It’s January 27. 
Today is “Holocaust Memorial Day.”  What are some facts that you remember about the Holocaust?

Trivial Fact of the Day:   Eating a lot of onions should make you sleepy because they act like a sedative.

Interesting Quote of the Day:  “The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.” --Dolly Parton (American singer/actress)
Vocabulary Word of the Day:  commemoration (noun) – this is a fancy word for a remembrance of something (like the Holocaust), especially one that has a ceremony associated with it. Your graduation from high school will be a commemoration you remember the rest of your life.  What other future commemorations will probably happen to you?

 

Marvelous Mustangs Reading Day!!!! Be sure you are writing down all of the pages you read.  Even the ones you read in other classes and at home.

 

Pre-AP - Choosing the Right Word Unit 8 vocabulary. Quiz on Wednesday. Begin writing folktale.

OGL - Root practice crossword puzzle and graphic organizer. Make sure you have turned in your trees. What is poetry? Is music poetry? Stay tuned to today's lesson to find out the answer.