March 23 and on--

Check Google classroom-- Long distance learning begins!

Monday, March 28, 2011

ENGLISH 7

ようこそ Yamauchi Visitors

First Day of New Quarter. Turn in unused late slips by Wednesday.
Spell 28 Pretest

Handout: Characterization chart/ Explain and
examples? How do you determine a character’s personality traits in novels and stories?

Return Call of the Wild  essays. Ask questions. File.  
A few pointers for everyone:
  • Apostrophes! Use them.
  • Don’t use “I.”
  • Developed plans made better essays.
  • Be more specific with pronouns. Too vague.
New grammar handout. Bad and badly. Good and Well.

HW: Weds 1st response due with characterization chart; Unused late slips; Planner check
Thurs: Grammar packet
Fri: Spelling #28 and exercises. P. 131, 1-20
ENGLISH 8
First Day of Your Last Quarter of Middle School!

Turn in unused late slips by Wednesday, please.

Returned Civil War DEJ #1.  Examples.

Handed out new grammar packet, due Thursday, wordy sentences.
2/4: Returned Women's Novel Project
5:Reviewed grammar worksheet on sentence combining

QW: Picture/postcard write. Select from my pile of pictures. It’s yours to keep, write about, be inspired by. Go for it. And then share it.
HW: Tues DEJ #2 and 2/3 through book
Weds: Unused late slips
Thurs: Grammar #1 Wordy Sentences


at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Annie

Annie
National Dog Day

Contacts

msilver@twinhillsusd.org

About Me

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!

"Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction"

The digital revolution and teens, from the New York Times--
"Sean's favorite medium is video games...he sometimes wishes that his parents would force him to quit playing and study..."