Read these passages from When Birds Get Flu and Cows Go Mad! How Safe Are We? by John DiConsiglio. "1918 The Superbug"

A deadly influenza bug—called the Spanish flu—kills 40 to 50 million people across the globe. More than 500,000 Americans die. The flu is spread by soldiers returning home from World War I.

"Spanish Flu Mystery May Be Solved!"

Atlanta—October 5, 2005

A team of scientists has solved an 87-year-old mystery. The cause of the 1918 Spanish flu, which killed 40 to 50 million people, has finally been identified.
What is the most likely reason the Spanish flu receives so much attention, both from the author of this article and from the scientists studying it?

Write a description about a boy with blonde hair that falls perfectly without him even trying.

Write a five-minute oral presentation about the call of the wild, writing for an audience of your peers. what did you find most fascinating or interesting about the story, and what did you think were its most important points? include one visual element to support your ideas; this may be a short slideshow. then, make small changes to your speech to adapt it to be presented to a formal audience. enter both versions of your speech (informal and formal) in the space below, and include your selected visual element. if possible, present your speech to an audience to receive feedback.

Media project total score: of 100 points during the next several lessons you will create a media project about a place that is important to you, such as the place where you live. your teacher will score your assignment using the media project grading rubric. look at the rubric yourself so that you know how your assignment will be scored. you may create your project using a word processing presentation program or a slide program such as powerpoint®. include a title slide, two or three content slides, and a sources slide that contains the urls of your online sources. save the document to your computer with your name at the end of the filename (e.g., ng_ela 9-10_w_11_ga alice_jones). submit that document to your teacher for grading refer to the media project assignment document and follow the steps to complete the assignment. when you have finished, submit the assignment document to your teacher for grading.