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From the Ted Talk by Shari Davis: What if you could help decide how the government spends public funds?

Unscramble the Blue Letters

And that's exactly what they did. In the first year, young pploee allocated 90,000 dollars to increase technology access for Boston puilbc high school students, by delivering lapopts right to Boston public high schools, so that students could thrive inside and outside of the classroom. They allocated 60,000 dollars to creating art walls that literally and figuratively brightened up public saepcs. But they addressed a more ioprnmtat problem. Young people were being cmaiznerilid and pulled into the justice system for putting their art on wllas. So this gave them a safe space to practice their craft. They allocated 400,000 dollars to renovating parks, to make them more accessible for all people of all bodies.

Open Cloze

And that's exactly what they did. In the first year, young ______ allocated 90,000 dollars to increase technology access for Boston ______ high school students, by delivering _______ right to Boston public high schools, so that students could thrive inside and outside of the classroom. They allocated 60,000 dollars to creating art walls that literally and figuratively brightened up public ______. But they addressed a more _________ problem. Young people were being ____________ and pulled into the justice system for putting their art on _____. So this gave them a safe space to practice their craft. They allocated 400,000 dollars to renovating parks, to make them more accessible for all people of all bodies.

Solution

  1. criminalized
  2. important
  3. public
  4. spaces
  5. laptops
  6. people
  7. walls

Original Text

And that's exactly what they did. In the first year, young people allocated 90,000 dollars to increase technology access for Boston public high school students, by delivering laptops right to Boston public high schools, so that students could thrive inside and outside of the classroom. They allocated 60,000 dollars to creating art walls that literally and figuratively brightened up public spaces. But they addressed a more important problem. Young people were being criminalized and pulled into the justice system for putting their art on walls. So this gave them a safe space to practice their craft. They allocated 400,000 dollars to renovating parks, to make them more accessible for all people of all bodies.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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Important Words

  1. access
  2. accessible
  3. addressed
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  12. criminalized
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  14. dollars
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  21. laptops
  22. literally
  23. parks
  24. people
  25. practice
  26. problem
  27. public
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  30. renovating
  31. safe
  32. school
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  34. space
  35. spaces
  36. students
  37. system
  38. technology
  39. thrive
  40. walls
  41. year
  42. young