NPR Worksheet Reading

Headline of Article: 

It's A Boy! National Zoo Reveals Surviving Panda Cub's Gender

Issue Date: AUGUST 28, 2015

Section: US

Three Reasons why I chose this article (interest in subject, heard about it from a friend, etc.):

1) Pandas are in my top 5 favorite animals

2) Animals are important to me

3) It seemed interesting

Write a brief summary of the article:  The giant panda Mei Xiang gave birth to two panda cubs.  One of the panda cubs died unfortunately.  They are going to wait a couple of days before they let the surviving cub have access to its mother  

  

Write TWO reactions you had about the article:

1) I was sad because one of the cubs died

2) I was happy that one of the cubs lived

Write a direct quote from the article that you found intriguing/interesting: "No news yet of a potential name. It's unclear whether the zoo will wait 100 days to name the panda, per tradition." I never knew that was a tradition

List one connection I can make between this article and something else I know about (whether from personal experience, school, a book I have read, a movie I have seen, or anything else): I chose this article because I find animals very interesting.