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Vol. 4 Issue 2

Oct. 26, 2016

They are "Loving," "Passionate," "Intellectual, and Amazing!" Stephanie Ramirez Alex Thompson Staff Writers

is also Harry Potter, but if I had to pick like a more literary book it would Macbeth. Mr. Davis: My favorite book would be, The Day The Recently we had the Cowboys Quit. opportunity to interview the Mrs. Howalt: My favorite book CHS English department, would be The Scarlet Letter. and we discovered that they Mrs. Ramagiri: I really were a great group of people like to read a lot of open to our questions. This ancient Indian Literature department has a strong books. cohesive team. We hope Mrs. Hudson (Chair): this interview will give you Angela’s Ashes, because the opportunity to hear their it has a historical content opinions on PARCC testing, because my husband is golden moments as teachers, Irish and I love reading and how they see themselves. about how the Irish came How do you feel about all of over to America. the new teachers? Do you guys have any Mrs. Howalt: In the English hidden talents? department I’m excited for Mrs. Hudson (Chair): all the new teachers. I really I actually love to be a enjoy working with them, I'm mechanic, I really love to glad that they are here and I'm get greasy. I also love to glad they decided to work here do wood work. at CHS. I hope they stay for a Tell us about a golden really long time. moment in teaching? Mrs. Kramer: I think that Mr. Poe: I have had they bring a lot of expertise twenty-five former and new personality to our students from a high department, and I think that it’s school that I taught interesting having new people. in Ohio that have law From Left to Right: (Bottom Row) Mrs. Lopez, Mrs. Clay, and Mr. Davis Mrs. Hudson (Chair): They (Middle Row) Mrs. Miribal, Mrs. Howalt, Mrs. Hudson, and Mrs. Landess degrees or that are are dedicated and they’re very doctors , or professors (Top Row) Mrs. Kramer, Mr. Poe, Mrs. Mead , Mrs. Ramagiri , great to work with. every time one of them and Ms. Gomez Why did you become an tells me that they moved English teacher? up, I always told them Mrs. Howalt: Apparently, I the way we ask questions. It the first time in the middle of the that I would call them sir or didn’t think it all the way through also definitely changes the year. ma'am if they got a better because of all of the grading way we look at dividing up a Mrs. Hudson (Chair): I’m an degree than I did. It thrills that I have to do.I love English year to the same unit to make outlier on this one because I me that they have succeed and always have, so it was sure we cover everything that have always dealt with PARCC. with a traditional Humanities an easy fit when I became a is going to be on that test. We Where I came from we always education. teacher. But had no idea how have always had a curriculum used some elements of it. It’s Ms. Gomez: Just a few months many essays I would have and standardized testing. We really the only thing that I have ago I got a letter from a student to grade and how hard it is have always had some sort of ever known used, so there is no that only knew Spanish, and to make people read a book, measurement as a teacher and difference for me. she translated it for me on but I do enjoy it and enjoy the one for students progress in Are you all dressing up for Google telling me how much content. my class. So the PARCC test Halloween as a group, or do she appreciated everything that Mrs. Kramer: I became an is really not that different. We you guys have anything special I did for her and it just made me English teacher because my have always had something, it planned for Halloween? feel so special. English teacher told me to;not just comes and goes in cycles. Mrs. Howalt: We are dressing Mr. Davis: I had a student that really but I do love literature and Mrs. Kramer: I really do agree up as literary characters. made it through nursing school. reading. I wanted to bring that with Mrs. Howalt I don’t think it What is your favorite book and She’s a critical care nurse and joy to other people, but that’s a really changed the way we do why? I got an email from her, “I want true story. My English teacher things very much. We just think Ms. Gomez: My favorite book is you to know how much of a really did tell me to become an about things differently then Harry Potter. difference you made at that English teacher just like her. we did before. We still read the Mrs. Landes: Gone With The time of my life when it was Mrs. Hudson (Chair): In High same novels, we still do the Wind, is one of my favorite really hard but you're one of the School I hated English and I same papers; we just change books. reasons that I made it to where always thought there was a them a little more towards those Mrs. Kramer: My favorite book I am right now.” better way and more interesting way to teach English. How has adopting PARCC as our exit test influenced your curriculum? Mrs. Howalt: It definitely changes the way we write lessons, and definitely changes

PARCC-like questions. Ms. Gomez: We definitely have started to align our quizzes and tests that we normally take in class with the PARCC, so the kids are getting used to taking those types of tests. So in reality they're not seeing it for


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