A Hello From Mr. Freeman to His Students
Greetings and salutations, students of Mr. Freeman! If this is our first contact together, then allow me to express my excitement and honor with working with you. This page will be a resource for you and your enrichment, where you can find a recommended reading list for your grade level of some of my favorite books from back when I was in high school, along with some more modern additions. Additionally, there are online resources posted here where you can conduct research, get help building a stronger paper, and more.
Should you wish to learn more about me and get to the nitty-gritty of the man at the whiteboard, please feel free to check out the About Me page on this site. Additionally, please feel free to contact me with whatever questions you have, whether it be in school or through my e-mail address, which I have posted below.
A little heads-up of what to expect in our 9th grade class: we will be reading Othello (one of William Shakespeare's most well known plays); a smattering of short stories from around the globe; and we will have plenty of dedicated class time to do some creative writing.
Whether you are a student who feels at home in an English classroom or a student who might not consider English "their thing," I encourage you all to strive to get the absolute most out of the next few years of high school English courses. These courses are designed to bring out the most effective communicator in all of you, and proficiency in the skills of persuasive arguing and creative expression are fundamental tools of success for life now and beyond the K-12 school system. We will go over what constitutes an effective communicator more in class, but I wanted to stress the applicability, usefulness, and even joy that can come with masterfully using language, and although I am sure many of you are adept at communicating and/or expressing and/or arguing, that mastery begins to mature right here. I can't wait to work with all of you.
Let's language it up!
Should you wish to learn more about me and get to the nitty-gritty of the man at the whiteboard, please feel free to check out the About Me page on this site. Additionally, please feel free to contact me with whatever questions you have, whether it be in school or through my e-mail address, which I have posted below.
A little heads-up of what to expect in our 9th grade class: we will be reading Othello (one of William Shakespeare's most well known plays); a smattering of short stories from around the globe; and we will have plenty of dedicated class time to do some creative writing.
Whether you are a student who feels at home in an English classroom or a student who might not consider English "their thing," I encourage you all to strive to get the absolute most out of the next few years of high school English courses. These courses are designed to bring out the most effective communicator in all of you, and proficiency in the skills of persuasive arguing and creative expression are fundamental tools of success for life now and beyond the K-12 school system. We will go over what constitutes an effective communicator more in class, but I wanted to stress the applicability, usefulness, and even joy that can come with masterfully using language, and although I am sure many of you are adept at communicating and/or expressing and/or arguing, that mastery begins to mature right here. I can't wait to work with all of you.
Let's language it up!
Recommended Reading
All of the below are supplemental texts that I would recommend to any student of around your age group to help foster a sense of literary awareness, diversion, and insight.
- Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
- A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
- Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
- The River by Henry David Thoreau
- Wild by Cheryl Strand
- Sacré Bleu by Christopher Moore
- The Adventures of Tin Tin by Hergé
- The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
- Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
External Resources
1. Citationmachine.net
If you need something cited, citationmachine has the format.
2. Goodreads.com
This site lets you use books that you ahve read and enjoyed to formulate a recommended reading list for you.
3. Grammarly.com
This is a free site you can use to practice your grammar skills that actually tells you why an answer is correct or incorrect.
4. Kpl.gov
I had to show the Kalamazoo Public Library some love. It's a beautiful building with oodles of resources at your disposal. In the words of the cast of Arthur, "Having fun's not hard when you have a library card!"
If you need something cited, citationmachine has the format.
2. Goodreads.com
This site lets you use books that you ahve read and enjoyed to formulate a recommended reading list for you.
3. Grammarly.com
This is a free site you can use to practice your grammar skills that actually tells you why an answer is correct or incorrect.
4. Kpl.gov
I had to show the Kalamazoo Public Library some love. It's a beautiful building with oodles of resources at your disposal. In the words of the cast of Arthur, "Having fun's not hard when you have a library card!"