Those who read succeed!

Carole Bartus

Carole Bartus

Reading Specialist

Social Studies

 

Please share a favorite poem by Maya Angelou with me.

 

I Love the Look of Words

Popcorn leaps, popping from the floor of a hot black skillet

and into my mouth.

Black words leap, snapping from the white page.

Rushing into my eyes. Sliding into my brain which gobbles them the way my tongue and teeth chomp the buttered popcorn.

 

When I have stopped reading, ideas from the words stay stuck

in my mind, like the sweet smell of butter perfuming my fingers long after the popcorn is finished.

 

I love the book and the look of words

The weight of ideas that popped into my mind

I love the tracks

Of new thinking in my mind.

Carole A. Bartus

English & History Department

West Morris Central High School

259 Bartley Road

Chester, NJ  07930

To Contact Me:

Phone: 908-879-5212

Extension: 3075

Fax: 908-879-2741

E-mail: bartus@wmchs.org

 Schedule for the 2007/08 School Year:

 

 

Period 1     US History I            Room C124

 

Period 2     US History I            Room124 

 

Period 3     Critical Reading & Analytical   

                 Writing                    Room C140

 

Period 4     Prep                              

 

Periods 5—8          Mendham High School

 

Although I travel to MHS everyday at lunch, I can be available for extra help during lunch on day “3”. Also, I’ll be happy to drive back for after school help by appointment.