I currently teach English 9, 11, 12 and two college level courses through North Country Community College.  In the past, I have also taught 7th grade as well as Advanced Placement English Literature.

In my household there is my wonderful husband, Tom, two lovely daughters, Anna-13 and Lizzie-9, and three dogs, Abby, Maddie and Lucy.  In my spare time I like to spend time with my family and friends, read, swim, and go to concerts.

Feel free to contact me at sdaly@willsborocsd.org, 
or 963-4456 ext. 393.

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English and Western Literature

NOVELS/PLAYS
Macbeth
Pygmalion
Canterbury Tales
Chinese Handcuffs
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Eyre
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Song of Solomon

Overview - This class will incorporate the Four New York State Academic Standards for English Language Arts through a wide variety of readings as well as various types of writing.  Writing and reading are two very important aspects of English.  We will be reading, writing, listening and speaking every day in an attempt to meet these standards set by the State of New York.  There will be homework on a daily basis as it is a major component of the classroom experience and will help to develop better readers, writers, speakers and listeners.

Activities, Projects, Papers:

	Debates over controversial societal issues
	Movie reviews
	Quotation analysis critical essays
	Poetry interpretation and writing
	Christmas Book
	Methods of Persuasion / Propaganda
	Reports
	Peer editing - writing process
	Research paper / presentation on important societal issue as it relates to the novel Chinese Handcuffs

ENGLISH 11

TEXT
  American Literature
      Our Town
      New England Renaissance Unit
      Regionalism and Realism Unit

NOVELS, PLAYS, NON-FICTION, MOVIES
  Death of a Salesman
  Cat On a Hot Tin Roof
  Streetcar Named Desire
  Ethan Frome
  The Jungle
  Fast Food Nation
  Super Size Me
  Grapes of Wrath
  Rule of the Bone
  The Lovely Bones
  My Sister's Keeper

Overview - This class will incorporate the Four New York State Academic Standards for English Language Arts through a wide variety of readings as well as various types of writing.  In January students will prepare, take and pass the ELA Regents Exam.  Writing and reading are two very important aspects of English.  We will be reading, writing, listening and speaking every day in an attempt to meet these standards set by the State of New York.  There will be homework on a daily basis as it is a major component of the classroom experience and will help to develop better readers, writers, speakers and listeners.

Activities, Projects, Papers to be completed in English 11:

	Debates
	Reviews
	Quotation analysis critical essays
	Poetry interpretation and writing
	Oral presentations
	Memorization and presentation of monologue from Death of a Salesman
	Methods of Persuasion
	Reports
	Writing process
	Research paper / presentation on Jungle, Fast Food Nation and Super Size Me

ENGLISH 9

TEXT
  Understanding Literature
      Short Story Unit
      Poetry Unit
      The Odyssey
      Great Expectations
      Romeo and Juliet

NOVELS
  Of Mice and Men
  Catcher in the Rye
  Speak
  To Kill a Mockingbird
  Lord of the Flies

Overview - This class will incorporate the four New York State Academic Standards for English Language Arts through a wide variety of readings, as well as various ways of writing.  Writing and reading are two very important aspects of English.  We will be reading, writing, listening and speaking every day in an attempt to meet these standards set by the State of New York.  There will be homework on a daily basis as it is a major component of the classroom experience and will help to develop better readers, writers, speakers and listeners.

Activities, Projects, Papers to be completed in English 9:

	Debates
	Movie reviews
	Quotation Analysis Critical Essays
	Poetry interpretation and writing
	Oral reports
	Translation of Romeo and Juliet into modern day English - present to class
	Persuasion
	Reports
	Peer editing - Writing Process
	Research Project / Presentation