Letter 9: Newsletter, vol. 8, no. 10 5 November 2017

1. Complete reading the following Newsletter:
Newsletter, vol. 8, no. 10 5 November 2017

Topics: 
1. Celebrating Halloween….and Día de Los Muertos
2. Other Halloweens
3. Nogales and Día De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
4. The World Series

2. In your letter 9, respond to the topics in the Newsletter, talk about the dubbing contest and answer at least 3~5 study questions. (The more, the better)

3.In your own blog, finish your Letter 9 in response to the newsletter. (Title: Letter 9_____-->your own title, or Response to Newsletter vol.8 no 10)  DUE: 11PM Fri. 10 Nov.)

4.Visit "T" Time, and leave at least  one comment  in no. 9.  Please sign your comments with your first name and your school or your town, (i.e. Aubrey, ZZSH Taipei) DUE: 11PM Fri. 10 Nov)

Newsletter, vol. 8, no. 10, 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. What time does “trick or treating” usually start, and what time does it usually finish.  During that time, about how many “trick or treaters” came to Mr. Maher’s house?

2.   How do the dogs act on Halloween night?  Describe how Mr. Maher’s dogs react, and well as the other dogs in the neighborhood.

3. What was the Halloween costume that you would probably only find in Arizona?

4. What was different about Hugo’s “tellytubbie” costume”?   How did another member of the class take advantage of this?

5. How dos Mr. Maher suspect that Ms. Lin made it through the day on Halloween?

6. What is “Tinga”, and how is it usually served?  If you were Rachell, would you complain about your Halloween?  Why or why not?

7. In Mexico, what are some of the things that they do to the graves on Dia de Los Muertos” ?

8. What is the “bone fair”, and why would Imalda call it that?

9. What is “walnuts”?  Normally, what type of words are not translated into English?

10. Who won the World Series?