March 23 and on--

Check Google classroom-- Long distance learning begins!

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

ENGLISH 7
Checked planners.
Read last chapter of Sindbad and Other Tales From The Arabian Nights.
QW: Did the novel end the way you predicted? Say why or why not. For 10 minutes, write a different ending. Then class shared.

HW:
Thurs: Grammar Packet
Fri: Spelling test and exercises, Unit 15, 1-23, pg. 75 and post-test
Mon. 12/07: The Seventh Sindbad Voyage assignment.

ENGLISH 8

Discussed response assignments due for The Pearl. First response is due Thurs., Dec. 10. Second response is due Tues., Dec. 15.
Pearl Chapter 1 worksheets checked.
We worked on "Grand Conversations." How to talk about literature in group setting by showng respect for everyone else's opinions as well as offering a chance for everyone to contribute to the discussion. Divided up into groups and discussed the Chapter 1 questions. Groups will present on Thursday.

HW:
Fri 12/04: Read Chapter 2 and complete guided reading questions.
Writer's Notebooks due with four post-its marked for me to read.
Thurs, 12/10: First response assignment due
Tues, 12/15: Second response assignment due
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Sebastopol, CA
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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