Gavit High School - Futura Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

Page 16 text:

Linguists Put Their Skills to Use In the first and second years of lan¬ guages students learned reading and basic granuner. The third and fourth years were spent preparing for the Indiana University Honors Program by reviewing and expanding vocab¬ ulary. Utilizing their skills and under¬ standing, German 3 students read Endl Und die Detektive; German 5, Die Verschwundine Detektive; and German 7, Kleider Machen Leute Der Richter und Sein Henker. Spanish and French pupils learn¬ ed the language and geography of their respective countries under study. Spanish classes used such films as “Viviendas Espanol,” “Un Restaurante Madrileno,” and “El Sueno Dorado;” French classes, “Je Parle;” and Latin, “Italy” to aid them. Gavit’s language lab gave students a chance to hear a foreign language in the native tongue. “Eh! Toro!” cheer participants in Mrs. Sevald’s Spanish 8 class’s mock bullfight. 12

Page 18 text:

Curriculum Corresponds to Student Needs Ophelia’s (Karen Farnner) death is mourned (excluding a few smiles here and there) by Joel Hochman, Anne Royal, Craig Muir, Dave Nelson, and Margo Pasko. Senior Accelerated English actors perform Hamlet for fellow pupils. Talented C. P. English 7 amateur actors perform the witches scene from MacBeth. The ability to speak and write one’s own language is essential for success. To meet this demand, Gavit offered college preparatory English, practical and general Eng¬ lish, accelerated English, world lit¬ erature, and developmental reading. Practical English prepared stu¬ dents for the business world and everyday life by putting proper emphasis on proper speaking and writing. General English stressed literature, grammar, and writing. Emphasis was on vocabulary for col¬ lege bound students in College Prep. There was also a six week study on reference books, a study of immense value for college. Shake¬ speare’s writings, including Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and Julius Caesar, as well as other great liter¬ ary figures, such as Chaucer, were explored by the students. World literature was offered in place of last semester English. This course probed the history and in¬ fluences of great literature. ' The Greeks and Romans were studied throughout the semester.