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English Placement Resources:
9th Grade Registration Information Packet--January 2011
HCPSS Catalog of Approved High School Courses
English 9 Curriculum Units
Language Arts Curriculum
HCPSS Course Levels
Selecting an English Level
Expectations and Guidelines
Factors to Consider
Humanities Overview
9th Grade Curriculum Writing Requirements
How to Help Your Child Become a Better Writer
CoursePlacementReviewGuide
English ITL Schedule/Phone Contact
Online English HSA Resources:
Past HSA Tests--ALL Subject Areas
HSA Public Release Documents--English
What Your Child Will Learn in English (HCPSS)
CHS Testing Tips for Parents & Students (5.21.09)
HSAonline practice
HSA:highschoolassessmentprogram (2008-Present)
testingdates
marylandpublicschools.org/msde/testing/hsa (2003-Present)
MSDEhome (2003-Present)
English Common Core Standards:
School Improvement in Maryland
The Standards
Transition to Common Core (HCPSS Wiki)
Academic Links:
"The Value of Direct and Systematic Vocabulary Instruction" by Jerome Shostak
centennialeagles.org
collegeboard.com
http://www.hcpss.org
hocopolitso.org
How and Why to Annotate a Book
infotrac.galenet.com
Instructional Strategies Database
marylandpublicschools.org/msde/hsa
National Poetry Month
NCTE Writing Beliefs
ncte.org
nwrel.org/6+1traitwriting
poetry.org
poetry/libraryofcongress
poetry180
poets.org
purdueonlinewritinglab(OWL)
towsononlinewriting
turnitin.com
usgov/currentpoetlaureate
vocabularyworkshoponline
wested.org/readingapprenticeshipframework
A Stream of Eagles:
(Click on each name below to open an individual teacher's webpage.)
Mag Polek, ITL
Shanea Bradley
Doc Costantini
Jill Eisner
Kelli McDonough
Kristen McManus
Corey O'Brien
Holly Pasciullo
Kristin Shipp
Rus VanWestervelt
Val Watson
Bob Wilfinger
Tres Wright
Catherine Lee, Paraeducato
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Contact Info:
CHS English Department
Centennial High School
4300 Centennial Lane
Ellicott City, MD 21042
410.313.2856
410.313.2861 (Fax)
Mag Polek
Instructional Team Leader
Teacher/ITL Schedule 2011-2012
Email:
mpolek@hcpss.org
Web Page Links:
The English Roost
(Blog 2007-2011)
Eagle Rounding
(English SIP)
CHS English Documents:
CHS Summer Reading 2011
English AP Titles 1981-2011
AP Open Essay Questions 1971-2011
CHS English Department Features
HCPSS Language Arts Expectations
NCTE Writing Guidelines: Class Size/Teacher Workload
Department Meeting Schedule
Plagiarism Policy
Plagiarism Policy--Student Copy
HCPSS Secondary Language Arts:
hcpss.org/secondarylanguagearts
HCPSS High School Writing and Style Guide
HCPSS Senior Writing Project Packet
Approved High School Courses
Approved SLA Textbooks
HCPSS Curriculum Publications
