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Wednesday, September 9, 2015

ENGLISH 7
Weds,  9/09/15
Planners checked.
Checked questions on “Two Kinds.” Got a stamp. Tape into notebook if not there already. Had to hold off on discussion because many of you did not do. Get it done. Use a late pass!
Let’s talk about how to do a character study. Our example will be the main character in “Two Kinds.”


How do we find out about a person’s character? Discussion and powerpoint.
HW: 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
Find 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. Type or print and have ready for class. We will work on her character study together.
ENGLISH 8
Weds 9/09/15
Finished summary work.


Insanity Trial. To begin. Half of you are the prosecution; the other half are the defense. Rough out your arguments on the handout you were given. Your written defense will come next.

HW: Thurs: Rough out your insanity trial defense or prosecution of the narrator in The Tell Tale Heart. You must fill in the boxes on the sheet you were given.  

Fri: Halfway through novel, progress check

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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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