It’s April 18. 
“Fore!”  Today is “National Golf Day.”  Are you teed up to celebrate?

Trivial Fact of the Day:   Teed up?  An acre of cotton plants yields enough material to make 1200 t-shirts! 

Interesting Quote of the Day:  Tea-d up?  “A woman is like a tea bag – you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.”  --Eleanor Roosevelt (former First Lady of the United States)
Vocabulary Word of the Day:  Tear-ed up?  catharsis (noun) – a catharsis is the human process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong emotions that have built up.  Aristotle taught that good dramatic plays should bring out a catharsis in people.  Has a movie or play ever made you cry?

 

4 days until STAAR!!! Complete Text Detective #2. (5 chances; highest score) Begin working on today's journal (4/18/13). When finished with the journal, read silently. Tangled Lines &  Bad to the Bone - Which answers are correct? Can you and your group members support it with evidence? Review, DFA # 6.