David Crockett High School - Texan Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Communicate ENGLISH , probably one of the most broad, deep, and boring subjects that students are required to take. If you are college bound, brace yourself for four long, tedious years of it. Crockett's English program ranges from CLA fco-related language artsl I-VI all the way to AP iadvanced placementl English, the highest senior's honors English class that can be taken in high school. Regular English I-VIII are also included in the choices available. CLA could possibly be con- sidered the blow-off English course for the students that don't take school seriously, but there are some people whose competency levels put them in this less demanding kind of English course. used. This class prepares students to be able to test out a lot of their English in college. Two tests are being offered to students. The first can be taken following their junior year and the English Honors V and VI courses are geared to help on this test. It's the Language and Composition Test and if a 4 or 5 is scored, 5 being the highest score, three hours of freshmen college English is the reward, plus an A for the course. Sometimes even a 3 is high enough in some colleges. The second test is given to the seniors close to the end of the year, and this is called the Lituature and Composition Test. If a student scores well on this test hefshe will place out of three hours of college sophomore English, with an A . The AP course has some of the English department stresses understanding through correct reading, writing, speaking CLA is designed for students with a lesser aptitude in language. Junior Erica Duitman, a CLA VI fjunior levell student feels she could handle a regular English course and, would have to work harder in a higher English. Carlos Aponte is a ninth grader with another reason for taking CLA. He moved here from Puerto Rico in 1981. When he arrived here he spoke no English but had been in 4th grade in Puerto Rico. The slower paced English class allowed him to catch up on his language skills while keeping up in other subject areas. It would have been harder to speak to other people without this. My friends helped me a lot but the class helped me get it right. Carlos has been in special classes for four years but has been recommended for regular English next year. 'fl feel great about getting out of CLA because it makes me feel like I know as much English as any other stu- dent AP English is definitely the course to take if you are a college bound student. It is a college level course and college text books are 58 I English elements needed to perform will on this test. Each test costs 3549.00 which would be considerably less than taking full blown college English courses. They offer, great advantages economically, said AP English teacher Miriam Tor- mollan. AP English is worth the trouble to Senior Michael Hafner. Your study of everything is more in depth, and makes you use your brain more. You look for things you wouldn't normally look for if you didn't know to look for them, said Hafner, it,s more of a challenge than regular English. One of the most common things practiced in any English class is the reading and analysis of novels, and there are quite a few of them. To Kill a Mockingbird, Catcher in the Rye, The Grapes of Wrath, A Brave New World, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 1984, A Scarlet Letter, Hamlet, The Crucible, MacBeth, A Separate Peace, f'Sons and Lovers, The Great Gatsby, and, Plato's Republic. The list goes on and on. K Ann Moore Bcs. Rdg. English IV is 1 -si .ws ,, .www - I . .f,,i'-it , X e 1 fi-W-refill' inf? W - Q. . V... . . V ,,.,g, , g . 1 :ii 5, P r A .fx Fran Moore English IV CLA IV .ua - 46? - .. S-'if' A :Va 4- 2 .-fff2 ' 2. fs .J ge- A . X '-2314,-lA..lSt:': i' 1-r. G Q41 5 mam Estherlene Moya Mary Price English VI English II - IV ESOL