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Thursday, September 10, 2015

ENGLISH 7
Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015
  • Mugshot check-in and review.
  • Comma worksheet. Check-in & review. 10 points if did most of the work!
  • Discussed questions from “Two Kinds.” Got stamp if did work and used a late pass. Good way to keep up.
  • Handout on character traits. More detail on Friday.


HW: Fri: Spelling exercises, pg. 23, 1-20 and quiz, Unit 3
Novel reading check #1
Begin work on finding at least five instances and direct passages in Two Kinds for Jing Mei. Write down the direct passage, the page number you found it and what trait it shows. We will work on her character study together.
ENGLISH 8
Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015
Essay Work. It begins officially. Get handouts. Put on name. Take notes.
*Insanity trial Day 2. Review/check in task sheets.
Is he guilty and sane at the time of the killing? Or is he not guilty by reason of insanity? Groups. Organize your presentation, to be done on Friday.
Prosecutors, with quotes from the story: must show that he
1/could distinguish fantasy from reality
2/could tell right from wrong
3/ Could control his behavior
Defense attorneys, with quotes from the story: must show that he
1/could not distinguish fantasy from reality
2/could not tell right from wrong
3/could not control his behavior.
Make sure you introduce your case  & sum up your argument for the jury
HW: Fri: Halfway through novel, progress check
Insanity trial: Written (TYPED) defense/prosecution. Each person writes AND TYPES their own essay and hands in stamped worksheet with it. It looks like an essay, but only has to have three paragraphs. Be inventive, and put an introductory paragraph on top of the three body paragraphs.
*If you were absent on Thursday, please get a trial worksheet from me.

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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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