☆ENGLISH 7

• Mugshot Check-in
• Corrected last week’s spelling homework and quiz.
• Read Seedfolks author Paul Fleischman, p. 89.

That Sam in Seedfolks is a somewhat autobiographical stand-in for the author means he based Sam partly on himself.  He said that he lived in a neighborhood much like the one he created in Seedfolks. He would often wait at the bus stop or in checkout lines, and make conversation with people just to show that he was a friend and not a foe or enemy. He likes bringing people together.

To finish tomorrow in class: What are some of the things that Sam does in Seedfolks that many other people never bother to do? Why do you think Sam’s approach helps him get through to people? Why do you think the author “cast” himself as Sam?

A final, 50-point project on Seedfolks is coming up after the test.

HW: Fri: Spelling Unit 12, a review of Units 7 through 11. And exercises, pgs.60, 61, 62: proofread.  Write misspelled words correctly, not the whole sentence. All 50 of the words are on p. 60. Test on a random 20 words from that list.

Mon:  Seedfolks final test. Bring packets to credit checks.

☆ ENGLISH 8 ☆

Handed in personal oasis essay. Late passes handed out. Only two this quarter.

Returned notebooks.

FRIDAY Speeches

2ND KATTY, BEN, MARIA, MEG, CALLA, GRANT

4TH ELLA S.,  JOSIAH, CHEYENNE, ANNA

5TH ISAAC, MICHAEL P., JOSH, THOMAS, ISMENA, DANNY

6TH ELLA, MISSY, GENNA, TRAVIS, STELLA

QW: Commonly misspelled words. The following words are commonly misspelled, by a lot of people. Write a short entry, a few paragraphs, using at least EIGHT of the words. Watch your grammar and punctuation, too. Spell words correctly!

The words: beginning, definitely, extremely, controversial, valuable, surprise, strategy, receipt, neighbor, convenient, characteristic, unnecessary, therefore, jealousy, ridiculous.