North Little Rock High School - Wildcat Yearbook (North Little Rock, AR)

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Since English is in part a tool subject, its bounda- ries are indefinite. There are, however, certain def- inite goals that the department tries to reach at each of the three grade levels in senior high school. In the tenth grade much of the time is spent on technical grammar in an effort to consolidate what has been offered earlier in this area and to give the student the tools necessary for the work in his junior and senior years. At this level special emphasis is given to spelling, punctuation, correct usage, and sentence structure. By the end of this year the student has covered most of the basic principles of grammar, has written many paragraphs and short themes, and has had an appreciable amount of work in oral composition and vocabulary building. He has also become acquainted with several types of literature-The novel, usually Silas Marner g A Shakespearean play, Julius Cae- sar or As You Like It , and narrative and lyric poetry. In the eleventh grade the student may elect either terminal fgeneralj English or College preparatory fspecialj English. These courses are alike in that both offer a review of grammar with the addition of a few new principles. Practice in correct usage, spell- ing, and punctuation is continued, the composition is more varied with longer and more carefully con- structed paragraphs and themes, and more time is given to oral reporting of different kinds. Both groups study American writers against the background of American History and every effort is made to encourage the student to read widely.'To date the main difference in general English and spec- ial English has been in the method of approach and in the amount of work required. In twelfth grade General English the department seeks to give the student experiences in written and oral English comparable to those he will meet in his every day life. To the special English student it offers preparation for achievement and college en- trance tests, extensive work in vocabulary building and the mechanics of collecting and organizing ma- terials for various types of themes. To both general and special classes the depart- ment offers a survey course in English literature and, as in the preceding grades, it offers a wide variety of oral composition-The panel discussion, the class dis- cussion, book reviewing and story telling. A175 Vfldd fmlfm I-fltflfb 12 Mr. George A. jones, English IU mul ll , E lr A 'i i i s lx 17