Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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. l p 2 . F i 5 i 5? it , - . Q, E 3 it E fi Q. . , Y Ei . il- . 'K 5 if - .lf fu ' S gs Q As each English teacher looked out at his sleepy, s u m m e r i z e d class at the beginning of the year, one thought might have sunk into his head: in order for each student to accomplish anything in this year of required English, it was necessary for the in- struction to be both a learn- ing and enjoyable exper- ience. Was this possible? Yes. ln some classes stu- dents were given a chance to be awarded prizes and English Department scholarships for their writ- ing in contests. Amy Crlowacki, junior, entered a University of lllinois contest for which she circulated a survey to obtain research on teenagers' problems. l'The survey made me aware of the multiplicity of the problems facing teen- agers today, she said. To break the monotony some teachers devised games for leaming. ln Mrs. Deborah l'lingst's class, stu- dents played games such as grammar bingo. ln that game students were given a humorous or clever- ly-written clue about a punctuation. Various punc- tuations appeared on the bingo card, and they were awarded prizes for their winnings. They didn't know they were learning be- cause they were having so much fun. Their skills im- proved tremendously, said Mrs. Hingst. Students in Mrs. Joanne McCue's classes wrote daily journals in which they an- swered questions given by the teacher. Question? such as How were they di ferent from other teen agers? allowed them t write about themselves an their feelings. 'The jou nals helped to better m wnting style, while disco ering feelings l had, sai Lori Latta, sophomore. Whatever the methoccl many English teachers su cessfully made thei classes interesting, helpful and fun.

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Computers used to stud , review ' y grades were gettmg better and better' tg C A- N' 1' ' , . 4 I X L.,....,.,, .ts hx- . ,1 ,. . ...ann 199 .gd-.L :umm hi ig, LU se Lett: Colleen Mc Laughlin and Kyle Nelson, juniors, experiment with idea of the free fall in Mr, Charles Wiechern's Physics I. Top: Mrs, Kathy Kreidler leads her Chemistry I advanced class in dis- cussing Rutherford's theory. Above: Dave Mauer and Rob Mc Carthy, seniors, incorporate the computer into their Biology ll class. Opposite Page: Studying the frog, Jennifer Kovacs and Clara Mer- cado take matters into their own hands in Anatomy and Physiology. Science Department 65

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ariou methods enhance learning Klournals helped to better my writing style' lm Above: Amy Glowacki, junior, passes out her survey on teenage problems to David Moore, fresh- man. The results were used in writ- ing a paper for a contest. Top Left: Reading a Shakespear- ean sonnet, English IV Honors stu- dents concentrate as Mr. Dave Konkol waits for them to finish. Left: in order for Bala Ramiah to graduate a year early, he had to take both English lll and English IV in one year. Top: Mr. Nolan Johnson, who re- tired after 25 years at Thornridge, teaches freshman English. English Department 65