March 23 and on--

Check Google classroom-- Long distance learning begins!

Tuesday, January 16, 2018


Second semester, quarter three begins today.
ENGLISH 7
Watched The Twilight Zone’s  The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street.
Movie/Play comparison worksheet
Follow-up prompts for “The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street.”
Respond to  one of the three questions below. Write in complete sentences.
  1. How does fear affect the decisions you make?
  2. What fears might be called universal, shared by almost all humans?
  3. “Prejudices can kill.” Think about that. What is your opinion, given the script you read and the movie you saw?
“THERE ARE WEAPONS THAT ARE SIMPLY THOUGHTS.”

HW: Weds: Pet Peeve Speeches
Thurs: Mugs
Friday: Spelling, Week 16, exercises p. 79, 1-20 and a quiz. (We are only going to week 18)  
ENGLISH 8
Grading sheets handed out. Get parent signature and settle these on Wednesday, during class. Mark your disputes.

New Seats
Finish John Steinbeck biography.
Classwork.Webquest on Steinbeck, in class. Today.  In your google drive. Go to class page and copy the assignment into your google folder and a document. Follow directions. Responses can go under the questions.Can use easybib.com or bibme.org for your bibliography--as done in History class.
You do not have to print out your responses if you make sure to put it in your English google docs folder.
Finish for homework. Movie source title-- “John Steinbeck: An American Writer.”

HW: Weds: Finish webquest and summary; settle grade disputes
Fri: Research and writer’s notebooks assignments on The Pearl.

Research typed, personal response in notebook, and ready to present. Handouts on Wednesday
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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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