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Concentrating hard on a writing assignment ,
Sophomore Toni Resquer works over her thesis statement.
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Junior Tracy Gostomski tries to listen as
American literature teacher Deb Noseworthy explains a
chapter of Huck Finn. (J. GALLENTINE )

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nlike math or science classes, where me prepare for college." English teacher Jan
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the answer is either right or wrong, Fischer agreed, "Advanced Composition was
the variety of English classes gave the most important class in the whole school
students a chance to be imaginative and use since every college course requires you to
the skills they learned. write."
Whether students were slaving for hours Also for the benefit of students, several
in the library on a research paper. or writing improvements were made this year. Some
a yearly "horror" story for an English 10 class. of the repetition was taken out of the English
many students agreed that English challenged 9 and 10 classes. "English 10 now builds on
their minds to be creative. "English helped what students learned in English 9," said Fi-
me express myself through writing," com- scher.
mented Junior Melissa Pendland when asked A new class, Introduction to Mass Media,
about her favorite subject. Senior Mark Val- was added to the curriculum, and three new
eika added that the thing he enjoyed most was teachers joined the English team this year.
"the themes in the stories related to real life They were Dan Frazier. Julie Kolander, and Sue
situations." Roberts.
Athough some students considered En- Whether they struggled or flew through
glish a form of punishment they were forced their English class this year, most students
to endure. others thought it was very benefi- agreed that no matter how hard one had to
cial. Junior Jenny Peterson said, "The En- work, English classes gave students the oppor-
glish classes I have taken this year should help tunity to be creative. fN

Lisa Ferris

While students work on an assignment, Ameri·
can literature teacher Karen Dobash corrects The Scarlet
Letter papers. (J. GALLENTINE )