Newcastle High School - Blue Racer Yearbook (Newcastle, OK)

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Thecumculumofthese nine classes included such variations as making illustrated poetry notebooks, pre- senting cuttings from plays, writing creatively, studying grammar, prep- aring for ACT tests, and reading Shakespearean plays. Speech, which was offered as an elective, was returned to the curri- culum after an absence of two years. Stressing drama the first semester, the fourth and fifth hour classes pre- sented Sauce for the Goslings, Why Teachers Go Nuts, Teach- er's Pet, and Whodoneit? Second semester was filled with various speech contests and a trip to CSU to see a drama production. Eleven adventuresome students met the challenge of Spanish I be- cause it sounded like fun to be able to talk in a language other than Eng- lish . With emphasis on communica- tion, the class, taught by Mrs. Jean McBride, received new books at the first of the year and zoomed through them, learning the language by repe- tition. No memorization also was enforced by Mrs. McBride. Many book reports and speeches have been delivered from behind the old podium in the English room. Mrs. Retha Curtis is in a familiar position dur- ing English III. Teacher's Pet gets a good, thorough study by fifth-hour Speech class members. LANGUAGE DEPT . 17

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People naturally have the desire to communicate with one another. Providing students with the neces- sary training to do so effectively is the goal of the Language Depart - Language: Shakespeare, Adjectives, Drama, and No Memorizing” ment. Students sometimes fuss about taking four years of English, little realizing how important this knowl- edge will be in future years. Three different teachers resulted in a va- riety of nine different English clas- ses for the Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors. Giving book reports was the only common activity in these classes. Barry Askins1 atten- tion is diverted by the camera from the qroup reading of play parts in Speech. 16 LANGUAGE DEPT.

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History: Indian Treaties, Jeopardy, Role Playing and Arguments. Do Grandma and Grandpa talk about the good old days? Taking a history class can help keep you up- to-date on the past and help you to converse about current events. Problems with Indians, land rushes, and becoming a state in 1907 were presented to the three Oklahoma History classes, consis- ting mostly of freshmen. Going beyond the state level of history into American History, more problems, famous men, important battles, and the Constitution were studied by role-playing, making projects, and giving reports. Nothing was old or boring in these two clas- ses;theydid something new and dif- Debating is heavy in American History as Lisa Babb and Lynda Crawford prove their point to Kevin Carrel. 18 HIST ORY