Elementary Lessons in English for Home and School Use, Part 1Ginn and Heath, 1879 - 78 pages |
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abbreviation action is performed action-word apple begin blackboard called caret CAUTION child Christian name class to say color comma Copy correct correctly denote possession Detroit star dictate dictation exercise Draw a line drill express action expresses a quality full name give group of words heading HOME TASK indicated in Teacher's inquiry Lead the chn lead the class learned LESSON TO PRECEDE look macron ment Mention names of persons names of things object Obtain and W. B. omitted pencil period picture plainly PRECEDE LESSON Preceded by oral pronounce pronunciation proper name pupil quality expressed quality-words question Review salutation slate sound speak spell subvocal superscription surname T. E. Brown taught teach Teacher's Edition tree wheel word bird word that expresses word that shows words which show Write a statement Write the name write the words
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Page xi - Proceed from the known to the unknown — from the particular to the general — from the concrete to the abstract — from the simple to the more difficult 9. First synthesis, then analysis — not the order of the subject, but the order of nature. Let us examine these principles briefly. " 1st. Activity is a law of childhood. Accustom the child to do — educate the hand.
Page 47 - Fido, a large green book. 3. Of how many parts is every statement made up? I. Every statement is made up of two parts. 4. What is the first part of a statement ? II. The word or words which show about what the statement is made are the first part of a statement. What is the second part of a statement ? III. The word or words which show what is stated are the second part of a statement. EXERCISE 1. 1. Write five statements and draw a short vertical line between the two parts of each statement. EXAMPLES....
Page 201 - Farts of a letter are 1. the heading:, 2. the address, 3. the salutation, 4. the body, 5. the subscription. 1. Turn to the letters found...
Page 142 - THE COMMAND. LESSON I. Preceded by oral lesson indicated in Teacher's Edition. 1. Read the following groups of words, and tell for what each is used : — Study your lessons. Close the door. Bring me the books. Please ask for a letter. I. A group of words that requests, or orders, something to be done, is a command. 2. How should a command be written ? II. A command should begin with a capital letter, and be followed by a period ; thus, — EXERCISE 1.
Page 26 - Read for practice : — arise along above apart among a ride a lawn a bud a park a month a rule a lark a book a plume a mine a race a lute a bird a pencil a mule aloud, a loud voice; along, a long journey ; around, a round piece ; across, a cross dog ; afar, a far country ; abroad, a broad street. 5. Mention one thing that you have seen whose name begins with b, c, d, f, g, j, k, I, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, or w, and speak the word a before its name. CAUTION. — When you read, do not forget to pronounce...
Page 66 - Thi 1. Write the name of the month in which you were born. 2. Write the names of all the months which have thirty days. 3. Write the name of the shortest month. 4. Write the name of the first month in the year. 5. Write the name of the mouth in which Christmas comes. 6. Write the names of the two warmest months in the year. 7. Write the name of the middle month of Autumn. 8. Fill the blanks in this couplet with the names that are left out : — winds and April showers Bring the pretty flowers. 9....
Page 242 - Tours of the 16th inst,," &c, j or, "Tour letter bearing date Aug. 10th was duly received," 5. What cautions should be observed in writing the body of a letter ? 1. Write very plainly. 2. Do not crowd words ; if there is not room for a word at the end of a line, divide it between two syllables, and place a hyphen at the end of the line to show that the word is not finished. (See diagram, page 140.) 3. Do not use & for and in the body of a letter. 4. ^Except in writing dates and sums of money, do...
Page 218 - February 26. (6) Brown County ; January 13 ; Ohio ; 1884 ; Ripley. (c) March 4; 1891; New York City; P. 0. Box 1140 LESSON III. THE POSITION OF THE HEADING. Preceded by oral instruction and practice, indicated in Teacher's Edition. 1. Where should the heading of a letter be placed ? The heading of a letter should be placed in the upper right-hand corner of the sheet of paper, and should begin about an inch and a half, or four centimeters, from the top of the sheet. 2. How much space may the heading...
Page 97 - Write each of these words so that it will mean more than one : — . path, engine, balcony, shelf, woman, horse, fox, half, man, deer, notch, buggy, canopy, louse, trout.
Page 99 - ... 12. Of what is the full name made up ? Why should you always speak and write the name of a person or place very plainly ? 13. What is a statement ? Tell what each part of a statement shows. 14. Tell when you would use, — I, it, we, you, he, they, she. 15. Name the parts of the foot of a cat, and tell, in statements, the use of each part. 16. Of what items is one's address made up ? B. — WRITTEN. 1. Write a word that is the name of, — a person, a place, a thing, a material, a part. 2. Write...