Benton High School - Wahwahlanawah Yearbook (St Joseph, MO)

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Learning Literature By Audio-Visuals Below left: Members of the Advanced Spanish class listen carefully as they are given an assignment Below Right: Mike Gillispie uses his language knowledge to finish that portion ot the ACT SAT test. The Language classes were again shown movies this year. According to department head, Tom Pankiewicz, the movies were not only shown for en- joyment value, but they were used in discussions and writings in the classroom. First semester students were shown The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter the story of a deaf-mute man struggling to survive in the normal world. Second semester students were shown Fahrenheit 451 a science-fiction movie about the burning of books. Another feature of the Language department was the Creative Writing Club. It was open to students with an interest in writing. The group met once a month to discuss stories and poems each student had written on their own. Some members worked in- dividually with Mr. Pankiewicz on projects of their choice for an extra credit grade. 12 Language Arts

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Above: Sandy Musser. Brad Pfleiderer. and Deb- bie Chatfieid gather around Jeannine Lehman as she compares the intensity of two light sources in candles by using a Bunsen Photometer Left: Cheryl Farmer works diligently on her Biology I terms. Below Left: Theresa Griffin stops by room 301 to visit with Mr Capps gerbils. Below Jeff Butcher and Toni Amparano clean up after a Chemistry I experiment.

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L J , Left: Alfred Merritt explains the assignment to Dana Butcher as substitute teacher. Mr Steffan looks on. Below Rick Gilmore looks up in disbelief as he hears the directions in his Non-Fiction class Above: The Advanced Spanish class takes a break from their work to relax Miss Dena Bower taught the Spanish classes this year, her first at Benton. Language Arts 13