Sunday, June 23, 2013

What does commemorate mean?

Today's task will be to discover what the word commemorate means and how it is connected to glass.

You will be able to use the clues from context and links provided in this blog post, but NOT the dictionary or dictionary.com. 

Answer these questions in a comment below. Don't forget to "sign" your comment with your first name. 

1. What does commemorate mean? 
2. Why do you believe glass is often used to commemorate a special event? 
3. Use commemorate/commemorative in a sentence that shows you know the meaning of the word. 


I first thought of this word on our state's 150th birthday. Read this article to see how Blenko commemorated this special day. 



Next, click on these commemorative pieces on eBay that people are selling. Read to see how much they are and what they are commemorating

6 comments:

  1. Great job in bringing together glass and WV 150th birthday. In the Blog post dashboard there is a way to make those articles/websites and turn them into links. It looks like a chain link.

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  2. Great lesson! I really think the students will truly understand the word and take pride in their state.

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  3. Great lesson on your first post. This should allow you to teach several subjects with oiur glass trip.

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  4. Thank you for posting this lesson. I am glad that you are remaining active in the project but wish you were joining us on the upcoming trip. We will be in touch through the blog.
    Best wishes!

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  5. I like how you tied glass to celebrations. It looks to be a good lesson

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  6. great find on the article! I may be tieing this in as a resource on blog post I plan to write about West Virginias 150th birthday.

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