Welcome to Ms. Harrison's English Pages! On these pages my students will find all of the information they need about the courses I am currently teaching. I have made every attempt to make this page as student friendly and as parent friendly as possible. This page has been created to help my students (that would be you) to navigate through my classroom a little easier.

Come here to:

  • Read the rules

  • Look at plans I have for the year

  • Look at the grading scale

  • Check assignments. Use the column on the right to find assignments for the appropriate week.

  • Find old assignments or journals in the Archives at the bottom of class assignments.

*NOTE* This web page is a work in progress. I will add additional materials as I feel they are needed to keep this website up to date. My goal in creating this website was to provide a valuable tool to facilitate student learning and to keep parents informed as to what we are currently covering in my English classroom. On these pages my students will find their class syllabus, the breakdown of work scheduled and the current class schedule. If you are absent from class for whatever reason - illness, vacation, extracurricular activity, family emergency - check this space to find the assignments and materials you will need to keep up to date with the required course work. Of course, as the teacher, I must reserve the right to modify and adjust lesson plans and materials as I feel justified. Please, feel free to e-mail me with any questions or concerns regarding classwork and assignments.

Ms Harrison's email harrisond@crook1.com

English 11: American Literature

English 11 students will continue to explore a variety of reading, writing, speaking, listening, and thinking skills. The class includes the study of a multitude of genres from various angles. The literature studied includes short stories, myths, poetry, plays, and novels from a variety of cultures and time periods. Literary terminology will be studied as a basis for discussing the texts. Students will learn to explain the significance of literature and to relate the text to their own lives. Students will also engage in a variety of class activities, including large and small group discussions, oral presentations, collaborative learning and a research process that culminates in a formal debate. Students will work on analytical essays. Students are required to write, conference, and revise compositions and to do independent reading projects. Students are expected to read at a mature level, simultaneously analyzing both context and form, and to write with clarity, precision, and sophistication about both literature and personal experiences.

English 12: British Literature

English 12 students will continue to explore a variety of reading, writing, speaking, listening, and thinking skills. The class includes the study of a multitude of genres from various angles. The literature studied includes short stories, myths, poetry, plays, and novels from a variety of cultures and time periods. Literary terminology will be studied as a basis for discussing the texts. Students will learn to explain the significance of literature and to relate the text to their own lives. Students will also engage in a variety of class activities, including large and small group discussions, oral presentations, and collaborative learning. Students will work on analytical essays. Students are required to write, conference, and revise compositions and to do independent reading projects. Students are expected to read at a mature level, simultaneously analyzing both context and form, and to write with clarity, precision, and sophistication about both literature and personal experiences. Students will also read and analyze two independent novels culminating a book talk at the end of each semester. An APA Style Research Paper is required in the first semester.

College Courses ENGL 1010, ENGL 2011, ENGL 2020 are designed to prepare students for college level reading, writing, and analysis. The courses are designed around the following units of studies: Poetry, Drama, Fiction (Novel and Short Story), and Expository Prose. Students will receive in-depth instruction in: literary analysis, literary terminology, and approaches to writing in various formats. Students will be required to read works of literary merit and to demonstrate an understanding of these works through class discussion, book notes, quizzes, and analytical essays. Students will also read and analyze two independent novels per semester culminating in one book report and one book talk. College students will also participate in online assignments and online discussion through the educational website, Google Classroom. These courses are designed to help students become skilled and inferential readers of poetry and prose written in a variety of periods, disciplines, and rhetorical contexts, and to become skilled writers who can compose for a variety of purposes. These courses parallel Composition 1, Composition 2, and an elective literature class. Registered students who pass this course with a C or higher will be granted three college credits in English per semester.