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ELA Session 1 Part A: Listening Activity: June 2008

ELA Session 1 Part A: Listening Activity: June 2008. Prepared by Barbara Stensholt. Overview:.

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ELA Session 1 Part A: Listening Activity: June 2008

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  1. ELA Session 1 Part A:Listening Activity: June 2008 Prepared by Barbara Stensholt

  2. Overview: • For this part of the test, you will listen to an account about Madame Marie Curie, answer some multiple choice questions, and write a response based on the situation described below. You will hear the account (reading) twice. You may take notes on the next page anytime you wish during the readings.

  3. Your Task: Write a presentation for your science class in which you describe the qualities that made Madame Marie Curie a successful scientist • Guidelines: ~ Tell your audience what they need to know about Madame Marie Curie and the qualities that made her a successful scientist ~ Use specific, accurate, and relevant information from the account to support your description ~ Organize your thoughts in a logical and coherent manner ~ Indicate any words taken directly from the account by using quotation marks or referring to the speaker

  4. Guides for Taking Notes: • Re-read the “Overview” and the “Situation” • Fold your note taking paper in half • Listen carefully and write the most important details (facts) regarding Madame Marie Curies: ~ Qualities ` That made her the successful scientist that she was ~ Accomplishments • Don’t worry about your spelling during your note taking

  5. Multiple Choice Questions: • 1. According to the speaker, Marie Curie advanced the cause of: (1) Religious freedom (2) Universal literacy (3) Women’s rights (4) Voting rights

  6. 2. According to the speaker, scientific discoveries continue today based on Marie Curie’s understanding of: (1) Radioactivity (2) Magnetism (3) Relativity (4) Propulsion

  7. 3. While first living in Paris, Marie was happy despite her: (1) Failing health (2) Harsh living conditions (3) Limited academic success (4) Mounting debt

  8. 4. Madame Marie’s claim that “the way to progress is never swift and easy” reflects an attitude of: (1) Pride (2) Frustration (3) Perseverance (4) Skepticism

  9. 5. As a team, Pierre and Marie Curie used their financial profits to: (1) Patent chemical elements (2) Further scientific study (3) Sponsor Nobel prizes (4) Promote economic stability

  10. 6. According to the speaker, Madame Marie could best be described as: (1) A politician (2) An economist (3) An industrialist (4) A humanitarian

  11. “Brainstorming”: to get Ideas • Madame Marie Curies’ Qualities: ~ Perseverance: “Never let on or be beaten down by persons or events” 1- Hard life – raised her children as a single mom 2- Her Polish culture was taken away from her as the Russian government took over and forced their ways upon them 3- Lost many family members 4- Overcame the “prejudice” of being a female scientist working in a “man’s domain” 5- Born “Poor” but moved forward and made something of herself

  12. Lost her husband early in life • Believed that “If you pursue your dream, things that seem like sacrifices are only don’t really matter” • Selfless – “Our duty is to aid those whom we think we can be most helpful to’ • Heroine – not notorious, she believed in helping and in improving the lives of others • “Truly believed in the good of others before her own”

  13. Madame Marie Curie’s:Accomplishments • 1893- Madame Marie Curie was the 1st. Woman ever to graduate with a degree in physics • Graduated 1st. In Class • Won “2” Nobel Prizes: 1st. In 1903 – Contribution to the discovery of radiation 2nd. In 1911 – Isolation of Polonium/Radium 1. destroyed cancers and tumors 2. used in cosmetics, tea, and tonics 3. glowed in the dark – paint/toys * Sadly, over exposure killed Marie, her daughter and many others

  14. Group Work: • Task: To break up into groups and fully explain (using examples from the reading) why the following adjectives best describe the kind of person that Madame Marie Curie was. • Assign each group “3” Adjectives each and share out afterwards

  15. Adjectives to best describe:Madame Marie Curie • Hard worker • Humble • Heroine • Selfless • Sincere • Achiever • Dedicated • Success • “Go Getter”

  16. Group Work Sheet:Madame Marie Curie

  17. Format: • 1st. Paragraph – Introductory Paragraph • 2nd. Paragraph – Madame Marie Curies’: “ Qualities” • 3rd. Paragraph – Madame Marie Curies’: “Accomplishments” • 4th. Paragraph – Closing Paragraph

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