A 105-Year-Old Runner Has Broken The 100m Record.
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Recall Questions
1. Who is the main person or group of people in this news article?
Julia Hawkins, who is nicknamed Hurricane or The Flower Lady.
2. What was the key event from the news article?
A 105-year-old lady competed in the women’s 105+ age category. She was competing in the Louisiana Senior Games.
3. Where did this event take place?
This event took place in the Louisiana 2017 Senior Olympics.
4. When did this event take place?
In September 2017 a 105-year-old lady ran 100m.
Thinking Questions
1. Find a quote from the main person in this news article?
“It was wonderful to see so many family members and friends. But I wanted to do it in less than a minute,”
2. In your own words describe what happened in this news article.
In September 2017 Louisiana, a 105-year-old lady ran 100m in 1 minute and 2 seconds in the senior olympics.
3. Find out where this event took place and include some information about this place.
This event took place in Louisiana, U.S.A. Louisiana is known for its amazing food such as gumbo, muffuletta, etouffee, po‘boys, red beans, and rice, as well as jambalaya, seafood, crawfish, shrimp, crabs, oysters, and catfish ranked right up near the top. Louisiana is named after King Louis XIV.
4. Tell us when this event happened and explain what might happen in the future.
This event happened in September 2017. In the future Julia Hawkins also known as ‘ Hurricane or The Flower Lady may continue to proceed on her adventure and work her way up to becoming a very successful and famous senior Olympic or non Olympic runner.
5. Explain in your own words why this event took place.
I think this event took place because Julia wanted to feel young again and wanted to at least try to beat a world record.
10 word summary
100m, Louisiana, olympics, Julia, race, running, competitive, 105, category, record.
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Kamusta Emily,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your wonderful work with us. I like the way you explained your 3rd with your own words and lots of describing words.
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Nice Emily! I was wondering, what does XIV mean? maybe next time you should put your 10 words in 123! see you next blog post
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DeleteI think it means the number fourteen. One question what do you mean by putting my ten words in 123? Do you mean the order? Anyways have an amazing day. Alavida.
WOW Emily-Julia did amazingly well...I struggle to run around the block and I'm only half her age.
ReplyDeleteDo you know if she was running against anyone?.
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