Please go to these sites to find information for your neighborhood research sheet:
ZipSkinny
Hotpads
SacBee Homes
You can also look at apartments for rent in the area at:
My New Place
Rent Bits
My Apartment Map
Think about the kinds of things you are most interested in — Hmong life, soccer, novella’s, cars, etc.
Then go to Newscred. You will create your own online newspaper that only has articles on the things you’re interested in.
Mr. Ferlazzo and Ms. Hull will show you on the projector how to set-up you paper. [...]
Please find new items for each of these three categories:
Health Effects of Smoking
Costs Of Smoking
Quitting Smoking
You can find them here:
Smoking Kills and Smoking May Be Banned In Cars are two articles with audio support and follow-up activities from the excellent California Distance Learning Project. They are specifically designed for English Language Learners.
ELLO has a listening [...]
Last week, 4,000 Hmong refugees were forced by the Thailand military to return to Laos.
Read more about what happened at these links:
Thailand Evicts Hmong Refugees is the title of a slideshow from The Wall Street Journal.
Reuters has an online video clip on the eviction.
After forced evacuation, local Hmong fear for their families in Laos is [...]
