Updated December 4, 2025

Welcome to the 2025-26 English web page!


My job is to help students learn. If you need anything from me during the year, you can email or call me via the contact information listed below. 

I will update this page weekly with what we are working on that week and where we are headed in the week(s) ahead. Here are the classes I am teaching Semester 2:

English 10: This course will offer a focus on composition and literature. Of Mice and Men is typically studied as a group, with students also given the opportunity to read an additional novel in small groups.  This week, students continued a unit focused on the big question: "What is the relationship between power and freedom?". This week, the students began Unit Two in our Literature anthology, in which we will study texts centered around the Big Question "What is the allure of fear?" We read "The Fall of the House of Usher". This unit will continue next week.
 
English 11/12 (American Literature):  American Literature is a two semester course. In the first semester, our focus is on short stories and poetry covering the years of of the early settlers to the 20th century. The second semester will focus primarily on the novels Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand and Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan. This week, students continued unit 3, which will focus on literature from 1840-1870 and include authors such as Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, and Melville. We studied the anti-Transcendentalist authors this week, including Hawthorn, Melville, and Harriett Beecher-Stowe. The unit will conclude next week.
English 8: Students in English 8 will be exploring the world of Language Arts through the continued and advanced study of vocabulary, grammar, non-fiction literture, fictional literature, and poetry. Specific novels studied will include Call of the Wild and The Outsiders. This week, the students finished the study of the Jack London novel The Call of the Wild. Next week, we will begin the next unit in our literature anthology, which focuses on stories of resilience. 

English 9: This course will continue to build on the students’ knowledge of vocabulary, grammar, non-fiction literature, fictional literature, and poetry. A special focus on this class will be academic writing and analyzing current issues through literature. Novels studied include To Kill a Mockingbird and Animal Farm. This week, students continued the study of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. The study of this novel will continue next week.
English 7: Students in English 7 will be exploring the world of Language Arts through the study of vocabulary, grammar, non-fiction literture, fictional literature, and poetry. Specific novels studied will include The Giver. This week, students complete the study of the Lois Lowry novel The Giver. Next week we will begin the next unit in our literature anthology, which focuses on the big question "Should we make a home in space?"
Every Class, Every Day: 

Additionally, each day our class period begins with a "bellringer" activity. The students will complete an activity with the primary purpose of relating to informational text.

Please check your child's progress in my class through PowerSchool (Parent Portal Link) or Schoology. I update my grades in Schoology as assignments are turned in. All grades in Schoology are current to the second. I sync my Schoology grades with PowerSchool weekly (usually every Thursday) if not more frequently. This is a great way to see how your child is performing in my classes as well as check if they have any missing work. 

If, at any time, you have questions or need assistance, please contact me at the phone number or email below. Email is the preferred method to use during school hours, so as not to interrupt class:

644-3737 x2155
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