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Monday, January 9, 2012

ENGLISH 8 Thanks for all The Book Thief donations!

Welcome Back and Happy New Year!

Resolution: (n) A thing determined upon; decision as to future action. Example of a resolution. My resolution appears daunting: I will not stay up late playing on my iPhone and get to bed early so I can get to my 6 a.m. spin class.

QW: On a separate piece of paper, write a resolution for the semester. What do you hope to accomplish in school? In English. Be serious, or funny, or both. Hand in.

First Semester Portfolio Assignment. You knew it was coming! Due Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012

Look through your portfolio. Use that to help you determine parts of your essay.

Other papers returned and filed.  Make up tests. All must be done by Weds at lunch, or by prior arrangement in one of your study halls. Turn in unused late slips by Friday

Please return copies of The Pearl. If you have lost yours, $12 before you get a copy of The Book Thief, our next book.

HW: Tuesday: Begin working on your portfolio essay. Brainstorm or outline due.
          *Make sure to have an SSR book to read. Class novel not handed out until next week.
       Weds: All make up tests done at lunch, or during a study hall.
       Fri: Unused late slips.    
      Tues. Jan 16: Portfolio assignment, essay w/ parent signature                                     

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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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