NAME:
Eileen Moore
SCHOOL:
Thousand Oaks High School
CLASS:
English 9CP and 11CP
SCHOOL PHONE:
(805) 495-7491 x 1907
I am delighted to be returning to Thousand Oaks High School this year as a
member of the English Department. During 2010-2011, I taught English 9CP,
English 11CP, and English 11CP EThOS for our Entrepreneurship Academy. Some
students may also know me from past years as a Spanish teacher or as the
current advisor of both Style Alliance Fashion Club and TOHS's Project
Concern, a service club that takes care of our own campus population in
need. (If you would like to read more about Project Concern, go to the
Handouts page of this web site, and click on the last document, Project
Concern at a Glance.)
I was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and have been
credentialed for secondary education in California since 1978. I have
taught everything from bilingual first and second grade to middle and
high school English and Spanish, college Spanish and adult remedial
education with the U.S. military overseas. I hold a BA with a double major
in English and Spanish from Santa Clara University and a Master's from
Stanford University. The highlight of my college career was the year I
spent abroad studying at the University of Madrid.
When I'm not on campus at TOHS, designing lessons or correcting papers at
home, I like driving my bright yellow New Beetle and taking my three dogs,
Quigley (7 yrs.), Molly (6 yrs.) and Hogan (4 yrs.) for walks. They
are Queensland Heelers and full of energy. . . like my students! :)
As a hobby, I collect pigs (no, not live ones!), and my assortment has been
growing since I was eight years old. This August, I again submitted a
portion of my collection to be judged at the Ventura County Fair and won
First Prize in the fair theme category depicting The Bounty of the County; my
display featured Lenox and Hummel pig figurines engaged in a variety of
activities that tourists to and residents of Ventura County can experience.
I enjoy sewing, baking and cooking, and my husband and I often try to catch
our favorite game shows on TV together; as you might imagine, I thrive on
Jeopardy and especially Wheel of Fortune with all that vocabulary and
spelling! We also like to watch football or baseball games together. He's a
big Dodger and Raider fan, and I say, "Go 49ers and SF Giants!" Ours can be
a pretty noisy house, particularly when Charlie the parrot decides to add his
comments!
Language was created to communicate. Great writers write to educate or to
entertain, and the best do both.
Students of English 9CP explore major literary genres throughout history—
short story, fiction, nonfiction, drama, poetry and epic. The works studied
incorporate timeless universal themes and showcase suspense, humor, dramatic
discovery, and personal challenge and conquest.
Students of English 11CP explore major literary genres throughout American
history. The works studied incorporate themes that reflect trends,
accomplishments and problems during critical periods in U.S. history and are
chosen to parallel key concepts presented in the junior history curriculum.
Within the context of these great works, classes will take a closer look at
the tools writers use. They will examine narrative style and point of view,
facts, details, opinions, persuasive techniques, cause and effect,
generalizations, denotation and connotation, analogies, metaphors and
similes, responses and critical interpretation.
Studying great writing also helps students find and develop their own
style for the varied assignments that will become part of their high
school portfolio. Students will have ample opportunity to study and
practice the essential elements of grammar, usage and mechanics in the
context of journal entries, autobiographical narratives, reflective pieces,
analytical essays, research reports, persuasive pieces, business
correspondence and poetry.
At the conclusion of the year, students in both classes will have been
equipped with the study skills needed to succeed in a wide range of high
school and college level coursework.
