English Department
Summer Reading
Department Information:
All courses in the English Department include an integrated approach to the study of literature, composition, and language skills to ensure that each student attains both an understanding and an appreciation of the English Language.
English Courses will give students intensive instruction in the skills of listening, reading, literature study, writing, speaking, and appropriate and effective use of language. Students in grades 9, 10, and 11 will study one Shakespeare play as part of the literature component of each grade's curriculum. Starting with grade nine, students will study research and writing culminating in the completion of a senior research paper in grade 12.
Department Phone Number: 516.441.4844
Teacher E-mail Directory
Extra Help Day - Tuesday
Testing Day - Wednesday
Teachers
- David Manuel - Department Head
- Vincent Amelio
- Lori Cresci
- James Daszenski
- Margaret Dunne
- Richard Ehrlich
- Brian Fadde
- Rita Flaherty
- Patrick Graham
- Jennifer Hastings
- Michael Moran
- Sally Passarella
- June Shaw
- Dan Weinstein
Link to Course Descriptions
Course Expectation Sheets:
English 9H CC | English 9R CC | English 10H CC | English 10R CC | English 11R CC | English 11AP CC | English 12AP | Rhetoric of the Moving Image | Creative Writing | English 9-10 | English Regents | Journalism | Reading & Research | Shakespeare | Themes in Literature | Modern Drama |
Co-curricular Activities
- The Southerner
- Exit 33
Links
- College Board - AP Central - Information about the AP Exam
- Dickens - charlesdickenspage.com
- Shakespere - shakespeare.mit.edu
- MLA Documentation - owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/
- TESL at Great Neck South
- Bartleby (online texts) - bartleby.com
- Information on the English Regents Exam
- Great Neck South High School Library