It’s May 11. 
Today is “Eat What You Want Day.”  List and describe all of the favorite foods you would place in “buffet of your dreams.”

Trivial Fact of the Day:   Pizzerias in the United States purchase 4 billion dollars worth of cheese annually.

Interesting Quote of the Day:  “There’s no better feeling than a warm pizza box on your lap.”  --Kevin James (American actor)
Vocabulary Word of the Day:  avarice (noun) – this fancy noun means excessive greed, and someone who shows avarice cares about accumulating money more than anything else.  What would be a perfect, original name for a book character who shows avarice?

Happy aren't we glad we are not testing day!!

We are going to continue our discovery of Africa. We are also going to try to grasp the horrors of the genocide on Rwanda. As soon as you finish reading this, get a textbook, and find the vocabulary for this unit (6).