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Wednesday, September 12, 2012
ENGLISH 8
Worktime, Insanity Defense and Prosecution of the narrator in The Tell-Tale Heart. Is he guilty and sane at the time of the killing? Or is he not guilty by reason of insanity?

Prosecutors, with quotes from the story: must show that he
1/could distinguish fantasy from reality
2/could tell right from wrong
3/ Could control his behavior

Defense attorneys, with quotes from the story: must show that he
1/could not distinguish fantasy from reality
2/could not tell right from wrong
3/could not control his behavior.
Make sure you introduce your case  & sum up your argument for the jury.

HW: Thurs: Spelling Unit 3, p. 23, 1-20. Finish insanity trial work.
Fri: Read & Qs Section 1 Mystery Novel
Christie: Read and complete questions for Chapters 1-5* (Qs 1-4 in Ch. 5)
Hardcover: pgs. 1 through 59; paper: pgs 1 through 89
Hound: Read and complete questions for Chapters 1 through 6


ENGLISH 7

Planners checked.
Worktime.
“Two Sides of Me.” Use colors in your drawings. Due Thursday.

HW: Thurs: Mugshot, week 3; Two Sides of Me, character, color drawing
Fri: Spelling Unit 3, exercises p. 23, 1-20, misspelled word 3X each; novel check-- one-fourth through novel.
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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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