Jenna Clark
Welcome to English! My name is Jenna Clark, and 2025-26 is my 15th year at Helena High School.
Students will find most course content for 2025-26 on Microsoft Teams, including class announcements, readings, and other resources.
You will find my weekly agendas in the class pages (see left) as well as on the Weekly Agenda channel of our class Team.
Parents are always welcome to reach out to me via email (jclark@helenaschools.org), and students may email or use Teams Chat if they have any questions or concerns throughout the year.
AP Language and Comp
Weekly Agenda
See agendas from earlier in the year here.
Link to the Novel Rationale for The Things They Carried
Reading Schedule for The Things They Carried:
- Monday 9/29: “The Things They Carried” (25 pages)
- Tuesday 9/30: “Love” and “Spin” (10 pages)
- Tuesday 10/7: “On the Rainy River” (21 pages)
- Wednesday 10/8: “Enemies,” “Friends,” “How to Tell a True War Story,” “Dentist” (25 pages)
- Tuesday 10/14: “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong,” “Stockings,” “Church,” “The Man I Killed,” “Ambush,” “Style” (45 pages)
- Tuesday 10/21: “Speaking of Courage,” “Notes,” “In the Field” (48 pages)
- Tuesday 10/28: “Good Form,” “Field Trip,” “The Ghost Soldiers,” “Night Life,” “The Lives of the Dead”
(53 pages)
-The first time a student enrolls in a class section in My AP for the current school year, they’ll provide their registration information. It’s important that they provide their registration information thoroughly and accurately, using their full legal name. It is a lengthy process for a student to change from a nickname to their legal name. They need legal name for college transcripts.
-The 2026 AP Exams will be administered over two weeks in May: May 4-8th & May 11-15th. The testing calendar can be found here: https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/exam-dates (The AP Lang test will be May 13th at 8:00 AM). Test location TBD.
-The AP Language & Composition exam will be all digital.
-The Fee this year is $40 per test (reduced from $100 thanks to a grant we received), we do offer fee reductions for students that may qualify–See Ms. Staldine in the Counseling office.
– Students ARE NOT automatically registered for an AP Exam. They will need to register by paying the fee in Revtrak. Once paid, they may confirm their registration in their MyAP account.
-We will primarily use the English III level grammar booklets in this course; however, we’ll use NoRedInk as a diagnostic tool to check in on students’ learning of grammar concepts, and to provide extra practice as needed.
-Juniors at HHS and CHS will take the ACT in the Spring. The link above will take you to the HHS Counseling and Career Guidance page which has additional information.
-Junior level courses, including AP Language, will include ACT practices throughout the year to ensure that all students are well prepared for the exam.
English IV WORLD LIT
Weekly Agenda:
See agendas from earlier in the year here.
Note: If you had an account last year, you should be able to log in with the same information. If you cannot remember that information, you may need to go through the password recovery process–look for the small button that says “click here” underneath the login boxes. You may need to complete this process more than once. If it doesn’t work after the third attempt, please contact your teacher.
Once you have logged in, you will click the “Enroll in a class” tab and enter the number that corresponds to your class (see Teams for all codes and enrollment keys).