Western Guilford High School - Amici Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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Mrs. Christine Jensen answers ques- tions in English I. Taking tests or writing papers aren't such easy jobs. Lucy lennings, Kim Harper, and Laura Parryman soon find this fact to be a very true one in freshman Eng- lish. ln every class there are days when a subject and a student's mind won't mix Mark Rallings and his English ll class seem to be having one of those days. Textbooks, Papers, Pens Freshmen studied Romeo and juliet and learned the usual literary and grammatical forms. Compositions and essays be- came an expected thing in Englishl. 38 ENGLISH and English Begins English Il spanned a wide area but not only in studies. There were four teachers: Mrs. Glenda Martin, Mrs. Marie Swing, Mrs. jo Bray, and Mr. Eugene Flinchum. Later Sr' With book and pen, Mrs. Glenda Martin prepares for another day of English ll. on, Mr. Flinchum left, and Mr. john Brown took over. Classical studies were bal- anced by vocabulary tests, and sophomores survived one more year of English.

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looking up words or finding the place isn't as easy for Nancy Goodwin, john jump, and Beth Wright in French as it is in English. - grave . I ' .1 1 1 - . . , :.,, . s. NMMA In b: '. 5 foii Ei A kk , - I 3 55 Mandy Oden reads as Scott Osborne follows along in his French I book for a few daily moments of recitation and translation. 5 s M-www 5 Nicholson Kochel , Nicholson Pam Sheek hides her embarassment from a camera as French class continues. Gearhart Miss Marie Bondurant guides her students through a French world. . . Students Learn to Grow in a Different World The French department ex- perienced many new and dif- ferent challenges, but the stu- dents and the teacher adjusted quite well. The new books and tapes contained culture as well as the basics of the French lan- guage. Discussion and the speaking of French were pre- sent more than in previous times. Miss Marie Bondurant con- tinued to insist on good, gram- matically correct French, but the added amounts of discus- sion created more interest and things seemed to balance out nicely for French 1971-72. FRENCH 37

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Finding and Forming Ideas Equals Learning its f V. , r r i liar' if 3 gf rf aj f Group discussion is a major part in Mrs. Patricia Leonard's classes of English III. Students are challenged to form their own views and ideas in areas they study. Steve King gives his inter- pretation of folk-rock music. Kochel The selection of English electives for next year's course is explained by Mrs. Leonard. Mrs. Marie Swing, in English III class, discusses an assignment with her stu- dents and brings out the main ideas and characteristics of the subject being covered. Kochel K 6 Sim Lk.. juniors took up some of the usual subjects in English III along with new se ections chosen to study. The Crucible and Our Town were two of the new selections while Exodus and Hamlet remained on the scene. As the year moved to- ward a close, juniors looked ahead to their final year and thi long-awaited Senior Eng- is . There were three types of English IV for the '72 Seniors to choose from. Business Eng- lish was mainl a study of grammar mechanics while College Pre remained the standard English complete with Canterbury Tales and term papers. General English ex- plained itself as a general study combiningthefirst two. English was over for the select few that raduated in june. Others hadg as much as three more years of all that studying to look forward to. Mrs. Katherine Lancaster teaches English IV, but she also lives its ideas. They are ones of joy, pride and dig- nity. ENGLISH 39