Newsletter, vol. 8, no. 5 1 October 2017
Topics:
Mid-Autumn Festival
Full Moons
Baseball playoffs
2. In your letter 5, respond to the topics in the Newsletter and answer at least 3~5 study questions.
3.In your own blog, finish your Letter 5 in response to the newsletter. (Title: Letter 5_____-->your own title, or Response to Newsletter vol.8 no 5) DUE: 11PM Fri. 6 Oct.)
4.Visit "T" Time, and leave at least one comment in no. 5. Please sign your comments with your first name and your school or your town, (i.e. Patrick, ZZSH Taipei) DUE: 11PM Fri. 6 Oct)
Newsletter, vol. 8, no. 5, Study Questions
You must answer the questions in complete sentences. How do you know if it is a complete sentence? You must give enough information from the question so that the teacher can understand your answer without having to look up the question. If you using quotations from the story as part of your answer, those quotations should be in “quotation marks”
1. When is the “Moon Festival” celebrated? Give the date according to the traditional Chinese calendar, and a more reasonable date for calculating the date.
2. Why does the name “Mid Autumn” Festival seem a little strange?
3. Who was Chang’e? How did she become the Moon Goddess?
4. How do people today celebrate the “Moon Festival”?
5. Why is the “Harvest Moon” called that?
6. What three consecutive moons would indicate the harshest living conditions? Use the names of the moons for those months to illustrate your answer.
7. What three consecutive months would have the most plentiful food? Again, use the names of the moons to illustrate your answer.
8. When does the American baseball season begin and end, and when are the playoffs?
9. Out of all of the major league teams, how many will be eligible at the beginning of the playoffs?
10. What teams would the Arizona Diamondbacks have to beat to make it to the World Series?
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