The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-12
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Le & ~ foe the mod pat. eaaorSed !
y shs Iaassass coamissss. Misses
DExoa, Speneer, Pfics, eedgWsek,
Thonas. AOe@. CARL. aaA sPrOsezsoss
KineMz and RieAssF. &c psFhsps EspFs.
,sna The bsss thought Of The leading
,eacheEs Of Ihis eoEa1y. Tia work q
ssRsna6 fsR sA0 IoseaE grades snelu6tnG
joueih TeadsR claasas:
TAis is ssEy broad sGbiscs. 80 broad
Ihss wiz asssmPs to DO litsla more shsn
oaGIin0 eho work 70 be accomplished IN
he Different grades bslow the grammar
school without eetsRine largely into
detail.
Language. 81 aEl breaches taught ranks
Grss In impogtsncs. e 10 Hnss Be. the
medium thFOeaA which I'll oaheE sab
teeta maat b presented and without
witch ~ child ean1oa expresEa single
Ghcushs. mat hs - aba 20 express him
sSlg clearly ana correctly l. Of paramount
tmpoEsancs. To DO this, he must Be
taught 70 EA<ak correctly; he must have
his vocabulary increased 30 that he can
readily nnd words with which TO express
his tAOuehk; hs Hsss ksss his 5asEs
pointed out; hs must know saaS they
ere faults; he must know loo 60 correct
them;. he must b 6FSz1A6 In the
appISoasioR Of the knowledge gam
Cd until such knowledge bscomss .
part q hiznseiE. end tasty he should be-
cone familisE with the seSeaes Of Ian
gaAss OF Granmae, the laws Of thought,
end o9szPreasiOa.
.fAaehasf okjest of primary leasona In
Language aAOsld Be- % 70 LEAD the child
% ohssgve and compare objects; CD 70
axptoas Ala idsas sntelligsntly and coz
.gecsly. Have She child observe objects
around aim and descEibs than. : Make
use OF the pictures in his reader. Lead
him 10 conveFss about objects he has
sssn ct home OF abroad. Correct faults
In language e they occur. He should
Be- lad 10 discover for himself the laws
for bsginniBg sentences and propes
aamss, and for closing, stating and ask.
ing sentences. He should Be taught TO
obey these a. he copies his lesson from
his book. This work can be given IL
eonnectioa with his reading.
In the sscond grade I would foFa I
Language claas.
Develop idea Of name-words. Gall ct
tentIon TO the feet that some nAme-woCdl
mean sHS. and some eaerS tAaR 0Bs
Lead pupils 70 discover how AnAme worC
may be made 20 mean more than one
Make lists OF AAme-WcEds that mean onI
and have the pupils Wrlte the forms o
the same names thAs mean more thai
one, and eSos osrsG. (Nouns whose plu
rails are regularly made should be chosen
a boy, horse sto) Rave pupil give
thought about . certain object. Havl
another pupil express The same though
shout more then one. Write the sen
tsncss % the board. have the pupil
tell the difference between the wordinI
of shs two. Do the same with . yariet
4 Of sentences. This will bring in the use
Of 10 and err, sssS and Gs6Fs. Ysts and ran
etc. Introduce n0an6 whose Horms AZ
irregulaFly changed TO express numbe
and make listo Of them and use them I
sentences. Drill thoroughly In the ne
lot nouns aud verbs in both singular an
plural forms snsll the pupil viii q
I1onRer use plural subject with singr
lar verb or singular subject with
EpluEHt verb. The pupil should Be abb
70 tsii sAea % use the singular a1d vine
TO use the plural noun: tAs same wit
6s snd srS, ssas end UerS, run and run,
Ac 90
IN similsr wsy he should be taugt
chs ase Of q, an cad thS. skSs Gnd GAG
thNss and Gh0Ie; she different degrees {
sdjectives a. ten, tGtEer. teli1st, tAkip
| aisa the adiec4Ivei whose forms are1Esl
nlarly chGngsd. He should also b
drilled ia The correct use Of adjective
snd thsiE corresponding edverbs. :.
"a plan tor tsGchlng tia and TIC
| asess and tkoss: HeTe . pupil pAss I
tn table. take some Objecs and tell. th
casSs what he has. He vail say some
thing Hike Shis: This u . book. As
him 70 point to something on tAs othG
side Of the table and ten the class viii
ttis. AnaWsf. That IL . pencil. A.
the ciass what word he used In the drl
sentsncs 20 stand for bOek bes!des u
word 10sk. Answer. The word EASs.
the second sentence. what word stand
for pencil besides Ehs word psassl1 An
sWsF. The word that. VIII
should no use GkSs in speaking OF I'll
book9 Could he not as we'll have sait
That book and tAGs pencilH Ans.-NC
because ths book was Rsarer 70 him
Repeat the same with number Of ol
jects. Ask tho pupils, When should v
use GAis and when should We use thai
They viii havs the idea bat may not B
able 10 express it. With little hell
shey will give the rule. We should N
GSs II spesking OF objects near u Al
Tat in speaking Of ohgects 6wAy frol
rs. The same plGu may b ussa In d
vslcping the uses Of tAsSs and &Aose. e.
ceps . aunbsr Of objects should be ace
Ilnstead oTona-
/ In connection with this work, the 70
lowing should be taught: Il Slmpi
and compound words. o. Two usG
Of The period: tal 10 close stating sen
fences: (t) 60 show SAbrevlAsioD.
1.-TWO uses Of the comma: (s) 50 set o
words Of address (b) to separate word
in series. a. Two uses OF the apol
trophe: (0t0 marx omission oflstsezl
) % - sign OF possession. o. Fou
fuses ofshs capital letter: (alt to begi
snrst word OF . sentence; (b) props
names; (c) names Of she Deity; (O an
each line OF poetry. o. QuoGAsio
marks. (Tl Question mark. (s) ID
clsnation point
Third Grade-Apply she knoW3eda
i gained IN the preceding lessons In on
and written competition. ~ Hsye u
'fpupIls arst reproduce orally, then VII.
fshOrt stor1es told or read By the teacher
.l0 First give orally, then. wrise shoI
descriptions Of familiar objects. (8 Civ
loral then written imaginary stories fror
pictures. % letter writing In The mos
eommoa forms. There should be yer!
thorough dEill n this last
In cnnnocsion With thsse exercises, -
kRupil should Be definitely laughs al -
ordinary uses Of pascsuasion marks ant
capital ieisars. and 70 recognize and de
Ans the 1oug kinds OF. sensanoea. twC
parts Of senls1ce, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Subjective and adVerbial, all she paris d
speech, and drill In anaIYEnG a0d dis
ggaminR simple sentences.
In bogInning work IN descriptive com
eozihoH. take some subject with which
tie pupils ere Wsn scqusinted - 'The