America Chooses Our Next President!

Every four years the citizens of the United States of America exercise their right to vote to elect the leader of our country.  The president of the United States has many responsibilities as the leader of the executive branch of the government. It is his or her job to enforce the laws of our country and to act as the leader of our military.

In the 2016 election America has chosen Mr. Donald J. Trump as the next president.  Mr. Trump had a shocking victory on Tuesday, November 8th to defeat Secretary Clinton by a significant margin in the Electoral College.  This victory, along with the other elections held on Tuesday, gave the Republican party control of all 3 branches of the United States federal government. We will study these topics more in depth later on in the year.

Key Vocabulary
Citizen (noun)- a person that lives in and is legally a part of a country or society.
Elect (verb)- to choose by voting.
Responsibility (noun)- a duty or task that you are required or expected to do.
Executive Branch (noun)- the part of the US government that enforces the laws.
Enforce (verb)- to make sure people do what is required.
Significant (adjective)- large enough to be noticed
Federal Government (noun)- Refers to the United States national government.

Vocabulary Exercise:

Create a sentence for each of the vocabulary words. Don't forget to use the vocabulary word in the sentence. Start with a capital letter and end with the appropriate punctuation.

1. Citizen: ________________________________

2. Elect: ___________________

3. Responsibility:______________________

4. Executive Branch: ______________________

5. Enforce:__________________

6. Significant:_________________

7. Federal Government: ______________________


Grammar Point and Activity: 
A and an are indefinite articles. Find these articles in the above passage and look at the word that follows each one. Do you notice a pattern? Then, write 3 sentences that use either a or an. 

(Hint: It has to do with vowels)