March 23 and on--

Check Google classroom-- Long distance learning begins!

Tuesday, May 1, 2018



ENGLISH 7
Returned and filed A Wrinkle In Time, final writing
How graded -- (1) overall response, (2)specific
examples from book, (3) strong/clear point of view, (4)creativity, (5) mechanics.
Each was worth four points. The breakdown--in that order--is on your paper.
Take a look and file it.


Finished Google slides. Prsent on Weds.


Handed out Chapter 1 of The Call of the Wild. Name in books.
Divide lit circle assignments among your group. Mikaylee absent. Get book tomorrow.
We will do more poetry books share tomorrow.


HW: Weds: Chapter 1 work, Read it & do the worksheet.

ENGLISH 8
**Find a novel, at least 200 pages. Fiction. Must be read & work due Weds., May 23. Writing assignment to come. Can sign out a Civil War novel from me if want -- coincides with history class.


Checked in one paragraph,  a favorite poem


How to Choose Poems, from Poetry Out Loud (A good site to learn from)
Billy Collins animated poetry, for example, “Some Days” and “Forgetfulness.” (a different version) 1:08 and 1:49
Two poems about how dogs speak, Billy Collins again.
And just for fun, Spaghetti. Animated, .30 Shel Silverstein
QW: React to one of the above. How you might recite yours, what you thought about on hearing those others.


Extra credit for Shakespeare. Must be explained well.
WORKTIME. PRACTICE. WRITE. ASSEMBLE!


HW: Weds: Rough draft of all five poems/paragraphs. You’re writing from the favorite poems.
Thursday: Rough draft of essay for poetry project. On the essays, you must have examples from poems in your project or others, or you cannot get higher than a C/D on that part of the project.  Essays always have support. Grand ideas only hold up when there are examples behind them.
(Grad speeches rough draft, too)
Checked/edited in class. Use work from  favorite poems as support/evidence for your essay.
Monday May 7: Final poetry project due, with essay and ready to recite and present

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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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