VOCABULARY

Get up
Take a shower
Have breakfast
Leave home and go to school
Have lunch
Come back home
Have dinner
Watch T.V
Go to bed

Nick started doing shows again as soon as he left the hospital. He had to take multiple
daily injections of insulin along with pills to help control his blood sugar. He also had to
check his blood sugar about twelve times a day. "When we were on the road, I'd be in
the back of the band trying to give insulin shots and manage my diabetes, and it was just
too hard," he says. "I was getting frustrated with it. I knew that I needed something
different, a solution to the problem, which in fact was a new kind of insulin pump. It's
really changed my life in a big way. I started using [the new insulin pump] in about
April and absolutely love it. And all my friends think that it's a really cool device."

"What's awesome about the new 'smart' insulin pump," Nick says, "is that it works as a
blood glucose meter, so I just put the test strip in it." He tries to check his sugar nine to
ten times every day. His blood glucose typically runs between 150 and 175mg/dl. This
would normally be a high reading, but because Nick is so fit and active and has a
tendency to go low, he has been advised that this should be his normal range.

The new insulin pump lets Nick he can enter the amount of carbs in something he eats,
and it will give him a suggested amount of insulin. It also has a food database, in case
he ever has a question about how many carbs are in something. When he gets low, he
prefers to drink orange juice or some other liquid because they work so quickly. Nick
does not follow any particular special diet. "I could eat all the steak in the world," he
says, "but I'll eat pretty much anything."

At the Jonas Brothers' house...

Riiiing! Kevin slammed his hand on the alarm button.
Kevin Jonas:Aw man. I don't wanna get up early. *yawn*.
Joe Jonas:Too bad we have to.
Nick Jonas:Well, i'm ready to take a shower. And Joe, you might wanna too... your
smelling a little ripe.
Joe Jonas:I've been too busy for a shower.
Kevin Jonas:Nobody has a early interview. So I think we all should have one.
They did their daily routine. Shower, get dressed, brush their hair, brush their teeth.
Mrs. Jonas:What would you boys like for breakfeast?
Kevin Jonas:Bagel!
Joe Jonas:Cereal!
Nick Jonas:Eggs!
Mr. Jonas:Wow, you boys cleaned up just in time, turns out, you have an interview at
11.
There’s never time for a break when you’re on the road for pretty much 360 days of the 365
days in a year. You have to be at the top of your game, ready to jump around from city to city,
able to handle the media pressure, and you most definitely need a good head on your shoulders.
Times can get tough, but the point is that if you want to be associated with the hottest world-
famous band the Jonas Brothers, you’ve got to sacrifice quite a lot in order to push them further.
Denise Jonas, the mother of the three Jersey-based boys, has worked extra hard on keeping her
boys humble and thankful for everything they’ve got. She’s done a pretty good job of it too. But
sometimes it’s hard to appreciate what her sons have achieved when she barely gets any time
with them anymore. It’s always time for work, and even if they try extra hard to get family time,
it just seems to be too difficult. She’s proud of them regardless though, and knew she always
would be.
Mother’s day is the time for a break from everything going on. It’s the time where you can tell
your mom how much you love and appreciate her. Unfortunately that applies to mostly normal
families. The Jonas Brothers have work to do though, so it’s no surprise that even on mother’s
day they seem to be busy. That’s too bad though, because she would have loved the extra
attention.
Instead of spending every waking second with Mama Jonas, Nick, Joe and Kevin were going to
be forced to play an emergency concert in the Bahamas. It was unexpected at the least, and kind
of a bummer for Denise, but she couldn’t complain. Her boys were living their dream, and that’s
all she wanted to see. She loved them, and wanted to support them with everything she had, so
standing on the side of the stage and watching them would be enough for her.
*~*~*~*~*
That morning, the Jonas boys woke up in their separate rooms and immediately remembered
what day it was. It was mother’s day.
Nick was the first to jump out of bed and rush around to gather his things. After throwing on a
muscle shirt and some shorts, he sprinted out of his room and across the hall. He pounded on his
older brother Joe’s hotel room, hoping that he would be awake. To Nick’s surprise, the door
swung open, revealing a fully dressed Joe.
“You’re up” Nick gasped dramatically. “You know what today is, right?”
Joe nodded. “Thus the reason I'm awake”
Without even the smallest signal or another word being exchanged, both boys just stood there
pondering for a moment or two. They didn’t plan to do that, but they both just kind of did it at
the same time without pre-planning. They knew that they needed to think of something, and
soon. There was a full schedule from morning ‘til sunset for them, so how could they give their
mom the mother’s day she wanted?

joe health food fan

getting a little exercise, Nick and Joe Jonas
Besides hitting the set, the oh-so-hot pop sensations have also been keeping busy answering fan
questions that have been sent to them via their MySpace blog.

Nicholas, who shares lead vocals with Joseph in the group, began singing as soon as he
could talk. "From the time I was two years old, I would wake up in the morning and
start singing all the time, every second of the day," he says. Joseph first dreamed of
becoming a comedian and wanted to audition for sketch comedy shows. "But I was
always attached to music and loved listening to different kinds of music, especially
rock," he says.

Before forming their band, the Jonas Brothers had appeared together in a series of
commercials for Burger King, LEGOS, Battle Bots and Clorox--to name just a few. But
as time went on, they found themselves spending more and more time down in their
basement, writing songs and practicing together as a band After a spectacular group
audition was held for the label, the direction was clear. "All three of us were signed
pretty much on the spot as the Jonas Brothers," Kevin says.

The boys greeted the media just after noon, looking casually hip in skinny jeans and T-
shirts. They talked about their long drive from Baltimore on Wednesday, wanting to be
“a positive light in the world” and the “crazy ideas” - pyrotechnics, lifts and the like -
they’re incorporating into this tour in support of their new CD, “A Little Bit Longer,”
which drops Tuesday.

Oh, yeah: They love to play golf, but don’t love waking up at 7:30 a.m. to do it. They’d
like to get into more writing and producing, which they’ve started to do for Disney
singer Demi Lovato, the opener on their tour. And they’re still, as eldest brother Kevin
says, “kind of shocked every day” by the level of fame they’ve achieved.

Overview of Lesson Plan: In this lesson, students debate the limits to celebrity privacy
and to paparazzi rights after learning about some recent incidents.
Review the Academic Content Standards related to this lesson.
Suggested Time Allowance: 1 hour
Objectives:
Students will:
1. Imagine how their private lives might change if they became overnight celebrities.
2. Learn about how celebrities are responding to privacy invasion by reading and
discussing the article “As Paparazzi Push Harder, Stars Try to Push Back.”
3. In groups, stage debates about whether a celebrity's life must be "24-7."
4. Individually, write letters to The New York Times Learning Network about their own
opinions on limits for paparazzi when pursuing celebrities.
Resources / Materials:
-student journals
-pens/pencils
-paper
-classroom board
-copies of “As Paparazzi Push Harder, Stars Try to Push Back,” found online

Activities / Procedures:
1. WARM-UP/DO NOW: Upon entering class, students work in pairs to discuss the
following prompt (written on the board prior to class): “Imagine that you have just
starred in a successful movie and have become an overnight celebrity. With a partner,
describe five positive and five negative ways in which fame will affect your private
life.” After a few minutes, allow students to share their responses. Then as a class,
discuss the following questions: Is there a "price" to fame? If yes, what is it? How might
celebrities find difficulty in differentiating between their private and public lives? What
factors might make this difficult? Who are the "paparazzi"?

Alyvia Jones has a daily routine that is different from any other 8-year-old. This third-
grader, “A” students’ daily routine can be described as a normal day for a teenager. But
someone that doesn’t understand the Junior Tennis circuit may say it’s just too much for
an 8-year-old. Think again. A normal day for this tennis “Talent on the Rise” starts
with Alyvia waking up around 6:30am, and by 7:00am she has a protein shake with
pancakes, egg and her daily vitamins. Her mom rushes her off, so that she can arrive
before 8:30am at school. The baton is then passed to the dad, who picks Alyvia up at
3:35pm from school and (while she’s changing clothes in the car) swoops her over to
Midland Tennis Academy in Midland, Michigan (which is 110 miles northeast of Grand
Rapids and 128 miles north of Detroit) for a group lesson from 4:00pm to 6:30pm.
Alyvia also has a fitness session four days a week for 30 minutes after practice. (See
more on Midland Tennis Academy at www.midlandtennis.com).

Alyvia arrives home around 7:00pm for dinner and a light stretching session with her
dad afterwards. Her homework is completed by 8:30pm, which usually takes about 15-
30 minutes to finish. She’s showered and in bed by 9:00pm. Alyvia is usually on the
tennis court between 20-25 hours per week with two private lessons with her coach,
Jason Winegar, at Midland Tennis Academy. Alyvia has been selected by the USTA to
participate in four Girls - 8/9 training camps held in Carson, California and will be
attending the Midwest USTA Coaching Commission - Michigan State Camp later this
month.

During the last weekend in October, Alyvia was in Austin, Texas, where she captured
the prestigious "Little Mo" Nationals Championship in the Girls 8 Singles division at
the Austin Tennis Academy. She was one of 16 players who made it through the
sectional and regional qualifying tournaments on the long road to the Eleventh Annual
“Little Mo” Nationals.

A couple of weeks later, she captures another championship at the 10-year-olds

Midwest Junior Fall Closed Championships in Dayton, Ohio. Alyvia breezes past four
opponents - winning 6-0, 6-0 over Makela S. Hughes of Columbus, Ohio, in the
opening round; beating Alisa Sabotic of East Lansing, Michigan 6-2, 6-0 in the round of
16. The 6-2, 6-2 victory over Abigail Desiatnikov of Gates Mills, OH in the quarterfinal
round was a lot closer than the score indicated; and winning 6-2, 6-4 in a tough match
with another highly promising young player Isabella Lorenzini of Clarendon Hills,
Illinois and powering past Magdalena Dobinda of Aurora, Illinois (who took out the
number one seeded player Zoe Spence of Chicago Illinois, 6-2, 6-1 in the semifinal
round). The title match-up was a classic battle between two sensational young sluggers
with Alyvia’s fitness being the key to her 6-3, 6-1 victory over Magdalena Dobinda.

The following week, she was off to battle 12-year-olds at the Midwest Indoor Open
Championship in Lincolnshire, Illinois. In a tough, opening round match up, Alyvia
faced Alexia Petrovic of Burr Ridge, Illinois losing 6-1, 6-2. In the first round of the
consolation match Alyvia beat Kate Ketels of Kalamazoo, Michigan 7-5, 6-2, and faced
off against the number 15-seeded player, Christina Auyeung, also from Midland Tennis
Academy . Alyvia powers past Christina 6-4, 6-4 in a first time win which Alyvia has
never beaten, according to her mom. In the third round, Alyvia took on Davina P.
Nguyen of Shelby Township, Michigan and lost 6-3, 2-6, 1-0 (10-7) in a hard-fought
match. Alyvia is the daughter of Derek and Tracy Jones of Midland MI. Alyvia Jones, a
tennis sensation to keep your eye on.

You can see more of Alyvia’s match footage from the Midwest Indoor Open
Championship at http:\\www.talentontherise.com.

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