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Monday, April 17, 2017

ENGLISH 7
Tured in shared final assignments for The Call of the Wild.
Looked over The Call of the Wild agree or disagree statements with Jack London  from the start of the novel unit. Which ones do you agree/disagree with?
In your notebooks, select one of the statements that you and Jack London agree. Then write a paragraph or two saying why. Use an example of something that happened in the novel to support your paragraph. Put a post-it on that entry.
April is National Poetry Month.
QW: What is a poem? Write down as many words as you can that you associate with the word poetry or poem. Discuss.
POETRY BOOKLET assignment. How to read a poem. Inside the poetry booklet. Read aloud.
HW: Tues: Complete at least two of the poems from the assignment. That means four, two rough drafts each. On a separate piece of paper please.

ENGLISH 8
What about The Lottery-- what happened after the story was published.
Discussed your reaction, should be in notebooks
QW-response to one task on handout about the story.  
Turned in Lottery worksheets.
HW: Tues: Complete and turn in one out of the five required favorite poem paragraphs for your final poetry project. (This gets you started.) Illustrations not necessary, YET.
HW: Friday: Rough draft of essay for poetry project
Weds 4/26 Poetry Project due. No late passes. Ready to recite.

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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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