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Hard at work whil e others are sitting around is Joelle Asking for the teachers help with vocabulary terms are
Malnack, Sophomore. Sophomores Brian Benjamin and Scott DeSchaak. Ms. Scott
helps them by asking them what they think it means.

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English requires

credits for all grades

E They had both years to take them. They
nglish credits were a must because seniors needed a minimum of two semesters
every freshman and sophomore had to of English.
take it two semesters 2 years in a row.
These classes were chosen for them by the had the choice to take them all at once or
Curriculum Committee. to take one semester one year and one
The freshmen did have a choice what semester the next year.
class they took which semester, between The choices of classes that they took
Composition & Usage I and Novels & were plentiful. The only set standard was
Non-Fiction. that one of the semesters was to be chosen
"I think it's all right that we do not get from the literature group: English , world
to choose our own class our first couple of history and American literature and the
years in high school, because it's a whole new other was to be taken from the Composition
experience and if we had as many choices group: career English, advanced composition,
as the seniors do then we would probably get college prep grammer, research methods,
into something we don't even want or know creative writing and advanced placement
anything about," said Rick Hamling. English , which was for the seniors who were
Sophomores had about the same system going to college. This class prepared them for
as the freshmen did. They continued their English placement Test in the spring.
English class credits with Composition & There were other classes that enabled
Usage II and Short Stories & Poetry. The students to get into by recommendation of
sophomores also got to choose which teachers or by test scores.
semester they wanted to take these classes. Senior Geri Turnage said, "Most
Sophomores Allison l ynes thought that students took research methods only if they
Composition & Usage I and II were very were going into college because it was a
simular and should be required for every college prep class to teach them to write
freshmen and sophomore, however, she term papers. and thats why I took it."
thought that Novels & Non-Fiction and Short "Career English was for the student who
Stories & Poetry should have been optional. was not planning on going to college," said
The credit requirements for juniors and Senior Terri McCutcheon. It stressed
seniors were different from those of common everyday application.
freshman and sophomore. Juniors and

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