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Monday, January 27, 2014

ENGLISH 7
Monday, Jan 27, 2014  
QW: Some readers of The Giver insist that Jonas was approaching a real world with real people as he and Gabriel raced down the hill. Others say he was freezing to death, and his experiences were only hallucinations, a replaying of memory. What do you think? Write for at least five minutes.
Graded Friday’s Giver quiz.
Whole Book test on Tuesday. Returning Friday work. Use it to study for test.
Listened to author Lois Lowry on The Giver.
Small group discussion: Handouts. Wrote down and shared answers/ideas.
HW: Tues: The Giver final test, multiple choice.
Thursday: Mugshots and mugshot quiz
Fri: The Giver final project
ENGLISH 8
Monday, Jan 27, 2014  
Listened to “The Hidden Sketchbook” in Part 8, p.445-451.
QW: The Power of Words. Think about the definition of the word propaganda-- “Ideas or statements that are often false or exaggerated and that are spread in order to help a cause, a political leader, a government, etc.”  What  does Max’ story, “The Word Shaker” have to do with propaganda? (Hint: It is an allegory.) Who do the characters in “The Word Shaker” story stand for in the rest of the novel? What is the message of “The Word Shaker?”
On desk for check-in, Parts 8.  Discuss: 6, 7 & 8.

 HW: Tues: Read and complete questions, Part 9
Weds: Finish The Book Thief. Read and complete questions, Part 10 and Epilogue.


Soundtrack assignment and final test coming up.

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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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