English

English should have a global focus (but with maybe one full year of American Literature) and a focus on good literature that the students would enjoy with classics like The Great Gatsby.

Some of my goals: 

• Expose students to works (including fiction, nonfiction, short stories, and poetry) that they wouldn't see in their high school, particularly international works 
• Expect students to have an advanced level of writing and a particularly advanced level of grammar and spelling 
• Offer many opportunities to write in response to prompts, subjects, and no prompts
• Connect literature to film adaptations

A book I read and really enjoyed in high school:

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer