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Friday, January 8, 2016

ENGLISH 7
Fri, Jan 8, 2016
Completed: Mugshot and vocabulary quiz, Part 1 The Giver.
Handed in vocabulary part 1 homework.

QW: For the citizens of Jonas’s society, age wasn’t important after 12, and most lost track of how old they were as time passed. How is age always important in our society? Give examples of how a person’s life is affected by age. (Driver’s license,for example.) Do you think our rules and laws about age need improvement? How does our attitude about age compare with that of the society in The Giver?
Discuss Chapters 1- 4, The Giver

  • HW: Monday Pet Peeve Speeches. Everyone needs to be ready. Remember your rubric is required.
ENGLISH 8
Fri, Jan 8, 2016
Portfolio work
HW: Monday, portfolio worktime
Tuesday: Portfolio. Remember parent signature REQUIRED

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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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