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• What ftme do we get out of class? " was a saying
asked by many throughout the year. In Mr. Neal's
1 English 9 he gives a student the time.
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In Taking First Steps

•Jill Hoover •
Taking the lead was no easy can take something with them when
task for the English Department as it they leave the classroom. Just one
tackled on-site based education. thing." ·, '
Being the first department to take That brings up the question- What
the step, many things needed to be things from English are needed after
gone over and cleared. Each thing high school and applied in college?
would lead to a new direction dealing Junior Angie Mehsling said, " I want to
with students and teachers. learn how to write clearer and better in
It's possible that students taking my essays , so I can express my feelings. "
tests will deal more with application and Others said that learning a big-
less with memorization. In fact, the ger vocabulary was important. Junior
department is considering a cumulative Cindy Chung said , " I want to be able to
product like a skit or some kind of end say more intriguing things when speak-
result instead of a traditional exam. ing and writing."
Testing was just one thing. Know- The use of communicative skills
ing what to teach the students was like speech and counteracting with
another. Teachers looked at more group others about literary works were brought
efforts for students and less individual up, too.
work. They also looked at ways stu- The new directions and ideas
dents could develop more critical think- brought up during the year set the
ing skills. Teacher Deb Noseworthy said, groundwork for on-site based educa-
"Our main concern is that students tion and curriculum planning for at least
get something out of their learning and two more years.

English 11 was a new c lass this year. It combined
CP comp and English Lit. During second hour 153
English 11 . Teacher Rita Fora I and Junior Bob Correa English
go over a paper. ( Christina Hooper )