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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

ENGLISH 7

Planners checked and check-in sheet handed in for credit.
Graded Tuesday’s quiz and discussion on Chapters 1 & 2 of The Giver.  Got reading guide questions for Chapters 3 & 4.

Comfort Object Organizer: In Chapter 2, the community's Newchildren were given comfort objects when they were born. When each child became an eight, such things were no longer necessary, and the object was taken away. As infants, most children in our society willingly and firmly attach themselves to toys or objects, such as blankets. In many cases, the relationship lasts well past the age of eight. We tend to carry the idea of comfort objects with us as we get older and grow into adulthood, although we prefer to think of them as “prized possessions” for the sake of perceived maturity. At times, some of us manage to surround ourselves with mountains of cluttered comfort.

Write about comfort objects, using the graphic organizer. Due tomorrow. Bring in your comfort object if you want.

HW: Thurs. Mug and grammar. Read Chapters 3 and 4. Use handout questions as a study guide. Finish comfort object graphic.
Fri: Vocabulary worksheet due. *Vocabulary worksheet directions: For any 10 of the words you want, find the vocabulary word in the chapter. Write down the exact passage where you found it. Now write your own sentence.  Expect a quiz when it is due on Friday.Vocabulary/spelling quiz on The Giver,

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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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