Labor Day Reading Comprehension ACTIVITY 1: Read the text and write the missing words using the words from the box.

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Labor Day

Labor Day is a national holiday that honors working people. It is observed on the first (1) in September throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada. Some towns and cities celebrate with (2) and festivals, but for most people it is a day of (3) and (4) .

Peter and Matthew McGuire created this holiday to honor all people who work. These brothers organized the first Labor Day Parade in New York City in (5) of 1882. Five years later, Oregon became the first state to recognize Labor Day as a legal holiday. In 1894, President Grover Cleveland made it a (6) holiday.

All government offices are closed in observance of Labor Day. All (7) , (8) , libraries, and post offices are closed, also. In many towns, there is no trash pick-up on this day. Many stores have “Labor Day (9) ,” since most people have the day off and have time to shop. People will begin shopping for winter clothing.

Over the years, (10) Day has become a symbol for the end of summer.

ACTIVITY 2: Answer the questions about the text of Activity 1.

1.Who does Labor Day honor?

2.When is Labor Day observed?

3.How is it celebrated?

4.Who created Labor Day?

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

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