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

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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

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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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With the help of Mrs. Nancy Carnes and the Bell and Howell Language Master, freshman Ron Baker im- proves his vocabulary skills. Reading pops up in every course Textbooks weren ' t the only objects read by BHS students. Students also ob- served reading in clocks, spirit signs, and newly-acquired filmstrips. Getting into reading were 25 ju- nior librarians, students of Mrs. Dealie Dodds. Over 800 new books were pro- cessed. Mrs. Beth Karjala took over the school reading program, assisted by Mrs. Patricia Fogwell, who replaced Mrs. Brenda Mantha after her resigna- tion. Students used the Controlled Reader, Flash-X, and Vocabulary exer- cises in reading to increase their speed and comprehension skills. The Tach-X machine allowed students to build vo- cabulary perception. The correct time in some classrooms was hard to come by for clockreaders, as several were unreliable. Biology teacher Mr. Coy covered his classroom clock and put up a sign reading Time will pass; will you? Learning B Reacling 37