Brookfield Central High School - Legend Yearbook (Brookfield, WI)

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,r..--......., --.M ,. M , 'Q' MW .k,. . if X? U 5 .J f 8 Paperback Writer . . . to Adjectives and Alliteration T he ability to express oneself clearly in writing is a basic skill, needed not only by Adv. Comp. students and pro- spective Pulitzer Prize winners but by everyone. Rarely does a day pass in which some sort of written communica- tion, be it a memo, a letter, or a poem, is not necessary, and the English Depart- ment at Central is dedicated to making this communication as easy and effec- tive as possible. Composition, a required course for sophomores, is designed to give the students experience in writing and to review the essentials in grammar and spelling. Students usually write three or four compositions, learn new vocabu- lary words and read a short story. I really enjoyed Comp., it gave me an opportunity to express myself and gave me an idea of where to start when writ- ing papers, explained Sue Rine. For students heading for college, Advanced Composition has become a virtual necessity. Nearly everyone who has taken the class praises it highly. Advanced Comp. is a must for college- bound students, says Todd Kahler. lt improves your writing skills, and having taken it is a tremendous advantage when you're preparing for your college board exams. ln addition to writing a term paper, Advanced Comp. students are assigned four papers and also study vocabulary. English X 127

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II he Literature courses offered at Central are so diverse that anyone ll ne of the reasons I took advanced comp. was to improve my writing skills, but l soon found out that there is more to the course than that. The discus- sions, the research, and even the typing will help me throughout my collegiate and business career. - Paige Augustine can be satisfied. I took American Lit. because I have always been fond of national writers. The course is presented in such a way that you do not study any one type of writing, you get a broad view of the American writing aesthetic. - Lori Lewis I I s X From Antigone and Appositives . . . i1iMrs.Jerilyn Kien - Advanced Composition, American Literature 1, 2. i2i Miss Deanna Uradnicek - Compositiong Advanced Compositiong American Lit- erature 1, 25 Insights in American Literature. 131 Mr. Jerry Meythaier - Advanced Compositiong American Literature. 14, Mrs. Diane Doerfler - Advanced Compositiong Creative Writing, World Lit- eratureg Albatross Advisory Legend Advisorg English Department Head. Q51 Miss Kay Knudsen - British Literature: Communicationsg Composition, Drama Club Advisor. Q61 During World Literature, Carol Dannenbrink, Chris Geilfuss, and Susan Worst enjoy a class discus- sion. Uj Junior Bob Lee works on an assigned com- position. t8i Reading a passage from the play Mar- riage Proposal by Anton Chekhov, Jenny Gawelski and Doug Floerden perform forthe class. Students in literature courses act out plays as a means of making the classes more interesting to the individual, 126 X English

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gs- Tip of M Tongue From Subjunctive and Superlatives . . . E xpressing oneself intelligently and effectively is a very important asset in today's world. For that reason, there is a wide variety of courses that teach the student how to communicate ver- bally offered by Brookfield Central's English Department. From the rudi- ments of Communications to the fine points of Public Speaking, the Centralite can choose the course that best fits his or her needs and expectations, whether it be for future employment training, or just to improve speaking skills. Communications, a course required to graduate, teaches the basics of speaking to a group and expressing one's thoughts. Though many students feel ill at ease at the thought of speaking in front of a group, they learn all the essentials, helping them in other classes. Remarks Brian Foster, I didn't know how to talk in front of a crowd before l took Communications, but now I can do this quite effectiveIy. More advanced speaking courses, such as Mrs. Streiff's Oral Interpretation and Public Speaking classes, offer skills to those who will need to speak on the job, such as salesmen, politicians, and actors. Comments Bill Webster, l'm going into the visual arts, and Oral Inter- pretation really gave me some experi- ence. 128 f English