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'Epucari 23 ON Denton is KMIS Teacher of Year BY ANDIE L. BRYMER Staff Writer Susan Denton asks her fifth grade students for examples of similes and metaphors. “I need to see every hand go up,” she tells the class. Denton then asks for examples of personification. “The trees waved in the wind,” one student answers. “Our country wept for its dead soldiers,” another offers. Onomatopoeia is the next term. Words which sound like what they mean, Denton reminds the class. A review of alliteration, repetition and hyperbole and the lesson ends. Denton is Kings Mountain Intermediate School's teacher of the year. An honor she says is especially meaningful since this is the last year for Kings Mountain District Schools before becoming part of a merged system. Denton attended district schools through graduation, did her student teaching and has spent her entire 23-year career here. It was in Jackie Blanton's third grade classroom at East Elementary that she first began preparing for a career in education. Denton would literally watch every move her teacher made, down to how she opened and closed the window blinds. Daily, Denton would come home and play school, pretending to teach. That year her parents gave their aspiring educator a chalk board. Denton describes the pro- fession as a “calling.” After graduating from Gardner-Webb, Denton stu- dent taught at North under Margaret Spratt. Then her dream came true, her own fourth grade classroom at West Elementary. For years she happily taught there but two decades into her career Denton realized it was time for a change. She spent a year teaching science and social studies at Kings Mountain Middle School in preparation for a move to the newly created intermedi- ate school. There she teaches her favorite subject, lan- guage arts. “It’s never the same. We never get bored with the genres,” Denton said. Students learn fiction, poetry, non-fiction, drama and reading practical instructions. Denton admits teaching fiction with its characters and plot develop- ments is her favorite part of the curriculum. The figurative language of poetry is new to her stu- dents who often grapple with the non-literal for the first time. “They're trying. They're working really hard at it,” she said. Drama first appeared on state end of grade testing last year. Denton took her students to Ovens Auditorium in Charlotte to see Edgar Allen Poe’s work performed. She’s confident the field trip was a learning experience. “They're going to ace the drama part,” she said. Students in Denton and Volleyball camp at KM High School A volleyball camp will be held June 7-10 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at Kings Mountain High School. Rising sixth through ninth graders may participate. For more information call Suzanne Grayson at 734- 5647 ext. 34 or 482-5284. her fifth grade colleagues’ classrooms have created illustrations of what they've studied this year. The work hangs in the hall outside the cafeteria. Class pauses for a quick review on the way to lunch. Fourth grade teachers tell the fifth grade faculty that their students also have benefited. That type of teamwork characterizes the intermedi- ate school, according to Denton. “It’s wonderful. That helps to have co-workers to talk to about what works and doesn’t work,” she said. Denton and her sister Allison Carswell, a seventh grade language arts instruc- tor at Burns Middle School, have engaged their classes in competition over end of grade test scores. When the sisters were teaching fourth and eighth grades which both include North Carolina history, they toured the state one summer filming segments for the classroom. When she isn’t at school, Denton enjoys reading and spending time with with her nine-month-old grand- daughter Olivia Clare. “She’s my heart. I love her so much,” she said. Denton and her husband Dan Denton have two chil- dren, Holly Denton Wall and Seth Denton. The Kings Mountain Herald BE a May 6, 2004 ANDIE BRYMER / HERALD Susan Denton makes a point to her class at Kings Mountain Intermediate School ey OIIIITE: ONTIILE: ymotor.com=__ iw:shelb 1996 ELDORADO TOURING COUPE Red, Leather, Sunroof, Loaded. Stk#J1549A ‘8,888 2002 FRONTIER CREW CAB 4X4 s18,888 2002 TRACKER | | 2003 MITSUBISHI GALANT ES ‘13,888 |x °12,888 72003 NISSAN P2942 s1 i SSS EE motor.com= — www.shelb Un174 560,888 2001 FORD 2003 NEON |p2922 10,888 "2003 JEEP Sr 92% ST 60,888 1999 FORD MUSTANG N1181A $7,888 2002 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 2517524 ,888 2 2003 NISSAN FRONTIER 1 NI1120A 17,888 2002 NISSAN MAXIMA SE 2000 gsi EAL 2003 ACURA P28718B 9,88 NI1109A 21,888 \2e17,888 Only 15K! 17, i | Sig 17,888 ay meotor.com a 1 STbym 2000 MAZDA B2500 J1529A 7,888 2000 FORD EXPLORER XLS P2912A 12,888 2004 DODGE STRATUS re7 $14, 888 2003 300M nssae SBA S88 2004 CHRYSLER CONCORDE | =i P2912 SAVE 5 2to Choose THOUSANDS 2704:454,004 1310 E. Dixon Ee Shen, NC year for 39 months, Plog tax, sh and $299.50 DOC fee. OAC. Offer ends 2/9/04 ERIE SALES HOURS: Mon.-Fri. 9am-Tpm Saturday 9am-5pm CRY SL ER
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