My name is Cherry Carl, and I retired in June, 2003, after 35 years as a teacher and Language Arts Specialist in Santee, California.  However, I continued my role as an instructor at the University of California, San Diego, in the Reading Specialist Certification Program until June, 2009. 

I wasn't ready to retire. Teaching is in my blood! (My mother always reminded me that when I was little, I dragged the neighborhood kids in to play school whether they wanted to or not!) I still have the strong desire to make a difference for teachers, parents, and students. I'm passionate about the joy of knowing how to read and write and want every child to have the experience of closing a book with a sigh, "Wow, that was a good book!" The only way they can do that is by having the necessary skills and strategies to become independent readers. This website has been created to provide resources and materials for classroom teachers, reading and resource specialists, speech therapists, parents and students in the area of language arts. Please feel free to download and print anything that catches your eye, but please make sure to leave my name on the poetry and worksheets!

If you have specific needs or suggestions, please don't hesitate to a   sk. I'm always open to new ideas and requests. That's how the site continues to grow. You can email me at carl1404@msn.com.

Thank you so much for your heartfelt messages and testimonials. You and your children are the reason that I maintain the site and I will continue to offer the materials with little or no fees.

小题1:By saying “Teaching is in my blood” in Paragraph 2, the author means that ________.

A．she loves teaching all her life

B．she didn’t want to retire at all

C．she is a specialist in teaching

D．teaching is as important as her blood小题2:Which of the following statements is TRUE about Cherry Carl?

A．She became a teacher at the age of 35.

B．She was interested in teaching as a child.

C．She is still a teacher in a middle school now.

D．She gave up teaching totally 35 years ago.小题3:If you want some materials from Cherry Carl, ________.

A．you must pay some money for them

B．you can always get them free of charge

C．you should tell her before getting them

D．you should mark her name on them

阅读理解。

     English is a very interesting language. It has borrowed words from many other languages. Immigrants(移民) coming into the United States have contributed many words to the language, which have kept

their original pronunciation. "Coolie" and "kowtow" were taken from the Chinese language, "kamikaze

from the Japanese, "shampoo" from India, "blitz" from German, "amigo" and "Los Angeles" from Spanish

and so on.

     Many students have studied English for years, some as many as eight. However, some students still

have difficulty in speaking fluent English. Some know many words but are unable to discern them when

native speakers use them. In our Oral English classes we will focus on speaking and listening to native

English speakers. For this reason, because we are trying to train your ears to hear English and your

mouths to speak intelligible (易理解的) English, we will have a rule that ONLY ENGLISH will be

spoken in our English classes. Anyone speaking Chinese in class will be required to pay a fine in order to

encourage the speaking and understanding of English. If teachers enter a classroom and discover that

anyone is speaking Chinese, they will require everyone in the room to pay the fine. It is everyone's job to

enforce the English-Only rule. It is for your benefit. It is because we want to accustom (使习惯于) your

ears to hearing English.

     Other subjects may be learned solely from books but the only way to learn a foreign language is to

SPEAK IT! Students are often nervous about speaking in class at first but we hope to make the classes

fun, so you will forget your nervousness and learn to speak out. Enjoy your classes.

1.The first paragraph is mainly about________.

A. the difficulty of learning English.

B. how interesting and various English is

C. different words in different languages

D. the immigrants' contributions to America

2.The underlined word "discern" in Para 2 can be replaced by___________.

A. understand

B. notice

C. hear

D. speak

3. In the author's opinion , the only way to learn a language well is to__________.

A. listen to it on the radio

B. learn it from books

C. play games with it

D. speak it often

4.The article is probably aimed at________.

A. Japanese students

B. German students

C. Chinese students

D. Indian students