MCPS English Content Standards:
Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8
Department Chair: Gayle Brooks
Teacher Names and Subjects taught: Gayle Brooks - English 6, English 8, Resource Teacher Georgia Zucker - English 8 Martha Sherman - English 8 Catherine Wright - English 7 Darshan Jain - English 7 Rebekah Olsen - English 7 Gloria Bryant - English 6 Marie Wilson - English 6 Sharon Wiegmann - English 8 Amber Layani - Bridge 6, 7, 8
Teacher Names and Subjects taught:
Gayle Brooks - English 6, English 8, Resource Teacher
Georgia Zucker - English 8
Martha Sherman - English 8
Catherine Wright - English 7
Darshan Jain - English 7
Rebekah Olsen - English 7
Gloria Bryant - English 6
Marie Wilson - English 6
Sharon Wiegmann - English 8
Amber Layani - Bridge 6, 7, 8
Goals:
The goal of the secondary English Language Arts program is to create literate and thoughtful communicators who use language effectively in our increasingly complex, information-rich world.
Hoover’s English Department is committed to providing language and literature instruction that expands and refines skills in reading comprehension, expository writing, critical thinking, oral communication, and visual literacy.
Summer Reading Information:
2011 Summer Reading Goal and Assessment 2011 Summer Reading Lists
English Links:
National Spelling Bee
Classic Archive
Grammar Links:
Grammar Help
Guide to Grammar and Style
Darling's Guide to Grammar
Comma Usage
Shakespeare Links:
The Complete Works
Folger Shakespeare Library
Shakespeare: Subject to Change
Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
Shakespeare Online