Gentlemen,
Good work today. Lots of you have quizzes tomorrow, so check the period notes.
8th Grade/2nd Period - Today we finished up prep work on the thesis combos (see Class Exercise 35 to the left) -- quiz tomorrow on them. Just like the C.Ex., I'll give you a combo-thesis, and you tell me what types are included in the combo and what the two mini-theses are. Then we'll start work on the "Ulysses" main points and supports.
8th Grade/Floater - Just like the 2nd periods, today we finished up prep work on the thesis combos (see Class Exercise 35 to the left) -- quiz tomorrow on them. Just like the C.Ex., I'll give you a combo-thesis, and you tell me what types are included in the combo and what the two mini-theses are. Then we'll start work on the "Ulysses" main points and supports.
7th Grade/4th Period - No class today: floater four. Tomorrow we're going to finish up any leftover work on the thesis combos (see Class Exercise 36 to the left), and then start working on our "Ulysses" theses.
7th Grade/6th Period - Today we finished up with the introduction to the thesis combos. Tomorrow we'll do Class Ex. 036. Plan for a quiz on the thesis combos Thursday.
HOOPER PROJECT: First up, congrats to Chris "R2-D2" Whittington, for being the only Comper to slay yesterday's Hooper hodge-podge. Yes, Artoo, of course Queen Elizabeth II's last name is Windsor; the strategy used in the U.S. Senate to block legislation by talking without sitting down is the "filibuster" (though, when you think about it, they could probably change the name to the "O'Brien"!); and yes, Sandra Day O'Connor was the first woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court. Five points to Whittington; not bad for a droid.
Now, in honor of Shakespeare Day Wednesday, this week's Hoopers will be all about Will. Hopefully, every day's project will be a tragedy (that is, it'll end with Hooper's gory death... good times). So! Five points to the first, and one to each additional Comp student who can tell me (before 8:50 Tuesday morning, Messrs. Kuzma and Conrad!) the cities in which each of the following Shakespearean plays are set: (a) Romeo and Juliet, (b) Much Ado About Nothing, and (c) Julius Caesar. Good hunting!
