Welcome to English I! I am Mrs. McKenzie, and I am pleased to be your English teacher for this
year. During this school year, we will be adding to the skills that you have developed during
your middle school years, and continue to fine tune your writing and grammar skills. We will be
reading several novels, poems, and short stories throughout this next year, which we will
analyze and discuss. You will also be practicing your talent for writing through written
reflections, various essays, and journaling, in order to learn how to organize your arguments
into thesis statements, and how to give evidence to support your written assertions. Through the
development and improvement of these skills, we will be able to rock the socks off the TAKS test!