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NCS English Department
The goal of the English Department is to teach students how to read, study, and evaluate a literary work using their Christian worldview. Our courses emphasize four core areas including: written expression, oral expression, the study of grammar, and the study of great literary works. Students begin learning and employing the rudiments of writing in the Junior High years and each year thereafter build upon those skills. Sentence structures and types, various modes of discourse, the multi-paragraph essay, and research papers are taught and practiced at every grade. A myriad of literary works are read and studied as well.
Students do read novels in addition to shorter works found in their literature anthologies. Here are a few of the literary works studied at the various grade levels.
7th Grade:
Joni, A Christmas Carol, Bearstone
8th Grade:
Diary of Anne Frank, The Hiding Place, Red Badge of Courage, The Pearl
9th Grade:
Romeo and Juliet, The Odyssey, Great Expectations, To Kill A Mockingbird
10th Grade:
The Hobbit, Julius Caesar, A Separate Peace
11th Grade:
The Crucible, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
12th Grade:
Ivanhoe, Pilgrim's Progress, Macbeth, Les Miserables, a C.S. novel
Honors Courses:
9th Grade:
Out of the Silent Planet, Hiroshima, Romeo and Juliet, The Odyssey, To Kill
A Mockingbird, Great Expectations
10th Grade:
The Hobbit, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Julius Caesar, A Separate Peace
11th Grade:
Mere Christianity, The Scarlet Letter, The Crucible, The Old Man and the
Sea, The Narrative of the Life and Times Of Frederick Douglass, Silas
Marner, The Grapes of Wrath, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The
Great Gatsby
12th Grade:
Jane Eyre, Les Miserables, Dr. Faustus, Hamlet, He Is Here And He Is Not
Silent, Crime and Punishment, Pride and Prejudice, Alice's Adventures In
Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
It is a credit to our department that returning students consistently comment on how well prepared they are for their college courses.
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The Advanced Placement courses are also available for dual enrollment credit during the second semesters.
Our Staff
Barb Duncan is the English Department Head at NCS. She began teaching at NCS in 1989.
She received a B.A. degree in English/Communications from Trinity College in 1981. Prior to
coming to NCS, she taught four years in Phoenix. Mrs. Duncan is currently teaching Honors
English 1-2, Honors English 3-4, AP English 5-6, English 7-8, and AP English 7-8.
Tamara Bergstrom began teaching at NCS in 2006. She received a B.A. degree in English
and a M.Ed. degree in Educational Psychology, majoring in Learning and Instructional Technology.
Prior to coming to NCS, she was a Peace Corps. Volunteer teaching English for two years in
Morocco at the Ibnou Zhor University Advanced School of Science and Technology. She served in
the U.S. Air Force. Mrs. Bergstrom is currently teaching English 1-2 and English 3-4.
Nicolee Thompson began teaching at NCS in 2005. She received a Bachelor's degree in
Interdisciplinary Studies, with a concentration in Communications and Corporate Fitness, from the
University of South Carolina in 2000 and a Master's degree in English from Converse College in
2005. She was a college volleyball coach for three years. Mrs. Thompson is currently teaching
8th grade Language Arts and Speech.
Judith Uselman began teaching at NCS in 1999. She has been teaching since 1969. She
received a B.A. degree in Religious Education from Central Bible College in 1968, a B.A. degree
in English from Grand Canyon University in 1973, a Masters in Secondary Education from the
University of Phoenix in 1994, and a Ed.D. degree in Curriculum Development from Nova South
Eastern in 1998. Prior to teaching at NCS, she taught at Grace Christian School, American
Indian Bible School, and Fort Defiance Public School. Dr. Uselman is currently teaching English 1-2,
Sign Language 1-2, and Sign Language 3-4.
Alicia Wall began teaching at NCS in 1995. She has been teaching since 1982. She received her B.A. degree in Communications from Azusa Pacific College in 1979 and earned her Masters in Secondary Education with an emphasis in Literature from Northern Arizona University in 2004. Mrs. Wall is currently teaching English 5-6.
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