Miami Norland High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Miami, FL)

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Doing research in the reference room afords students the oppor- tunity to gather interesting and useful information for their classes. Able to convey anything with a single facial expression, Rikki Kirzner utilizes pantomime for its fullest efect. Margaret Sprinkle Joy Stone Selma Weiss Using him strips to show students that focusing their eyes on speed, Mr. Sinigoi makex an adjustment on the reading projector, phrases instead of individual words will increase their reading one of xeveral instruments used in teaching developmental reading.

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LANGUAGE ARTS Keeps Students Busy With Several Outside Events With an enlarged calendar of events in Which to participate, speech and debate students this year have had an ample opportunity to apply the techniques learned in class to contests chal- lenging their skill. For the second time, Nor- land hosted the Dade County Debate held in April. Also, beginning in January, four stu- dents represented Norland on a television show, one day every other month, to debate With stu- dents from other schools on issues of their own choice. Drama students have had an especially busy year, too. Taking part in the University of Miami Drama Festival meant hours of rehears- t i 19, wt , . i als for the Norland participants. They acted in Judy Swerdl017 lets speaker Coleen Bassett know that she has eight excerpts from plays and numerous, individual minutes left to talk. Timing is essential for good debating. dramatic selections. Harold Myers Nancy F. Paluzzi Florence Robbins Juanita Shands Roger Sinigoi Students, what is this? Why, itis this upside down! Make a note of that. Q r ' M 5;. Jim

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Lourdes E. Arenas Oscar R. Fischer Rosie B. Ledford K. D. McMeans Mr. Stultz uses his musical talents in order to promote enthusiasm and appreciation for the Spanish language. FOREIGN LANGUAGE Dressed in an authentic pancho and sombrero, Jag Breslaw strums U565 AUJiO-L lngudl MethOd his guitar and leads the class in singing several Spanish folksongs. r a k s for Teaching Latin For the first time in the history of the Lan- guage Department, all of the foreign tongues are being taught through the techniques de- veloped by the Audio-Lingual Method. Even Latin, 21 language normally not spoken, will be learned by first year students in this manner. It is believed that speaking the language en- ables the students to better and more quickly comprehend the grammar and vocabulary. Not only are new sounds coming from the Latin scholars, but from the German tongues as well. Third year German has been added to the. curriculum this year, allowing German 11 pupils to increase their mastery of the skills they have been developing over the first two years. With a thorough knowledge of basic Ger- man, these students might be able to take col- lege German on a more advanced basis. Spanish and French students are using new books which the students find more imaginative and inter- esting than previously used books. All of the advances promoted this year have shaped a better Language Department and created more enthusiasm 0n the part of the students.