BIOGRAPHY

Carney grew up in rural, central Wisconsin.  He graduated from Viterbo University in 2001, and he has been involved in education since then.

Carney started teaching in Necedah in the 2014-15 school year.

TEACHING EXPERIENCES

*English 11 - American Literature

This course will look at writing from pre-Columbian times to approximately 1930. In addition to nonfiction, short stories, novels, essays, and poems, drama is also studied as a literary type.  Students are encouraged in creative and critical writing.  Discussion and class participation are required.  

*AP Language and Composition

“An AP course in English Language and Composition engages students in becoming skilled readers of prose written in a variety of periods, disciplines, and rhetorical contexts and in becoming skilled writers who compose for a variety purposes.  Both their writing and their reading should make students aware of the interactions among a writer’s purposes, audience expectations, and subjects as well as the way generic conventions and the resources of language contribute to effectiveness in writing.  The AP Language and Composition course…enables students to read complex texts with understanding and to write prose of sufficient richness and complexity to communicate effectively with mature readers” (The College Board). Students entering AP English are already skilled in basic composition and are proficient in their use of standard English grammar and mechanics.  Expected is refinement of these skills to develop sophistication and stylistic maturity in writing.  The students will demonstrate their writing skills through journals, timed essays, and multi-draft essays.  The course will also emphasize critical reading of various prose styles and require numerous essays demonstrating skill in analyzing the standard rhetorical modes.  Thoughtful reading will be reflected in AP test practices – both objective and open-ended questions, journals, daily assignments, class discussions, and oral presentations.  Content of this course will closely track the American Literature class.

*Applied Publications (yearbook)

*Creative Writing

Creative Writing is for those interested in writing expressively.  You will write every day.  All activities are intended to expand your vocabulary, increase your pleasure in language, develop ability to observe and react to your surroundings, and stimulate your imagination.  Creative Writing will focus on:  narrative, script, poetry, drama, creative nonfiction (personal essay), and creative nonfiction (autobiography).

*Oral Communications

This course will explore the fundamental elements, characteristics, and processes of communication, while examining verbal, non-verbal, and visual communication.  Students will practice composition, speaking, and listening skills, which will equip them to participate productively in the public dialogue as both a consumer and producer of communication.

*English 9

This course will follow the standards outlined in the college & career readiness standards.  It will focus on reading, writing, and speaking. Students read a variety of texts including short stories, poetry, novels, biographies, magazine and newspaper articles, nonfiction resources, and drama.  Writing assignments include essays, stories and poetry - with an emphasis on the writing process - planning, editing, and revision.  Students learn to teach each other through small and large group activities and discussion.  Classes read a Shakespearean play, give a variety of speeches, create book reports, and complete research projects.

British Literature

Academic Seminar

Advanced Writing and Speech

AP Literature and Composition

Applied Writing

College Preparation Writing

Contemporary Novel and Short Story

Mother Nature Writing Workshop

Shakespeare

*current classes

LINKS & DOCUMENTS

My Classroom Goals

My Book of Poetry

Resume

Why I Do What I Do