Ms. Angelina Gintonio
Room 210

• Bachelor of Arts in English, Minor in History
• University of Kentucky 2005
• Master of Arts in Teaching
• Secondary English
• Northern Kentucky University – 2008
• Rank I and National Board Certification
• 2012

8 th year teaching
Bracken County High School – 2007 - 2014
• Taught All sophomores, including Advanced
• Worked with Springboard for two years prior to coming to HHS
• Taught AP Lang – helped start AP program, participated in AdvanceKY grant (received additional training to continue growing professionally)
• Had Highest pass rate in my school three straight years
• Served on SBDM council for four years
• Helped develop CSIP and CDIP

• Develop reading skills applicable to all genres and types of reading (literary, informational, persuasive, and practical/workplace)
• Read and analyze a variety of literary genres- novel, drama, and non-fiction.
• Continue to develop writing skills by examining various writing forms.
• Read and analyze various forms of text.
• Continue to develop speaking, listening, and observing skills.
• Read and analyze a minimum of four longer works (e.g., novels, plays)

English III
• 45% - Essays/Projects
• 30% - Classwork/Homework
• 25% - Tests/Quizzes
• Students may have the opportunity to retest for certain
QUIZZES.
• In order to retest, students must stay after school and review the material with the instructor prior to retesting.
• Students will be given a deadline – usually a week – to complete a retest.
• Sign up sheets in front of room.

Unit 1: The American Dream
Topics include:
Defining a Word, Idea or Concept – “A Cause Greater
Than Self” by John McCain
America’s Voices: Call and Response – poetry by
Walt Whitman, Langston Hughes, Gail Tremblay, e.e.
cummings
The Road to Success – “The Right to Fail” by William
Zinsser
Strategies for Defining Freedom – “What is Freedom?” by Jerald M. Jellison and John H. Harvey
Reading Skills focused: Diction, Connotation,
Denotation, Main Idea, Supporting Details,
Characterization
Writing Skills focused: Definition Essay through the various modes (Negation, Exemplification, Function,
Classification); Literary Analysis through the author’s characterization – Text: Of Mice and Men
Grammar Skills focused: Parts of a sentence and the types of sentences, integrated ACT grammar skills
Unit 2: The Power of Persuasion
Topics include:
The Power of Rhetoric – In Cold Blood by
Truman Capote
American Rhetoric: Historical Context – speech by Abraham Lincoln
The Appeal of Rhetoric – speeches by Abraham
Lincoln and John F. Kennedy
Reading Skills focused: Syntax, Rhetoric
Devices – Logos, Ethos, and Pathos; Diction,
Tone
Writing Skills focused: Creating a Public
Service Announcement
Grammar Skills focused: Advanced Sentence
Parts – Phrases and Clauses, Advanced
Commas, Semi-Colons, Integrated ACT Grammar
Skills

Unit 4: The American Journey
Topics Include:
Social Networking – Articles by Eric
Gwinn, Robbie Brown, Matt McGowan
Reading Skills focused: Diction,
Motif, Character Voice
Writing Skills focused: Writing a
Personal Essay in conjunction with
“The Crucible” by Arthur Miller

• My goals with the ACT are:
• To teach specific skills assessed on ACT English and Reading sections through complex and embedded instruction as well as explicit practice.
• To provide students with research-based test taking strategies and to provide students with time to practice those skills in class.
• To help students achieve benchmark in English and Reading

English – 18
Reading - 22
• Full length practice test today – scores will be used as a baseline
• Will have two other practice opportunities before taking the March test
Test Date
October 25, 2014
December 13, 2014
February 7, 2015*
April 18, 2015
June 13, 2015
Registration Deadline
September 19, 2014
November 7, 2014
January 9, 2015
March 13, 2015
May 8, 2015
(Late Fee Required)
September 20–October 3, 2014
November 8–21, 2014
January 10–16, 2015
March 14–27, 2015
May 9–22, 2015

• School Phone: 859-815-2541
• Email: angelina.gintonio@fortthomas.kyschools.us
• Teacher webpage