Letter 10: Newsletter, vol. 8, no. 11 12 November 2017

1. Complete reading the following Newsletter:
Newsletter, vol. 8, no. 11 12 November 2017

Topics: 
1. I Stand Corrected
2. Armistice Day, Veterans Day, Remembrance Day
3. A visit to the “Ol’ Sod”
4. Autumn Leaves

2. In your letter 10,  talk about  World Press Photo 2017 (世界新聞攝影展), respond to the topics in the Newsletter, and answer at least 3~5 study questions. (The more, the better)

3.In your own blog, finish your Letter 10 in response to the newsletter. (Title: Letter 10_____-->your own title, or Response to Newsletter vol.8 no 11)  DUE: 11PM Fri. 17 Nov.)

4.Visit "T" Time, and leave at least  one comment  in no.10.  Please sign your comments with your first name and your school or your town, (i.e. Cathy, ZZSH Taipei) DUE: 11PM Fri. 17 Nov)

Newsletter, vol. 8, no. 11, 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 are using quotations from the story as part of your answer, those quotations should be in “quotation marks”

1. Where is Jason going to attend school in January?  What will make this a “shocking”  experience for him?  What should be his new baseball team?

2. Why was the November 11th holiday first created?  What was it first called?
What are some of the names it is called today, and where is it still celebrated?

3. What did Mr. Maher do to qualify for his “free breakfast” on this holiday?

4. Why are Collen (the mother) and Echo (the daughter) in Ireland at this time?

5. What is Echo’s job while she’s traveling in Europe?  What characters does she play?

6. Why does Mr. Maher call Ireland “the Ol’ Sod”?

7. How does Mr. Maher describe Toomevera?

8. In the second picture of the “Autumn Leaves” article, what are the two crops waiting to be harvested?

9. Why aren’t you allowed to burn the leaves any more?


10. What are at least two different things that think that the city of Cedar Rapids should do with all of the old leaves?