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Monday, December 9, 2013

ENGLISH 7
Monday Dec 9, 2013
Spelling Unit 15, pretest.
Grade last week’s mug test. (At end of period?)
Finished performing The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street. Handed in completed plot diagram
HW: Tues: Quiz on “Monsters” vocabulary and the play.
Weds: Planner: Thurs: Mugs? Fri: Spelling Unit 15
ENGLISH 8


 “A town is a thing like a colonial animal. A town has a nervous system and a head and shoulders and feet. A town is a thing separate from all other towns, so that there are no two towns alike. And a town has a whole emotion. How news travels through a town is a mystery not easily to be solved. News seems to move faster than small boys can scramble and dart to tell it, faster than women can call it over the fences.”
QW: Now, think about how this might apply to the town you live in or how it applies to our school. How is Twin Hills like a place separate and distinct from other schools? What distinguishes it? What is the Twin Hills personality? Does news travel fast? Does gossip trap you and define you? How do you combat gossip?
Checked in Chapter 3 of The Pearl.
Present: Chapter 3 of The Pearl. Fishbowl group got five minutes to ready presentation, in charge of Chapter 3. Graded. Checks, too, for those who participate.
HW: Weds: 12/11. Read Chapter 4 of The Pearl. Complete study guide questions. Fishbowl group will get five minutes to ready presentation and is in charge of Chapter 4.
Thurs: 12/12 First Response due
Fri: 12/13 Read Chapter 5 of The Pearl. Complete study guide questions.
Fishbowl group will get five minutes to ready presentation and is in charge of Chapter 5   
FISHBOWL ASSIGNMENTS
Period 2
Chapter 3: Ethan, Alma, Jordan, Mily, Bennett
Chapter 4: Jackson, Gaby, Katty, Ben, Jakob, Maria
Chapter 5: Clayton. Trevor, Meg, Mikayla, Ariel
Chapter 6: Grant, David, Sonia, Claire, Elena, Calla 
Period 4:
Chapter 3: Anna, Liz, Desi, Meghan, Quinn
Chapter 4: Tiger, Devan, Josiah, Cheyenne, Aria
Chapter 5: Tim, Sam, Ethan, Sarah,
Chapter 6: Isabelle, Trevor, Lily, Kheva, Julian, Jaimey
Period 5:
Chapter 3:  Sophie, Josh, Carlee, Nicole, Anthony,
Chapter 4: Ashley, Ismena, Isaac, Caitlin, Carson, Jacob
Chapter 5: Remi, Nique, Hailey, Kiara H., Nick, Michael
Chapter 6: Kyra H., Leo, Riley, Danny, Thomas, Samantha
Period 6:
Chapter 3: Ella, Morgan, Ty, Diego, Missy
Chapter 4: Ellie, Delaney, Genna, Jason, Alyson, Ava
Chapter 5: Shawn, Austin, Hannah, Michael, Calvin, Bella
Chapter 6: Ben, Jessie, Stella, Travis, Kairo, Camryn
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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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