NAME:
Jon Nerf
SCHOOL:
Paxon School for Advanced Studies
CLASSES:
AP Language and Composition and English II Honors
SCHOOL PHONE:
904-693-7583 ext. 189
I have been teaching for twenty-one years, thirteen at N. B. Forrest and the
last eight years here at Paxon SAS. I have an M.A. in Literature from
UNF. I have National Board Certification. I was named Teacher of the
Year in 2000-2001 at N. B. Forrest and in 2008-2009 at Paxon SAS.
I have a wife and one son. We took a two-week trip to Australia and New
Zealand in the summer of '08. I enjoy reading poetry, novels,
autobiographies,and books about history. My two favorite rock groups are The
Beatles and Queen.
Email me with any questions or problems you might have concerning our
class, serious inquiries only, and please do not add my address to any chain
letters or other annoying lists. My email address is nerfj@duvalschools.org.
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
• Analyze and interpret samples of good writing;
• Identify and explain an author’s use of rhetorical strategies and
techniques;
• Apply effective strategies and techniques in their own writing;
• Create and sustain arguments based on readings, research, and/or
personal experience;
• Demonstrate understanding and mastery of standard written English as
well as stylistic maturity of their own writings;
• Write a variety of genres and contexts, both formal and informal,
employing appropriate conventions;
• Produce expository, analytical and argumentative compositions that
introduce a complex central idea and develop it with appropriate
and specific evidence, cogent explanations, and clear transitions;
• Move effectively through the stages of the writing process, with
careful attention to inquiry and research, drafting, revising,
editing, and evaluation.
