English 2, 4, 4 AP

About me

• Married 12 years in December
• 3 girls (ages 6-10) -different learning styles
• Spent the last 20 years in SoCal.
• 3rd year at CHS

Focus:

• Critical thinking skills
• Collaboration
• Creativity
• Communication

Currently working on:

• Close Reading
• Annotation
• Analyzing Author's Purpose
• English IV: Reading Beowulf
• Weekly Vocabulary

Essays

• 50% of their grade
• Includes some preparatory work
• Extra Credit sometimes offered for Multiple Full extensive Edits
• Cannot miss an essay and pass the class.
• The Senior essay grade will be counted in English as well

Essays

• Early Completion Appointments
• No Citations = automatic fail
• No Works Cited = automatic fail
• Looking at changing the editing process to give students more feedback

How, as a parent, can you help your student in my class:

• Ask them what we talked about in class
• School Loop
• Extra Credit offered for verification of submitted Scholarship applictions
• You can always email me about student's progress. 

The End

AP:

• Faster Pace: 8 books
• Greater Depth of Analysis
• Bi-weekly in-class essay
• Currently: discussing Invisible Man, and writing
• Utilizing google classroom for additional documents.

English II

• Currently working on writing.
• Focusing on developing better habits to improve skills.