Emmerich Manual High School - Ivian Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Minicourses Create Change of Pace ' for English Pupils Mr. Estell ' s English 7g class membe:s take time to work on their own during class. All college-bound seniors study four years of English instead of the required three. Senior English prepares students well for college-level study. Orientation, Histlish, Speech, Etymology, and Humanities make up special classes in Manual ' s well- organized English Department. Reg- ular classes teach English grammar and composition as well as an ap- preciation of literature. New to Manual this year were the Minicourses which provided a break in several regular English classes. Some 550 Manualites par- ticipated in the courses for two weeks after Christmas vacation and then again in May. Students desig- nated choices from a list of pro- posed courses, and each was given his first choice, if possible. Students attended during their regularly as- signed English periods. Some ses- sions included were Folk Stories in Song, Mythology, Black Literature, Drama, Bib ' e, Love in Literature. Manual Manuscripts, published for the eleventh time, contained poetry, essays, and short stories from all grade levels. Senior Karlow Tutr explains the importance of listening during a debate situation in his Speech class, taught by Mr. Carl Wright. 99

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? tmg mk Mrs. Dorothy Linkc, reading consultant for the Indianapolis school system, teaches reading to Orientation classes. Diana Weaver point ' s out a word to Dennis Myrick who checks the dictionary to see if it is a real ' ' word. Etymology classes cover the blackboard with their own words created from the Creek and Latin roots they study under Miss Carolyn Griffin. ■■ ' ■ w ■ ■ ■ s . j , : : , : W ! Studious Redskins found Manu- al ' s well-equipped library with its numerous reference sources, many volumes of books, and cassette tapes a good place to study, both during the day and after school. Our library, with its new reader printer machine, also aided students and teachers in project READ, which emphasized all reading. The READ program also stressed the importance of vocabulary usage by employing high interest and low readability materials needed fr slow learners. Thirteen English teachers devoted at least one per- iod a day to the READ program helping individuals or small groups with reading difficulties. The reading lab, with its speed- reading films and shadowscopes, proved to be helpful to both Orien- tation and Reading students by in- creasing their skills. Many Manual students utilize the excellent libiary facilities during all periods of day. Misr. Helen Negley demonstrates the new reader-printer machine to Junior Marilyn Sadler and Freshman Pam Hill. 23