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I am a State of South Dakota certified teacher. My certification includes composition, literature, speech, and mass communications.

Currently, I am teaching at Canton High School. The classes that I teach include: Advanced Composition, American Literature, British Literature, Contemporary Literature, Drama, Ethnic Literature, and Practical Composition.

The extra curricular activities that I coach include: fall all school play, one act play, and spring play.

My goal with technology is to use it to enhance student learning and publication of student work.

Since this site is called the Book Nook, I thought it would be appropriate to share my favorite books with you. Although these are my favorites, they may not necessarily appeal to you. Remember we all have different tastes and the important thing is to read. The following is a short list of favorites:

Tubby and the Lantern (CB)	Horton Hears a Who (CB)
*The Pokey Puppy* (CB)	*Little House in the Big Woods* (Historical Fiction series -- YA)
*Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone* (Fantasy series -- YA)	*Anne of Green Gables* (Fiction series -- YA)
The Devil's Arithmetic (Holocaust -- YA)	*Briar Rose* (Holocaust -- YA)
*Night* (Holocaust -- YA)	*The Giver* (Fantasy -- YA)
*Wolf By the Ears* (Historical Fiction -- YA)	*Beyond the Burning Time* (Historical Fiction -- YA)
*Waterlily* (Historical Fiction -- YA)	Lord of the Flies (Allegory -- YA)
*Of Mice and Men* (Historical Fiction -- YA)	East of Eden (Fiction -- A)
*Dragonsong* (Fantasy series -- YA)	Piers Anthony Incarnations (Fantasy series -- A)
Gone With the Wind (Historical Fiction -- A)	*The Complete Works of William Shakespeare* (Plays and Poetry -- A)