March 23 and on--

Check Google classroom-- Long distance learning begins!

Thursday, January 30, 2014
ENGLISH 7
Thurs, Jan 30, 2014
Checked in and reviewed Mugshots.
Checked in and reviewed The Giver story map. 
Worktime for Jonas planning sheet.
HW: Fri: Memory Book/ Jonas worksheet
Tues: Final Project, The Giver, Jonas Memory Book. Use class time wisely!

ENGLISH 8
Thurs, Jan 30, 2014
QW:  Given all of Death’s warnings, were you prepared for the way the novel ended? In what ways was it what you expected? What surprised you?  


Soundtrack assignment handed out and discussed. One box on planning worksheet due Friday.

End of the book. Class and literary circle discussion. You must hand in a written response to your group work. If not done, will have time tomorrow.


HW: Fri: Begin work on Soundtrack. Pick out at least one song or piece of music and find the quotes/ideas from book that support it. That means, fill in one of the boxes on your planning worksheet.

Need reading guides: Anna, Cheyenne, Isabelle, Jessie, Ben???
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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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