Medina High School - Mirror Yearbook (Medina, NY)

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I knew I shouldn't have slept yesterday. Richard Dunbar, Ruth Donahue. Donald Donahue. English r I'Qii7?1f A l 5' I: . ' . t s 4 rpakg., , , Q A , limi.. , p A D - N t VL Davy Copperfield was a real cool cat. K xt- x ,l W , .I Q V GEMM ' Lrg 1 H ., KL ' at of .t-- --- s l e--'ii , i , A l' - You don't say! Preparing the students for the tran- sition from Jr. High to High School, the teachers of English I emphasize the importance of sentence structure and the simple paragraph. To make ready for the Regents Ex- amination, taken at the end of -the third year, grammar, syllabication, spelling and vocabulary are also em- phasized. The stress of the department is upon skills of reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Some important works read and studied during the first two years are David Copperfield, Tale of Two Cit- ies, Ivanhoe, Julius Caesar, Silas Marner, and Rime of the Ancient Mariner. -1 'Ll Punctuation, never: seemed so: difTicult'?! Certainly you know what fallible means! 10

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Librar You say you have an English paper due? Find anything, Peggy? Helen Gilmeister, Librarian Sometimes it's convenient to be tall. Busy? 9 Amen!

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English III and IV classes are split into advanced, Regents, and non-Regents classes, with a new Ad- vanced Placement class for seniors showing exceptional talent in English. A section of the English department is devoted to speech, a class where students are trained in the fine points of writing and delivering a speech. Miss Carol Hall, for many years a member of the Medina High School English Department, retired in January. She was educated at Fredonia State Teacher's College, Columbia University and Middlebury College. Her interest in poetry has inspired many students, and many of her own poems have appeared in na- tional magazines. Scribblers, Medina High's own cre- ative magazine, was established by Miss Hall. Thank heaven for Webster! English IV AP A speech is to be presented in a relaxed manner. Richard Scott, Carol Hall, Betty Childs, Ida Cole.