Meryl Testut, Director K-8
Patricia Keneally, Director 9-12 |
516-752-2255
516-752-2255 |
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In order to succeed in college or the work world, students must be provided with a challenging and meaningful educational experience at school. Students need to learn long, complex, and difficult things in school. They need to be able to learn in deep ways: to improvise, innovate, and challenge themselves; to develop concepts, skills, and relationships that will allow them to explore new worlds; to experience learning as a source of enjoyment and as a way to explore and discover who they are. The principles on which Farmingdale's English Language Arts curriculum is based are foundational to the kind of learning that enables students to become innovators and lifelong learners.
The English Department's and Reading Department's philosophy embraces the concepts of teaming, interdisciplinary studies, multiculturalism, and technology and believes academic and social success depend on the incorporation of these concepts into its curriculum. New York State Education Department's new learning standards (2005) provides a framework for creating and developing a comprehensive curriculum which enables students to become more capable readers, writers, listeners and thinkers. We believe the incorporation of these concepts into Farmingdale's English/Reading curriculum can only raise the academic and social level of education for all students.
To this end students will be exposed to quality literature and media of various genres, novels, short stories, plays, poems, and informational texts to improve students' skills in reading, writing, listening, speaking, and critical thinking for (Standard 1) information and understanding, for (Standard 2) literary response and expression, for (Standard 3) critical analysis and evaluation and for (Standard 4) social interaction. These five strands will be developed through multiple authentic assessments including, but not limited to, the following: cooperative group work, creative and expository writing, library research, computer processed assignments, oral presentations, and portfolio assessment.
Students are held accountable for their own success and are given opportunities to succeed. Our ultimate goal is to enhance their ability to function as literate, well educated citizens.
English Resources
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Blumm, Celia
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Brannelly, Helen
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Cornell, Jennifer
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Curtis, Elizabeth
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Fritzen, Lori
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Grant, Megan
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Karp, Scott
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Kelly, Nilufer
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Londino, Jennifer
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Londino, Thomas
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Mazza, Melissa
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Monitto, Mary Ann
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Morris, Barbara
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Oldham, Lori
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Osborn, Brian
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Paladino, Virginia
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Preston, Diane
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Raimo, Samantha
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Rossi, Diana
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Siena, Jolene
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