Central Catholic High School - Lance Yearbook (Lafayette, IN)

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Hey Patty, did you get your plot summary done? So begins another conversation about sophomore Eng- lish. American literature was the subject of the material covered in class, along with writing themes and building vocabulary. In order to develop reading comprehension and writing skills, Mrs. Weaver assigned plot summaries to the stu- dents. This involved reading a selection from the text, then restating the plot in their own condensed form. The sophomores had to write themes whenever they were too rowdy during class. One such punishment con- sisted of writing an essay on anything they wanted. Scott Cooper chose to write about The Seven Words You Can ' t Say On TV . Others wrote about The Romantic Era . Mrs. Weaver ' s second hour class, which consisted of seven people, continually tried to get her off the subject. There were times when discussions concerning marriage, the Iranian crisis, and other current events took the place of English for the day. Sister Roselma ' s freshman English Classes also did their share of reading. Of Mice and Men, The Merchant of Venice, Rip Van Winkle, and The Pearl were only a few of the many books covered. Students enjoyed Sister Roselma ' s class. Some re- marked that she could make even the most boring sub- jects exciting, like the ever popular punctuation and composition assignments. To break up the monotony of daily classes. Sister Ro- selma would let her students play games on Fridays. Heads Up Seven-Up was a favorite among the freshmen. Patiently waiting for the go atiead, ,Devon Hoshaw de- lays the start of the film. underclass english 57

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Plot Summaries To Heods-Up Lou Bolander smiles at one of his lines in All Quiet on the Western Front Jana Brose is ready with the answer in Sister Roselma ' s English class 56 underclass english

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Mr. Dubiel ' s English class proved to be very entertain- ing for the seniors. His humorous discussions about Jap- anese literature and Greek mythology kept them amused throughout the entire course. One day, Mr. Dubiel was trying to make the Iliad easier to understand. He compared the story to a football game between the USC Trojans and the Purdue Boilermakers. Mark Herrmann from Purdue was Achilles and Charles White from USC was Hecter. Instead of making it easier, the students kept getting the characters confused with the football players. Junior English student occupied their time by writing term papers and reading British literature. Mrs. Herber led them in discussions of MacBeth, Beowulf and Para- dise Lost. At the beginning of the year the juniors read George Orwell ' s 1984. Mrs. Herber made sure they kept up with the material by giving pop quizzes. Vocabulary was an important part of both English courses. The juniors were responsible for learning 25 new words every two weeks. Seniors were given a vocabulary list periodically. Usually, Mr. Dubiel would make them use each word in a sentence to show that they understood its meaning. One day, the students were grading a vocabu- lary test is class; All the scores were really low, and he was quite upset until he realized that he read the wrong answers. Upperclass English was entertaining for the students. They became more aware of literature in the world around them. After the bell rings and the classroom clears Mary Schmidt finds It much easier to finish up her term paper. Jerome Bullock pauses to proof read the final draft of his term paper. 58 upperclass english Together Shane DeBoer and Bob Fitzgerald work out another difficult assignment in English.