News Report: Schools Ban Junk Food in Lunches

Directions: In this activity, you will practice listening for details. Listen to the news report about schools banning junk food in lunches. The sentences below have been taken directly from the video. While listening, fill in the missing word in each sentence. To check your answer, click the number box to the right. 


Mike: "Schools should be spending more time doing background checks on , not checking for Ho Ho's and Twinkies in kids' lunch bag."

Sharon: "Obesity is growing and ."

Sharon: " are not getting diagnosed with diabetes with high cholesterol."

Sharon: " are not really making a difference because they are still allowing their children to eat ."

Mike: "We need to make kids more and get them out of the ."

Don: "Kids can have a Twinkie at lunch and not be , particularly if they are active."

Mike: "In Massachusetts, % (percent) of children are obese and % (percent) of them drink a can of a day."

Sharon: "Schools should the amount of activity."

Sharon: " and exercising go hand in hand."


Thanks to Barbara Nelson and her use of the "modo." It was very helpful for this exercise.

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Video from YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kyoqtS-dZg



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