English

Mrs. Williams grew in Allentown attending Ritter Elementary, Harrison-Morton Middle School, and Dieruff High School. After graduating in 2001, she went to Kutztown University to pursue a career in journalism. Realizing that teaching would be a better fit, she switched majors and eventually graduated with a degree in English Education with a minor in professional writing. She is currently working on her masters in Reading from East Stroudsburg University. This is her 3rd year as a ninth grade English teacher at Allen High School. In her free time, Mrs. Williams enjoys cooking, playing softball, watching movies, and listening to most genres of music.

Miss Jackson grew up in West Chester, PA. She graduated from Penn State University in 2006 with a degree in Special Education and Spanish. Miss Jackson teaches English, Science, and Math. She enjoys canoeing, hiking, yoga, going to the gym, and hanging out with her rabbits. Miss Jackson h as been teaching for 3 years and this is her second year at Allen.

In English I students will read a wide variety of texts in several genres: short story, poetry, fictional novels, nonfiction pieces, drama, etc. Students will have the opportunity to read and write about 4 major themes throughout the year - Teen Choices, Human Rights, Life Lessons, and Overcoming Obstacles. As a class, we will focus not only on the content of each text, but also how that information relates/related to the past, present, and future.

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Assignments:

]]Week of 9/14 - 9/18:

-Vocabulary: 5 sentences using vocabulary words per night