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From the Ted Talk by Dan Meyer: Math class needs a makeover

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And because this is the 21st ctnreuy and we would love to talk about the real world on its own terms, not in terms of line art or clip art that you so often see in textbooks, we go out and we take a prictue of it. So now we have the real deal. How long will it take it to fill it up? And then even better is we take a video, a video of someone fnillig it up. And it's filling up slowly, agonizingly slowly. It's tedious. Students are looking at their watches, rolling their eyes, and they're all wondering at some point or another, "Man, how long is it going to take to fill up?" (lughtaer) That's how you know you've baited the hook, right?

Open Cloze

And because this is the 21st _______ and we would love to talk about the real world on its own terms, not in terms of line art or clip art that you so often see in textbooks, we go out and we take a _______ of it. So now we have the real deal. How long will it take it to fill it up? And then even better is we take a video, a video of someone _______ it up. And it's filling up slowly, agonizingly slowly. It's tedious. Students are looking at their watches, rolling their eyes, and they're all wondering at some point or another, "Man, how long is it going to take to fill up?" (________) That's how you know you've baited the hook, right?

Solution

  1. century
  2. filling
  3. laughter
  4. picture

Original Text

And because this is the 21st century and we would love to talk about the real world on its own terms, not in terms of line art or clip art that you so often see in textbooks, we go out and we take a picture of it. So now we have the real deal. How long will it take it to fill it up? And then even better is we take a video, a video of someone filling it up. And it's filling up slowly, agonizingly slowly. It's tedious. Students are looking at their watches, rolling their eyes, and they're all wondering at some point or another, "Man, how long is it going to take to fill up?" (Laughter) That's how you know you've baited the hook, right?

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Important Words

  1. agonizingly
  2. art
  3. baited
  4. century
  5. clip
  6. deal
  7. eyes
  8. fill
  9. filling
  10. hook
  11. laughter
  12. line
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  14. love
  15. picture
  16. point
  17. real
  18. rolling
  19. slowly
  20. students
  21. talk
  22. tedious
  23. terms
  24. textbooks
  25. video
  26. watches
  27. wondering
  28. world