Welcome to my website! This home page contains my contact information and the descriptions of the three classes I teach. *All of my classes will use google classroom for calendars and assignments. Please use the codes on the bottom of this page in order to log in.*
Contact Information
The best way to reach me is by email: ebuettner@summit.k12.nj.us
My office hours are held in room 237. I am available most lunch periods during second lunch.
I also run Open Mic, so there will not be any office hours held on the first Friday of every month.
Please make an appointment to see me whenever possible so that I can ensure you have my full attention.
READING & WRITING STRATEGIES Grade 9
Based on teacher evaluations and district assessments, students identified as demonstrating minimum proficiency in their language arts skills will be assigned to this course. This program uses individualized and small-group instruction to help students develop mastery of the basic skills. Reading comprehension will be strengthened through a variety of materials including the daily newspaper, magazines, plays, short stories, and fiction, as well as skills-based exercises. Special attention will also be directed to vocabulary-building activities including such skills as the use of the dictionary, use of context clues, and recognition of prefixes, roots, synonyms and antonyms. A writing component will reinforce the mastery of basic skills.
AP ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION Grade 12
The Advanced Placement course in English Literature and Composition involves students in the careful reading and critical analysis of literature. Through the close reading of selected texts, students deepen their understanding of the ways writers use language to provide both meaning and pleasure. Students consider a work’s structure, style, and themes as well as such smaller scale elements as the use of figurative language, imagery, symbolism, and tone. The course includes intensive study of representative works from various genres and periods, concentrating on works of recognized literary merit from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century. Students are expected to read meticulously, taking time to understand a work’s complexity, to absorb its richness of meaning, and to analyze how that meaning is embodied in literary form. Regular writing assignments will focus on critical and historical context of literature and will include analytical, argumentative, as well as imaginative pieces. In addition, a significant summer assignment will precede the start of the course. A research project is required. All students enrolled in an AP class are required to prepare for and take the AP exam in May.
ENGLISH 3 Grade 11
English 3 provides students with the opportunity to acquire a deeper understanding of literary analysis, a stronger familiarity with the research process, and a heightened sophistication in written work. Students will be guided in the writing process with an emphasis on oral and written argument, as well as analysis of images and language. A research project, as well as various types of persuasive and analytical essays, will be expected. In addition, a significant summer reading assignment will precede the start of the course.
Google classroom codes:
Reading & Writing Strategies:
English 3:
AP Literature: