Communication 2013-08-06

Next week Monday: Give a short (3-5 minutes) presentation about a holiday or celebration in your country
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Religious holidays: Christmas, Eid(s),
Mardi Gras/Ash Wednesday/Lent/Holy Week/Easter

Historical holidays: Country "birthday", July 4 (US Independence Day)

Seasonal holidays (calendar holidays): New Year, Halloween, Thanksgiving

National/patriotic holidays: Thanksgiving
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January: New Year's Day, MLK Jr. Day
February: Presidents' Day, Valentine's Day, Groundhog's Day
March: Women's Day, St. Patrick's Day
April: Easter (maybe), April Fool's Day, Patriot's Day
May: May Day, Memorial Day, Mother's Day
June: Father's Day
July: Independence Day
August: ---
September: Labor Day
October: Columbus Day, Halloween
November: Thanksgiving, Veterans' Day
December: Christmas, New Year's Eve, Pearl Harbor Day
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Ordinal Numbers:
first
second
third
fourth
fifth
sixth
seventh
eighth
ninth
tenth
eleventh
twelfth
thirteenth
...
twentieth
twenty-first
twenty-second
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Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday ("Wenzday")
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
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Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday in November.
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My father's brother bothers mothers there.

(Tongue Twister)
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Homework: p. 127 3D