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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

ENGLISH 7
Weds., Jan. 29, 2014
Essays and worksheets handed in.


Final Project. A scrapbook by Jonas. Handouts and models.
HW: Thurs: Mugshots; completed Story Map for The Giver.
Fri: Memory Book/ Jonas worksheet
Mon: Final Project, The Giver, Jonas Memory Book.

Know these terms:
  1. plot: the story and events of a novel
  2. theme: the message, what the author is trying to say
  3. character: the people in the story that drive the action or plot
  4. characterization: the personality traits of characters
Look in textbook appendix, page R5, for a list of literary terms.


ENGLISH 8
Weds., Jan. 29, 2014
QW: “I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right”--Liesel Meminger
Checked in final part of The Book Thief reading guide questions. Counted and handed in total number of points (90) on reading guide.


Quiz on Parts 7 through the end.
Listened end of the novel. The Hangover Man, p. 549


Soundtrack assignment handed out on Thursday.
Essay and multiple choice test coming up, too.




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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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