Walnut High School - Cayuse Yearbook (Walnut, CA)

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POPTS, Lepo its and more reports T RESEARCHING A TERM PAPER, Rene Ortega lis tens to a fellow student. It was usual to see friend; helping eacti other out on projects- Another day, another report. Oh, help me please! I don ' t think I can stand to write a ten page report by next Friday. I shouldn ' t have put it off again. How can anyone, anywhere write a ten page report on just one subject? I don ' t think I ' ll be able to survive it this time around. I think maybe I should go into my bedroom and hibernate for the rest of the school year. Whether they were term papers, 5- paragraph essays or book reports, one thing was definite — they were here to stay. story by Jennifer Jackson and Dena Hara: layout by Kevin Thomas: ptiotos by Jack Elliot and Allen Odermatt. f Term papers may be difficult and time consuming, but it is important for college, said Comp IV teacher Jim Po- lite. The term paper Is meant to be a writing exercise. It also is a skill needed for college. The goal of a term paper is to re- search a subject or person in depth and either to prove your opinion or to get the important facts of the person you ' re researching. It allows us, the students, to express our own opinions and back them up with proof, said sen- ior Daryl Walker. Students learned term papers in Comp. IV, but some teachers used term papers in other high school subjects. Al Rampershad assigned a term paper to his Civics Honors class on the contro- versy of certain politics; Janet Beneda assigned a term paper for her U.S. His- tory classes. ► EXPLAINING HOW TO 00 ONE OF HIS RE- PORTS, Dan Priest is getting discouraged. Re- ports were assigned in book report and term pa- per form. ▼ BENT OVER HIS WORK. James Dey tries to get as much done as possible. Students spent long hours researching term papers in the library. A FLIPPING THROUGH PAGES IN A REFERENCE BOOK, Kurt Hasten attempts to finish his report Staying up late the night before a report was due happened a lot in the first semester. 160 Reports Academics

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Language The combina- tion of the three electives in English will give the stu- dents a wider variety of knowledge. — Ken Klotzle Studies Language Studies Academics 159

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(5 poiaqKOpi SssoLjs The 5-paragraph essay helps en- courage the students to organize their thinking in a logical order. It gives them direction, said Senior Seminar teach- er Larry Holmes. The 5-paragraph es- say was taught late In the Comp. Ill classes; just as the term paper It was ▼ DESCRfBING THE SPELLING TEST THAT DAY, Vince Davis helps out his students Besides teach- ing special education Mr. Davis was the advisor for the Mountain Sports Club. used to present and prove a point. It has been hard for me to learn how to write one correctly, but it ' s a skill I ' ve been told I need, said Angela Jimenez. In some Advanced Placement tests, an essay was required. A good essay shows the graders that you know what you ' re talking about as long as you don ' t ramble on, according to AP Eu- ropean Civilization teacher Donna Crisci. ' ' A FINISHING HER HOMEWORK, a five paragraph essay, Lucy Zarate tries to hide her work. Worl ing on reports in other classes was usual for doing last minute corrections. B ' -j)Q!g Qepokis Book reports are necessary so that it is certain that students read the book. Also when they are forced to think about what they read, they get more out of the book, said English teacher Steve Bailey. This thinking helps them In the future when they read for enjoyment; it develops person- al growth and could be a huge benefit to them. To most, book reports were a real bother which really had no important meaning to the students. I think book reports are kind of dull, said junior Kristen Brown. Most people don ' t read the book at all, they just make it up as they go along. Many of the English classes had the students read an outside book and give a short summary of the story. Some teachers also had students do small projects like making comic strips. Book reports are important be-, cause they force you to think and to read. said English teacher Jim Polite, And also, when you read literature, you can learn a lot from it. 1 A WITH A SMUG LOOK ON HIS FACE, Brandon Carteen. pulls out a thick reference book. The Reference section in the library was helpful in doing reportS- A SKIMMING THROUGH CARDS IN THE CARD CATALOG, Johnny Juarez looks up information for his latest report. The card catalog was an easy way to find a book. Academics Reports 161