March 23 and on--

Check Google classroom-- Long distance learning begins!

Friday, March 11, 2016

ENGLISH 7
Friday March 11, 2016

Finished group work on research for The Call of the Wild. Powerpoint presentations on Monday.


ENGLISH 8
Friday March 11, 2016
Completed The Book Thief quiz on Parts 6 through 9.

Shared rough draft of persuasive speech with peer editor, using form to help. Keep form with rough draft.
Rough drafts stay with writer, not handed in. Final Drafts due on Monday. 

Worked on paper with one partner, literary circle questions on The Book Thief for Parts 8 and 9. 
Worktime in class on Monday if not finished today. Not homework.

HW: Mon: Final draft, speech AND finish The Book Thief, Part 10 and reading guide questions.
Tues: Speeches start.
Fri: Final Test, multiple choice.

*Soundtrack assignment due after return from spring break!

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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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