8 Things Everyone Needs to Know about Zombies

Listen to the program and answer the questions below.

Why is Ben Baughman, NPR producer, back to school?

Who is Jeffrey Mantz? How many students signed up for his class? Is this an easy class?

What do zombies have to do with the Caribbean?

What happened in 1968? What kind of transformation did zombies experiment back then?

How did Prof. Mantz’s students react differently when they watched “28 Days Later” and “Night of the Living Dead”?

In conclusion, what do zombies represent today?

Possessive 's or Saxon Genitive

LOOK at these sentences:

Pam's hat.
My son's toys.
The dog's name is Lula.

We often use the saxon genitive  with people or animals. Although it is commonly used to show possession, it sometimes has other meanings.  EXAMPLES:

This is John's car (= this car belongs to John).
Where is the director's office? (= the office where the director works).

RULES:

• Write 's with a singular noun: My daughter's friends. 
• Write only ' with a plural noun ending in -s: My friends' house. 
• Write 's with a plural noun not ending in -s: The children's teacher. 

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The Alphabet

Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman discuss their birth names

How Learning A Language Changed Our Lives

Watch this video and answer the questions:
1. What languages did Sadie, Ben and Shammi learn?
2. Why did they learn a second language? What impact did this have on their lives?