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From the Ted Talk by Sam Kass: Want kids to learn well? Feed them well

Unscramble the Blue Letters


So how did they respond? Well, the kids loved the food. They loved the better nutrition, and they loved not being hungry. But Donna's biggest supporter came from an unexpected place. His name from Eric Parker, and he was the head football coach for the Burke County Bears. Now, Coach Parker had cehaocd mediocre teams for yeras. The Bears often ended in the middle of the pack — a big disappointment in one of the most passionate football staets in the Union. But the year Donna changed the menus, the braes not only won their division, they went on to win the satte cpmnohishiap, beating the pecah County tjoanrs 28-14.

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So how did they respond? Well, the kids loved the food. They loved the better nutrition, and they loved not being hungry. But Donna's biggest supporter came from an unexpected place. His name from Eric Parker, and he was the head football coach for the Burke County Bears. Now, Coach Parker had _______ mediocre teams for _____. The Bears often ended in the middle of the pack — a big disappointment in one of the most passionate football ______ in the Union. But the year Donna changed the menus, the _____ not only won their division, they went on to win the _____ ____________, beating the _____ County _______ 28-14.

Solution


  1. coached
  2. years
  3. states
  4. bears
  5. championship
  6. trojans
  7. state
  8. peach

Original Text


So how did they respond? Well, the kids loved the food. They loved the better nutrition, and they loved not being hungry. But Donna's biggest supporter came from an unexpected place. His name from Eric Parker, and he was the head football coach for the Burke County Bears. Now, Coach Parker had coached mediocre teams for years. The Bears often ended in the middle of the pack — a big disappointment in one of the most passionate football states in the Union. But the year Donna changed the menus, the Bears not only won their division, they went on to win the state championship, beating the Peach County Trojans 28-14.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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donna martin 4
burke county 4
nutritious breakfast 3
nutrition director 2
high school 2
reading scores 2
research shows 2
serve breakfast 2
county bears 2
coach parker 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
burke county bears 2

Important Words


  1. bears
  2. beating
  3. big
  4. biggest
  5. burke
  6. championship
  7. changed
  8. coach
  9. coached
  10. county
  11. disappointment
  12. division
  13. donna
  14. ended
  15. eric
  16. food
  17. football
  18. head
  19. hungry
  20. kids
  21. loved
  22. mediocre
  23. menus
  24. middle
  25. nutrition
  26. pack
  27. parker
  28. passionate
  29. peach
  30. place
  31. respond
  32. state
  33. states
  34. supporter
  35. teams
  36. trojans
  37. unexpected
  38. union
  39. win
  40. won
  41. year
  42. years