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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

ENGLISH 7
Handed in final projects-- 15 out of 24 students, two absent. Wrote on a piece of paper how/why you did or did not do the work. Thanks for sharing it with me. It helps!
Lois Lowry interview Four minutes. Take a listen.
Watch The Giver. Make sure to take notes on worksheet while watching. You will be writing a review/essay when done.
HW: Thursday -- Mugs
ENGLISH 8
Return portfolios and grades. Look over. Leave in classroom. How to get 45/45: Follow directions. Do a spell check. Use specific, concrete examples to make your points. Find them in your writing and feedback on your papers and rubrics.
Handouts-- Anticipation Guide for The Book Thief. Fill it out. Tape in notebook.  Discuss.
Get books. Cover Books. Or plastic bags are ok.  Name inside, in ink. Bring book with you every day.   Number and condition of book on clipboard.
The Book Thief.  Look at the cover. Predict what you think the book will be about, considering what the graphic might mean.  What do you make of the dominoes? Who do you think the book thief is?
Handouts --Reading guide questions. Do not lose this packet. It will be worth 90 points! Write your name on the front. First reading due date is Friday.
How the book is organized..Split into 11 parts, plus a prologue and epilogue. Parts are divided in chapters. It is not always chronological.
ABOUT THE NARRATOR… Or listening. (If you’ve got a flash drive and want an audio copy of the book, bring it by and I will be happy to make a copy.)
HW: Thurs: Annotate four introductory pages in your packet, pgs 1, 2, 3 & 4.
Fri:  Read Prologue and Chapter 1, in the book on pages 3 to 80. Complete all vocabulary and questions in reading guide packet on pages 5, 6 & 7. Expect a quiz or to talk about the book.

The Book Thief online link


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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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