It’s March 7. 
Today is “National Cereal Day.”  How would you describe your favorite cereal to someone who hasn’t tasted it?

Trivial Fact of the Day: Ben and Jerry send the waste from their ice cream to local pig farmers to use as feed.  The pigs love every flavor except for Mint Oreo.

Interesting Quote of the Day:  “Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.”  --Nikki Giovanni  (American poet)
Vocabulary Word of the Day:  vacillate (verb) – apply this action word to a person who hesitates between multiple choices when faced with a decision.  What was the last important thing you vacillated about?  What did you finally decide as your choice?

Where in the world are in our reading???? Hopefully these questions will be answered today.

What is the 1st Amendment? How does it relate to you? In your writer's notebook, write about a time when you THINK your 1st amendment rights were "trampled" on.   

Read some 1st amendment cases and how they were settled. Then, begin bubble map and begin writing. (If we have not already started)