Author: Lewis Baxter Monroe

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-25

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780483874305

Excerpt from Monroe's New Fourth Reader Elocution is made practical: first, by asking questions which help the children to imagine the different scenes in the lesson; secondly, by requiring pupils to use the tones necessary to indicate the various emotions and situations represented in the reading-matter; thirdly, by gradually evolving the idea of emphasis, so that pupils shall discover for themselves the emphatic words. In addition, the teacher should drill the class on the 'words in the Introduction, that constant practice may insure distinct articulation. Etymology. - Attention is given to analyzing words into root, suffix, and prefix. A few lessons are given for explana tion and practice; then pupils should be required to present words for analysis. The suffixes and prefixes are defined in the Appendix. Grammar is practically considered in exercises which will give the children a knowledge of the parts of speech, and familiarize them by degrees with the variations of nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, number, person, etc. No attempt is made to treat of mere technicalities; for the lessons in grammar are not theoretical, but practical. Composition, as introduced in the lower books of the series, is gradually extended in this reader. Exercises in synonyms, and questions upon the reading-lessons are given for slate-work the pupils are required to write in prose the substance of various poems, and, occasionally, an outline of the story in the lesson is given for composition. The Synopsis of the Preparatory Studies will enable teachers to find at once the lesson containing drill upon any subject not perfectly understood. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.