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Wednesday, November 16, 2016

ENGLISH 7 Weds. ,Nov. 16, 2016

Handed in character studies. Use late pass to hand in tomorrow.

Listen, annotate, finish worksheet: Florence. Worksheet packet handed in today. Make sure name on top.

That Sam in Seedfolks is a somewhat autobiographical stand-in for the author means he based Sam partly on himself.  He said that he lived in a neighborhood much like the one he created in Seedfolks. He would often wait at the bus stop or in checkout lines, and make conversation with people just to show that he was a friend and not a foe or enemy. He likes bringing people together.

Read, with a partner, “From Seed to Seedfolks,” by the author.
How to do that--On chromebook, go to Twin Hills home page, then to my homework page. (You should bookmark that!) Open it up and click on the link to Paul Fleischman afterword. Read the essay there.
Then you will do the following writing.
QW: On a separate piece of paper to hand in.
What are some of the things that Sam does in Seedfolks that many other people never bother to do? Why do you think Sam’s approach helps him get through to people? Why do you think the author “cast” himself as Sam?

 HW: Thurs: Mug week # 12  (Expect a quiz)
Finish reading the author’s statement if not done in class. Link above. Turn in character studies with late pass.
Fri: Spelling quiz Unit # 13

ENGLISH 8
Turned in biography essay. Stapled ahead, FD, worksheet, assignment sheet/rubric

Returned speech rubrics.
QW: In your notebooks, summarized what you did well in this speech and what you will try to work on for the next. Say how you felt, overall, about speaking--your subject, your presentation. Look at the comment and what is checked or not. Don’t focus on the number!
Turkey Essay This is fun. Access the assignment online via the class website. Copy it to your google docs shared English folder. You must brainstorm first and hand in that brainstorm tomorrow.
Use class time today for your rough draft. Time to finish (30 minutes) and share final draft in class tomorrow.

HW: Thurs: Work on turkey essay


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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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