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Tuesday, September 8, 2015

ENGLISH 7
Tues., Sept. 8, 2015
Finished speeches.

QW: In Writer's Notebooks--Please write for five minutes. Reflect on your speech. How did you feel when you were delivering it? Did you think you were prepared? Were you nervous? Do you think you have gotten better at it? What do you wish you had done differently? What did you see in other speeches by your fellow students that interested you -- either something you would want to do yourself or your learned about them.


Grammar, on commas. Write date on worksheet. Complete through p. 224 by Thursday.


Classwork-- Read “Two Kinds,” by Amy Tan on p. 17 in purple literature textbooks from the side bookcase.
When finished, go to p. 28 and write the answers in complete sentences to questions 1-7, all parts of each question.
HW: Weds: Finish textbook questions on “Two Kinds,” p. 28 in lit textbook. and Planner Check.
Thurs: Mugshot Week Two; comma worksheet--complete through p. 224.
Fri: Spelling exercises, pg. 23, 1-20 and quiz, Unit 3
Novel reading check #1

ENGLISH 8
Tues., Sept. 8, 2015
  • Spent a little more time on plot diagrams from Friday. Yours returned, along with other papers.
  • Summarizing. Get your mystery summary back. In notebooks, take notes on how to summarize. Powerpoint.
  • Novel progress check also returned. Make sure you are keeping up with your novels.
Essay Work.  To begin. If time.


HW: Fri 9/11, Part 2--Read one-half of your mystery. Progress check-in.
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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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