March 23 and on--

Check Google classroom-- Long distance learning begins!

Monday, April 2, 2012

Women’s Novel assignment turned in.

Writer’s Notebook Assignment. You've already done some of this, so don’t panic. Just write.

QW: April is National Poetry month. We started by checking in at the Poetry 180 website. Today--"The Blue Bowl" by Jane Kenyon. 

On The Lottery, finished worksheet from last week. 

Read Star Boy, by Michael Dorris and then, work on “About Me.” One partner to start, then on your own. Please be honest. Your response helps me create a mosaic in words, about your class. No one will be outed or get in trouble for answers.

If not finished at end of period, keep with you to work after movie essay is complete.

HW: Tues: Movie review: rough draft due
Weds: Movie review: final draft due
Thurs: Read a third of Civil War book. First set of DEJ entries due.
Fri-Mon: Vacation!
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About Me

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!

"Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction"

The digital revolution and teens, from the New York Times--
"Sean's favorite medium is video games...he sometimes wishes that his parents would force him to quit playing and study..."