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English Department

English Department. Mary Ellen Phelan, Supervisor. A book is a gift you can open again and again. – Garrison Keillor. How to Read and Why.

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English Department

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  1. English Department Mary Ellen Phelan, Supervisor A book is a gift you can open again and again. – Garrison Keillor

  2. How to Read and Why Teaching students to examine texts deeply, evaluate the author’s craft and purpose, and develop an understanding of greater themes and ideas are important reading skills that students need in order to comprehend and appreciate texts. -- Christopher Lehman and Kate Roberts Falling in Love with Close Reading

  3. “The Red Wheelbarrow” so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens. -- William Carlos Williams, MD

  4. Focus on theSkills for the 21st Century • Career and College Readiness • Time Management • Research Writing • Critical Thinking • Effective Writing • Problem Solving • Analytical Skills • Media Fluency • Collaboration • Innovation • Creativity

  5. Focus on the Common Core Standards • Reading: Literature • For example: Demonstrate knowledge of 18th-, 19th-, and 20th-Century • texts and compare and contrast their themes and literary • approaches. • Reading: Informational Texts For example: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. Informational texts to be the source of 70% of academic information across the school curriculum. • Writing For example: Research projects to answer a question or synthesize multiple sources on a subject to demonstrate understanding of the subject under investigation. • Speaking & Listening For example: Use digital media strategically in classrooms to model the effective use of audio, visual, and interactive elements in presentations. • Language For example: Write and edit work so that it conforms to MLA style guidelines.

  6. Our Essential Question:How can data drive student achievement? • Reading -- How does literature connect to our everyday life? -- In a world of information overload, what are the essential questions? • Writing -- How can we help students connect their thinking to their writing? -- What tools and tactics will prepare our students to reach their academic potential? • Critical Thinking -- How can we help students recognize morality and aesthetics in their reading and writing? • Listening and Presentation Skills -- What communication and multi-media skills do students need in the 21st Century? • Time Management -- How can we help students focus on achievement given the temptations of technology and social media?

  7. Academic Placement and Criteria College Prep for students who have a passing average in English; to advance to an Accelerated class in 10th grade, students need a 95% average in their 9th-grade College Prep course. Accelerated for students who have at least an 80 average in English and a 7th-grade NJ ASK score of Proficient; to continue in an Accelerated class in 10th grade, students must maintain an 85% average in their 9th-grade Accelerated course; to advance to an Honors class, students need to achieve a 95% average in their Accelerated course. Honors for students who have at least a 90% average in 8th-grade English, a 7th-grade NJ ASK score of Advanced Proficient, and a teacher recommendation. To continue in an Honors class in 10th grade, students need a teacher recommendation and an average of at least 85%. Students who are dropped from Honors to Accelerated or from Accelerated to College Prep will need a teacher recommendation and an an average of 95% to move into the more rigorous class in the next school year.

  8. English Sequence All students take four years of English. Students are assessed annually for placement in the next appropriate level. All students are encouraged to enroll in electives. • 9th Grade: College Prep, Accelerated, Honors • 10th Grade: College Prep, Accelerated, Honors • 11th Grade: College Prep, Accelerated, AP Language and Composition • 12th Grade: College Prep, Accelerated, AP Literature and Composition

  9. ~~ Ninth-Grade Syllabus ~~Fiction, Nonfiction, Drama, Short Stories, and Poetry

  10. English Department Electives All students are encouraged to participate. Creative Writing I and Creative Writing II Women and Gender in Western Literature Shakespeare I and Shakespeare II Philosophy I and Philosophy II MultiCultural Literature Fantasy/Science Fiction American Humanities Graphic Novels Visual Image Journalism

  11. English Department Clubs Philosophy Club Diversity Club Anime Club School Newspaper: The Arrowhead Literary Magazine: Folio Fusion Club for the Arts

  12. Closing Thoughts“XCVII” by Emily Dickinson To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee, -- One clover, and a bee, And revery. The revery alone will do If bees are few.

  13. Questions / Comments My office is always open. Feel free to contact me. 908-647-4800, ext. 6849 or • mphelan@whrhs.org.

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