It’s September 11. 
Today is “9-11 Remembrance Day.”  How will you show your respect?

 

Trivial Fact of the Day:   The shortest war on record was fought between Britain and Zanzibar in 1896, lasting only 38 minutes.

Interesting Quote of the Day:  “I decided it is better to scream.  Silence is the real crime against humanity.”  --Nadezhda Mandelstam (Russian author of Hope Against Hope)

Vocabulary Word of the Day:  leviathan  (noun) – This word refers to any large marine animal, such as a whale. Ask your science teacher what the three largest leviathans are.

September 11th

Watch Channel 1.  Discuss 9/11. Journal about the other heroes of 9/11, dogs.  I have reset the quizzes. Only if you made a 50 or below.  This is a formative grade.  Review root vocabulary.  Nonfiction Text Features.