Warwick Junior High School - Cavalier Yearbook (Newport News, VA)

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The writers” at left are illustrating some of the jobs performed by professionals who have provided us with good newspapers, books, and magazines. English, of course, is the primary tool in all these trades. In the two other pictures at lower left, stu- dents in Mrs. Hall ' s English classes study the characters in story of David Copperfield , and try to capture some of the atmosphere of this famous tale. Setting up some of the scenes of the play in class helps to lend real- ism to the characters and the story. In the picture at lower right, David Prince is shown making an oral report to a class taught by Mrs. Smith. Students in English classes, particularly, gain experience in communicat- ing ideas to other people in a number of differ- ent ways.

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Karen and Sharon Spencer are naturals for acting out the leads in The Prince and The Pauper . One of the most usual scenes in any classroom is this one illustrating individual help being given by English teacher, Mr. Gray. The art of communication is practiced in many classes in anumber of different ways. Under the tutelage of Mrs. Carter, this group engages in a panel di s c u s si o n . Dick Osborne is speaking. Other students are Reid Page, C. W. Hornsby, Phyllis Price, Anita Deboe and Linda Avent. m No part of education is considered to be of greater importance than reading. Our school has used a special reading laboratory for several years. Mr. Petty is shown at left distributing materials to four students in one of the English classes which use the reading laboratory. 83

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Although there are many different approaches to the teaching of English at Warwick Junior High School, and the students learn in a number of different ways, there are some classroom activities which are more or less standard year after year and in class after class. There has to be direct instruction by the teacher, standing in frontof the class and lecturing . The top picture illustrates this, as Mr. Gray tells his English class the difference between active and passive verbs. In the picture below Mrs. William s observes three English students as they diagram sentences, another standard procedure. 85