NAME:
Lisa VonDerVellen
SCHOOL:
Trevor Grade School
CLASS:
8th grade language arts
SCHOOL PHONE:
(262) 862-2356
EDUCATION:
B.A. Magna Cum Laude from Carroll College; Waukesha, WI.
Major: English. Minor: Secondary Education
UW Washington County
1999 English Department Award
PERSONAL:
*I like dogs, squirrels, Led Zeppelin, Chucks, coffee, playing The Sims, and
singing loudly.
*Before coming to Trevor in 2005, I taught at Random Lake H.S. Half of my
day was spent teaching 9th grade English; the other part of my day, I
taught in the homes of district students who couldn’t come to school for
medical reasons.
*My husband and I live in Hartford. We have three children; the youngest is
17!
MY FAVORITE BOOKS
1) TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD; Harper Lee
This story is the narrator's memories of growing up in the Deep South in the
1930s with her brother Jem. Their father is a lawyer who has been assigned
to defend a black man against a white woman. Spooky Boo Radley, who lives
next door, fuels the kids' imaginations--he stabbed his father in the leg
with a scissors? He comes out at night and eats stray cats? They spend
summers acting out such scenarios with their friend Dill. Over the course of
three years, Scout learns a lot about prejudice and courage.
2) THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING; T.H. White
If you like the movie "Excalibur," the old Disney animated "The Sword in the
Stone," or the musical "Camelot," you'll like this book. It's the story of
King Arthur, who learns from the wizard Merlyn, is changed into animals in
his childhood, pulls the sword from the stone, becomes king, and creates a
round table of knights to further the cause of right in the world.
3) LIFE OF PI; Yann Martel
Pi is a boy from India whose parents own a zoo. When they decide to move to
Canada, they load animals and all on a freighter ship and head across the
ocean. In a horrible shipwreck, Pi is tossed into a lifeboat with a hyena,
orangutan, and a huge Bengal tiger. This is the story of Pi's survival for
227 days at sea, at times near death, and an encounter with a bizarre island.
4) OUT OF AFRICA; Isak Dinesen
The movie is a great love story, but as we know, the book is always better!
The Danish author writes this book as a lyrical and melancholy memoir of her
life on a coffee farm in Kenya.
To provide a safe, challenging and fun community where students are
comfortable taking the educational risks necessary to progress in the
language arts components of reading, writing, speaking and listening.
To offer high quality content and challenge so that all students can develop
intellectually, emotionally and socially to become well-rounded, productive
members of our society.