North Side High School - Legend Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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transformed into a realistic setting as these four amateur actors, making use of au- thentic costumes and props, perform the short play, Dust of the Road, before fellow English 7 students. English Scholars Develop Literary and Verbal Skills To increase students ' abilities to use the English lan- guage properly and effectively, North Side offers eight semesters of English. With the exception of the seventh semester, in which literature alone is studied, English courses concentrate on the fundamentals of grammar, com- position, spelling, and literature. Diagramming sentences, writing themes, and taking weekly spelling tests are a few of the methods by which students become more familiar with these principles. Redskins seek to enrich their literary knowledge by studying writings varying from the classic epics of ancient Greece to contemporary poetry. The Odyssey, Macbeth, Silas Marner, Julius Caesar, and Tale of Two Cities are some of the works covered in the course curriculum. Floor talks, term papers, and book reports are assigned to give pupils the opportunity to make use of their knowledge of English and to teach them to think logically and to organize material. Some class periods are spent in the library, during which time pupils gather material for larger compositions. Listening to dramas and short stories on the department ' s record player, acting out short plays, and watching filmed dramatic productions are among the highlights in the English classes. 16

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Tape Recordings, Magazines Alter Language Routine While their classmates examine the work for mistakes, two French 3 students present their translations. With the addition of two tape recorders during the past year, the Foreign Language Department was able to give French, Spanish, and Latin students a more complete knowledge of the language which they are studying. In the first two years of foreign language, each student learns the fundamentals and becomes familiar with the history, culture and customs of France, Spain or Rome. Students may supplement this knowledge by taking an additional one or two years of any of the languages. In the third and fourth years of modern language study, emphasis is placed on strengthening the student ' s ability to read and speak the language effectively. College text- books are used in these courses, and pupils ' conversations in foreign tongues are recorded and examined for mistakes. Magazines printed in French and Spanish offer a frequent change from the course routine, and students find them a test of their acquired skills. The third year of Latin mainly deals with the study of Cicero ' s letters and orations, while the translation of Vir- gil ' s Aeneid, offered for the first time in two years, and other works by Roman poets highlights the fourth year Latin curriculum. 17