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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 2017 © 2017 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court Justice onia Sotomayor grew up in a very poor neighborhood outside of New York City. But, with big dreams and hard work, she grew up to be one of the nine justices on the Supreme Court – the highest court in the United States of America. She serves with justices John Roberts, Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Stephen G. Breyer, Samuel Alito, and Elena Kagen. Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 33, No. 13 Are you a careful reader? Read the article below and see if you can circle all six errors. Then, rewrite the article correctly on the blank lines. Replace the missing words in this article. A Mother’s Love Sonia’s father died when she was nine years old. Sonia’s mother had to work hard to __________ her children alone. After the children went to bed, Sonia’s mother studied to become a __________ so she could afford a better life for her children. Sonia’s mother taught her the importance of hard work, _______________ and love. Sonia’s mother had only completed third __________ and she wanted her children to finish school so they could have better ____________________. Sonia’s mother wanted her children to do well in school. She saved pennies, nickels and dimes to buy ______________ to help her children. Do the math to see which law school Sonia Sotomayor attended. The answer is an even number. When Sonia decided to become a judge, she knew would have to get good grades, really good grades. Her hard work paid off. She graduated high school with an award for being the very top student at her school. She was accepted into one of the very best colleges in America: Princeton University. She worked hard there and then got into a top law school. HTE CESTRE FO ETH DLO KOLCC HTE DHDNIE TIRSAECSA ETH LUEC NI ETH IDRAY HTE LECU FO HET KLABC SEYK HTE A THENDU G DIBRE 29 + 16 = Associate District Attorney, Sonia Sotomayor finally did 33 + 71 = 55 + 64 = Then in 2009, President Obama selected her to be a judge on the highest court in the land, the Supreme Quart. Unlike many judges, Sonia came from a poor families. And she was a “Nuyorican” – a child off Puerto Rican parents living in New York. This made her not only one of the few womens to be appointed to the Supreme Court, she is also the first Latina. Read! Read! Read! As a child, Sonia loved to read. She read her school books, library books and the encyclopedias her mother bought. But her favorite books were Nancy Drew mysteries. ETH YKS TOPHMAN Nancy Drew is a girl detective that solves crimes. Sonia wanted to be like her! Unscramble the titles of these Nancy Drew mysteries. Use the list at right for clues. Judges use a gavel, a small wooden mallet, to quiet courtrooms. How many can you find on this page? How many differences can you find? Look through the newspaper for articles that you think would be of interest to Sonia Sotomayor. What do you think she would do to help people in your community? Sonia learned from television as well as books. One of her favorite shows was Perry Mason, a show about a lawyer. At first Sonia thought she would like to be a lawyer like Perry Mason. Then as she watched the shows, she saw how the judge was the most powerful. That is what she wanted to be! Poverty was not Sonia’s only challenge growing up. When she was eight years old the doctor told her she had a disease that meant she would need to take shots of medicine every day for the rest of her life. Use the code to discover the name of this disease. = A SECRET CODE: = B = D = E = I = K = N = U = S After working hard as an becomes a judge in Noo York. Sonia’s mother worked long __________ so she could send Sonia and her brother to a private _____________. Big Goals and Dreams From a young age, Sonia wanted to help people. Because she spoke Spanish at home, she would translate for people at hospitals. = T SOTOMAYOR SACRIFICE SUPREME SPANISH DREAMS LAWYER SONIA COURT ALONE NURSE DIMES JUDGE SHOWS GOALS HARD Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information. E W R E Y W A L R S C G J U D G E E O W I C O O C S N E Y O F D O A R O M R A H I R K U L E U E M S R E N A R S D R O D C A H P A T R N T R A M U S E M I D O A S S D S I P A N S H This week’s word: SACRIFICE The verb sacrifice means to give up something for the sake of something else. Josh sacrificed his free time to help at the church Spring carnival. Try to use the word sacrifice in a sentence today when talking with your friends and family today. Woman I Admire Supreme Court News Watch the newspaper for articles about the Supreme Court. Keep a journal with short summaries of the articles. 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