Shorewood High School - Copperdome Yearbook (Shorewood, WI)

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COPPERDOME . . N w l l iSPEECH Courses are offered to seniors interested in all phases of speech and production. Basic principles of speaking under all circumstances are taught. The study of radio, comedy, serious and farcical drama constitutes the speech course. Productions provide an opportun- ity to learn stage crafts. Twenty-five lseniors taking Assembly Training are responsible for the weekly assemblies. Attention is also given to types of writing, speech presentation, and lecture recitals. i l 18 l l

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CURRICULUM num , 0,-Q wmv ENGLISH For their third year of English, juniors can take a regular English course, creative writing or newswriting. Creative Writing is good preparation for college, as it teaches the student to express his thoughts and ideas. Newswriting is preparation for work on The Ripples as a senior. An important part of Senior English is the grammar and composition unit. World literature is also covered. Advanced newswriting publishes The Ripples in addi- tion to studying literature and composition. 17

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CURRICULUM The German Assembly featured num- W erous folk dances. The French Christmas bulletin board pictured a typical pastery shop. The Spanish classes use both audio and visual aids to enliven the couisc To the Latin students the decorating of a Christmas tree represents the Roman Saturnalia festival. FOREIGN LANGUAGE This year's foreign language department concentrated their edorts on teaching the first year students the fundamentals of the various language courses and preparing the ad- vanced students for further training after graduation. Led by Kurt Zander, the depart- ment head and German instructor, our foreign language program consisted of four sec- tions: Latin, French, Spanish, and German. Highlighting the 1956-57 language activities, was their annual assembly, presented this year by the German class. 19