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Monday, November 16, 2009

ENGLISH 7


QW: You have just been chosen to be king or queen of a new country. Are you looking forward to that new role? What are the best things about your new job? What are the worst ones?

Spelling pretest, Unit 13. Exercises and post-test Friday.


Sindbad. The Fifth Voyage. On overhead, notetaking. Worked on notetaking, with Cornell Notes strategy.

Finish taking notes on your own. For homework, read the Fifth Voyage, taking as many notes as you need to understand the chapters. Use the Cornell Notes form. Make sure to include some vocabulary words.

HW:
Tues 11/17: Read and take notes on the Fifth Voyages of Sindbad. Be prepared to show your Cornell notes on Tuesday.
Mug shot #9
Weds: 11/18 Planner check. Please make sure to include assignments from all your classes, along with English.
Fri: 11/20 Spelling exercises and post-test Unit 13. P. 67, exercises 1-20. Extra credit: 21-24

ENGLISH 8



Maya Angelou.

Watched PBS video interview of Angelou. Finished reading excerpt from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, and with assigned partners, worked on questions on p. 38. If not finished during class, finish for homework for Tuesday.

HW: Tues: Finish Angelou questions if not done in class. Bring materials to class to work on biography. That's a good time to ask questions, too.
Weds. Biography assignment due. No late passes accepted. Time to work on in class on Tuesday so bring work with you.
Fri: Spelling exercises, and post-test. Unit 10, p. 49, 1-24

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After many years as a newspaper reporter and writer, a job that I was lucky enough to love, I got my English teaching credential, hoping to pass on to kids how to find their unique voice and clearly communicate what they think and feel. Public school educated in Philadelphia, college in New York City (Barnard College), transferred to and graduated from UC Berkeley in English and received a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University. Yay, my son, my student in 8th grade, is now a Cal alumni, too, a 2017 graduate with a degree in computer science, now working at Google (You Tube) as a product manager. William Faulkner is one of my favorite writers, as well as Anne Lamott, Langston Hughes and many of the nighttime, satirical comedy shows. On my top bookshelf sit Nobel Prize winning writers Toni Morrison and Orhan Pamuk, along with friends who have won Pulitzer Prizes in journalism, who started writing in junior high or in writing groups in Sonoma County. Go public education in California!

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