Hello! My name is Mr. Anthony Frontino. This is my 5th year teaching English, and my 3rd year teaching at Penns Manor! I teach English Language Arts 7 and Language Arts 9. I also help coach football, and help in running the weight room after school.

 

Below are the course descriptions for both ELA 7 and LA 9, and on the right hand side of the page you will see links to my syllabi. Please feel free to go through them, and reach out if you have any questions about them!

 

English Language Arts 7

Grade: 7

English Language Arts (ELA) is designed as a developmental reading and writing class focusing on learning through novels, short stories, plays, nonfiction articles, and poetry through the implementation of the Wit & Wisdom Learning Curriculum. Study of writing includes argumentative, narrative, and informational essays, research writing, and text-dependent analysis. Review and practice address the Pennsylvania core standards for English language arts and assessment anchors to prepare students for the English Language Arts PSSA.  In addition, close reading, annotation, text-dependent analysis, and literacy terms are stressed.  Close reading strategies are emphasized as a way to encourage successful comprehension during independent reading.  Literacy terms and academic vocabulary study expose students to the language of the questions on the PSSAs as well as prepare them for independent reading.  Textual analysis plays a major role in this course, and students spend time examining texts closely to find evidence.  The objectives of this course are to increase vocabulary, improve comprehension of written text, encourage analytical thinking while reading and writing, and to develop an interest in different types of literature. 

 

Language Arts 9

Language Arts 9 is a year-long required course. This course gives students practice speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Traditional rules of grammar, vocabulary, and spelling are stressed. Literature studied covers the forms of poetry, drama, short stories, essays, novels, and myths. Character analysis, plot structure, literary elements, and theme will be practiced while each piece of literature is reviewed. Group and individual projects incorporate cooperative learning and research skills. Students will complete a variety of objective and short answer assessments. Review and practice address the Pennsylvania language arts standards and assessment anchors to prepare students for the Keystone Literature and Composition tests.