March 23 and on--

Check Google classroom-- Long distance learning begins!

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

WELCOME BACK!
ENGLISH 7
Discussed the Alex Haley story from last week. Then in class, read Researching Family History, from “Ancestors”, pgs 58 through 61. Completed questions in the box on p. 61, Connecting Literature and Culture. Answer questions 1 & 2. In notebooks.


HW: Thurs -- Mugshots, last week’s and tomorrow’s. Your roots--Ask your parents where your family is from, what country or countries. Report back to us.
Fri: Spelling Test, Unit 7.


ENGLISH 8
Got Q2 late passes. Two of them. Don't lose 'em.
Related to “Thank You M’am,” by Langston Hughes (pgs 172-176.)
*Read story if absent on Thursday. Must finish writing in class.
Two choices of writing exercises. (Handout) Do not do both!
HW: Thurs -- BIOGRAPHY CHECK-IN #3. Finish book.
Make sure rough draft  of IOA essay is done and in English
folder in Google Drive.


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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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