Casa Grande Union High School - Cougar Yearbook (Casa Grande, AZ)

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English 3 and 4 Are College Preparatory Junior English is primarily a study of American Literature with the fields of poetry and prose thoroughly explored. Emphasized is sentence construction, spelling, vocabulary, creative writing and speech training. The purpose of senior English is to prepare stu- dents to successfully take college Freshman English the following year. Individual work is stressed to bring each student up to standard. Business English is primarily a course for students who are not going on in school but wish to im- prove their English. Its purpose is to prepare fourth year English students to confidently use good English in the business world. English III ponders American literature. Mrs. Archibald explains the vocabulary to her first hour English IV class.

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English I and II Stresses Reading Skills Miss Carol E. Berkshire Mr. T. James Finnegan Mrs. Vasha Crowell The four communication skills, writing, reading, speaking, and listening are emphasized in English I. Much time is spent in grammar with the review of the parts of speech and the elements of a simple sentence. Writing activities play an important part in the English I study, including participation in Tracks and Scratches and the Student Letter Ex- change, Acquaintance with a variety of authors is stressed along with the reading of good literature. Miss Berkshire lectures a freshman English class. ( JuyQJXJUP U7. Sophomore English egiss-wtth-a «karetfgh re- view of the previous year's work, with emphasis on the review of the simple sentence and the adverb clause. Then a study of grammar is taken up with constant improvement of compo- sition through theme writing. World literature is also emphasized. 16 Mr. Finnegan helps one of his English II students.

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Vocational Ag Is Popular Subject Mr. Max Huff Mr. Alvin Busby The third year agriculture students learn about soil and water manage- ment, special crops, and animal breeding. Agriculture IV deals with the furthering of farm mechanics and farm management knowledge. The goal of the Agriculture Department is to estab- lish the boys in farming or a related occupation. Agriculture I students start their study in the various aspects of farming in their first year. The boys in Agriculture II are introduced to farm mechanics and actual production problems. Freshman farmer chokes tractor. Mr. Huff aids his students in the farm shop class.