March 23 and on--

Check Google classroom-- Long distance learning begins!

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

ENGLISH 7
Weds, Jan 8, 2014
Planners checked
Utopias shared.
Began discussion of The Giver
Comfort objects organizer handed in.
HW: Thurs Read: Chs 6 & 7
Mugshots 17 & 18
Fri: Read through Chs 1- 8. Expect a quiz.  



ENGLISH 8
Weds, Jan 8, 2014
The Book Thief.  In your notebooks, looked at the cover, predicted what you think the book will be about, considering what the graphic might mean. What do you make of the dominoes? Who do you think the book thief is?
Anticipation Guide. Filled out, wrote a paragraph. Shared with one partner; share with class. Pasted in notebook
Cover Books? Or plastic bags.  Name inside, in ink. Bring book with you every day. Return tomorrow with some covering please.
Handouts --Note to parents and reading guide questions with due dates written.
Start reading! Or listening. (If you’ve got a flash drive and want an audio copy of the book, bring it by.)
HW: Friday: The Book Thief -- Read Prologue and Part 1 (Pgs 3-80) Complete questions.
Unused late passes
Writer’s Notebook turn-in
Tues: Portfolio with essay
Weds: Read Parts 2 and 3 of The Book Thief. Complete 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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