March 23 and on--

Check Google classroom-- Long distance learning begins!

Wednesday, October 16, 2013



ENGLISH 7
Planners checked.
Nearly finished “community” posters. A tad more time and presentation on Thursday.


HW:  Thurs: Mugshot, grammar worksheet
Fri: Spelling Unit 8, exercises 1-20, p. 45 and write misspelled word five times.



ENGLISH 8
QW: Adverbs/Adjectives--Badly is an adverb used to describe how something is done. Bad is an adjective that refers to health or feelings. Bad is also used to complete linking verbs, such a seem, look, taste and smell. Fill in the following blanks with bad or badly:
  1. I feel ___ that Harriet wasn’t involved.
  2. Rudolph dances ___, at at least he tries hard.
  3. The soup tasted ___ on the first day and worse on the second.
  4. You look really ___. When was the last time you slept?
  5. Kramer spells ___, so it’s lucky he has a smart assistant.
  6. Bob wanted to see Beth so ____he changed his flight.


Checked in and reviewed focus statements worksheet
Memory Chain worksheet and paragraph. Handed in. 

Recognizing thesis statements. Worksheet. Make sure to read it over, try it out, complete it. We will review on Thursday.



HW: Thurs: Finish thesis statements worksheet for homework
Fri: A third through biography and first set of 4 DEJs on the influences, obstacles and/or accomplishments in their life.


Demons Test on Friday, too!


Writers Conferences: Shawn, Bella, Austin, Diego, Hannah,  Jessie, Michael, Jason



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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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