November 13-14

Vocabulary Word of the day (Merriam Webster) Crucible - noun (KROO-suh-bul) - Crucible refers to a place or situation that forces someone or something to change. Most commonly found in formal and literary writing, it can also mean “a difficult test or challenge.” Its original meaning, still in use, is “a pot in which metals or other substances are heated to a very high temperature or melted.” // Her rock-solid songwriting skills were forged in the crucible of the Nashville music scene. // After years of intense daily archery training, she is ready to face the crucible of the Olympics.

Trivia: Word of the day November 13, 2022 - November 13th is the 317th day in the Gregorian calendar. On this day voters in Sweden decided to join the European Union; the U.S. Supreme Court declared forced segregated school busing in Alabama illegal, ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and the Holland Tunnel opened under the Hudson river, linking New Jersey to New York City. Famous November 13th birthdays include Jimy Kimmel and Whoopi Goldberg. Today is World Kindness Day. - World Kindness Day - International Tongue Twister Day - Orphan Sunday - Symphonic Metal Day November 14, 2022 November 14th is the 318th day in the Gregorian calendar. On this day the first G-20 Economic Summit opened in Washington, DC; national parks and museums closed due to a budget impasse between Democrats and Republicans, and Spain abandoned the Western Sahara after the signing of the Madrid Accords. Famous November 14th birthdays include Claude Monet and Condoleezza Rice. Today is National Pickle Day and World Diabetes Day. - World Diabetes Day - Anti-Bullying Week - International Girls Day - Loosen Up Lighten Up Day - National Marie Day - Operating Room Nurse Day - World Orphans Day

Tongue Twisters for advanced English speakers  Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?  Denise sees the fleece, Denise sees the fleas. At least Denise could sneeze and feed and freeze the fleas  There was a fisherman named Fisher who fished for some fish in a fissure. Till a fish with a grin, pulled the fisherman in. Now they're fishing the fissure for Fisher.  When I went to Warsaw, I saw a saw that could out saw any saw that I ever saw. Now, if you go to Warsaw and see a saw that could out saw the saw I saw, I'd like to see your saw saw.  Out in the pasture the nature watcher watches the catcher. While the catcher watches the pitcher who pitches the balls. Whether the temperature's up or whether the temperature's down, the nature watcher, the catcher and the pitcher are always around. The pitcher pitches, the catcher catches and the watcher watches. So whether the temperature's rises or whether the temperature falls the nature watcher just watches the catcher who's watching the pitcher who's watching the balls.

Topic: Kindness 1. Are you a kind person? Are you attracted to kind people? 2. What's a random act of kindness? Have you ever done any? 3. When you are kind with people and they are not, what policy do you adopt? Do you keep going or you feel abused and stop it? 4. Who is the kindest person you know? What are some of his/her acts of kindness? 5. Do you believe that kindness depends on gender? 6. Can you think of a life-changing act of kindness in your life? 7. Have you ever been inspired by someone's act of kindness?

Tongue Twisters for beginners "A big black bug bit a big black dog on his big black nose." "Eleven owls licked eleven, little, liquorice lollipops." "Fresh fried fish, fish fresh fried, fried fish fresh, fish fried fresh." "How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood" "I can think of six thin things, but I can think of six thick things too." "If two witches were watching two watches, which witch would watch which watch?" "Not these things here, but those things there." "Red leather yellow leather." "Red lorry, yellow lorry." "Zebra zig and zebra zag." “A tricky frisky snake with sixty super scaly stripes.” “Give papa a cup of proper coffee in a copper coffee cup." “She sells sea shells by the sea shore." “The big bug bit the little beetle, but the little beetle bit the big bug back."

If you understand, say "understand". If you don't understand, say "don't understand". But if you understand and say "don't understand". how do I understand that you understand. Understand!?  A bitter biting bittern bit a better biting bittern And the better biting bittern bit the bitter biting bittern back. Said the bitter biting bittern to the better biting bittern “I’m a bitter biting bittern bitten back”  Esau Wood saw a wood saw, saw wood, as no wood saw would saw wood. If Esau Wood saw a wood saw, saw wood, as no wood saw would saw wood, where is the wood saw which would saw wood, as no wood saw would saw wood.  Sheila is selling her shop at the seashore For shops at the seashore are so sure to lose And she’s not so sure of what she should be selling Should Sheila sell seashells or should she sell shoes