Roosevelt High School - Rohian Yearbook (Virginia, MN)

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Mrs. Corrine Spector corrects themes for her sophomore English classes. Placing grades in her gradebook is part of the day's work for Miss Eileen Willms. Grammar, vocabulary and literature compose each year of English at VHS. Correct grammar in writing and speaking will be helpful to students throughout their lives. Parts of speech, spelling and usage are all included in this unit. An important building block for the future is the vocabulary. A student can broaden his knowledge by using the daily vocabulary words taught at VHS. Literature plays a very important role in English classes. The sophomore thoroughly studies short stories, novels, plays and poetry. A junior year of English emphasizes United States literature, fi- nally, the third year of English course combines all types of literature to help the seniors prepare for the future. Writing and reading are two other fields that are included in the three years of English. Themes, essays, paragraphs and term papers take vocabu- lary words and grammar rules and put them into good use on a finished paper. Fiction, non-fiction and biographies are read during a full year of English. Students comprehend the material and express opinions in a hook report.

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Miss Ellen Korpy's Knglit«h class listens to an interesting discus- sion on Chaucer s works. English Builds Communication Skills Teaching infinitives and gerunds to her junior English classes is all part of Miss Larsen’s job. 10

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Languages Offer Second Tongue, Vocabulary Skills Spanish teacher Mr. Wayne Christiansen illustrates an example on the hoard. Mary Ann Peterson and Linda Thomas enjoy singing Christmas carols in Spanish class. Noche o dia (Night or day) Roosevelt High’s lan- guage department takes top honors in French, Latin and Spanish courses. After two years of en- joyable study, a student here has great knowledge of the history, geography and speech of these lan- guages. During the first year, the students learn the rud- iments of the grammar and usage. After struggling through the first half, the second year is putting the finishing touches on skits, oral speeches and the usage of the language labs. In the labs the students get a fuller understanding of how to pronounce words by talking into microphones and listening to tapes of the various languages. Because many of our words are derived from these three countries, it will be helpful in vocabu- lary. Goals toward foreign horizons will be achieved satisfactorily through our language, courses here. HAPPY TALKING! Mrs. Mary Harrington enjoys teaching l.alin and supervising Nero's Fiddlers. Reading orally is part of the fun in Mrs. Patricia Proznik’s French class. 12