March 23 and on--

Check Google classroom-- Long distance learning begins!

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

ENGLISH 7
QW: Letter Home -- Suppose you are one of Buck’s owners—François; the man known as the Scotch halfbreed; or Hal, Charles, or Mercedes. Write a letter to someone back home about your experience in the Yukon. Tell about the travel conditions, your travel companions, and the dog team. Remember to write from the point of view of the character you’ve chosen. Use details (evidence-quotes)  from the story to add specifics to your letter.
Worktime, Chapter 7 worksheets. Finish by end of class or for homework
HW: Thurs: Mugs and finish work on Chapter 7.  Mug test.
Fri: Quiz on Chapters 5, 6 & & -- The Call of the Wild
ENGLISH 8
Speeches
Must have final draft and rubric - Daniel J, Ava,,
QW: Poetry, Day 3. Listen/Write/respond to one of these poems.
What do they mean? Or how do you feel after reading/hearing it?
Listen to a few and then write:
Why poetry, by former NEA chair Dana Goia, a poet, writer, Sonoma County writer.
Hamlet, excerpts, difference voices. Shakespeare
Dream Deferred, Langston Hughes
Fire and Ice by Robert Frost, read by N. Scott Momaday.
Work time tomorrow, after a few more speeches
HW: Tues Final project The Book Thief

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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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