March 23 and on--

Check Google classroom-- Long distance learning begins!

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

ENGLISH 7
QW: Stereotype is an oversimplified image of a certain person or group of people usually held in common by some part of society. Do you or members of your family hold any views that stereotype others? How can stereotypes be harmful to both the believer and the victim? Why do you think stereotypes develop? How can they be eliminated? Think carefully on these questions, write some answers and be ready to share those answers.

Poster Contest winner announced.
Novel projects returned. Took a few notes on things you need to do next time.
Listened to Ana, Seedfolks Chapter 2. We will discuss Kim and Ana and Wendell on tomorrow and Thursday. Be prepared!
HW: Weds: Planner Check
Thurs: Mug week 8.  Complete Seedfolks worksheets for Chapters 1, 2 and 3 (Voices of Kim, Ana and Wendell)
Fri: Spelling Unit 9, exercises 1-20, p. 49. Misspelled word five times.






ENGLISH 8
Stapled ahead of time and in the basket: significant impact paragraph with rough draft and peer edit.
QW: Celebrities lead very stressful lives, for no matter how glamorous or powerful they are, they have too little privacy, too much pressure, and little or no safety.

A good thesis statement, huh? Now, write a great paragraph that has at least three body sentences and a concluding sentence. And, yes, we will be sharing these. Follow the logical structure set up by the thesis statements. Come up with reasons or evidence that support or show the three points in the thesis statement.
Finished work on focus and thesis statements.
HW: Fri: Biography DEJ # 2
  


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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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