John Jay High School - Yearbook (Cross River, NY)

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-up nib ln speed reading class, Mr. Bachrach interprets a progress chart while his students follow with their own copies. Lois M., Dawn V. and Dian E. work on their senior papers in the library: the reports ranged from hypnotism to the native races of Africa. Jeanne l-l. delivers a speech to her senior English class in the auditorium. THE STUDY OF The most individual aspect of our English curriculum is its division into three tracks: Ad- vanced, Regents and Certificate. The triple track program is in the transitional period where the work for advanced, medium, and slower courses is being adjusted according to the judgment of the teacher. However, by the time-the present ninth grade is ready to graduate, it will have had four years of English under the system, and the superior group will be adequately prepared to take examinations for advanced standing in col- lege. The department also provides an important service for those students lacking necessary lang! uage skill. In the reading skills class, which meets three times a week, such materials as phrase and vocabulary cards, penmanship .exercises, speed reading books, and continued diagnostic tests are used to aid progress. Oral work forms a large part of the work in all of the English courses. Certainly, the seniors will remember the speeches which they presented to their classes in the auditorium. Page 52

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X 4 'rx a Q i T 12 Seventh grad,e students 'ralce notes during an English discussion period. OUR LANGUAGE Furthermore, much of the time in high school is devoted to the study of literature. American and English literature is studied with an emphasis on certain novels and plays which are read and discussed in class. If we should look into a junior class we might find the stu- dents recording Romeo and Juliet and then listening to the London Company's interpretation of it. Composition work advances from constructing the sentence and paragraph to composing the various styles of literature: the es- say, play, short story, poem, and ballad. The final composition step is the mastering of the many skills required for a research paper. This year one senior class did two papers on English literature with topics ranging from the medieval guilds to the Age of Reason. l : l - ,r 2: 0994:-2 A The sophomores wail for their cue from Mr, Henriquez as they tape the musical, The King and l. The iunior high students do research work in the library for their reports.