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We Have a Winner!

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A week or so ago we posted a picture of Michael’s Thanksgiving dinner. We promised that whoever guessed the most correct dishes would get a prize. Well, we have a winner! The winner was Yuki from Class 4A. She had seven correct answers. Yuki will receive a copy of Ten, a collection of writing by June Foley’s Advanced Writing Class students.

Actually, another student, Sze, had more correct answers, but she was disqualified because Michael said he’d already told her what he was going to cook. Sorry, Sze!

Here are all the answers:

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1. roasted turkey legs

2. chitterlings

3. candied yams

4. roast duck

5. cornbread

6. macaroni and cheese

7. collard greens

8. mashed potatoes

9. apple coleslaw

10. egg salad

11. gravy

12. stuffing

13. ham

14. apple-pear pie

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Veterans Day

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We don’t have any classes on Monday, November 12 because Sunday is Veterans Day.

From elcivics.com:

Veterans Day is on November 11. It is an American holiday to honor people who have completed military service or who are currently serving in the military. It is a federal holiday, so schools, banks, post offices, and government buildings are closed.

There are five U.S. military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard. The President of the United States is the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. military.

Here’s a video with more information about Veterans Day:

 

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Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

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The Moon Goddess

From Wikipedia:

The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival or Zhongqiu Festival, is a popular lunar harvest festival celebrated by Chinese and Vietnamese people. The festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar, which is in September or early October in the Gregorian calendar, close to the autumnal equinox. This year it is on September 30th.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the most important holidays in the Chinese calendar, the others being Spring Festival and Winter Solstice. Accompanying the celebration, there are additional cultural or regional customs, such as eating mooncakes, matchmaking, lighting lanterns, and burning incense.

Celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival is strongly associated with the legend of Chang’e, the Moon Goddess of Immortality.

Watch this video for more information, then take the quiz to test your understanding!:

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Happy Birthday, John Coltrane

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Septemeber 23rd is the birthday of musical icon John Coltrane. Read more from Simple English below and enjoy to some of his music

John William “Trane” Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer.

Coltrane played the bebop and hard bop styles of jazz early in his career, and helped start the use of modes in jazz and later was a very important part of free jazz. He made about fifty recordings as a bandleader, and appeared on many other albums, for example with trumpeter Miles Davis and pianist Thelonious Monk. As his career progressed, Coltrane’s music became more spiritual. His second wife was pianist Alice Coltrane, and their son Ravi Coltrane is also a saxophonist.

He influenced many musicians, and is one of the most important tenor saxophonists in jazz history. He got many awards, including Special Citation from the Pulitzer Prize Board in 2007 (many years after his death) for his “masterful improvisation, supreme musicianship and iconic centrality to the history of jazz.

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