Welcome Back to Sayreville War Memorial High School!
Contact information:
Ms. Terri White
Rooms: A229 & B207
Email: [email protected]
School Phone: 732-525-5252 Ext: 8259
Schedule:
Period 1: English 10 w/Pagano
Period 2: English 12 CP w/Zank
Period 3: Duty
Period 4: English 12 CP w/Zank
Period 5: English 12 CP w/Zank
Period 6: Lunch
Period 7: English 12
Period 8: Prep
I am always available for extra help after school, Monday - Thursday! Feel free to reach out - or help your student in reaching out - to set up a time to meet.
What is POR English? - Grade 12 POR English starts with a focus on reviewing basic literacy skills, including literary elements, literary devices, and how to respond to three types of comprehension questions. This review of practical literacy skills serves as the basis for the units that follow.
The second unit of the curriculum will help students distinguish between the fictional selections of Unit 1 and the nonfiction selections of Unit 2, as well as build students’ background knowledge to aid in reading comprehension of future texts. This unit will emphasize developing claims about the text, and supporting the claims with evidence from the text.
Unit 3 will focus on narrative writing, such as the personal narrative, which students can use as their college essay if needed. This narrative will also be the summative assessment of the unit. Through this unit, students will realize literary devices can make nonfiction text read like fiction text.
Students will read two inspiring books, a memoir and a novel, for unit 4. Both texts will serve as inspiration for conducting research regarding their own personal destiny, as the basis for the aforementioned texts address individual destinies.
Finally, the substance of Unit 5 will be based on the universality and timeliness of themes in Shakespeare's plays. Students will have the opportunity to explore how these messages impact their own lives as well as recognize them in past reading selections.