Ms. Gelezunas

 English 9-2 and English 11-1

Welcome to all English students and parents!  Should you have any concerns, please feel free to email or call me at Ellington High School (extension 429). 

Please check the attachments below for Rules and Expectations for each class, including works to be studied, my grading policy, and classroom rules.

The events calendar contains due dates for major homework assignments, projects, and essays, as well as the dates that tests and quizzes are given. 

• Online Dictionary Look up words while online
• George Orwell information Background information on the author of Animal Farm
• Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution Comparison of the characters of Animal Farm with the historical figures of the Russian Revolution
• Educator's Guide to Animal Farm
• Banned Books Information Every year, books in the US and around the world are challenged. Some of the challenged books are banned, some aren't.
• Ray Bradbury website Background information on the author of Fahrenheit 451
• John Steinbeck website Background information on the author of The Pearl and Of Mice and Men
• Literary Terms Glossary Alliteration? Assonance? Irony? The definitions of these terms and many others are available here.