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Wednesday, January 6, 2016

ENGLISH 7
Weds, Jan 6, 2016
Started to present utopias.
In writer's notebooks: write about  a story with an apple in it.  How was the apple used?   What does it symbolize?If you can think of one, make up a story and have the apple symbolize something.

When finished with your “apple” writing, on a separate piece of paper, please write in complete sentences, the responses to  the even questions on your reading guide for Chapters 1 through 3.  Hand that in.

 HW: Thurs: Rough Draft Pet Peeve Speech;  Read Chapter 4 of The Giver; Expect a quiz. Last mugshot checked in. Expect a quiz
Fri: Vocabulary/spelling due. Put 10 of The Giver words in context sentences. Know their meaning and how to spell. Expect a quiz!
Mon: Pet Peeve speeches begin.
ENGLISH 8
Weds, Jan 6, 2016
Returned Resolutions.
Handout-- list of assignments for the semester -- use as a guide to organize portfolio.
Gathered work for portfolio.
Questions and argumentative letter for Chapter 4.Organizer/rough draft due Thursday.

HW: Thurs: Finish Chapter 4 argumentative letter. Rough Draft. Must use organizer!
Fri: Friday: Final Draft of the argumentative letter. 
 Materials for class work-time on portfolio.  

Tuesday 1/12: Portfolio
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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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