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Common Core State Standard
SL.CCS.1/2/3/4 Grades 6-12: An essay of a current news event is provided for discussion to encourage participation, but also inspire the use of evidence to support logical claims using the main ideas of the article. Students must analyze background information provided about a current event within the news, draw out the main ideas and key details, and review different opinions on the issue. Then, students should present their own claims using facts and analysis for support. FOR THE WEEK OF AUG. 04, 2014 Stay out of tanning booths and limit outdoor sun exposure, the government warns![]() ![]() Discuss any medical or fitness article and tell whether it applies to you, or might eventually.
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America's top doctor has summer tips for you: Don't sunbathe, wear a hat and slap on sunscreen. And avoid tanning salons in any season. For the first time, these well-known warnings come from the surgeon general, the federal government's public health spokesman. Dr. Boris Lushniak, a dermatologist (skin doctor) who's acting surgeon general, says skin cancer is a "major public health problem that requires immediate action." Over-exposure to indoor and outdoor ultraviolet light is the main reason for a 200-percent spike in skin cancer-related deaths since 1973, the medical official adds. Dr. Michael Alexander, a cancer specialist in Santa Cruz, Calif., welcomes the new warnings. "It's a good thing to keep hammering it in because obviously a lot of people aren't listening, especially young people," he says. About 63,000 new U.S. cases of melanoma (the most serious skin cancer) are diagnosed each year, many of them involving teens and young adults. An estimated 9,000 Americans die from the disease. Another federal agency, the Food and Drug Administration, soon will require labels on tanning beds and lamps warning against use by anyone under 18.
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