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Página 6 - drag or become monotonous. There is no other way in the world by which a full, rich, pure vocabulary can be acquired as satisfactorily as in the memorizing of poems. There
Página 9 - How rain falls. How snow falls. How the squirrel gathers nuts. How a cat washes its face. Describe: A circus parade. A fire. Visualize many simple objects rapidly and describe, as, a pin, a pencil, a piece of chalk, a
Página 5 - History in these grades should be drawn upon for language material. The history work should center about great characters, and should be so distributed throughout the grades that it will yield a broad general knowledge of the
Página 8 - Give drills in all grades on the correct use of the personal pronouns. Use in narratives, descriptions, conversations, and sentences, until correct use becomes mechanical and a fixed habit. He is the man of whom
Página 13 - fact, many qualities may be described only in this way. Others may be shown by comparison. Exercises that demand a visualizing of the thing or quality described should be used. The work requires life, interest, use of imagination, vivid visualization, and a sense of the meaning of words, to make it vital and profitable.
Página 5 - the Norse and German legends, etc. There is much in up-to-date literature that must not be overlooked, but infinite care should be exercised in discriminating between the fit and the unfit. But with Dickens, Stevenson, Hawthorne, Poe, Scott, Eliot, Ruskin, Kipling, Kingsley, and others from whom to draw, there is no limit of material.
Página 12 - nest. A tree. A flower. A leaf. A vine. Tell how iron-ore is obtained. How paper is made. How a railroad is laid. How ties are made for railroads. How a bird builds its nest. Explain how an electric car runs. How water freezes. A snowstorm. A cyclone. Describe the motion of grass
Página 11 - Jean Baptiste Corot, The Blue Flower—Van Dyke, The Call of the Wild—London. Descriptions: Describe a piece of silk ribbon, a candle-stick, a pair of curtains, a rug; the making of a tabouret; the making of a loaf of bread, and give a statement of the underlying principles. Tell why a fly can walk on the ceiling.
Página 12 - Last Picture is Painted,” Kipling. “Work,” Van Dyke. “Ode to a Grecian Urn,” Keats. Selections from “Lucy,” Wordsworth. “My Lost Youth,” Longfellow. Stories: Beowulf, Arthur and his Sword, Excalibur, The Quest of the Holy Grail, Launcelot and Elaine, The Death of Arthur, Owain and the Lady of the Fountain, English History Stories.
Página 8 - and the Beast. The White Cat. The Ugly Duckling. The Six Swans. Stories from Lang, Andersen, etc. Nature: Plant seeds of flowers, vegetables, grains, and watch growth and development. Gather pussy-willows and watch development. Look for birds and learn their names. Compare with bird-plates. SECOND GRADE. Poem Study: “Lady Moon,

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