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From the Ted Talk by Matthew Garcia: How global virtual communities can help kids achieve their dreams

Unscramble the Blue Letters


I'm a Latinx son of immigrants from a small Texas border town. Growing up, I didn’t have access to classical music, and I had never been to the symphony. But I always knew that I wtaend to play a string instrument. So in sxith grade, we got the opportunity to pick our instruments for orchestra cslas. I took one look at the viola and said, "Great, that'll work."

And as I began to play the instrument, I immediately fell in love with it. Even though my mddlie school orchestra director was a fabulous bass techear, she could only tcaeh me so much on the viola. And because there weren't any vloia teachers in my town, to be able to play the things that I heard in my head, I turned to a teacher who seemed to know everything: yubutoe.

Open Cloze


I'm a Latinx son of immigrants from a small Texas border town. Growing up, I didn’t have access to classical music, and I had never been to the symphony. But I always knew that I ______ to play a string instrument. So in _____ grade, we got the opportunity to pick our instruments for orchestra _____. I took one look at the viola and said, "Great, that'll work."

And as I began to play the instrument, I immediately fell in love with it. Even though my ______ school orchestra director was a fabulous bass _______, she could only _____ me so much on the viola. And because there weren't any _____ teachers in my town, to be able to play the things that I heard in my head, I turned to a teacher who seemed to know everything: _______.

Solution


  1. middle
  2. sixth
  3. teach
  4. youtube
  5. class
  6. wanted
  7. viola
  8. teacher

Original Text


I'm a Latinx son of immigrants from a small Texas border town. Growing up, I didn’t have access to classical music, and I had never been to the symphony. But I always knew that I wanted to play a string instrument. So in sixth grade, we got the opportunity to pick our instruments for orchestra class. I took one look at the viola and said, "Great, that'll work."

And as I began to play the instrument, I immediately fell in love with it. Even though my middle school orchestra director was a fabulous bass teacher, she could only teach me so much on the viola. And because there weren't any viola teachers in my town, to be able to play the things that I heard in my head, I turned to a teacher who seemed to know everything: YouTube.

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Important Words


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  42. youtube