Amador ledger. (Jackson, Amador County, Calif.) 1875-19??, 1908-01-03
READING

READING.
/. In your opinion what is the com
parative importance of reading. Ex-
plain.
2 What do you consider the best
test of pupils ability in reading.
3. In reading aloud on which would
you most insist; absolute correctness
OF on rapidity. WhyY
A A. Define infection. Name three
kinds of Infection.
s. Define emphasis. In teaching
reading in school would you give
much attention to this part of read
ing. Why2
WRITTEN GRAMMAR.
l. In how many, and In what ways
is the gender Of nouns shown. illus
trate.
y Explain the distinction between
the subject of sentence and the
subject OF the thought of which the
sentence is the expression.
8 How are common nouns in the
first person punctuated. illustrate
by means of sentences.
4. Write a sentence containing an
adverb of degree and an adverb of
manner. How do modal adverbs
differ from other adverbs.
D. Use the plural of each of the
following in sentence Hero,
money, brotherin- law, radius.
g. Three of the following sentences
are incorrect; write the five in the
correct form: Three fourths of the
apples are bad. Three fourtha of the
fruit are bad. The dismal sound of
the pumps is heard. Every soldier
and every citizen must do their duty.
Neither John nor Will like their
position.
n Z. Diagram the following sentences
and parse the underlined words.
The shots that count are the shots
that bit.
8. Give rules for the use of shall
and will in asking questions.
9. Explain or illustrate by use of
sentences when the word other should
or should not be used in making COM
PARSONS.
TO- Write a synopsis of the verb go
in the first person, plural, active
| voice.
ORAL GRAMMAR.
l. What is meant by parts of speech?
.. Use each of the following words
as two parts of speech iron, we'll,
rule, cut, discount.
3. Name three interrogative pro-
nouns, and use each, in a sentence.
4. Use each of the following verbs
actively and passively: write, hang,
:lng, lay, drag.
| D. Use the word there as an expIe-
tive and as an adverb.
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE
l. What ages witnessed the develop
ment of the English drama.
| 2. Name one piece by which each of
the following became noted s. f.
Smith, Samuel Woodwork, T. b.
Read, Thomas Gray, Francis S. Key.
8. Classify as American or English
writer's Samuel L.. Clemens, William
Cowper, Emerson, Thackeray, Haw-
thorne.
4. Give author of each of the follow
ing: "The pilot,' "Evangeline. -
"Midd !emarch, - 1.-The Deserted Will
age, " "Sycedas. :"
5. What age of literature is known
as the Romantic Age"
Give two of Whittier's most popular
poems.
| ORTHOGRAPHY.
Hideous, clavicle, rascal, taxable,
audible, deceit. receipt glycerine,
homicide, inaugurate, deteriorate,
retatiate, fastidious, anthracite, sche
dule, grievance, dependence, iudig-
nant, intercede, supersede, literary,
compulsory, subordinate, intelligent,
incessant, irascibIe. positive, mill
tary, neutrality, effervesce, durabiI-
ty, coerce, verify, interrogate, de-
licious, meridian, incendiary, exoner-
ate, similar, recipient, sanitary,
fugitive, adjacent, pernicious, Gre
Dental, forty, receive, separate, per-
suasion, theory.
WORD ANALYSIS.
l. Define radical. Define etymo-
logy
,. Into what two classes are words
divided with respect to origin?
3. Name and define five English
pre6Xes.
A. Define the following: aIche,
phren. sophia, chronos, graphein
! 5. AnalyZe and define each of the
following: educate, credible, excur-
sion, congregate, enormous.
I DRAWING.
| ]. Draw a design suitable for an
oil cloth.
2. Define: mosaic, Fleur -de-lis,
| line, profile, axis of symmetry.
3. Name and illustrate three tri-
angels as to sides.
A. Draw to represent an inverted
cone. Position in front and below
the eye.
Draw cube having, top, front
and left side in view.