It’s March 32. 
Today is “April Fool’s Day.”  Are you ready for some practical jokes?

Trivial Fact of the Day:   In 1957, the BBC aired a fake April 1st news-story reporting a bumper crop of spaghetti plants by Swiss farmers, which included fake footage of peasants pulling fresh spaghetti from the branches of trees.  Hundreds of viewers called in, asking where they could obtain their own spaghetti trees.  April fools, Great Britain!

Interesting Quote of the Day:  "The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never know if they are genuine." --Abraham Lincoln
Vocabulary Word of the Day:  jocund (adjective) – use this descriptive word as a synonym for cheerful.  Do practical jokes make you feel jocund or the opposite of jocund?

Today we will begin our persuasive essay: To read or Not To Read. Get your Reader/Writer notebook. Open to where we took notes Thursday.  Start a new page. Title: To Read or not Read. Create a T-Chart.  Now on my netschool page open up To Read or Not to Read.  Leave netbook open. Create a T-Chart in your notebook.  Read More - one side, Read Less - other side. Write 3 reasons for each. Now you are ready to follow the directions on To Read or Not to Read. If you need to review lead statements, look at the lead statement powerpoint.  Complete the rough draft in your notebook.  When finished, put up your notebook, close down netbook, and read silently until the end of the period.