"Be the change you wish to see in the world"
- Gandhi
Courses
History
English
ELL support
Ms. Kay teaches different History classes depending on the semester or year. They include: Contemporary International Studies, World Religions, and Modern U.S. History. Ms. Kay will soon be teaching an elective History class called Modern Middle East. Please let your counselor know if you are interested in enrolling.
Ms. Kay teaches diffent English classes depending on the semester or year. They include: English 12, English 9, and Creative Writing.
Class Schedule
For the 2016-2017 school year, Ms. Kay is teaching:
1st: Contemporary International Studies (1)/World Relgion (2)
2nd: Modern American History
3rd: Modern American History
4th: Contemporary International Studies (1)/World Relgion (2)
5th: English 12 (World Literature)
6th: seminar (1)/ seminar (2)
7th: English 12
During seminar, Ms. Kay helps ELL students. Many of her classes have a large number of ELL students in them.
Helpful Links for the Prepper Student:
Documents Ms. Kay Made to Help You
*Summer ELL Suggestions: suggestions to improve your reading, writing, speaking, listening, and pronunciation as well as build your vocabulary.
ELL Links
History Links
English Links
*Ms. Kay's Favorite Books and other Suggested Reading: a list of Ms. Kay's favorite books, with short desciptions, and ratings.
*Paper-Writing Check List: Written by Ms. Kay for you to use to help you edit your papers.
*How to Write a Paper, Step-by-Step: Written by Ms. Kay for you to use to help you write a standard 5-paragraph essay with intro, bodies, and conclusion.
*Paragraph Breakdown, Sentence-by-Sentece: Written by Ms. Kay, this will help you write a short paragraph essay.
*American Literature help: Summaries and explainations of short stories, essays, and poetry for American Literature stories written by Ms. Kay.
* Go to Sparknotes for character sheets, plot summaries, and chapter break downs. You can read them before reading the book chapter, but you still have to read the chapter!
* Greek Gods information
* An Ordinary Man summaries written by Teresa Forton, PPS ELL district coordinator
* Of Mice and Men slang terms
“We were the people who were not in the papers. We lived in the blank white spaces at the edges of print. It gave us more freedom.
We lived in the gaps between the stories.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale
“Do not despair, my friend. Today is theirs, but the future is ours”
― Rodman Philbrick, The Last Book in the Universe
