Welcome to Miss Pantuso's Class Website

Welcome to James Bowie High School!

"Pride in Performance"

Contact Information

Amanda A. Pantuso

apantuso@austinisd.org

512-841-4179

Assistant Coach, Girls' Track Team

New Teacher Mentor

 Our Essential Question for the 2011-2012 school year...
  

Why do we immerse ourselves in the human experience through literature?

And, what do we learn

about ourselves by doing this? 

Important Updates and Information

English I, Pre-AP:  Welcome to JBHS and English I! Be sure to get your Prentice Hall Literature (grade 9) textbook during Dawg Days of Summer or at the textbook table (before school, after school and during both lunches!) Summer Reading Test is on September 1st (A-Day) or September 2nd (B-Day).

English III, Academic:  Welcome to American Literature! Be sure to get your Prentice Hall Literature textbook (grade 11) during Dawg Days of Summer or at the textbook table (before school, after school and during both lunches!) Remember that you must pass the TAKS test this year to graduate; it's the Exit Level TAKS test.

Units of Study for the 2011-2012 School Year:

11th Grade

The Crucible by Arthur Miller (textbook)

Revolutionary Writers (Henry, Jefferson, Franklin, etc.)

Transcendentalists (Thoreau, Whitman, and Emerson)

excerpts from Moby Dick by Herman Melville 

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

9th Grade 

Grammar and Types of Sentences

Non-Fiction Essays and excerpts form Baca and Angelou

Personal Narrative Essay

Short Stories (in textbook)

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

The Odyssey by Homer

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

You are not required to purchase the books but if you want to, please do!