7 - TOPIC PRESENTATION - THANKSGIVING: PAST and PRESENT

This is an example on how to present a TOPIC.
Don't forget to write questions you want to answer. Use all 5 wh- questions and how questions. If you mention other topics in your MAIN TOPIC be prepared to talk about them.

A Thanksgiving Day Recipe:  Pumpkin Pie

crust               mix                minutes             cinnamon            bake                stir

Ingredients: 2 pie crusts

Filling: ½ cup sugar ½ cup light brown sugar 1 tbsp. flour 1 tsp. ________________ 1 tsp. ginger ½ tsp. salt ¼ tsp. nutmeg

1 egg, lightly beaten 2 tbsp. butter 1 can (29 oz.) pumpkin 1 can (12 oz.) evaporated milk ¼ cup milk 1 cup water (optional) Whipped cream, for garnish

Instructions:

___________ sugars, flour, bitters, spices in a large bowl. Stir in egg and then set aside. Melt butter in a large skillet over low heat. Add pumpkin, then simmer, stirring occasionally until purée thickens slightly, about ten __________. Gradually _________ hot pumpkin into sugar mix, then stir in evaporated milk, milk and one cup of water. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Then prepare crusts by preheating oven to 400°F (about 205°C). Pour half pumpkin filling into each __________. _________ until pumpkin is firm and crusts are golden brown, about one hour. Cool completely and serve. Garnish with whipped topping, if desired.

6 -POEM: "HOPE is the thing with feathers" by Emily Dickinson

Read the poem and answer the questions that follow.


"Hope is the thing with feathers"
Emily Dickinson

Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,

And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.

I've heard it in the chillest land
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.

ANSWER these questions and hand in to teacher in class:

1. What metric system is used?

2. How many stanzas are there?

3. What is the rhyme scheme?

4. There is also internal rhyme. Can you find them? Circle them with different colours.

5. What is "HOPE" metaphorically described to?

6. What elements are derived from religious items?

7. What feelings did this poem provoke in you?

5 - "WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY" SONG CONTEST

The winners are:
1st Place

2nd Place

3rd Place

4th Place

5th Place

6th Place

4 - FREE DICTIONARY ONLINE

If you need a decent dictionary online (but it isn't complete), it is:

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/

Don't forget Wordreference:

http://www.wordreference.com/it/