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George Stevens Academy
English Department
Teachers {books}
Note:
To contact a teacher or administrator by e-mail, use this address formula: firstinitial.lastname@georgestevens.org
Mark Messer's wikispace is messergsa.wikispaces.com
Erin McCormick's Wikispace is http://mccormickenglishclasses.wikispaces.com/
Read Michael Kazmierczak's essay, "Maine Doesn't Love Me Anymore," published as a guest column in the Weekly Packet.
Our Curriculum
The English Department embraces the following objectives:
- to enable students to use language effectively, whether for a career, the job market, higher education, or lifelong learning;
- to develop in students an appreciation for literature, both prose and poetry, and for the variety of literary genres;
- to develop students' skill in rhetoric and debate, and an appreciation of its importance in a democratic society;
- to foster collaboration and shared inquiry among peers;
- to improve writing skills, including grammar, vocabulary, and style;
- to provide opportunities for students to express their passions and interests in writing and orally.
Along with our broad array of
classroom offerings, we offer students numerous extracurricular
opportunities, including writing for the literary magazine, performing
in drama productions, participation in the Young Writer's Symposium,
the New England Young Writers' conference at Bread Loaf, local writing
workshops, and Arts Fest mini-classes.
Beginning in 2006 with the inception of GSA's International program, we also offer ESL courses I through III.
The following classes will be offered in 2008-09. For details about any course, please refer to the Program of Studies 2009-2010.
- Introduction to Literature
- English Foundations
- Introduction to Literature Honors
- British Literature
- English Foundations
- British Literature Honors
- American Literature
- Junior English Support
- Senior English Support
- Advanced Placement (AP) English Literature
- World Literature/Rhetoric
- World Literature/Rhetoric Honors
- Maine Writers
- Journalism
- Writing for TV and Film
- Breaking the Code: Reading Across the Curriculum
- ESL I (placement by SLEP score)
- ESL II (placement by SLEP score)
- ESL III (placement by SLEP score)
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