March 23 and on--

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Thursday, April 19, 2018

ENGLISH 7
Returning work. Two files for portfolios to use now.
Finish letter to poet. Type it up. Use proper letter heading.
Sign it. Should you address them by their first name or Mr or Ms?
Time to finish poetry books. You can use my supplies, too
HW: Friday--Poetry Book, favorite poem and ready to present.
ENGLISH 8
Questions on handouts from yesterday? Questions on project?
Questions on The Book Thief final test?   
FOUR SPEECHES
Poetry. Poets to watch. Take notes. Look for main points.
Pulitzer Prize poetry winner, 2014, (5) Vijay Seshadri
“on seeing the big picture with poetry.” The details matter.
"I knew that poets seemed to be miserable," says writer Billy Collins about his younger self, yearning to fit in. While he admits he "faked a miserable character" at the start of his career, he's since embraced his sense of humor.
Billy Collins interviewed on PBS, (7)
HW: Fri Final Test, The Book Thief
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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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