March 23 and on--

Check Google classroom-- Long distance learning begins!

Monday, December 2, 2013

ENGLISH 7
Welcome Back! We are in the home stretch!
Returned Seedfolks projects. Cameos posted on the walls. Character studies filed.
Spelling pretest, Unit 14.
Mugshot catch up what we did not do last week. Completed and corrected in class Weeks 15 and 16.


In literature textbooks, read about what is science fiction, and an excerpt from "A Wrinkle In Time."  Pgs. 688-692.


HW: Tues: A Wrinkle in Time. Write a different ending. Keep it short.  Three to five paragraphs.
Weds: Planner Check
Thurs: Study for Mugshot quiz for Weeks 9 through 16. Look over your worksheets. Hand in on Thursday for credit.
Fri: Spelling Unit 14. Exercises, 1-20, p. 71 and quiz



ENGLISH 8
Decided on which of two essays to grade. Personal Oasis or Save the Turkey. Look over both. Attached a post-it which says what you would like me to most comment on:
organization, thesis statement, mechanics, creativity?
Ten points for the one that is not graded. The one you chose is graded at 30 points.


Note to parents. Signed by parent. Return tomorrow.
The Pearl. We begin with a Webquest on author John Steinbeck.  With one partner. Use your flash drive to save your work and complete at home.
You need to supply a bibliography with the addresses cited. To do one automatically, you can go to the following sites: citefast.com, citationmachine.net or bibs.org. Always choose MLA style.


Handouts tomorrow to read this American classic novel.
HW: Tues: John Steinbeck Webquest and summary due. Signed parent note.
Weds: Read Chapter 1 of The Pearl. Complete study guide questions.
Thurs: Read Chapter 2 of The Pearl. Complete study guide questions.
Fri: Read Chapter 3 of The Pearl. Complete study guide questions.




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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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