March 23 and on--

Check Google classroom-- Long distance learning begins!

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

ENGLISH 7
Planners checked.
Peer-edited rough drafts.
Use form. Return to writer. Be constructive
Reviewed the annotation of Gary Soto story.


HW: Thurs: Final draft, typed, Diagnostic Writing, peer edit and rough draft attached and stapled ahead of time.
Back-to-School Night for parents
Fri: Spelling test and homework, Unit 1. Exercises 1-20 on p. 15. Then, a quiz on all the words in Unit 1.

ENGLISH 8
Began essay work . Timed Essay. A benchmark. Your task: Write an essay on the given topic (handout). Typing and filing electronically.
*Create a document for this essay. Share that with me. Tomorrow we will create a folder to store it in for the year for English class.
Only this class period to complete. Remember, this is a benchmark only, so do your best! Brainstorming and details always help. You must finish by the end of class time. Please leave the prompt and your outline with your name on it.
HW: Thurs: Back-to-School Night, parents only
Mon: 8/31: Mystery Novel

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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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