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PART I. THE SENTENCE AS A WHOLE:
COMPOSITION
PREPARING FOR ORAL COMPOSITION. . . . . . .
SOME SUBJECTS SUGGESTED . . . . . . . . .
CRITICISM OF THE ORAL COMPOSITIONS . . . ...
WRITTEN COMPOSITIONS . .
FORM OF A MANUSCRIPT . .
CRITICISM OF THE WRITTEN COMPOSITIONS . .
THE SENTENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . i
THE KINDS OF THOUGHT EXPRESSED IN SENTENCES
AFFIRMATIVE OR NEGATIVE THOUGHT . . . .
DECLARATIVE OR INTERROGATIVE THOUGHT. .
EXCLAMATORY OR NON-EXCLAMATORY THOUGHT .
REVIEW . . . . . . . . . .
PUNCTUATION.
THE NATURE OF A SENTENCE .
STUDY OF A COMPOSITION: The Lion in a Circus . . . .
SENTENCE STUDY . . . .
PARAGRAPHS AND QUOTATION MARKS: The Golden
pples .
SENTENCE STUDY . . . . . . . . .
A SCHOOL PAPER . . .
THE STUDY OF LETTERING . .
T:
HABET .
INSTRUCTIONS . . . .
A PUPIL'S PARAGRAPH .
CRITICISM OF THE PARAGRAPH. .
MPOSITION EXERCISE
EXERCISE IN CRITICISM . .
SENTENCE STUDY AND REWRITING A STORY: Th
Fables of
Æsop; The Cricket on the Hearth . ..
DISCUSSION OF A PICTURE . . .
WRITING ABOUT THE PICTURE . . .
CRITICISM . . .
COLLECTING PICTURES . . . . . . . . . . .
EXERCISE IN CRITICISM . . . . . . . . . . . .
THE APOSTROPHE . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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14
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SOME SUBJECTS FOR COMPOSITION . . . . . . . . 39
BLACKBOARD AND SEAT WORK. . . . . . . . .
FURTHER SUBJECTS FOR COMPOSITION . . . . . . 41
WHY THE STUDY OF GRAMMAR IS NECESSARY. . . . . 41
39
PART II. THE MAIN PARTS OF THE
SENTENCE: COMPOSITION
COMPLETE PREDICATES AND COMPLETE SUBJECTS
PREDICATE VERB, SUBJECT SUBSTANTIVE, AND MODIFIERS ..
THERE . . . . . .
. .
PREDICATES AND SUBJECTS CONTINUED .
MISTAKES IN THE USE OF VerbS: MAY AND CAN .
COMPOUND PREDICATE VERBS AND SUBJECT SUBSTANTIVES:
CONNECTIVE WORDS . . . . . . . . . .
MODIFIERS . ..
. . . . . .
MISTAKES IN THE USE OF MODIFIERS .
STUDY OF COMPOUND VERBS AND SUBJECTS:
The Cat
Squirrel, the Panther, and the Bear . . . . .
STUDY OF A PICTURE . .
WRITING AND READING A STORY. . . . . .
A GRAMMAR LESSON . . . . . . . .
COMPOSITIONS BY PUPILS . . . . .
SPELLING: DOUBLING THE FINAL CONSONANT.
EVERY PUPIL'S OWN SPELLING BOOK
OUTLINE FOR AN ORAL COMPOSITION .
SOME SUBJECTS SUGGESTED . .
EXERCISE IN CRITICISM .
CORRECT PREDICATES AND SUBJECTS .
GRAMMAR EXERCISE .
SPEAKING FROM AN OUTLINE
ERCISE IN CR ITICISM
OBJECTS. .
TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSITIVE VERBS.
MODIFIERS · · · · · · · ·
COMPOUND OBJECTS . . . . . . .
GROUP OBJECTS
Some DIFFICULT WORDS ..
A PUPIL'S COMPOSITION . .
EXERCISE IN CRITICISM . . .
EXERCISE IN GRAMMAR . .
A SPELLING LESSON . .
GROUP WORK . .
SOME SUBJECTS FOR GROUP-WORK COMPOSIT IONS.
Two EXERCISES IN CRITICISM . .
EXERCISE IN GRAMMAR . . . . . . . .
EXERCISE IN ORAL COMPOSITION . . . . . . .
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Some DIFFICULT WORDS . . .
SPELLING: EI AND IE . . . . . . . . . . .
A BUSINESS LETTER .
FORM OF A BUSINESS LETTER . . . .
PUNCTUATION OF THE LETTER. . . .
ANOTHER FORM FOR A BUSINESS LETTER
SOME TYPICAL BUSINESS LETTERS . .
WRITING BUSINESS LETTERS . . . .
ENVELOPE . . . .
A REPLY TO A LETTER . .
GROUP WORK. . . ....
INDIRECT OBJECTS. .
EXERCISE IN GRAMMAR: The Lion and the Dolphin :::
PUNCTUATION . . .
EXERCISE IN GRAMMAR: The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth
10 Learn What fear Wis . . . . . . .
. . 99
PUNCTUATION: QUOTATION MARKS . . . . . . . 100
EXERCISE IN GRAMMAR .
100
SUBSTANTIVE WITH A CONNECTIVE Word .
102
EXERCISE IN GRAMMAR: Sir Roger de Coverley .
103
MISTAKES IN THE USE OF OBJECTS AND SUBSTANTIVES WITH
CONNECTIVES.
105
COMPOSITION: A CHARACTER SKETCH .
108
A COMMON MISTAKE IN GRAMMAR . .
ΠΟ
Class CRITICISM OF A COMPOSITION
III
Two COMPOSITIONS BY PUPILS.
. 113
SPELLING: A STUDY OF HOMONYMS .
116
SUBJECTS FOR ORAL COMPOSITIONS . .
117
EXERCISE IN CRITICISM. .
119
REVIEW IN GRAMMAR: Why Beans Have a Black Seam
120
A PUPIL'S LETTER . .
126
EXERCISE IN GRAMMAR. ..
127
ANOTHER LETTER . . . .
128
EXERCISE IN GRAMMAR AND SPELLING.
Some SUBJECTS FOR LETTERS
129
BUSINESS LETTERS . . .
130
SOCIAL LETTERS, OR LETTERS OF FRIENDSHIP
132
A SPELLING LESSON . . .
135
PREDICATE WORDS . .
136
EXERCISE IN GRAMMAR: The Great Stone Face
PREDICATE WORDS CONTINUED .
137
LINKING VERBS
138
EXERCISE IN GRAMMAR: Beauty and the Beast . . . . 139
CRITICISM AND REWRITING OF A COMPOSITION . . . . 140
APPOSITIVES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
NOMINATIVE OF ADDRESS . . . . . . . . . . . 143
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PUNCTUATION OF YES AND No . . . . . .
144
A STORY: Thor Borrows a Kettle . . . . . .
145
STUDY IN PARAGRAPHING AND PUNCTCATION .
149
SOME CONVERSATIONS WRITTEN BY PUPILS .
150
ERCISE IN CRITICISM.
152
Two MISUSED WORDS . .
153
ALL RIGHT . . .
. . . . . . .
154
REPORTING A CONVERSATION
EXERCISE IN CRITICISM. . . .
GROUP WORK .
STUDY OF A PICTURE .
WRITING AND READING STORIES.
SOME PLAYS WRITTEN BY PUPILS.
CRITICISM OF THE PLAYS
INSTRUCTIONS FOR WRITING PLAYS.
CRITICISM OF THE PLAYS . . . .
CLAUSES. . : : :
EXERCISE IN GRAMMAR: Cinderella .
dereva
. . . . . . . 171
Two MISTAKES IN THE USE OF SUBORDINATE CLAUSES . 172
EXERCISE IN GRAMMAR: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 175
A PUPIL'S COMPOSITION . . . . . . . . .
A DIFFICULT WORD . . . . . . . . . . . .
GROUP WORK . . . . . . . . . . . . .
EXERCISE IN GRAMMAR. .
PHRASES.
EXERCISE IN GRAMMAR: The Odyssey; Gulliver's Travels.
A PUPIL'S COMPOSITION :
PUNCTUATION OF CLAUSES AND PHRASES.
STUDY OF PUNCTUATION AND THE FUNCTION OF CONNECTIVES
GROUP WORK. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
187
EXERCISE IN CRITICISM
SUBJECTS FOR ORAL COMPOSITIONS . . . . .
188
190
WRITING AND READING A STORY OR PLAY. .
191
EXERCISE IN SELF-CRITICISM . . . . .
192
SOME VERSES WRITTEN BY PUPILS . . . .
193
A STUDY OF THE VERSES . . . . .
196
WRITING VERSES .
WRITING AND READING A Story OR PLAY :
198
SIMPLE SENTENCES . . . . .
COMPLEX SENTENCES . .
199
COMPOUND AND COMPLEX-COMPOUND SENTENCES. . . . 202
PUNCTUATION : : : : :
204
EXERCISE IN GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION: Herr Korbes . 07
EQUIVALENTS OF SENTENCES .
208
PUPILS' COMPOSITIONS . . . . . . . . . . .
209
SOME ADVERTISEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . 211
ANSWERING AN ADVERTISEMENT. . . . . . . 213
. . . . . . . . . . 213
Lorse
A CAUTION ABOUT CAPITAL LETTERS. . . . .
215
GROUP WORK . . .
Two INCORRECT PHRASES . . . . . . . . . . 216
SLANG. . .
. . . . . 216
SOME DIFFICULT WORDS.
. . . . .
SOME MORE LETTERS OF FRIENDSHIP .
. 217
. . . . . . 218
REWORDING SENTENCES .
219
EXERCISE IN COMBINING SHORT SENTENCES: Bre'er Rabbit and
Bre'er Lion . . . : : iiici ti For and the
222
EXERCISE IN COMBINING SHORT SENTENCES: The Fox and the
225
227
STUDY IN SENTENCE STRUCTURE: Aladdin, or the Wonderful
Lamp. The King of the Golden River
ANALYZING AND WRITING SENTENCES . . . . . . . 230
A STUDY OF OLD COMPOSITIONS .
231
WRITTEN COMPOSITION . . .
233
DISCUSSION OF A PICTURE .
WRITING AND READING STORIES .
234
EXERCISES IN CRITICISM . . . .
235
WRITING A COMPOSITION FROM AN OUTLINE . . .
250
OUTLINES FROM OTHER PEOPLE'S COMPOSITIONS
HOW TO GET A HISTORY LESSON . . . . . .
252
THE CARE OF SCHOOL PROPERTY . . . .
253
WRITING . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 255
SOME SUBJECTS TO ANALYZE . . . . . . . ...
DEBATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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PART III. THE PARTS OF SPEECH
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FUNCTION . . . . . . . . . .
THE CONJUNCTION . :
COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS.
SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS . .
THE PREPOSITION . . . .
THE VERB . . . . . . .
TENSE. . . . . . . . . . .
NUMBER
PERSON .
ILLUSTRATION OF A PRESENT TENSE .
THE FUTURE TENSE.
. . .
UNREASONABLE CHANGE OF TENSE.
VOICE.
LINKING VERBS . . . . . . . .
A STUDY OF VERBS . . . . . . . .
The Noun . . . . . . .
NUMBER · · · · · ·
CASE · · · · · ·
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