March 23 and on--

Check Google classroom-- Long distance learning begins!

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

ENGLISH 7  
Completed Spell pretest unit 2
Handed out/ discussed mugshot packets.


Returned/discussed rough draft “7th Grade” paragraph.

Character traits. What are yours? Include in paragraph. Handout on character traits, good adjectives to use when describing what you or someone else is like as a person. Don't lose this list.
Novel Assignment.  Have novel choice in hand by Mon., 9/09. Details to come on Wednesday.
HW: Weds: Final draft me in 7th grade; staple together with rough draft and peer edit. Staple ahead of time.     Planner check
Thurs: Mugshot week 1. Complete corrections.
Fri: Spelling Exercises and test Unit 2. Exercises 1-20, p. 19, Write misspelled word five times. Be ready for a quiz.
Speeches start. Details to be announced!


ENGLISH 8
Name tags for file folders
Read and file letters from parents.
Finish essay-- how to determine what you’re being asked.
Quickie quiz on understanding different essay prompts.
QW: “They would have been fine if they hadn’t stopped for the stranger….” (Use this as the start of a suspenseful story.)


Mystery Novel Unit begins Wednesday.  You will get your novels and handouts this week.
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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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