English Department Overview

The English Language Arts curricula are integrated literature based courses in which students of all four years are grouped heterogeneously. All four levels concentrate on reading comprehension through strategies for active readers, literary analysis, critical thinking skills, vocabulary development, and the writing process. In addition, for enhancement and enjoyment all four levels are supplemented with novels that correspond to each year of study.

Read our course descriptions here.

Links

Diman English Course Descriptions

Read about all our courses here.

https://www.dimanregional.org/Page/90

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Vocabulary.com

We're #1 two years in a row. Let's go for a three-peat!

http://www.vocabulary.com

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Accelerated Reader

https://hosted220.renlearn.com/9596/

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Bartleby

“Publishes the classics of literature, non-fiction, and reference free of charge for the home, classroom, and desktop of each and every participant.”

http://www.bartleby.com/references

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CIESE - Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education

Projects using primary sources and archived collections: “Historical Treasure Chests,” “Movie in the Making,” “Population Growth”.

http://www.ciese.org/primarysourceproj.html

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High School Hub

Free online learning center that features subject guides for English, foreign languages, math, science, and social studies.

http://www.highschoolhub.org/

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Ibiblio, the public's library and digital archive: Poetry and Reading

One of the largest online collections of collections," a conservancy of freely available information, including software, music, literature, art, history, science, politics, and cultural studies. Links include Project Gutenburg, a collection’s index, Wikinfo, also known as the Internet-Encyclopedia, & a search feature.

http://www.ibiblio.org/

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Linda's Links to Literature

Free links to reading resources – hundreds of links to websites that provide general information about children’s and young adults’ literature, authors and illustrators, etc. Lesson plans and activities for books are available by subscription.

http://lindaslinkstoliterature.com/lll/

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My Shakespeare

An excellent resource for Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet, and Julius Caesar, full of performances, analyses, and additional multi-media enhancements.

https://myshakespeare.com/

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Nancy Keane's Booktalks

A searchable collection of booktalks suitable for K-12.

http://nancykeane.com/booktalks/

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Files

Unwrapping Content Standards worksheet

ELA_Unwrapping.doc 24.00 KB (Last Modified on November 10, 2015)

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In the News

Award-winning author to visit Diman

On Friday, September 20th, 2019, award-winning author Padma Venkatraman will be speaking with our freshmen students about her 2010 novel, Climbing the Stairs. The story, set during World War II and British-occupied India, follows Vidya, a fifteen-year-old girl from India who dreams of attending college during a time where her culture frowns upon this behavior from young women. Political events unfolding in her country also lead to a deep internal struggle as she wrestles with who she is and what defines her. (9/11/19)

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Diman Bengal Education Foundation funds Chromebooks at Diman

The Diman Bengal Education Foundation presented $14,300 to the school for the 100% purchase price of 55 Chromebooks. This technology has become a resourceful tool within the English Language Arts Department and helps prepare sophomore students for MCAS 2.0 testing. (3/28/19)

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Literature letter contest success by Diman students

Congratulations to the following students, who were recognized for their submissions to the 2017 Letters About Literature Writing Contest, sponsored by The United States Library of Congress. (6/14/17)

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Diman's journey from boys-only to coed was gradual, but destined

FALL RIVER - When the Girls’ Vocational High School opened in a brick building on Morgan Street in the 1940s, course offerings were — not surprisingly — female-oriented. (5/23/2012)

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