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Monday, January 6, 2014

Welcome to the new year!

ENGLISH 7
Monday, Jan 6, 2014
2nd Quarter ends Friday. Turn in unused late passes.

  • QW: For our upcoming novel:  Make a list in your journal of at least 10 memories you have of your life - 5 happy ones and 5 sad ones.
  • New mugshot packet on Tuesday.
  • Two speeches tomorrow, Colton and Mathilde.
  • No weekly spelling from text while we read The Giver. Words will come from there.


The Giver, pre-read, let us begin. Anticipation Guide. Fill out.

Novels handed out. Make sure you get a cover for yours. Plastic bags are okay.
Round Robin Writing--with partners.  Define Utopia. Discuss elements for and against a perfect society.
Let’s begin reading/listening, Chapter 1.
HW: Tues: Read Chapters 1, 2 and 3 of The Giver. In your notebooks, write about any story known with an apple in it.  How was the apple used?   What does this mean?
Weds: Planner check. Read chapters 4 and 5
Thurs: Mugshot Weeks 17 & 18.  Read Chapters 6 and 7
Fri: Content and vocabulary quiz, The Giver Chapters 1-7.  Unused late passes due.
You can listen to The Giver, online. Use this link.


ENGLISH 8
Monday,  Jan 6, 2014


2nd Quarter ends Friday. Turn in unused late passes.

Returned The Pearl essay. Really nice work. Other stray work. Filed it. Some of your work will be  posted around the room.
Resolution: (n) A thing determined upon; decision as to future action. Example of a resolution. My resolution appears daunting: I will not stay up late playing on my iPad and get to bed early so I can get to my 6 a.m. spin class.
QW: On handout, write about resolutions. Things you want to accomplish. Things you want to avoid, then write about your new year’s resolution, in particular,  in English class, if you can. Be serious and funny. Make sure you write on the other side as well. Hand in.
  • On a post-it, write that resolution. One sentence. You do not have to sign it.
First Semester Portfolio Assignment. You knew it was coming!
Due Tues, 1/14/14
HW: Tuesday: Begin working on your portfolio essay. Brainstorm or outline due.
★ All absent work  must be done by Weds. @ lunch, or by prior arrangement in a study halls.
Weds: All make up tests done at lunch, or during a study hall.
Thurs: In-class, timed essay. Maybe.

Fri: Materials for class worktime on portfolio. Unused late passes

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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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