The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-01-02
TEACHERS MEETING IN KENO
SHA.

S1A.
Owing to the severe storm, which
rendered travelling almost impossible,
there were not as many present as we
expected. The meeting was called to
order by the Vice President, who stat
cd that he had received communica-
tions from several, who were assigned
an exercise, stating that they could
not be present.
Some gave reasons, others none
There seemed to be a disposition on
the part OF some to z0j1Fu5ly refuse to
take any part in these meetings.
If the Kenosha County Teachers AS
sociation is worth anything it is worth
our while to support it, and to encour-
age the meetings; and to try and make
each meeting a success.
The programme was then taken up
and Miss Agnes Monaghan began the
exercises by giving her manner and
method of conducting a class exercise
in reading. Miss Monaghan stated
that after calling class, she had them
take a standing position. She found
that by so doing she could keep the at
tenti0n of the class much better than
by sitting They then gave the lesson
and made simple statement about
the contents To tell the story Of the
lesson in few words. She then had
them spell and define words. Italicised
words were carefully noted and the
class were questioned as to manner of
writing them on States and paper,
Reading in concert upon what has been
passed over. Practice upon lesson in
dividUally.
Upon finishing piece the class read
the whole of the piece in concert. The
reading lesson for Friday afternoon
was selected by the class. Some les
son which they had already practiced
upon was chosen. The foregoing work
was mainly for the "B" and "C'' class
os. For the GA" class, in addition to
the above, she had them write the sto
ny of the lesson for language lesson
to be corrected by the teacher. Some
questions were then asked as to Wheth-
er she was satisfied with the progress
of the class. An answer was given in
the affirmative, with the assurance that
she never had better success.
Some objections were considered.
did not scholars interfere with each
other in reading by concentrating ?
There always are some scholars who
cannot read as well as others. With
these, she had them practice upon the
lesson until they were able to read it
correctly. Sometimes it was necessa-
ny to keep them in during recess to
drill them on lesson, but not often.
The extent of lesson was next dis
cussed. Generally about three para
graphs was given, Just enough tc
write and study. They must read
three times before writing.
Prof. Barns then gave short tall
about the progress or growth of Ian
guage, showing how words have
changed and how words are formed,
In the afternoon Prof. Barns con
Quoted a class exercise in word anal
yfis. He began by stating that nearly
all the short words in our Language
were pure Anglo-Saxon. They were
much more expressive than words
from foreign languages. He then tool
the word corn. This was q pure An
glo-SaXon word. In it's early use i
meant a seed Of any kind; now |
meant very little more than one kim
of seed. Aec was the name Of the oak
BY dropping the &c and prefixing the
we have acorn. BY adding the sunl,
e7, meaning little, we have cornell
which we have changed into kernel.
Speuto9o, to narrate, to tell.
Guesses were numerous as to wha
word this might be the root. Spellin
was given. What is spelling? To tel
the letters. The Anglo-Saxon wor
God and good were written alike w