March 23 and on--

Check Google classroom-- Long distance learning begins!

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

ENGLISH 7
Weds Dec 16, 2015
Return Seedfolks final projects. A few comments first. File in portfolios.
Listen/discuss Staves 3. Summary of Stave 3. Fill in plot diagram.
Listen to Stave  4. The Last of the Spirits, the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come.
HW: Thurs: Last set of mugs for the year; finish plot diagram for A Christmas Carol.
Fri: Movie and Secret Santa. Holiday treats to share. (Bring napkins!)

ENGLISH 8
Weds,  Dec 16, 2015
Chapter  3. An important one.
QW: “Hope is the thing with feathers/ That perches in the soul/ And sings the tune without the words/ And never stops - at all..” -- From a poem by Emily Dickinson that  perhaps describes the last sentence of Chapter 3.
Reflect on it. How is it that Kino and Juana are now beginning the day with hope?
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On your own, work on questions for Chapter 3. What is not finished in class is due for homework. Not everyone got the same questions, so take care with these.
Absent? Thursday is last day to check in at break to take care of missed quizzes/work.
HW: Thurs: Finish Chapter 3 questions
Friday: Secret Santas. Bring a gender-neutral gift. Get a gift!
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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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