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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

ENGLISH 8

QW:  Write your reaction to the ending of The Pearl. Was it satisfying? Did it make sense? Would you want to read more John Steinbeck? Which character moved you the most and helped you to learn empathy -- the power of understanding and imaginatively entering into another person's feelings. Why?

Finished Chapter 4 Fishbowl.
Reviewing Chapters 5 and 6 Pearl questions. Consider the ending. Who was responsible for Coyotito's death? Does Steinbeck make that clear?
HW:  Weds: 2nd response due. Has to be written if you did graphic last week. You can do a second written response.
Thurs: Multiple Choice and short answer test, The Pearl
Fri: In-class essay, The Pearl
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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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