following questions: a.
Why or why not? 2. As a class, read and discuss the first two sections (16 paragraphs) of the article "The Five-Bedroom, Six-Figure Rootless Life" (//www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/20050602thursday.html), focusing on the following questions: a.
How are these discoveries viewed today? 2. As a class, read and discuss the first four paragraphs of the article "Here They Are, Science's 10 Most Beautiful Experiments," focusing on the following questions: a.
As a class, read and discuss the first four paragraphs of The New York Times article "Wins Leave Kerry With 8-Month Challenge: Beat the Incumbent," focusing on the following questions to make sure students understand the essential details of the race between Senator John Kerry and incumbent president George Bush: a. Who seems to have won the Democratic nomination, according to the article?
Now one in 10 children are diagnosed with dyslexia (and I think many remain undiagnosed) and I would like to make one plea to teachers and parents who often think that listening to an audio in a way is a second-class activity to reading a book.
