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7Th Grade NOMS Article of the Week Glenn Frey Dead: How the Eagles’ Hit “Take It Easy” Became One of the Most Famous Songs in History (1120L) 7th Grade NOMS Article of the Week Glenn Frey dead: How The Eagles’ hit “Take It Easy” Became One of the Most Famous Songs in History (1120L) Instructions: COMPLETE ALL QUESTIONS AND MARGIN NOTES using the CLOSE reading strategies practiced in class. This requires reading of the article three times. Step 1: Skim the article using OSCQ as you read: ! ? observations, surprises, connections , questions Step 2: Number the paragraphs. Read the article carefully and make notes in the margin using your symbols as a guide. Step 3: A final quick read noting anything you may have missed during the first two reads. Your margin notes are part of your score for this assessment. Answer the questions carefully in compl ete sentences unless otherwise instructed. Name Period Due 01/28/2016 Student _____ _______________________Period__________________ Due 1/28/2016 Glenn Frey dead: How The Eagles’ hit ‘Take it Easy’ Notes on my thoughts, reactions and questions as I became one of the most famous songs in history read: Winslow, Arizona, has been living off its fame ever since Click on image to access video Scan QR code to access video It was a song co-written by Glenn Frey and Jackson Browne and contained something of an unlikely geographical reference. “Well, I’m a standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona, and such a fine sight to Buncombe, A. Glenn Frey dead: how the Eagles hit “Take It Easy” became one of the most famous songs in history. The Independent. January 18, 2016. NOMS Article of the Week #20 Glenn Frey dead: How The Eagles’ hit “Take It Easy” Became One of the Most Famous Songs in History see,” Frey sang in The Eagles 1972 tune Take it Easy. “It's a girl, my Lord, in a Notes on my thoughts, flatbed Ford slowing down to take a look at me.” reactions and questions as I read: The song was the band’s first single, taken from its first album, and would reach #12 in the Billboard charts. Yet it would go on to become one of The Eagles most celebrated numbers and would also help provide an obscure town in the north of Arizona with celebrity status that has lasted through the years. Last year, it was reported that due to the fame of that song, and that line, more than 100,000 people every year visited the former rail hub to place themselves in the setting created by The Eagles. Winslow, a town of 10,000, fell on hard times after WWII when train travel declined. It grew as a stopping-off point on Route 66, but the building of a by- pass in 1979 again drained the town of visitors. About 15 years ago, the authorities in Winslow decided to try and cash in on their footnote in musical history and erected a statue to commemorate the song. On the junction of 2nd Street and Kinsley Street, they put up the statue of a man with long hair and a guitar. Someone painted a mural and the town named the spot the Standin' on the Corner Park. “People were stopping and taking pictures on corners in Winslow anyway. So they were quite brilliant to realize that they should capitalize on this interest,” local historian Ann-Mary Lutzick, director of the town’s Old Trail Museum, told the Los Angeles Times. Neither Browne nor Frey had been to Winslow when they wrote the song. And the experience of seeing a young woman in a truck had its roots in the nearby town East Flagstaff, but Winslow fit better into the lyrics. “It was always Winslow,” Browne said, when the Standin' on the Corner Park opened. “But the image of that girl driving a truck was an image that came from the east.” Buncombe, A. Glenn Frey dead: how the Eagles hit “Take It Easy” became one of the most famous songs in history. The Independent. January 18, 2016. NOMS Article of the Week #20 Glenn Frey dead: How The Eagles’ hit “Take It Easy” Became One of the Most Famous Songs in History (1120L) Comprehension questions – answers may be in phrases . 1. What two artists co-wrote “Take It Easy”? 2. What is an “unlikely geographical reference”? 3. Define capitalize as used in the article. 4. In what year was “Take It Easy” written? 5. Define junction as used in the text. 7/8.RI.1,2,3,4,5Answer each question in one or more complete sentences and by providing complete explanations. 1. Whating prompted the town of Winslow to cash in on tourism based on the song “Take It Easy”? Was this a good idea financially? Cite evidence from the text to support your explanation. 2. What are some possible reasons that train traffic had dwindled in Winslow? Cite evidence from the text to support your explanation. Of the Rachel Feltman September 18 Rachel Feltman September 18 Buncombe, A. Glenn Frey dead: how the Eagles hit “Take It Easy” became one of the most famous songs in history. The Independent. January 18, 2016. NOMS Article of the Week #20 Glenn Frey dead: How The Eagles’ hit “Take It Easy” Became One of the Most Famous Songs in History 3. “Well, I’m a standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona, and such a fine sight to see. It’s a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford slowin’ down to take a look at me.” Remix these lines of “Take It Easy” to match a location in your state (or another place you have visited). ( 4. How many years ago was “Take It Easy” first recorded. Based on the information provided, how many fans have visited Winslow, Arizona, since the statue memorializing the song was erected? Show your math and provide a brief explanation for each. Buncombe, A. Glenn Frey dead: how the Eagles hit “Take It Easy” became one of the most famous songs in history. The Independent. January 18, 2016. .
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