Fairmont East High School - Falcon Yearbook (Kettering, OH)

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l X wi .. xv. - it Above: ln German class, Debbie Tip+on, Jon Holme, and Ellio+ Carpenfer, franslafe vocabulary life words fo flue English pronunciafion. Below: Sfu- denfs work weekly in The language lab 'ro beffer lheir reading and speaking abilify. rl l 2 E w e S A 3 W in in i n e l A ei,i ,,

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Sfudenfs offered large voriefy of English courses Sophomores fhis year chose befween fhree required English courses: basic composifion and American liferafure, basic composifion and survey of lifera- fure, and basic English. Sfudies included pracfical wrifing slcills and reading. Juniors were offered fwo courses: cornposifion and American liferafure and composifion and world liferafure. Composifion and world liferafure dealf wifh man's universal fraifs and exposi- fory wrifing. Seniors had choices befween advanced composifion and world lifera- fure or advanced composifion and lifer- ary analysis. Bofh courses dealf wifh wrifing composifions and sfudying plays and novels. E 'if 'rcucl fbi Llcn 1 JS 3 GJ e , , 9 4 2.1 ,K 0' ,J ,Q ia' ' is Q! My -ff' 0 .-n .'3' f L 'F' My ,iii . 1,7-ef

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Longuoge closses enjoy 'rhe voriefy of foreign gomes Easf offered four differenf foreign languages. They were German, Spanish, French, ancl Lafin. Spanish classes kepf busy giving dramafizafions of plays, playing Simon Says, giving slide shows, and memoriz- ing dialogues based on Charlie Brown comic sfrips, all of which were wriffen and spoken in Spanish. They also had a special unif on pronunciafion. Sfudying fhe culfure of people in Germany and affempfing fo learn daily speech pafferns which would be recog- nizable fo a nafive of fhe counfry played a large parf in German classes. A few sfudenfs fook a special fesf in an affempf fo win a four-week all-expense- paid frip fo Germany. French classes did a variefy of pro- jecfs. To beffer fheir reading and speaking abilify, fhey read French mag- azines and newspapers. Sfudenfs played French password, a French card game called Mille Bornes and did crossword puzzles for enioymenf. To sfudenfs planning professional careers in medicine, Lafin was very imporfanf. Translafion was a maior poinf in fhis class. Above: Two Spanish sfudenfs, Kevin Millar and Gabby Off, enioy a break in fheir daily roufine by going fo fhe laborafory. Far Leff: Sue l-lsia lisfens affenfively as French feacher, Miss Kay Benfon, helps her wifh an assignmenf. Leff: Janice Masfers pauses fo look over her French homework before furning if in.