Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies - Excalibur Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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r .i » Spin the wheel roll the dice A C A D E M Can ' t handle the pres- sure of school work? Need to gain some knowledge quick? Are you in an academic slump? Well come on down and put on your thinking caps because it ' s time to play some academic games! A great way for students to have fun and learn at the same time was playing games initiat- ed by teachers in various sub- jects. Teachers found that games were a great way for stu- dents to enjoy themselves dur- ing classtime. It ' s a good way to learn and have fun all at once, said Rea- gan Lee, tenth grader. Foreign languages can be very difficult at times, especial- ly when learning how to pro- nounce and recognize new vo- cabulary. Mrs. Buchannan ' s Spanish I class had the opportu- nity to take part in a game called Loteria , which plays like Bingo but with pictures and Spanish words. The students learn to read. w It ' s a good way to learn and have fun all at once tk pronounce, and translate Span- ish through the game, said Mrs. Buchannan. Advanced Spanish students were able to create their own games in Seatnora Parker ' s Spanish III period. Students had to construct gameboards with cards and markers includ- ed all in their own boxes. Sound simple enough to play? There ' s only one catch though — instructions an d cards are writ- ten in Spanish! The object of my game, ' La Migra ' , is to cross ' the border ' safely, said Keivan Stassun, eleventh grader. Do sports and academics mix? Sure they do, if you ' re thinking about Learnball , an exciting basketball game with a twist played in Ms. Eller ' s room. Any student in Mr. Wimber- ly ' s math classes would tell you all about his legendary Jeopar- dy games. Played like the game show, students know their trivia and math to get points. Buenos suerte amigos! — Jeff Nodd. Arlene Rhoden, Kirslun Kun:e. Lourdes Fuenles, and Sonu Malholra, students in Sra. Parker ' s Spanish III period, play some games created by students in class. As a class project, advanced Spanish students had to create game boards with their own pieces, cards and instructions written entirely in Spanish. Now that ' s difficult. Ay caramba! Games Academics 93

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?i. «wis :r7»; ' - i; ia; A jyT:r» Magic Johnson never played like this — During Ms. Eller ' s sixth period English class. Brian Quan. tenth grad- er, shoots away for bonus points. Ms. Eller bought a mini-basketball stand especially for the game. Placing your life in Jeopardy — Itzik Shelsinger. senior, chooses a subject on the chalkboard in one of Mr. Wimber- ly ' s Jeopardy games. When there ' s time away from geometry or trigonom- etry, his students work on their trivial knowledge. Checkmate! — Jason Menadue ex- plains to Mr. S chaffer ' s speech and de- bate class different strategies and ma- neuvers for a knight piece in the game of chess. Chess is a game of high level thinking and difficult strategies and is a game that isn ' t mastered with ease. Don ' t spill the little beans on the floor, announces Mrs. Buchanan to her Spanish I students during a game of Loteria . The game is played like Bingo but with pictures Spanish words, and dried beans as markers. Learning was never this fun. W A ' 92 Games Academics

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A C A D E M Seeing things at g a different angle Math, foreign lan- guage, Health Edu- cation, Driver Edu- cation and English classes all have one thing in common — they all use some sort of audio or visual device to help aid the teacher in enhancing the lesson plans. For some students, to ac- tually visualize or hear the lesson on an overhead projector or tape player helps them to bet- ter understand the concept the teacher is trying to teach. The overhead projector: Lyn- da Wormell, Marian Paster- nack and Janet Yasuda, to name a few, are notoriously known for using this device. It ' s actually easier for them be- cause they could keep their eyes on the class and teach at the same time. Given the position of the ta- bles in Ms. Wormell ' s class, the projector helps me to see bet- ter. said eleventh grader, Sandy Cavallaro. • Both of the aids have always helped me to get familiar with Spanish dialogues 99 The Foreign Department em- ploys both devices to aid the stu- dents. The students sit eagerly and listen for that little irritat- ing voice pronouncing Voulez- vous Francais? or Como Est- as. The purpose in this exercise is to hear how the native tongue sounds o that students get a feel for the language. It ' s done to help conjugate certain words and improve oral skills. Being in Spanish for three years, the aids have always helped me to get familiar with Spanish dialogue. said Jeffrey Nodd, eleventh grader. In Health Education, Ms. Lisa Lewis shows her class the movie, THE MIRACLE OF LIFE a movie about the inside anatomy of both sexes. The film shows the develop- ment of the egg and sperm cells and the baby itself. The lesson wouldn ' t be as effective without showing the class this movie. Ms. Lisa Lewis, Health teach- er. To begin with we ' d start off . . . Dr Pasternack. a skillful niarlwmalician. instructs the liass in the simplicity of the ninth equation in that if you put your mind and heart into it. there ' s no equation loo hard to overcome — where there ' s a will, there ' s a way. But wait, yonder overhead projector there lies a hidden message — HELLO!?? Hello to you. too! 94 Visual Aids Academics