Book of the Month

Ernest J. Gaines died November 5 at the age of 86.

Veronica Makowsky recommends A Lesson Before Dying: "it is a beautiful, moving, devastating novel that, although set decades ago, speaks to current issues of race and incarceration, as well as dignity, responsibility, and love."

Gaines also wrote The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and A Gathering of Old Men. Born into a sharecropping family, he split his early years between school and working in the fields.

Why Study English?

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"Perhaps the most powerful argument for why students (and their parents) might want to think twice about abandoning humanities is the data. The National Center for Education Statistics also keeps track of pay and unemployment rates by major.

There’s no denying that the typical computer science major makes more money shortly after graduation than the typical English major.

Contrary to popular belief, English majors ages 25 to 29 had a lower unemployment rate in 2017 than math and computer science majors."

Read the rest of this article and see more arguments for studying English.

Upcoming Events

  1. Dec 12 CWP Leadership Council Meeting5:00pm
  2. Dec 12 Teacher-Consultant Writing Contest Ceremony5:00pm
  3. Dec 12 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Deadline11:30pm
  4. Dec 14 Teacher as Writer Workshop10:00am
  5. Dec 23 Scholastic Writing Awards Region-at-Large Judging12:00am
  6. Dec 24 Scholastic Writing Awards Region-at-Large Judging12:00am
  7. Dec 25 Scholastic Writing Awards Region-at-Large Judging12:00am

Professors are People Too

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Ali Oshinskie ('17) interviews professors for a podcast series, "Professors are People Too." Read the transcripts to her introduction and interviews, and listen to the podcast on WHUS.

Spotlight

Letters About Literature


The English Department, Connecticut Writing Project, and Neag School of Education are the CT sponsors for this writing competition for grades 4-12. Connecticut Writing Project and Neag School of Education also sponsor the Connecticut Scholastic Writing Awards for grades 7-12.