Good work all around today, gentlemen.
2nd period and Floater 8th Graders started work in earnest on the Animal Farm essays. They are due Friday -- you should have your thesis and main points worked out tonight, tomorrow at the latest.
4th Period had a great day: no class at all. And 6th period finished High Noon. Tomorrow we'll start talking about the essays you'll write about the movie.
HOOPER PROJECT: Congrats to Carlos Stumpo for rocking the three Cleveland Hoopers last night: the city lay on the Cuyahoga River, its stadium was nicknamed "The Mistake By The Lake," and the city's leading newspaper is the Plain-Dealer.
Tonight, a spacey Hooper trio. Five points to the first and one to each additional Comper who can tell me: (a) What was the name of the first satellite to orbit the earth?, (b) What German physicist was instrumental in the development of the American space program in the 1950s and 60s?, and (c) Who was the last man to walk on the moon? One small step for an Avalonian...
