Morris Catholic High School - Shield Yearbook (Denville, NJ)

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Words, the Strongest A theatre in the round is just the thing Sister M. Johanette shows to Jim Racine, Eileen Kwiatkowski, and Dan Roche. POETIC devices cause Bobby Cooper and ENJOYING the cultural aspect of English, Sister M. Rene' exhibits poetry Wayne Fahrer to question Sister M. Ruth. posters to Paula Pekarovich, Sue Leonard, Wendy Pisarcik and Bruce Urban. 34

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English Expresses Abstruse Thoughts DO you prefer recorded poetry? Kathy Reardon queries Andy Gessner about his tastes as she plays educational records. The English department of Morris Catholic employs six full-time teachers under the chairmanship of Sis- ter M. Rene' who teaches English IV. Sister M. Alethia is also instructor of English IV and of Cre- ative Writing. Miss Nancy McPeek is responsible for the English III classes. Handling the sophomore groups are Sister M. Johanette and Sister M. Ruth. Miss Jean Stamato teaches the freshman classes. The freshmen use The Golden Echo, which stresses the simple elements of structure. Genre studied in- cludes tales, myths, fables, parables, and legends. For the study of vocabulary, the freshmen share with the sophomores the text Enriching Your Vocabulary by Joseph R. Orgel. In the sophomore year the basic literature Prome- thean Fire furthers the narrative foundation by em- phasizing the eiTects of description on the narrative pattern. Types studied are the short story, the lyric poem, the novel and the drama. Juniors study The Rainbow Shell which continues work on the lyric, the drama, the novel and intro- duces the informal essay. Vocabulary seeks improve- ment through the text Building Word Power by Orgel and Works which is shared with the senior class. For seniors the literature text is The Recurring Im- age which clinches the study of the short story, the novel, the essay, poetry and drama. Teaching of grammar and composition in the four years is facili- tated through the text English Arts and Skills. Sister M. Rosenda, O.S.F., is the author of the literature series. Capable sophomores, juniors, and seniors may enroll in the honors English course. SMILING over English prose are Sister M. Alethia and John Drechsler 33

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