TABLE OF CONTENTS. TWENTY-FIVE CAREFULLY GRADED STEPS IN GRAMMAR AND COMPO- AS NEEDED. 1. Analysis and Composition of Sentences with Simple Subjects and Predicates - Capital Letters, Period, Interrogation Point, 2. Analysis and Composition of Sentences with Subjects modified 3. Analysis and Composition of Sentences with Predicates modified 4. Analysis and Composition of Sentences with Subjects and 5. Expansion of Adjectives and Adverbs into Phrases, and Con- traction of Phrases into Adjectives and Adverbs 6. Analysis and Composition of Sentences with Compound Sub- jects and Predicates - Conjunctions, Interjections, Exclama- 7. Analysis and Composition of Sentences with Nouns, Pronouns, PAGE 79-84, 95-97 8. Analysis and Composition of Sentences with Participles and Infinitive Phrases — The Participle, Descriptive Writing 102-108 9. Analysis and Composition of Sentences with Nouns and Pro- PAGE pendent Clauses 140, 141 23. Verbs with all their Modifications in Sentences 24. Composition of Sentences in Paragraphs and of Paragraphs in Themes THE teacher is recommended to occupy the time of at least two or three recitations, in talking with his pupils about language, always remembering that, in order to secure the interest of his class, he must allow his pupils to take an active part in the exercise. The teacher should guide the thought of his class; but, if he attempts to do all the talking, he will find, when he concludes, that he has been left to do all the thinking. We give below a few hints in conducting this talk on language, but the teacher is not expected to confine himself to them. He will, of course, be compelled, in some instances, to resort to various devices in order to obtain from the pupils answers equivalent to those here suggested. LESSON 1. Teacher. I will pronounce these three sounds very slowly and distinctly, thus b-u-d. Notice, it is the power, or sound, of the letter, and not its name, that I give. What did you hear? Pupil. - I heard three sounds. Give them. I will write on the board, so that you can see them, three letters - b-u-d. Are these letters, taken separately, signs to you of anything? P. Yes, they are signs to me of the three sounds that I have just heard. 9 |