It’s November 28. 
Today is “Red Planet Day.”  Do you believe in your lifetime we will ever put a human being on the planet Mars?  Why or why not? 

Trivial Fact of the Day:  Rabbits are incapable of walking.  They always hop or leap.

Interesting Quote of the Day:  “Limitations live only in our minds.  But if you use your mind, the possibilities are limitless.”  --Jamie Paolinetti  (American Athlete)

Vocabulary Word of the Day:  wane (verb) – Apply this action word to something that is decreasing in size or is dwindling.  The moon wanes.  A bad attitude can wane.  What else wanes?

Reading & Writing Day!! Today is both! Why you might ask? (Don't groan too loudly) District Formative Assessment will be on Thursday.  Now, stop your groaning and see what we are going to work on today. SSR - 20 minutes. Continue reading memoirs from literature book. Finish crafting your Memoir rough draft. (Don't freak out if you don't finish writing Memoir rough draft. We will work on this in class.)