Shadle Park High School - Sporran Yearbook (Spokane, WA)

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New Ideas Change English Departments lVlr. Carl Crowe directs his 6th period Advanced Drama class in rehearsing for the play A Dif- ferent Drummer which was pre- sented for the student body in December, Students in started rehearsing in Students spent much memorizing lines and out the acting. the play October. time in working More freedom for individual teachers characterized the English Curriculum for 197O, explained Nlr. Frank Yuse, English Department Head. This year's English Depart- ment tried new methods of teaching. Guidelines have been set up to give the teach- ers a bit more freedom in the material they teach. Many different choices of English were available to the student. Sophomores and Juniors were able to take Humanities for the first time this past year. English classes took advan- tage of the visual aids avail- able to them by making films of their interpretations of literature by using the video tape and 16 mm camera. IVlr. Carl Crowe, new to Shadle's faculty this past year, taught the beginning and advanced drama students in the finer points of acting. The advanced students put on a play for the student body entitled The Different Drummer. Students with an interest in some special aspect of Eng- lish had a number of classes to choose from for electives. These included Vocabulary, Shakespeare and Speech classes. English classes in the past have focused mainly on the set standards of what must be taught. But they have moved away from that and English taught this past year has been related to other subjects taught and more of the teacher's own approach to English, explained Mr. Yuse. A new debate class was added to the English department this past year. Most of the students enrolled in this class were also on the var- sity debate team. Students in Mrs. Virginia Burger's 6th period Shakespeare class study a replica of the old Globe Theater in London. le. N..kV I my

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