March 23 and on--

Check Google classroom-- Long distance learning begins!

Sunday, April 5, 2020

A few 7th-Grade poems in the style of a Diamante, a seven- line contrast poem set up in the shape of a diamond.   Enjoy. 
(Google classroom as official as it gets, beginning Monday, tomorrow, April 6- directions below.)
  
Getaway
Enjoyable, relaxing
Exhilarating, liberating, exciting
 Health, escape, sickness, solitude
Concerning, distancing, overwhelming  
Unpleasant, boring 
Quarantine
Quarantine
Different, Stressful
Confusing, Interesting, Frightening
Home, Stuck, Fun, Friends
Exciting, Relieved, Jumping
Amazing, Finally
Freedom

Google Classroom Directions: Please go to Google Classroom (classroom.google.com) and sign in using your school gmail account (the same one you use to sign into a chromebook).
There you should find that you have been invited to join your English class.  If you haven't been invited please email me at msilver@twinhillsusd.org and let me know.
Accept the invitation and go to the stream and classwork tabs.
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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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