March 23 and on--

Check Google classroom-- Long distance learning begins!

Monday, October 1, 2018

ENGLISH 7
Print or hand in letters to the authors of your novel. No late passes. Started in class on Friday!
Character studies returned. Discussed what needs to be in a character study.
Refugee. What is it? Begin Read Aloud, Refugee by Alan Gratz. Take notes in notebook.
Three stories about refugees. German, Cuban and Syrian, each fleeing their countries to seek refuge
Books to borrow in class. Listen.
No spelling or mugs this week while work on completing novel project.


HW: Tuesday--Character paragraph: 10 points—
Thurs --Plot line with direct passages: 10 points—
Fri  --Illustration of one key scene: 10 points—
Final due-Oct 8. Can turn in early.


ENGLISH 8
QW: Point of View, Katniss. In Chapters 3 & 4, Katniss finds herself on a train headed for the capitol. Katniss already said goodbye to those close to her, yet she certainly was not given enough time to give everybody a decent farewell.
Write a more extended farewell to Katniss’ mother, Prim and/or Gale.  
 One page is required.


Finished discussing & filling in form on literary terms for The Hunger Games.
ESSAY - Review topic sentences and titles. Work on Grabbers. P. 37 due Tuesday, Grabbers.
  
HW:   Tues: Read and complete p. 37 on essay, Grabbers.
Weds. Finish reading Part 1 of The Hunger Games, Chapters 1 through 9.

Thurs-Complete reading Chapter 10

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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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