Week of 5/27/2012
“Workouts, Times 2 (or 3)”
Web Address: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/06/fashion/new-yorkers-who-fit-
in-2-or-3-workouts-a-day.html?ref=nutrition
Vocabulary: Define!
1. Boutique:
2. Scuttles:
3. Affluent:
4. International:
5. Phenomenon:
6. Comparison:
7. Elliptical:
8. Requisite:
9. Obsessed:
10. Technically:
11. Specialized:
12. Proximity:
13. Manicures:
14. Pedicures:
15. Propelled:
Essay Question: Each bullet point requires one paragraph!
• Why are these women doing two workouts a day?
• Explain the different workout combinations that are being chosen and
why?
• How are these women making this fit into their busy lives?
• After reading this article compares these workout routines to your
own. How would you change yours? Explain!!!
5/25/2012 Quote #20
All the delightful things of the world--sweet sounds, lovely forms, all the
pleasant tastes and touches and thoughts--these are all agreed to bring
happiness if they are not grasped and possessed. But if you regard them
merely as pleasures for your own use and satisfaction and do not see them as
passing wonders, they will bring suffering.
Vocabulary: Define & use in a sentence!
1. Possessed:
2. Merely:
Writing Prompt:
This quote is about the importance of being understanding to enjoying and
appreciating the good things that life offers us.
Write about how you had something really good but didn't truly understand
until you no longer had it.
Week of 5/20/2012
“From Cubicles, Cry for Quiet Pierces Office Buzz”
Web Address: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/20/science/when-buzz-at-your-
cubicle-is-too-loud-for-work.html?ref=us
Vocabulary: Define:
1. Cubicle:
2. Barricade:
3. Partitions:
4. Fortify:
5. Etiquette:
6. Articulate:
7. Entrepreneurs:
8. Acoustics:
9. Productivity:
10. Emitted:
11. Ventilation:
12. Formulated:
13. Unintelligible:
14. Rationale:
15. Coax:
Essay Question: Each bullet point requires one paragraph!
• Describe what the cubicles are and how they became popular.
• Why did people begin to complain about the cubicles?
• What is the open space system and who uses it?
• Compare the open space system vs. the cubicle, which would you prefer
and why!
