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 Language Arts Teachers
Ms. Stefl - Department Chair
---- World Literature
Education
---- Governor's State University, Master's Degree: ---- Education
Ms. Baader
---- English Literature I ---- English Literature II
Education
---- City University of New York, Master's Degree: ---- English Education
Ms. Cooper
----College Writing
----Journalism
Education
----Walden University, PhD Candidate: --------------------Higher Education
----National-Louis University, Master's Degree: ----------Education
----Eastern Illinois University, Bachelor's Degree: -------Journalism
Education
----Miami University, Bachelor's Degree: -------------------English & Political Science
----National-Louis University, Master's Degree: --------- Teaching
Ms. Lauro-Geruso
---- American Literature
Education
----Northeastern University , Bachelor's Degree: -------English Education
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 Language Arts Courses
English I Writing - 9th Grade
English Writing will help students learn how to persuade and inform others through writing and speaking. The 1st marking period will tackle etymology, grammar, Letter Writing, and the ACE Persuasive Writing model. The 2nd marking period will deal with Business Writing with students working in groups to create a business, develop a business portfolio, and host a Mock Career Fair. The 3rd marking period will explore Research Writing by having students research an author and complete an Author Biography, Book Talk, and write a Letter to the Author. They will also participate in a Group Read Project where they will take character and chapter notes, create vocabulary and study questions guides, and give a presentation to the class. The 4th marking period will explore Creative Writing in the areas of poetry, short stories, memoirs, and speeches. Students will first analyze the work of others and then complete their own Creative Writing Portfolio.
English Literature I - 9th Grade
Through the exploration of genres, Literature I develops the skills of reading, composition, literary analysis, and oral communication. Students explore literature across genres by studying representative short stories, documentaries, essays, novels, poetry, drama, and film. Each student maintains a graduation portfolio containing their best work in order to track their progress in composition skills.
English II - 10th Grade
Through the exploration of world literature, English II further develops the skills introduced in English I: reading, composition, literary analysis, and oral communication. The student explores the cultural diversity of the world by studying representative historical documents, short stories, documentaries, essays, novels, poetry, drama, and film. The student maintains a portfolio of their best work in order to track their progress in composition skills. English II and World History complement one another as the student explores and interprets literature as historical artifact.
This class is a study on American Literature and the American Dream. To simplify this year, I have chosen 3 areas of focus and essential questions for each area. Through presentations, group and individual work, tests, and papers, you will be able to answer each question and relate it to the novels we will be reading.
American Literature Honors - 11th Grade
American Literature will take a decidedly multicultural look at the creation and development of the “American” as portrayed through a variety of sources. We will specifically examine historical documents, short stories, essays, memoirs, novels, plays, music, and film to provide evidence of the American evolution. The skills that will be required to excel in this class are reading, literary analysis, verbal communication and debate, multiple forms of composition, and finally and most importantly an OPEN MIND! The students will also be required to develop and maintain a portfolio that will track and show progression through the class.
Capstone for Language arts focusing on the writing aspects of the college application process, teaching students to think critically, articulate viewpoints, and provide an effective analysis through writing. All students will develop college and career portfolios that include formal research papers and career related writings.
Spanish I - 10th & 11th Grades
This introductory course has three main goals: for students to communicate in Spanish, gain an appreciation of Spanish and Latin American cultures, and to make connections to other disciplines.
Spanish II - 11th & 12th Grades
This course focuses in the instruction of basics skills in the Spanish language. Students will be taught important elements of language learning, which they will apply in this class. Upon completion of this course, students will have a well rounded introduction to the world of Spanish.
Advanced Spanish II - 11th & 12th Grades
This course is designed to explore beyond the basic knowledge of Spanish. Students will be expected to complete more rigorous tasks in the areas of: grammar, literature, composition and verbal skills. In order to accomplish this we will use higher levels of learning such as: analysis and synthesis. Upon completion of this course, students will have a higher knowledge and awareness of the target language by improving their reading, writing and verbal skills.
Journalism
This course is an introduction to newspaper writing and editing resulting in the production of a school newspaper and yearbook.
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