About
The goal of the English Department program is to help students grow in their understanding and use of the human communicative process:
- as a means of affirming the worth of the individual.
- as a vehicle for learning to think independently and critically.
- as a means for contributing positively to democratic institutions.
- as a means for determining a system of personal and social values.
- as a means of developing interest in the various media, not merely as vehicles of expression, but as art forms which provide practical and aesthetic insight into human nature.
- as an avenue to the understanding of such abstract concepts as beauty, wisdom, and truth.
The English Department recognizes the communicative process as three-fold: receiving, thinking, and sending. This process incorporates listening as well as reading, speaking as well as writing, and assimilating as well as receiving and sending.
Courses offered
- College Prep Courses:
- English 9
- English 10
- English 11
- English 11S: American Film Literature
- English 11: Ethnic Literature
- English 12
- English 12S: World Film Literature
- Expository Writing (12)
- Humanities (12)
- Genres of Literature (12)
- Honors Courses:
- English 9X
- English 10X
- AP/IB Courses:
- AP/IB Literature and Composition (11)
- AP/IB Language and Composition (12)
- Dual Credit Courses:
- Advanced Composition ACP (W131) (12)
- Genres of Literature: Literary Interpretation ACP (L202) (12)
- Electives:
- Literacy Skills Support
- Creative Writing
- Critical Thinking [weighted credit]
- Etymology
- Speech
- Advanced Speech
- Beginning Journalism
- Print and Online Media
- Yearbook
Summer Reading Assignment
Faculty
- Mr. Greg Lineweaver (Department Chair) glineweaver@msdwt.k12.in.us
- Mr. Tony Armstrong tarmstrong@msdwt.k12.in.us
- Ms. Mary Beth Borkowski mborkowski@msdwt.k12.in.us
- Mr. Robert Brown rbrown@msdwt.k12.in.us
- Ms. Sylvia Burlock sburlock@msdwt.k12.in.us
- Ms. Kim Carlson kcarlson@msdwt.k12.in.us
- Ms. Suzette Friar sfriar@msdwt.k12.in.us
- Mr. Michael Gawdzik mgawdzik@msdwt.k12.in.us
- Mr. Tom Gayda tgayda@msdwt.k12.in.us
- Ms. Cecily Girton cgirton@msdwt.k12.in.us
- Ms. Christy Halterman chalterman@msdwt.k12.in.us
- Ms. Dani Hartnett dhartnett@msdwt.k12.in.us
- Ms. Alicia Johnson ajohnson@msdwt.k12.in.us
- Ms. Laura Mail lmail@msdwt.k12.in.us
- Ms. Melissa Martin mbmartin@msdwt.k12.in.us
- Ms. Allegra Mather amather@msdwt.k12.in.us
- Ms. Lynda McQuiston lmcquiston@msdwt.k12.in.us
- Mr. Brandon Mitchell brmitchell@msdwt.k12.in.us
- Ms. Larissa Morris lmorris@msdwt.k12.in.us
- Ms. Marjorie Murphy mmurphy@msdwt.k12.in.us
- Ms. Chelsea Peresie cmperesie@msdwt.k12.in.us
- Ms. Marcia Rosene-Rigdon mrigdon@msdwt.k12.in.us
- Mr. Angel Ruiz aruiz@msdwt.k12.in.us
- Mr. Andrew Ryfa aryfa@msdwt.k12.in.us
- Ms. Carla Sanford csanford@msdwt.k12.in.us
- Mr. Ryan Scanlan rscanlan@msdwt.k12.in.us
- Ms. Elizabeth Schroeder eschroeder@msdwt.k12.in.us
- Ms. Caroline Scott cscott@msdwt.k12.in.us
- Ms. Jocelyn Sisson jsisson@msdwt.k12.in.us
- Ms. Mackenzie Taylor mtaylor@msdwt.k12.in.us
- Mr. Kellard Townsend ktownsend@msdwt.k12.in.us
- Ms. Elaine Wiggins ewiggins@msdwt.k12.in.us
