March 23 and on--

Check Google classroom-- Long distance learning begins!

Monday, January 13, 2020

Quarter 3 and Semester 2 starts today. New slate!
ENGLISH 7
Notebook check. You will need five post-its. And the handout to fill in. 
Graded “Monsters” quiz from Friday
Start The Giver by Lois Lowry.
Pre-reading activity. After complete the pre-reading, write one
paragraph on the back detailing why you feel the way you do about one or more of the items on the list.
Practice Pet Peeve speech with a peer.
(When finish above, or on Tuesday!)
HW: Tues: Be ready to practice speech with a peer.
Weds: Final draft and speeches start.  Must hand in edited rough draft. Have speech on notecards. May not use the final draft. 
Thurs: New Mugs
Friday: Vocabulary for The Giver and a quiz on Part (Week) 1 of The Giver
ENGLISH 8
Your last semester at Twin Hills!
Handed in Portfolios. Pass to front of row.
Handed in signed grade sheets due. Settle disputes tomorrow. 
Beginning, a unit on The Pearl by John Steinbeck. 
Watch John Steinbeck biography. Take notes in writer’s notebook.At least one full page is required. A quiz, always expect a quiz
"It's enough if a writer is honest, enormously talented, tells the truth, and has some stuff to say that, if people would pay attention, can affect their society for the better. John Steinbeck was one of those. What more can you ask?"

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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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