Denton High School - Bronco Yearbook (Denton, TX)

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Grammar, composition, literature make up English curriculum Students are required to take three years of English for graduation, but four years are recommended for college. There are 15 English teachers with Willie Mae Burlage serving as the department chairperson. Three new teachers, Jane Welborn, Debbie Wilson, and Cathy Gregory, were added this year. The classes offered in the English department are as follows: English I-B, which is a course for those students who failed to receive credit for ninth grade English, English Il-B, a course designed to meet the language needs of those students who desire to enter the work force immediately after graduation, English II stresses the genre approach to literature and begins a broadened approach to literature, English ll-H is a course geared to the academically oriented student, English Ill-B is offered as a follow-up course for those juniors who feel the need for a slower pace, English lll is a fused program of literature, composition, and language, English Ill-H is a course cover- ing American literature from the Colonial period through con- temporary literature, Advanced Grammar and Composition is a course designed for college bound students who desire to improve their knowledge of grammar and to polish their writing techniques, Creative Writing is a course designed for students who enjoy expressing themselves in writing, English IV introduces great English authors, English lV, Advanced Placement, develops the students' awareness of language and skills in critical reading and effective writing. 20 9 2 I T W C, Q A1 V3 A2 X f .twig New S

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17 13 Wt, I I 'V 1' This year there were eighteen new staff members: Cynthia Ammons, Debbie Bateman, Bob Dees, Steve Forney, Beki Garcia, Sandra Geisler, Cathy Gregory, Julie Hakimoglu, Pat Harberson, Youvonne Matzinger, Janet Melton, Adela I , . 1 X MDB' A ....,,,! .. Vw X a , . I f X A 2.25. Nunez, Bobby Vaughn, Sharon Veazey, Maria Wagnon, Donna Ware, Jane Welborn, and Debbie Wilson. Last year there were two sections in the introduction to computers classes, but this year there are a total of seven sections. 1. Fillie sponsor Debbie Bateman seems bored at registration. 2. Julie Farine checks the Master Class List to work out her schedule tor the tall. 3. Jett Ray and Levi Luman try to get their schedules completed. 4. Approximately 1,803 students register. 5. Sporting an impromptu Ruffled blouse during a break, English teacher Shirley Jones discusses scheduling with assistant prin- cipal Durwood Tonn. 6. Students Daphne Starnes, Alan Silva, and Nader Shaaben are helped by swim coach Lisa Haslett. 'n

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Sli gy ' 6 Q f W,,1 ,Q ,V.1 . l , ,-' f ' 4: if Q 5- , 1 ' kv. ' 4. 'A 'ffififj' ' s .,.....,....f-,,...-adv-M f-. , . Q . .wi I f f x S A6 V9 s 1. Kris Baker gives an oral report on Manuscript Found In A Boffle by Edgar Allan Poe. 2. Lee Lebel gives an oral report on the Raven in Doris Dundas' classroom. 3. English teacher Barbara Teeter comfortably gives a lecture to her class. 4. English Department Chairperson Willie Mae Burlege lectures to her first period English class. 5. Donna Skipper is guided by English teacher Katherine Hayes in researching her topic. 6. Dale Driskill and Andy Keating work on a research paper for the advanced Grammar and English Composi- tion class. 7. Mike Linam, Shi-Ling Lan, Kim Robison, Cathy Farmer, Ronda Ivy, Cekial Danielson and Kevin Lend study in Willie Mae Burlage's first period English class. 8. Stephanie Berend, Chad Dickson, Curt Campbell, Chris Dahler, Claire Guess, and Ben Boyd display their Halloween pumpkin which won 2nd place in the category ofthe Ugliest. 9. In Barbara Hardy's first period English class, LaTresa Stroud and Denise Bulls act out a skit from 0. Henry's short story, Gift of the Magi. 21 ,g E