March 23 and on--

Check Google classroom-- Long distance learning begins!

Friday, September 30, 2016

English 7
Last check in for novel--
On a separate piece of paper to hand in, write:
A letter to the author. Please say what you liked about the novel, with specific examples. If you did not like something, write your criticism with tact and be constructive. Make sure you comment on the main character as well as the ending. Say whether or not you would recommend the novel to someone else.
Use proper letter writing form.


Completed Spelling test, Unit 6.
Exercises first, then the quiz. Total value, 45 points.
This is a big one!
Topic sentence and paragraph work continues.

 HW: You could be working on your final novel project. That would be a good idea!
ENGLISH 8  
Turned in library card forms.
QW:  “Live only for today, and you ruin tomorrow.” Do you agree? Why or why not? Explain your answer from the point of view of an 8th grader, ahem, you!
Peer-evaluated (with supplied rubric) and handed in mystery novel final project.
WAS IT STAPLED AHEAD OF TIME?
Graded papers/quizzes--
Speckled Band and Classifying Essay Prompts
HW:   Mon:  List of 20 personal demon words, in notebooks is ok.
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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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