March 23 and on--

Check Google classroom-- Long distance learning begins!

Tuesday, January 8, 2019

ENGLISH 7
Handed in resolution drawing & writing
Shared Pet Peeve ideas with a peer.
Science Fiction. Recall (Did this before!)  Fiction that draws imaginatively on scientific knowledge and ideas in its plot, setting,theme, etc.
Anticipation Guide first-handout
In literature textbooks--Begin reading "The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street.”
Read the introduction on pgs. 664 and 665, and then finish the teleplay, which starts on p. 667 and goes to pg. 684.  Definition-- Teleplay -- a play written or adapted for broadcast on television.
HW: Weds: Finish reading “Monsters” Complete questions 1 through 6, all parts, on p. 684. Use plot diagram to help with understanding.
Thurs: Mugs (Handout soon.) Rough Draft Pet Peeve speech
assignment.  
Fri:  Second quarter  ends. Unused late passes due and Spelling Unit 10, exercises 1-20 on  p. 53, and a quiz--nearly your last!
ENGLISH 8
Handed in 2019 papers and graphic.

In the mood for writing, watch: Writing Better Thesis, Shmoop .
How does it apply to your portfolio essay?


Worktime portfolio. Labels available. 10 of them.
HW: Fri:  Second quarter ends. Unused late slips due.
Portfolio and Essay with parent signature
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About Me

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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