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Thursday, January 19, 2012

ENGLISH 8

Personal oasis essays turned in.

QW: Answer the questions on the anticipation guide on your desk. Then, in your writer’s notebook, write about one of the statements you agreed with and one you disagreed with.

Got copies of The Book Thief. Wrote name  in the inside cover and filled out the book sign-out sheet. At home, cover your book with a paper bag. If you don’t know how to do, bring one in and can do in class on Friday. Bring your book with you to class every day.

Looked over the front cover. Predicted what you think the book will be about. Considered:  who do you think the book thief is? What do you make of the picture of dominoes on the cover? Who is the author? When was the book published?

Organization. The Book Thief is split into 11 sections: a prologue, nine parts (which are split into chapters) and an epilogue. There is an interesting narrator, and some quirky voices and drawings sprinkled throughout the book..
The Book Thief handouts: study guide, calendar and letter to parents.
For Friday Homework: read prologue & Part 1. Complete vocabulary and study guide questions. Be ready for discussion. Can finish the literary device questions in class on Friday.

Using your calendar, in study guide, mark the following due dates: 
  • Friday Jan. 20 Read Prologue and Part 1. Complete WS
  • Weds., Jan. 25 Read Parts 2 &3.Complete WS
  • Fri Jan. 27 Read Part 4. Complete WS
  • Tues Jan. 31 Read Parts 5&6 Complete WS
  • Fri Feb 3 Read Parts 7 & 8.Complete WS
  • Tues Feb 7 Read Part 9. Complete WS.
  • Fri Feb 10 Read Part 10 & Epilogue. Complete WS
HW: Grammar worksheet; Read Prologue and Part 1. Complete WS
Cover book in paper bag; parent signature

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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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