My First Experience With Country Music

Even though I live on Long Island, I am a huge country music fan. In fact, that is the only type of music I listen to. I have been listening to country music for about 5 years now. I am not even sure how I came to like it. One day I just decided to go to my public library and take out some country music cds. I did not know who any of the artists were, so I chose the cds with the cutest guys on the cover. Well, to my surprise I loved the music. I wanted to know more about country music, so I researched it on the computer. I found out about all the different artists. I also found out there are no country radio stations on Long Island, which means the only way I would be able to listen to country music is if I got the cds. Well, that is exactly what I did. I went back to my library and took out a ton of country cds. From that point on, country music is the only music I listen to.

Vocabuary:

• Long Island- an island off of New York
• Country Music- a specific genre of music usually found in the south or upstate New York.
• Public Library- the library which is for all the people in the community to use
• Take Out- to borrow from
• Artists-singers
• Cover- the top of the cd case with the singers name and picture
• Researched- to look up, read about
• Country Radio Stations- a radio staion that only plays country music
• A Ton- a lot, many
• From That Point On- after that

*The 'ed' represents a form of the past tense.

*Write five sentences using the past tense form 'ed'

Fill In The Blanks

1. ____________________, I will never eat squid again.

2. I cannot wait to go to the concert and see my favorite ___________________.

3. I asked my teacher if I could ___________________ this book from her library.

4. I live on ____________________, which is part of New York.

5. I did not like the picture on the ______________________.

6. There were ________________ of cookies on the table.

7. I have to go to the ______________________ to get a book for school.

8. I do not like __________________, I like rock music.

9. I had ________________ a lot about penguins, so I knew they were the only bird that does not fly.

10. I love when I go Upstate because I get to listen to the _________________________.