Elkhart High School - Pennant Yearbook (Elkhart, IN)

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Painting scenery and props, dramatic students prepare for the presentation of Teahouse of the August Moon. And Speaking Seniors interested in speech can take Radio Workshop, in which we prepare programs to be broadcast on both local radio stations, WCMR and WTRC. Another aspect of speech work is dramatics. Two courses are offered in the study of drama and of the interpretation and production of plays. Members of Radio Workshop participate in a drama given during .National Education Week. Linda Burnham making a speech: the introduction, the delivery, the criticism.

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English Stresses Reading and Writing Part of English 11A: paragraphs. learning to write good In our senior year we take into consideration our future plans as we choose our English courses. Seniors planning to go to college take Writing Laboratory, a semester course in composition stressing the mechanics of punctuation, sentence structure, para- graphing, and documenting a term paper. The study of the Bible gives us a richer background by providing a better understanding of the greatest collection of all literature. In the first semester we study the history of the Jewish people; in the second semester, the life of Christ. In the junior year pupils may take English 11 A, a combination of the study of American literature and grammar. To aid us in our study of American literature, we listen to many fine recordings of American poetry. Dramatizing Biblieal scenes helps us visualize Biblical times. By organizing outlines in Writing Lab., we improve our themes. 24

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In Modern Literature, Shirley Boots reports on a magazine. Special Courses Help Us In order to help Johnny read, our school offers three types of reading courses: one for non-readers, one for slow readers, and one for those who want to read faster with keener comprehension. Reading pacers and speed films are part of the modern approved equip- ment used in Developmental Reading classes. Another English course is Modern Literature, a two-semester course offered as an elective in the senior year. In class we read and discuss magazines, short stories, plays, biographies, and the newspaper. The course is designed for leisure time reading, listening, and seeing, in adult life. HE ■pSfciiis ' iiR 4J DVH We improve our reading ability in speeial reading class. Using pacers in Developmental Reading class, we increase our reading rate. 26