English Department Chair: Mrs. Nancy Kieffer
Classes taught: Literature and Composition I, Study Skills for International Students
Interests: I love to read, travel, and listen to music, especially when the Chicago Symphony plays at Ravinia.
Favorite authors: Jane Austen, Shakespeare.
Favorite line from a piece of literature: “This above all: to thine ownself be true, / And it must follow, as the night the day, / Thou canst not then be false to any man" (William Shakespeare, Hamlet)
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Mrs. Jennifer Kottra
Classes taught: American Literature and Composition Honors
Interests: Exercising, Scrapping, Reading
Favorite author: Edgar Allan Poe and F. Scott Fitzgerald
Favorite line from a piece of literature: “Life lived for tomorrow will always be just a day away from being realized” (Leo Buscaglia, Love)
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Mrs. Kathy Deger
Classes taught: Communication Skills and British Literature
Interests: My husband and 4 children and the Theater
Favorite Author: Constantly changing
Favorite line from a piece of literature: “Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.” (Robert Herrick)
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Mrs. Kaitlyn Jeanneret
Classes taught: American Literature and Composition, Modern World Literature, College Writing
Interests: Baking, reading, dancing/singing, and traveling, especially to Europe
Favorite authors: Jane Austen, Virginia Woolf, and F. Scott Fitzgerald
Favorite line from a piece of literature: "To see a world in a grain of sand, /
And a heaven in a wild flower, /Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, / And eternity in an hour." ( William Blake, "Auguries of Innocence")
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Mrs. Cate Marino
Classes taught: Literature and Composition I Honors, Literature and Composition I
Interests: Soccer, reading, karaoke
Favorite author: Jane Austen
Favorite line from a piece of literature: “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view . . . until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” (Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird)
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Mrs. Kirsten Anzalone
Classes taught: Literature and Composition II and College Writing
Interests: I enjoy reading, cooking, exercising, and shopping.
Favorite author: Truman Capote and Stieg Larsson interest me, but I have read so many books of various types and cannot choose one author to note as my favorite.
Favorite line from a piece of literature: "He comes off a little like Practical Pig in The Three Little Pigs." (Stieg Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo )
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Mr. Patrick Neville
Classes taught: AP English Literature and Composition and College Writing
Interests: Race car driving
Favorite author: Willa Cather, Joseph Conrad
Favorite line from a piece of literature:
"Martha: Truth or illusion, you don't know the difference.
George: No, but we must carry on as though we did." (Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)
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Mr. Chris Paolelli
Classes taught: Literature and Composition II and AP Language and Composition (Viator Voice moderator)
Interests: Sentence diagrams, CHEEZ-ITs, the Chicago Cubs, Disney movies, Star Wars, dinosaurs
Favorite author: G.K. Chesterton, Ray Bradbury, Robert Frost
Favorite line from a piece of literature: TIE: “True wit is nature to advantage dress’d, / What oft was thought, but ne’er so well express’d.” (Alexander Pope, “An Essay on Criticism”) and “Mr Wopsle's Roman nose so aggravated me, during the recital of my misdemeanours, that I should have liked to pull it until he howled.” (Charles Dickens, Great Expectations)
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Mrs. Jackie Sikora
Classes taught: American Literature and Composition and AP Language and Composition
Interests: Spending time with my family and friends, running, biking, reading, attending sporting events, shopping
Favorite author: Jane Austen
Favorite line from a piece of literature: "The presence of God is the finest of rewards." (Yann Martel, Life of Pi )
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The Writing Lab is located in the resource center and is staffed by an English teacher periods 1-6. Writing assignments from all classes are eligible for assistance and guidance.
