Expand your vocabulary - Word games

Here's a link that will help you expand your vocabulary:

http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-word-games-archive.htm

Once there, all you have to do is pick a word that refers to the theme you want to practise.

You can obviously pick any theme you like. 7th graders, I suggest you pick the theme  people (appearance & personality). You can obviously pick any theme you like, though. 

Have a laugh!

Think about it

People can be unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.
If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway.
For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.

~ Author Unknown

Happy Thanksgiving!

Did you know that...?

“Thanksgiving Day is a harvest festival. (…) It is a holiday celebrated primarily in Canada and the United States. (…) The traditional "first Thanksgiving" is venerated as having occurred at the site of Plymouth Plantation, in 1621.” (1)

In the USA Thanksgiving is always celebrated on the 4th Thursday in November.

“Thanksgiving is a time for tradition and sharing. Even if they live far away, family members gather for a reunion at the house of an older relative. All give thanks together for the good things that they have.
Turkey, corn (or maize), pumpkins and cranberry sauce are symbols which represent the first Thanksgiving." (2)

To find out how Thanksgiving began and to learn about some Thanksgiving traditions visit the following sites:
http://www.crewsnest.vispa.com/thanksgivingusa.htm
http://holidays.mrdonn.org/thanksgiving.html

Text sources:
(1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving
(2) http://www.crewsnest.vispa.com/thanksgivingusa.htm
Image source: Norman Rockwell ("Freedom from want", 1943)

Have a laugh!