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

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English Teachers Strive to Individualize Instruction Redskins spend one period each semester for three years getting in their required English, and many also elect Speech, Humanities, and Etymology, plus English VII and VIII. New to the English Department was a team teaching class in Eng- lish I. Freshmen were divided into three groups according to ability. They studied Composition, Short Story, or Reading and Mechanical Skills for a six weeks ' period, then switched classes. The purpose of this Adapted Team Teaching, according to Mrs. Marilyn McCloud, one of those involved, was to innovate techniques allowing concentration in one area of English at a time and to group freshmen by ability. Mr. Michael Coffman ' s lllg class incorporated a 9-week independent study program involving research and group discussions on a liter- ary period of a country. Mrs. Jane Gable ' s lllg class studied various as- pects of Journalism. Students found adequate facilities in the library. In addition to num- erous books and magazines, the li- brary offered many audio-visual aids such as film strips. A new item in the library was a Dukane listening station where as many as 16 persons can watch a film strip simultaneously. Other new additions were small screens for in- dividual study and a growing col- lection of three-minute technicolor films. ABOVE — Connie Smith and Diane Sutt- ner try out the new equipment in the Du- kane listening stations, new to the library this year. ABOVE RIGHT — Tim Dale works at improv- ing his reading skills. Developmental read- ing is a required freshman course design- ed to give students better comprehension and faster speed for assignments and books. RIGHT — Louis Cray, sophomore, concen- trates on a literature assignment in Mrs. Jane Cable ' s English class. Sophomores in Mrs. Cables ' s classes also study journalism, gain- ing experience by writing feature and news stories for the Manual Booster. 24 English

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p V f Every fact that is learned Becomes a key to other facts. — J. G. Holland m Most of our school time is spent learning learning facts. But, an important part of our learning is accomplished through experiencing Whether in science labs or on gym equipment, we try out facts and theories we have learned.

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TOP LEFT — Joe Kriech relaxes in the li- brary. The library was recommended high- ly by the North Central evaluating team. Their only criticism was that it is not used enough. TOP — Craig Fouts, Karen Lahman, and Rick Curtis learn the functions and style of a de- bate in their freshman English class. LEFT — A Humanites class wears Hallo- ween masks to act out a Greek play, The Eumenides. Characters are Lynn Janke, Ath- ene; Gary Mills, Apollo; Margaret Maxwell, Orestes; and Mary Entwistle, Beth Mullen, and Rowena Bush, the Furies. ABOVE — Mrs. Ann Ely, Head of the Star- News Educational Services, speaks to the Hist- lish class about journalism and the opera- tion of large city newspapers. English 25