AP Language is a course open to all juniors at Helena High interested in a challenging course focused on rhetoric and argument.
Debate class is an elective that combines argumentation with the study of philosophy. It’s open to all grade levels.
Word Clues is an honors course open to students of all grade levels. In it, we’ll build vocabulary through the study of Latin and Greek.
Your second essay this year is about high school sports, with the specific prompt and information located in the downloads folder. You can also download it directly here. It will be due via Google Docs at 12:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 24. My e-mail address for sharing is dpogreba@gmail.com. Please review the instructions in the […]
Your revisions for the essay about the Confederate Memorial Fountain will be due in class on Friday, September 15. Remember that revisions need to be printed before class and stapled to the first draft, with all new sections and revisions bolded in the revised document. Some resources that might be helpful are available here: Confederate […]
Essay 1, about the Helena Confederate Memorial, is due Sunday at 12:00 p.m. Don’t be late. Please share the essay with me at dpogreba@gmail.com and make sure to give me editing privileges. If you don’t know how to do this, please ask.
This is my fourteenth year at Helena High School,where I teach English III AP Language, Word Clues, Debate, and Speech. In my spare time, I enjoy grading essays, watching the San Diego Padres, and buying more books than I could ever hope to read.
I came to Helena High after a period of wandering that included attending law school for two days, coaching debate at Carroll College for four years, and teaching in Great Falls for nine months, but the real decision to become a teacher probably began in a theater in Billings, Montana, when I saw “Dead Poets Society” for the eleventh or twelfth time. As ridiculous as it sounds, that little movie helped me understand that my passion for language and literature was something that could be shared with others.
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