Arlington High School - Simba Kali Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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Class Assignments That Go Beyond Pen And Paper Tests Illustrations, medieval fighting weapons or brochures on the Mew World to Rock Day, Just to name a few. You may ask, A few what? Well, these projects and others were used to making history and English more inter- esting. Mrs. Cheryl Simmons, English teacher, said, Layout and design was one of my per- sonal strong points and I thought it would be an educational, as well as a fun experience to real- ize the techniques advertisers used. Other projects used were, for instance, mosaic tiles. It was fun, I enjoyed it, but they were very tedious tasks, replied Ka- ren Madokoro, junior. Students in Honors 4 English chose a pic- ture and recreated it through us- ing colored tiles or colored beads. At first I was confused on how to write about a rock. Then when I got into it, it was kinda fun as well as interesting, said Christ al Mozer, senior. Rock day was used as a timed writing exer- cise for A. P. English. Timed writ- ings were another form of writ- ing project. These writings usually lasted anywhere from 12 minutes to 40 minutes on a given day. Accord- ing to Doug Corbitt, senior, It was hard because we had to push our brains to the limit but the results were worth it. by Christina Edtvan hen my stu- dents draw a graphic sum- mary they are tapping another part of their creativity. o; ' N GUARD. Michael Burke receives help from Mr. John Corona on the prop- er way to use a medieval sword. The making of medieval fighting weapons was one of the projects in this social science class. Illustrated lessons. Beth Han son and Karen Cochran staple their drawings to the wall. These drawings were illustrations of the first three chapters in The Scarlet Letter. PROJECTS 155

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Re 154 ACADEMICS k.OCK WRITING. Marcella Ogata thinks hard about her subject, this tan rock. Students in Mrs. Jeano Miller ' s A. P. English class had to bring a rock to write about for one of their timed writings. OTAPLING. Mrs. Linda Stone- breaker puts up a chart on the char- acter, John Proctor. John Proctor was from The Crucible, a novel most Advanced English 3 classes read.

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