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Friday, November 4, 2011

ENGLISH 8



QW: Commonly misspelled words. The following words are commonly misspelled, by a lot of people. Write a short entry, a few paragraphs, using at least five of the words. Watch your grammar and punctuation, too.

The words: beginning, definitely, extremely, controversial, valuable, surprise, strategy, receipt, neighbor, convenient, characteristic, unnecessary, therefore, jealousy, ridiculous.

Biography Final Assignment, Handout.
Due Date: Weds., Nov. 16.

RD IOA essay. Peer-edited and handed in. Returned on Monday.
Final Draft due Weds.

In your writing, avoid vagueness and generalities that can apply to anyone.
Not: "She was my best friend because she was always there for me."
But, a specific example instead.

For  instance: "When I broke up with my boyfriend, my best friend Emily chose not to go out with our other friends for an ice cream birthday party. Instead, she came over my house and consoled me. Emily is always there for me."

HW: Weds: Final Draft IOA Essay
Weds 11/16 Biography Final Project, Essay 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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