It’s February 21. 
Today is “Single-Tasking Day.”  In today’s society, we all have to multi-task more than ever, but can you focus on one single-task?

Trivial Fact of the Day:   Human babies are the only primates who smile at their parents. 

Interesting Quote of the Day:  “Promises are like crying babies at the movie theater.  They should be carried out at once.”  --Norman Vincent Peale (American author and minister)

Vocabulary Word of the Day:  emend (verb) – use this fancy action word when you correct or revise a written text.  What’s one of your best techniques for looking back at your rough draft writing and finding something to emend?

 

Reading Day!!! Be sure to write your pages read. What will happen with Phillip and Miss Narwin? Stay tuned to Ch. 7 - 12 to find out!!