Welcome back, Wolfpack! I am super excited for this upcoming school year! I started my teaching career 17 years ago at Githens; spent 12 years at Carrington and returned back to the G last year! I was born and raised in the mountains of North Carolina; attended UNC-Chapel Hill where I received my degree in History and my Middle School teaching licensure as well as played for the UNC Women’s Rugby team. I am happily married to my wonderful wife, Ms. Nevola, who also teaches at Githens and we have two awesome sons; 8 yr old Wesley and 8 month old Crew! I am looking forward to an awesome year!! ​ And although we're the Wolfpack Team, I'm a Tar Heel born and Bred-GO HEELS!!! 

This year in ELA, we will be conquering a variety of standards, topics and texts from fiction, non-fiction, informational, argumentative and poetry; focusing on central idea, development of theme, characterization, and using textual evidence to evaluate and analyze and text!

Units of Study:

Unit 1: Fiction: Development of characters and theme over the course of a story.

Unit 2: Informational Text: Citing textual evidence to evaluate sources and information in a text.

Unit 3: Argumentative Writing: Analyzing and writing argumentative texts.

Unit 4: Poetry: Reading, writing and evaluating various types of poetic elements.

Grading Breakdown:

Homework: 10%

Classwork: 30%

Quizzes: 20%

Tests/Major Assessments (including writing projects): 40%

ELA Class Syllabus