Berrien Springs High School - Canoe Yearbook (Berrien Springs, MI)

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enqLish speech jouRnalism In the freshman year, the student learns the principles of literature and grammar. He reads such stories as The Odyssey and learns to act out plays. In the sophomore year, he continues to use these principles in everyday life. He reads Julius Ceasar and is required to write a term paper so that he can put what he has learned in grammar to actual use. In the junior year, he explores the fine arts of poetry, short stories, creative writing and good music as they are reflected in literature. He then learns to facilitate these fine arts in grammar. In the senior year, he studies mostly English literature from its beginning with Beo-wolf to modern authors like Winston Churchill. He also studies a short survey of the history of England, its affect on literature, and the literature's reflection of the various ages. English Composition is taught mainly to prepare the student for college. He studies vocabulary words on the college level, and he learns to write and speak formally. Speech is a furthering of English principles. The student demonstrates his ability to express individual personality in a creative and interesting way before a group. Journalism deals with, newspaper and printing techniques. The students publish weekly the school paper. The Limelight, in which they apply the fundamentals they have learned. S. Tillman and S. Janke demonstrate the subject-verb relationship to Mr. Swonk, the eleventh grade English teacher. D. Hartline, C. Andrews, E. Disselberger, L. Chesher, P. Schrimsher takes parts in sophomore English class play Life with Father . 10

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J. Bulkowski points out the three different branches of government in American government class. C. Williams and K. Kugel point out an area of the United States on a map in American government class. 9

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Mrs. Boyer points out the interesting features of a Shakespearian theatre model to T. Mead, D. Metz, G. Chauncy, and J. Personette. Preparing a panel discussion in speech class. B. Wagner, J. Parrish running off a page for the Limelight in journalism class. D. Lansdale shows an area in eleventh grade English class.