7TH GRADE/4TH PERIOD: No class today because of Floater 4. Tomorrow we'll start with class exercise #26 and the SUBJECT-TOPIC-THESIS stuff.
7TH GRADE/6TH PERIOD: Today we did class exercise #26 (linked to the left) on the emphasis-subordination triples. Quiz on that tomorrow, with extra credit on the subject-topic-thesis definitions.
8TH GRADE/2ND PERIOD: Today we did class exercise #26 (linked to the left) on the emphasis-subordination triples. Quiz on that tomorrow, with extra credit on the subject-topic-thesis definitions.
8TH GRADE/FLOAT DOGS: Today we did class exercise #26 (linked to the left) on the emphasis-subordination triples. Quiz on that tomorrow.
EXTRA CREDIT: Five points to the first student who can answer the following three questions: (1) Who wrote Moby Dick?, (2) What was the first line of the novel?, and (3) What was the name of Captain Ahab's ship?