English

English Department Re-Vamps Senior English

The senior class of 2014 is the first ever to experience the new options to the English curriculum where they can choose their own path for second semester Senior English. This year, the Senior English classes will still be...

“Take Thy Face Hence”–Shakespearean Battles in Mr. Ryan’s English Class

For some it was tragic and for others it was comedic, but all in all, after the Shakespearean Insult Battles ended, everyone acquired the new skill of being able to throw out some timeless Shakespearean insults. Because Mr. Austin Ryan,...

Reading Lists: Jesuit English Teachers Weigh In

The American College Testing, also known as the ACT, is taken by millions of high school students each year.  Like the Standardized Aptitude Test (SAT), the ACT includes an “optional” writing section.  However, unlike the SAT, which provides test...

Seminar Visits Jack Evans Police Headquarters

In conjunction with reading the Swedish novelist Henning Mankell, the Honors English Seminar class visited the Jack Evans Police Headquarters on Lamar St. near downtown Dallas. Built in 2003, the new police headquarters houses 3,600 Dallas police officers who...

Honors English Seminar Explore African American Roots

On our second field trip as Senior Honors English Seminar students, we began at the Freedman’s Cemetery, established in 1861 as a resting place for African American slaves who died shortly after the Civil War. The Seminar teacher Ms....

Honors English Seminar Explores Ft. Worth

This past Tuesday, October 11, 2011, Ms. Sheryl Row took her senior Honors English Seminar class on a field trip to three Museums in the Fort Worth area. On the way there the students learned a neat Dallas history...

Honors English Seminar Opens With a Blast

Starting off the 2011-2012 year guns blazin’, the senior Honors English Seminar class recently finished the book Where Men Win Glory by the author Jon Krakauer. The book details the life of Pat Tillman, an ex-NFL Arizona Cardinal, who...

Harry Hines to Oak Cliff, Seminar Sees Every Inch of Hispanic Heritage

When someone suggests going to Harry Hines or Oak Cliff they are often greeted by a grimace or a groan. Ms. Sheryl Row’s senior honors English Seminar class got to see why these areas are fascinating, integral pieces of...

Literary News Conferences

On Wednesday and Thursday of the past week, February, 23 - 24, 2011, students from Mrs. Mary Beth Farrell’s and Dr. Michael Degen’s Junior AP Literature classes participated in a unique reflection activity about their required reading material, A...