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English is the best subject ever.

The best theater in town... Shakespeare's Globe Theater

English Department Staff

Catherine Morrin Division Chairperson 5652 View Webpage(s) Contact
Brian Clifton Teacher 5673 View Webpage(s) Contact
William Denton Teacher 5732 View Webpage(s) Contact
Daniel Doyle Teacher 5776 View Webpage(s) Contact
Brian Frangella Teacher 5745 View Webpage(s) Contact
William Gerny Teacher 5726 View Webpage(s) Contact
Nicholas Grijalva Teacher 5982 View Webpage(s) Contact
Tracy Hochstadt Teacher 5689 View Webpage(s) Contact
Jennifer Jepsen Teacher 5971 View Webpage(s) Contact
Erika Johnson Teacher 5669 View Webpage(s) Contact
Mark Kleemann Teacher 5960 View Webpage(s) Contact
Jessica Nickless Teacher 5969   Contact
Shatha Odeh Teacher 5741 View Webpage(s) Contact
Amy Perras Teacher 5721 View Webpage(s) Contact
Megan Schillo Teacher 5952 View Webpage(s) Contact
Timothy Sidlow Teacher 5734 View Webpage(s) Contact

 

Honors Program Summer Information 

 

English IH Summer Letter

English IH Summer Reading Assignment

English IH Honors Criteria

English IIH Summer Letter

English IIIH Summer Letter

English IVH Summer Letter

 AP English Summer Reading

 

PSAE Writing Update

Our Meets and Exceeds percentage went up 3.7% to 79.8%! 
That's even better than last year's 74.1%, which was great. 
 
Last year, we were 17.2% above the state average of 56.9% in Meets/Exceeds.
This year, we're 23.8% above the state's average of 56%!
 
Want More Help on the PSAE Writing?  Look at these sample essays:
 
 
 
 

Student of the Quarter:

 
Important English Links

 

General Links

OLCHS English Department Planning Guide

Marzano English Concepts List

Word Visualizer

Graphic Organizers

Word Attack Skills

MLA Formatting for Research Papers

 DGP Links

Diagramming Sentence Packet

 English I Links

Expository Essay Rubric

Persuasive Essay Rubric

Book Fair Introduction Sheet

Book Fair Contract

Book Fair Planning Notebook

English I Roots-Prefixes and Suffixes

English II Links

Argumentative Essay Rubric

English II Terms

Drama Terms

Poetry Terms

English II Roots-Prefixes and Suffixes

English III Links

English III Period Values

Research Paper Packet/Guidelines

Works Cited Model

Argumentative Essay Rubric

English III Roots-Prefixes and Suffixes

Elective Links 

Looking for English electives to take?  Check out what we offer:

Speech Class Flyer

Dramatic Arts Flyer

Mass Media Flyer

American Studies Flyer

British Literature Flyer

College Prep Writing Flyer

Creative Writing Flyer

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