March 23 and on--

Check Google classroom-- Long distance learning begins!

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

ENGLISH 7
Checked in Rough Drafts, poetry
Look over those poems from yesterday.  Decide which you relate to most.
Then --Using a T-chart.
One side, what jumps out in the poem, that is, catches your attention.
On the other side, why it is important to the poet’s voice/poem, and if it is
important to you as a reader.


Letter to a poet. To one of the ones we read on Tuesday.
Ask him/her-
What in the poem spoke to you, especially voice, and other questions.
What you liked. What you want to know from them.
Then get a poetry book from the back. Read some.  
HW: Friday-Finished poetry book and ready to present
Pixie! The Twin Hills dog
ENGLISH 8
Novel finished!
Completed quiz Parts 6 through epilogue--
Do the quick write on the back of your answer sheet --
Two more speeches.
Handouts on literary elements and themes. Read for Thursday.
Final assignment on The Book Thief handout. Due Weds., April 25
HW: Thurs: Read two handouts -- theme and literary elements.
Fri: Final Test

Extra Credit Opportunity coming up.

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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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