March 23 and on--

Check Google classroom-- Long distance learning begins!

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

ENGLISH
Book money? Cade, Mikaylee,  Roan
Watch The Giver. Make sure to take notes while watching. You will be writing
a review/essay when done. (Netflix)


HW: Thursday -- Mugs
As soon as we get A Wrinkle In Time, we will start reading!
ENGLISH 8
Finished evaluating theme essays.  
Returning (File!) Kino Argumentative Letter. 20 points.
Needed to follow directions -- heading and signature on letter, five paragraphs,
details, mechanics--spell check; no i for I.


On desk, notebooks for homework check--  
1) The Story-Teller AND 2) The Medicine Bag
HW:  Weds-- Working on theme questions on the two stories you just read. The questions are on p. 591 of your literature textbook.  Complete questions 1 through 7. Remember what theme is -- the message the author is trying to deliver through their work.
         
Begin movie, The Pearl. You should take notes because you will be writing a movie/book comparison and a review when done. Handout to help.
Movie--If absent for any days of watching The Pearl and you think you cannot give a thorough review,
you will have to review another movie. You will be evaluated the same as those
reviews for The Pearl.

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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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