Shawnee Mission West High School - Saga Yearbook (Shawnee Mission, KS)

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In her junior English class, Mrs. McMichael returns graded themes to a variety of relieved and disappointed students. Relating his experiences in World War II, Mr. Brown dem- onstrates fallacies in deductive thinking. English I llumimztes As pupils regard Mr. Shefflerfs thought for the week he pre- pares them for the Thirty Dayr test he is about to return. James E. Brown Ann Hermine Holzborn JI. Edward King Barbara A. Lesher

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Eulogies Ana' PYGMALION Varying sentences, paralleling phrases, and con- jugating verbs, this year's sophomores concentrated on clear, concise written work. Original themes, es- says, and even poetry provided practice for their fu- ture high school work. Another medium of literary improvement presented itself in such forms as Usherk fall, Lancelot's victory over Gareth and Julius Caesar's eulogy delivered by Mark Anthony as played by Mar- lon Brando. This wide assortment of creative writ- ings also taught English II students about various forms of literature. New ideas and different concepts appeared in the course with four new English teachers. juniors studied English literary history from Beowulf to Pygmalion with many stops in between for the Canterbury Talef, Macbeth, and other English classics. Learning to recognize characteristics of var- ious social periods in England-Elizabethan, Roman- tic, and Victorian-revealed much to the students about literature and England's past. Because this year was their last year of required grammar study, juniors made a final review of punctuation and word usage. In the senior English cracking of a noble heart, Horatio fDan Enterlinel eulogizes hair spray victim Hamlet Uohn Arnoldl. Carole P, McKnight Mardelle McMichael james A. Phillips Sandra L. Rickards Relating the inaccuracies of syllogistic thinking, Mr. King amuses his senior English class.