Chase Glorfield
Chase Glorfield
Chase Glorfield
3124
English
Spanish

I am excited to be in my ninth year at Kimberly High School, and my 13th year of teaching overall. I teach junior English, junior honors English, Publications, and Spanish 2, and I am the boys C-team basketball head coach.

I have a Bachelor's degree in journalism from Boise State University. After working as a sportswriter and sports editor in the newspaper industry for four years, I made a career change and entered education. It was one of the best decisions I have ever made.

I am passionate about writing, literature, and the lessons learned from both. When these lessons are applied to our own circumstances and situations, we grow and become better people. I believe the best opportunities to learn come from making mistakes. We begin to understand a concept after misstepping along the way. In my classroom, mistakes are not only okay, but encouraged.

In my free time (when I have any), I like to read, write, watch movies and sports, play basketball, listen to metal and spend time with my wife and four kids. My favorite soccer team is Arsenal of the (English) Premier League. I am a big fan of the Boise State Broncos, and, if provoked, can spend hours talking about them.

Publications

What is Publications? It's essentially journalism. Most people understand that journalism has something to do with news, investigation, and opinion as presented through the mediums of newspapers, magazines, and television. But the modern conception of journalism has begun to shift, especially as websites, weblogs and podcasts have become more common. In this course, you will learn about the practice of journalism and how it has shifted over the years. You will also practice journalism by writing articles in a variety of styles and taking photos with the endgame of publishing them online and in the annual high school yearbook.

Syllabus

Honors English 11

Eleventh grade Honors English focuses on American literature and authors with a strong emphasis on writing. Idaho state standards for English will guide the coursework. This course follows American literature chronologically, starting with Native American legends, early colonization, all the way to modern authors and poets. The purpose is to examine how art mimics and reacts to socio-political events, ideas, and movements.

Speaking and listening will play an important role, as these are skills we need, to improve daily interactions with people, one-on-one.

With each of these literary areas we will build content-related vocabulary and write reflective essays.

Syllabus

English 11

Eleventh grade English focuses on American literature and authors with a strong emphasis on writing. Idaho state standards for English will guide the coursework.

Speaking and listening will also play an important role, as these are skills we need, to improve daily interactions with people, one-on-one.

With each of these literary areas we will build content-related vocabulary and write essays.

Syllabus

Spanish 1

In Spanish One we will start with the phonetics of the language. You will like the fact the Spanish spells as it sounds! We will work on the four basic communication skills, reading, writing speaking and comprehension from the very beginning. There will be an emphasis on the soft skills of interacting in Spanish with people who are native to the Spanish culture and others who speak Spanish as a second language. These are marketable skills that will help you succeed in life. We begin at a basic level and by the end of the course you will be able to use Spanish verbs in the present tense and have a sound foundation to continue to build your abilities to communicate in Spanish! It will open an entire world around you that you once didn't know very well before. We will have fun playing interactive review games that you will enjoy as them as part of your learning process. ¡Vamos! Let's go!

Syllabus

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