March 23 and on--

Check Google classroom-- Long distance learning begins!

Monday, October 26, 2015

2nd Quarter Starts Today!
UNUSED LATE PASSES IN BASKET TODAY

ENGLISH 7
Monday Oct. 26, 2015
Finish Seedfolks author Paul Fleischman interview. Listen, take notes, answer questions. Discussed
QW: Stereotype is an oversimplified image of a certain person or group of people usually held in common by some part of society.
Think & Respond: Do you or members of your family hold any views that stereotype others? How can stereotypes be harmful to both the believer and the victim? Why do you think stereotypes develop? How can they be eliminated? Think carefully on these questions, write some answers and be ready to share those answers. Hand in notebooks when finished! Make sure name in front and easy to read.


HW: Weds: Planner check and count checks!
Thurs: Mugshot;  Spelling Unit 10, exercises, 1-20, p. 53
SPELLING ON THURSDAY INSTEAD OF FRIDAY!
ENGLISH 8
Monday Oct. 26, 2015
Significant Impact paragraph handed in, with the worksheet. Returned tomorrow. (Hopefully!)
Notebooks returned. File grade sheet in portfolio.
QW: New quarter. So, what will you be focusing on in English this quarter? Where do you want to be? What will help you succeed? In pen!
Essay work-- finish grabbers, focus statements  Check in & review focus statements.
Move on to Recognizing Thesis Statements. If time.


HW: Tues: Write a thesis statement for each of the focus statements in essay packet.
Thursday--Finish Biography
Coming up: Sharing it in groups, speech & essay!

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About Me

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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