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your mind about English

"English benefits "English helps me "English 10
my education as it helps in my writing provides me with a
me pronounce difficult through the help of lot of homework."
words." my style book." Sophomore Jenny
Senior Shaynel Davis Sophomore Andria Small
Skaff

op Concern

OBE Writing

Kyle Marler
Last year it was planning, them. This approach benefited the stu-
but this year it was taking Outcome Based dents because the teacher could take more
Education a step further by adding assess- time if needed to teach his/her students.
L ments. English department head teacher at students' successes both in school and
Of prime importance was looking
Deb Kolc supports OBE, " It will help stu- their success after graduation. What a
dents accomplish real life tasks after high school system wanted a student to look like
school." One of the main problems of after graduation became a major concern to
students was that they just learned some- curriculum developers
thing. Whether they learned it well was- Even though OBE was new to the
questionable she said. With OBE it is now department, the teachers were willing to put
more important that students learn some- in the out-of-class writing time it took and
thing well regardless of how long it takes begin the implementation.
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English teacher Jean Koerten leads her Creative Writing
class in a discussion about the covers they made
depicting the five senses. (Melanie Goddard)
Members of the English department listen intently to a
OBE Consultant Irvin Peckham from UNO, who talked
about utilizing OBE in the classroom.
(HeatherTomzack)

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