March 23 and on--

Check Google classroom-- Long distance learning begins!

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Fabulous visit from Analy Choir at assembly today!

ENGLISH 7
o Planners check
o 4th response handed in. Will return tomorrow.
o Handed out and showed models:  Teen Novel final response, due Thurs., April 28 

HW: Thurs: Grammar and Spelling Unit 31 and exercises 1-20, p.145
Thurs: 4/28 Teen Novel Final Project

 ENGLISH 8
Reviewed Monday’s STAR test.
Handed out & discussed Writer’s NB assignment

 Returned Great Debaters Essays.
 Overall:
o       Don’t use "I" so much.
o       Follow the prompt questions. Organize them into paragraphs.
o       Too many of you abandoned essay structure.
o       Don’t forget essay and paragraph structure: each paragraph has a topic sentence and is followed by two examples (concrete details) and two comments for each concrete detail.

About 10 minutes worth of Dead Poets to watch. Finish on Thursday.

HW: Thurs. 4/28 Writer’s Notebook Assignment

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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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