English
Katie Chaplin - English Department Chair (chaplink@bcsc.k12.in.us)
English Department Teachers
Erik Catellier- English 9, English 10 Standard, English 12
Katie Chaplin (Dept. Chair) - English 9/10 Standard 5, English 12
Kelley Culp - English 11, American Studies, AP Literature & Composition
Nicole Decker - English 9 Standard, English 9 Acc, English 12
Robbie Hadley - W131, English 12, Senior Perspectives/Renegades
Barbara Handt - English 10, English 10 Acc
Roth Lovins - English 9, Log Yearbook, Beginning Journalism, Immersive Media
Rachel McCarver - English 9 Standard, BNN, Photojournalism, Triangle Newspaper
Grace McDougall - ENL, AP Literature & Composition, English 12
Claudine McKinney - English 10 Standard, English 10, English 10 Acc
Lindsey Murphy - English 11 Standard, English 11
Peyton Prentice- English 9 Standard, English 10 Acc, English 10
David Spencer - English 11, English 11 Standard, AP Literature and Composition
Katherine Stahl - AP Language, English 9 Acc
Ali Viewegh - English 9, English 9 Acc
We are very proud of our standards-based curriculum that consists of both core and elective classes.
- Freshman year: two semester core, literature is genre-based, includes composition, grammar, vocabulary, and speech
- Sophomore year: two semester core, world literature based, includes composition, grammar, vocabulary, and speech
- Junior year: first semester is core American literature; second semester is a choice from six junior electives in literature and composition
- Senior year: first semester is core British literature; second semester is a choice from four senior electives in literature and composition
Advanced options:
- Freshman, sophomore: Accelerated level
- Junior Advanced Placement Literature and Composition (syllabus certified by AP College Board)
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Senior English: W131 (composition): dual credit option with Indiana University, Bloomington
- Senior Advanced Placement Language and Composition (syllabus certified by AP College Board)
Our department is composed of energetic, student-oriented teachers with a wide range of teaching experience. Working collaboratively to update our curriculum offerings every year, this department continually strives to improve what we do for students, preparing them for higher education and for the real world.
Summer reading assignments for 2023-2024:
10 Acc: The Joy Luck Club and Siddhartha
11th AP Literature and Composition: Summer Reading Choices
12th AP Language and Composition: The Anthropocene Reviewed