March 23 and on--

Check Google classroom-- Long distance learning begins!

Monday, April 3, 2017

ENGLISH 7  Mon, Apr 3, 2017
Got more time and then graded quiz from Friday. Cut the scores in half and curved it.
Handout for Chapters 5 & 6. Begin work on. Group time on Tuesday to finish.
HW: Tues: Start working on Chapters 5 and 6 worksheet.
Weds: Read Chapter 7
Thurs: Mugs and finish work on Chapter 7 . Mug test.
Fri: Final Test on The Call of the Wild
ENGLISH 8 Mon, Apr 3
April is National Poetry Month
We start by checking in at the  Poetry 180 website
Today-- "The Blue Bowl"by Jane Kenyon.
QW: Listen, then write for a bit. Be inspired by The Blue Bowl. That’s your quick write. You can interpret the poem, that is, say what it means, or merely react to it. How would you feel if you lost your pet? How does the narrator feel? Share it.
Get your reading packet to use for...
THE BOOK THIEF Final Project assignment.
WRITE THIS: DO ONLY ONE OF THE ASSIGNMENTS

 Speeches.  Practice. Get feedback. Time yourself

HW: Tues: Speeches start. Everyone ready and must turn in final draft before speaking

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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!

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