English 3

Ms. Iacullo & Ms. Storti

Students will read a variety of literature

Students will develop their writing skills

Students will develop their speaking and listening skills

Students will develop vocabulary

Silent Sustained Reading (SSR)

SSR is an English Dept. initiative to encourage students to experience the love of literature by enjoying a book for leisure purposes.

Each class begins with SSR

We are encouraging students to bring in books they want to read.

Benefits of Co-teaching for Students

Instructional time is sustained because students are not

leaving the classroom for “special help”

Students benefit from the teaching style of two teachers

Co-teachers serve as role models to students by

demonstrating healthy adult interaction

More instructional time on learning because teachers can

divide whole class into smaller parts

Lessons are delivered using multiple strategies (i.e.

Socratic Seminars, parallel teaching, station teaching, etc.)

“Young Goodman Brown”-Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Battle Royal”- Ralph Ellison “Winter Dreams”-F. Scott

Fitzgerald “Grandpa and the Statue”-

Arthur Miller

What we will be focusing on:-text analysis -source analysis -vocabulary (Word Webs)

How do our time and place influence our thinking?

Are liberty and justice attainable for all? How can we balance everyone’s rights?

What makes a good citizen? What makes something beautiful? What is

beauty?

Students are expected: to put forth their best effort in this class to read the texts and complete all work on time to participate in class discussions and presentations

Homework significantly impacts students’ grades.

Livingston School District Policy:

15 percent of each marking period’s grades

Homework and Classwork Tests and Quizzes Writing Presentations and Projects

When: During lunch

Where: Media Center

You are cordially invited to join us for a Personalized One-on-One

Consultation with any of our expert English teachers!

Ways to communicate with us: Co-teaching Web page (posted

assignments and notes) Storti/Iacullo

E-mail addresses : diacullo@livingston.orgjstorti@livingston.org