Teacher:

Room 11: Mrs. Iannone Bio

Loft Room 1: Mrs. Borkoski Etter

"My words fly up, my thoughts remain below; words without thoughts never to heaven go." WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

“Grammar is the greatest joy in life, don't you find?”
― Lemony Snicket, The Wide Window

“I really do not know that anything has ever been more exciting than diagramming sentences.”

― Gertrude Stein, Lectures in America

“If Language is a Flower then without Grammar it will not smell.”
― Purushottam Muley

“Diagramming made language seem friendly, like a dog who doesn't bark, but, instead, trots over to greet you, wagging its tail.”
― Kitty Burns Florey, Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog: The Quirky History and Lost Art of Diagramming Sentences

“Grammar is to a writer what anatomy is to a sculptor or the scales to a musician. You may loathe it, it may bore you, but nothing will replace it, and once mastered it will support you like a rock.”
― B.J. Chute

Classroom News:

The goals of studying English are:

• Acquire writing skills and techniques that present clear arguments supported by appropriate evidence
• Study and apply standard English grammar in speaking and writing
• Develop a strong and varied vocabulary through spelling
• Foster oral communication skills
• Use a variety of technology applications for research and writing