Blackford High School - Reflections Yearbook (Hartford City, IN)

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Larry Stockton inspects a dead Paul Montgomery after he was stabbed by Lisa Ford, who is being comforted by her neighbor, Jodie BoxelL y ' L vt I HI H P ' o Jl H ' fl B gS PCTMii B 1 IHH ■u SHI Ib K—i Meow, says cats Kathy Shores, Chanda Cook, to owners Linda Tyler, Debbie Atkinson, Mary House- man, acting out commercials in French. Learning B Role Playing 35

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Playing poker in The Odd Couple are Dave Wil- Lisa Ford battled with Paul Montgomery after refus- kins, Chris Neel, Bill Beymer, Larry Stockton, and ing to tell the whereabouts of heroin-filled doll in Clay Miller, who enjoyed food and beer. Wait Until Dark. W t ie world ' s a stage—school, too! William Shakespeare said the world is a stage and all the people are actors. And role playing, as a learning tech- nique, was found in many classrooms, as well as at home and on the school stage. Pretending was the theme of many class projects, such as in French class, where students simulated TV commer- cials in the French language. In social studies classes mock trials and political campaigns during the summer session placed students in the roles of jurymen, candidates and campaigners. But the most obvious role playing was one on the so-called stage in the cafetorium. Three major full-length dramas were produced. Wait Until Dark, a drama placing the insight of a blind girl against the wiles of gangsters, was produced by Masque and Gavel in the fall. Thespians produced Play it Again, Sam, a play idolizing Humphrey Bogart, as the win- ter play. Masque and Gavel gave The Odd Couple, in the spring, a comedy familiar to TV audiences. Most students realized a mixture of Fantasy and reality is another formula for getting educated. 34 Learning By Role Playing A Mark Feitt teaches the senior college prep English class about short story. The experiment was used to develop in-depth thinking. The Odd Couple starred Bill Beymer as the sloppy Oscar, and Mike Sills as the neat-as-a-pin Felix, a conflict- packed comedy.

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choir students Carma Dawson and Connie Love find they must be able to read music and words to sing their alto part in concert choir. Engineering is Darrell l-iannon ' s career ambition, so he checi(s the requirements in the college guides in the Guidance Department. Increasing reading speed and comprehension are jerry Shellenbarger and Nancy VanCordon, who use the Controlled Reader in the Reading Laborato- ry- 36 Learning By Reading