March 23 and on--

Check Google classroom-- Long distance learning begins!

Thursday, March 10, 2016

ENGLISH 7-- Thurs March 10, 2016
You are all doing a great job on your group work on The Call of the Wild research.
Classtime tomorrow to finish.

ENGLISH 8--Thurs, March 10, 2016
Checked in Part 9
Checked in/review speech ideas. No doubling up. Let’s trade!
QW: How you would characterize death as he appears in this novel? Write five adjectives that show this character and give an example of his commentary that shows each trait. (It was your homework) Use the elements of character that you selected in this prior activity and write a brief character sketch of Death as he appears in this novel. Use examples from the book to support what you have said about “him.” (20 minutes)
Speech order--all ready at the start. Each day, you will have time to prepare. Work on rough drafts. *If you are going to Japan or out other days next week that you know of, please talk to me before leaving class today. Thank you!
HW: FRI: RD of speech
Mon: FD, written draft of speech AND Finish Book, Part 10 and Epilogue

Tues: Speeches start
Fri: March 11: Final test on The Book Thief

*Soundtrack assignment extended until after you return from spring break. Details to come!
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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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