| Language Arts Teachers: | |||
| Deborah Fragale, Chair fragaled@wilmoths.k12.wi.us |
Courses Taught: Drama, Acting, Media and Society, Shakespeare, American Literature, and Public Speaking. Mrs. Fragale has been working at Wilmot for 13 years. She received her Bachelor's Degree from Elmhurst College and her Master's Degree from Carthage College. Mrs. Fragale also advises the Drama Club and directs the Spring Musical. Her favorite sport is tennis, and for those who do not know, Mrs. Fragale was once a flight attendant. |
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| Mike Callen callenm@wilmoths.k12.wi.us |
Courses Taught: English I and English II. Mr. Callen has been working at Wilmot for 8 years.. He recieved his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees from UW-Whitewater. What Mr. Callen likes most about Wilmot is the supportive staff of fellow teachers. And his favorite part of his job is listening to students as they improve when reading Shakespeare. |
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| Tracy Carlisle brucet@wilmoths.k12.wi.us |
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| Debbie Chike chiked@wilmoths.k12.wi.us |
Courses Taught: English I, American Literature, Junior AP Language and Composition, and Senior AP Literature and Composition. Miss Chike has been teaching at Wilmot for 11 years. She received her Bachelor's Degree from UW-Parkside and her Master's Degree from National Louis University. She also is a mentors initial educators. What Miss Chike likes most about Wilmot is that she feels honored to work with such a great bunch of teachers and administrators. Her favorite part of her job is being surrounded by the energy of youth. |
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| Elle DeBow debowe@wilmoths.k12.wi.us |
Courses Taught: Reading, English Ms. DeBow has been working at Wilmot for 3 years. She received her Bachelor's Degree at Dartmouth College and her Master's Degrees at Beloit College and UW-Whitewater. She is also a Reading Specialist, Reading Teacher, and English Teacher. What Ms. DeBow likes most about teaching at Wilmot is the opportunity to work closely wither her students. Some of her hobbies outside of teaching are cooking, gardening, and listening and making music. |
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| Halene Olszewski olszewskih@wilmoths.k12.wi.us |
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| Amy Pavlovic pavlovica@wilmoths.k12.wi.us |
Courses Taught: English II, Honors English II, Senior Literature and Composition. Mrs. Pavlovic has worked at Wilmot for 2 years. She received her Bachelor's Degree from UW-Milwaukee, where she graduated with honors. She is also the advisor for the National Honor Society and the assistant coach for Track. Mrs. Pavlovic's favorite class to teach is Sophmore English because she loves the public speaking unit. Also, her favorite color is red. |
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| Tina Schutz-Gauss schutzt@wilmoths.k12.wi.us |
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| John Steffen steffenj@wilmoths.k12.wi.us |
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| Peter Wenglowsky wenglowskyp@wilmoths.k12.wi.us |
Courses Taught: American Literature, Senior Literature and Composition Mr. Wenglowsky has worked at Wilmot for 18 years. He received his Bachelor's Degree from Northeastern Illinois State University and his Master's Degree from UW-Milwaukee. Mr. Wenglowsky's favorite class to teach is Literature class because he gets to talk a lot. Also, his favorite sport is baseball. |
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| Course Descriptions: | |||
| Reading, (ENG100) Prerequisite: None Credits: 1.00 Grades: 9 |
This is a yearlong remedial reading course providing focused instruction designed to improve reading comprehension. Students are placed in this course based partly on the reading assessments. This course is taught in conjunction with English 101 (Foundations of English I). | Top | |
| Foundations of English I, (ENG101) Prerequisite: 8th grade teacher recommendation and the results of the Explore and WKCE Tests. Credits: 1.00 Grades: 9 |
This year long survey course covers communication skills including basic grammar, vocabulary, sentence writing, and composition skills. Literature, studied by genre, is linked to personal response and real-world connections. An introduction to our library with instruction in essential computer skills is also provided. | Top | |
| English I, (ENG102) Prerequisite: 8th grade teacher recommendation and the result of the Explore and WKCE Tests. Credits: 1.00 Grades: 9 |
This year long survey course reviews essential grammar skills, focuses on vocabulary, development, and addresses composition in several modes. Literature is studied by genre with emphasis placed on developing analysis. An introduction to our library with instruction in computer skills is also provided. This course is designed for the average to above average incoming freshman. | Top | |
| Honors English I, (ENG103) Prerequisite: 8th grade teacher recommendation and the results of the Explore and WKCE Tests. Credits: 1.00 Grades: 9 |
This year long course focuses on developing composition and critical thinking skills of students at a faster and more in-depth pace of study. Composition instruction includes all varieties, utilizing the five paragraph essay format. Effective communication strategies are practiced through both written and oral communication tasks. Challenging short stories and several novels will be read, discussed and analyzed, leading to independent and group work. | Top | |
| Developmental Reading, (ENG105) Prerequisite: None Credits: 1.00 Grades: 9-12 |
This year long course provides intensive instruction and practice in decoding and reading comprehension skills including phonological awareness, letter-sound relationships, vocabulary, fluency, and automaticity in reading. | Top | |
| Foundations of English II, (ENG201) Prerequisite: Teacher recommendation Credits: 1.00 Grades: 10 |
This yearlong course focuses on reading and understanding short stories and drama. Composition instruction and production focus on essay writing, with an introduction to research and research writing skills. Critical thinking, listening and effective speaking is emphasized as skills necessary for education and work beyond high school. | Top | |
| English II, (ENG202) Prerequisite: English I or Foundations of English I Credits: 1.00 Grades: 10 |
This yearlong course covers literature, thematic composition and research writing, and oral/listening communication skills. Composition instruction focuses on developing skills in sentence style/structure, thesis/paragraph development, transition use, coherence, unity, and vocabulary, skills necessary for post high school writing. | Top | |
| Honors English II, (ENG203) Prerequisite: Grade of "C" or better in Honors English or a grade of "A" in English I and the recommendation of the freshman English instructor. Credits: 1.00 Grades: 10 |
This year long course introduces the rhetorical strategies to the various modes of academic speaking, writing and research. Challenging literature from a variety of genres will be read, discussed and analyzed leading to independent and group work. Students deepen their study of literature by analyzing works in terms of specific literary elements and responding to works using literary analysis. The focus in composition is on sentence structure, style, thesis development, coherence, unity and vocabulary. Effective communication strategies will be practiced through both written and oral communication tasks. Instruction is directed specifically to the skills and habits required of future college students. | Top | |
| Reading II, (ENG204) Prerequisite: Reading or recommendation of Reading Specialist. Credits: 1.00 Grades: 10 |
This is a year long remedial reading course providing focused instruction designed to improve reading comprehension. Students who made significant progress in reading comprehension in Reading but who need continued improvement in this area, or those who are newly identified as needing remediation in reading comprehension, are placed in this course. This course is taught in conjunction with English 10. | Top | |
| Foundations of American Literature, (ENG301) Prerequisite: Teacher Recommendation Credits: 1.00 Grades: 11 |
This year long course presents a survey of multicultural American literature from the colonial period to the present. Emphasis is placed on vocabulary development, research skills, and reading comprehension. Composition uses the writing process to encourage a variety of responses to literature. | Top | |
| American Literature, (ENG302) Prerequisite: Teacher recommendation Credits: 1.00 Grades: 11 |
This year long course presents a survey of multicultural American literature from the colonial period to the present, focusing on vocabulary, grammar, close reading, and literary analysis skills. Several compositions, written for a variety of purposes are produced during the year, and direct students in the skills required for post-high school writing. | Top | |
| College Prep Writing, (ENG303) Prerequisite: None Credits: 0.50 Grades: 11-12 |
A semester course designed for post secondary and college bound students focusing on academic research writing. MLA and APA documentation styles are studied. | Top | |
| Shakespeare, (ENG304) Prerequisite: None Credits: 0.50 Grades: 9-12 |
This semester course explores the life of William Shakespeare, six of his plays, and selected sonnets. Through enjoyable classroom activities, students actively increase their understanding of Shakespeare’s language and the themes and will explore the world of the Elizabethan Theater. Students will be expected to read and perform a collection of scenes from the six plays and orally interpret the sonnets. | Top | |
| Creative Writing, (ENG305) Prerequisite: None Credits: 0.50 Grades: 11-12 |
A semester course of original writing or descriptive passages creating mood and sense impressions, poetry, short story, and short plays with emphasis on individual expression and style. | Top | |
| Journalism I, (ENG306) Prerequisite: None Credits: 0.50 Grades: 10-12 |
An entry-level course designed to give students interested in the newspaper an overview of the different types of journalistic writing and knowledge of publications production. An emphasis is placed on writing for an audience and the technical and mechanical aspects of writing for print media. | Top | |
| Journalism II, (ENG307) Prerequisite: Grade of "C" or above in Journalism I. Credits: 0.50 Grades: 11-12 |
An extension of Journalism I. Student taking Journalism II will be expected to play more of a role in the production of the school newspaper. Students in Journalism II will take on the role of editor-in-chief, advertising editor, etc. | Top | |
| Media and Society, (ENG308) Prerequisite: None Credits: 0.50 Grades: 10-12 |
This semester course gives students the opportunity to learn career options in media, history of media and how it communicates, and the critical judgments needed to evaluate media content. Students will be expected to participate in a variety of reading, speaking, writing and viewing activities. Students may be writing press releases, advertising, film reviews, radio, television and film scripts. | Top | |
| Drama, (ENG309) Prerequisite: None Credits: 0.50 Grades: 10-12 |
This class focuses on the fundamentals of stage presentation with an emphasis on acting and drama through performance. Students will learn basic voice and body techniques, participate in theater games, activities, improvisation and play analysis. The history of the theater will be studied covering the major periods and playwrights from early Greek drama through modern. Students in this class will attend and evaluate a live theater performance. | Top | |
| Literature for Life, (ENG310) Prerequisite: Grade of "C" or above in English I or English II or consent of the instructor. Credits: 0.50 Grades: 11-12 |
In this semester course students will be involved in choosing, reading, evaluating, responding to and discussing meaningful literature. Emphasis will be placed on exploring and evaluating fiction, non-fiction, and poetry that are thematically related to current issues both globally and in the students’ lives. Students will be expected to respond to the literature through group discussion, oral presentations (utilizing all available technology, i.e., Power Point, etc.) and written compositions. This class will increase students’ interest in discovering and sharing meaningful literature and will motivate students to become lifelong readers and learners. | Top | |
| Public Speaking, (ENG311) Prerequisite: None Credits: 0.50 Grades: 9-12 |
This course is designed to provide experience and training in public speaking so that students are equipped with the skills essential for success in the business and academic world of today and the future. Students learn to tailor a message to suit a particular audience, enhance the message through technology, understand logic and reasoning, develop listening skills, identify propaganda techniques, and understand the physical producers of voice to control and vary tone, volume, pitch and rate. Students present approximately one speech per week and are responsible for constructive feedback of their peers’ speeches. | Top | |
| Acting, (ENG312) Prerequisite: None Credits: 0.50 Grades: 9-12 |
This class will focus more intensely on drama as a performance art. Students will study well-known theories and techniques of acting, learn various applications for stage make-up, use of lighting, costume, sound, and techniques of set design and construction. Emphasis is on drama through performance. Solo and group scenes will be prepared and presented to the public. Students in this class will attend and evaluate a live theater performance. | Top | |
| Foundations of Senior Literature and Composition, (ENG401) Prerequisite: Teacher recommendation Credits: 1.00 Grades: 12 |
This year long course is designed to develop the skills necessary to read, interpret, analyze and evaluate world literature. The class emphasizes thoughtful oral and written reactions to works. Writing focuses on exploring reader responses/attitudes and making connections, producing products using skills important beyond high school. | Top | |
| Senior Literature and Composition, (ENG402) Prerequisite: Teacher Recommendation Credits: 1.00 Grades: 12 |
This class will cover literature from Great Britain and around the world. There will be a focus on how literature is used as a form of expression and what we can learn about society from the literature of the time. There will also be an emphasis on writing and several papers will be assigned throughout the year. These papers will be based on the current classroom readings or they may be research based papers. | Top | |
| Jr. AP Language and Composition, (ENG501) Prerequisite: Grade of "B" or above in English II or "C" or above in Honors English II. Credits: 1.00 Grades: 11 |
This year long course, approved by the College Board, is designed to expose high school juniors to college level reading, writing, thinking, and expectations while preparing them for the AP examination. Students primarily read American nonfiction, analyzing the rhetorical styles, narrative structures, language use, and tone. Additionally, students will write extensively. Producing narrative, descriptive, analytical, expository, research, and argumentative products necessary to read, interpret, analyze, and evaluate prose at the college level. Students are strongly encouraged to take the AP exam in May. | Top | |
| Sr. AP Literature and Composition, (ENG 502) Prerequisite: Grade "B" or above in American Literature with teacher recommendation or a grade of "C" or above in Junior AP Credits: 1.00 Grades: 12 |
The yearlong course, approved by the College Board, is designed to provide high school seniors with the opportunity to develop the skills necessary to read, interpret, analyze, and evaluate literature at the college level while preparing them for the AP examination. Students read and study a variety of British works. Focusing on how the formalistic elements communicate meaning. Writing will focus on the critical analysis of literature. Students are strongly encouraged to take the AP exam in May. | Top | |
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