Nashville High School - Scrapper Yearbook (Nashville, AR)

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Language Arts Furnishes Basics Conforming to the 'back-to-the-basics' trend, English provided the fundamental knowledge essential to the comprehension of all other courses. Parts of speech, subordinate clauses, punctuation, sentence structure, and diagramming sentences constituted a major part of the year, but left ample time for book reports and research papers. Sophomores gave oral book reports using visual aids such as posters, scale models, or dressing as a character from the book to enhance their presentations. RIGHT-Capturing Melinda Hayes in one of her rare industrious moods finds her laboring over a difficult English assignment. RIGHT CENTER-During a poetry-in-schools workshop, graduate associate David Reich from the U of A Fayetteville analyzes the handiwork of Billy Ray Jones while Gary Kirkpatrick remains in the thinking stage. BELOW-Averaging grades requires Mrs. Dillard to enlist the aid of Quin Minton, David Teague, and Remmel Henry from her class of accelerated sophomores while she assists Janet Langley with an assignment. BOTTOM RIGHT-ln fourth period journalism Sandy Blakely, Kathy Barnes, and Scott Millward pause to read the combined efforts of the fourth and fifth period journalists in THE TATTLER, while Gaye Gallas is already hard at work on an article for the next edition. 18

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THE VIEWS PRESENTED by Leon Daughtery in a speech class debate leave Pamie Salisbury, Linda Bennet, Lynne Roberts, and (uanella Sparks speechless. WHILE RELATING THE adventures of his European excursion to Ms. Ball's second period English class, Johnny Graves attracts the attention of Becky Butler, Kelly Callan, Cathy Chism, Pam Lingo, Debbie Graham, and Regina Scoggins. Journalists racked their brains for ideas to make the school newspaper and yearbook more up-to-date. The yearbook kept some workers after school to draw up layouts, write copy, type and cfevelop pictures. Some dedicated souls even spent part of their 'spring break' working on the yearbook. Constructing the TATTLER at the NASHVILLE NEWS office proved to be valuable experience for future journalists. Nineteen students in the public speaking class delivered informative, persuasive, and how-to speeches. Pantomime speeches aided students in gesticulating more effectively. Panel and class discussions were also common occurrences. French I students discovered how to order food and tell time in French. Spelling bees and oral conjugation of verbs proved to be trying experiences for first year students. French II students improved their articulation, learned to conjugate five different types of verbs, reviewed sentence structure and pronouns, and became acquainted with the various regions of France. A mini-course in Greek mythology benefited some sophomores with a brief respite from the grammar book. Bonus points lured students into creative writing. Literature became a daily routine in the spring, pushing the grammar books to the far corners of the lockers. Juniors reviewed basic grammar, but spent the last nine weeks in literature which ranged from Poe to Steinbeck and Fitzgerald. Book reports became class projects with tne reading of A SEPARATE PEACE. Two research papers, memorizing 200 lines of poetry, and reacting LES MISERABLES filled in the gaps for seniors when they were not studying grammar and literature. English lit constituted the major portion of their studies beginning with Beowulf and including Chaucer's famed Canterbury Tales. Keeping pace with the ever-present journalism deadlines gave anyone who did not possess stamina a nervous break down.