To be successful, teachers of English in grades 6-12 need more than basic content knowledge and classroom management skills. They need a deep understanding of the goals and principles of teaching literature, writing, oral discourse, and language in order to make sound instructional decisions. This engaging book explores the pedagogical foundations…

This textbook is targeted at educators teaching students in the sixth year seeking to establish correct written and spoken English. The major objectives of the year include the following: (1) a full development of the sentence sense, including the ability to analyze commonly used grammatical constructions; (2) reasonable skill in writing sentences…

This textbook is for use in a sixth-grade English course. Lessons are presented to develop pupils' ability to speak and to write effectively. They offer (1) opportunity for the child to express himself on important subjects close to the interests of his everyday life; (2) a well-organized series of constructive exercises to enrich his vocabulary…

This textbook for the sixth grade seeks to help pupils take an interest in the quality of their English and speak more correctly, more effectively and more agreeably, and to write with due regard for the essentials of good form. Until the language lesson is understood to be distinctively a lesson in craftsmanship, it will contribute little or…

This textbook presents a sixth-grade composition course stressing the different forms of language exercises--letters, narratives, descriptions, and expositions. This series of books aims to help the teacher by providing a systematic arrangement of subject-matter, thus saving the labor of searching for suitable material and, at the same time,…

This English textbook aims to foster and guide children's natural interests. The material is organized in three divisions, designed for use in the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades, respectively. The offering for the fourth year is greater in amount than that for the fifth and sixth years, in the expectation that some of it, if not adapted to the…

This textbook covers two years' work intended for grades five and six. The book is divided into approximately 160 carefully planned lessons for each year's work. These lessons are grouped into chapters, each composed of a series of related units that center on a common theme, providing work for a period equivalent in general to a school month. The…

This series of "Lessons in English" comprises two books. Book I, intended to be used within the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth grades, covers either two or three years, according to the amount of time allowed for language work, the age of the pupils, and their previous training. Book II (ED622251), contains a systematic course in…

This series of "Lessons in English" comprises two books. Book I, intended to be used within the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth grades, seeks to create a liking for good literature by presenting worthy selections to be read, studied, copied, and learned; to help children to talk and write more freely about the many things that they see…

This textbook is designed to guide children to an intelligent appreciation and enjoyment of good English, to help them speak and write correctly, and to introduce them to the study of grammar. The book is divided into three Parts, intended for use in the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Years of school respectively. This edition has been carefully revised…

The fundamental idea of "Oral English" Books I and II is "appeal to the ear." In many books on oral English, both the eye and the ear are appealed to at the same time. In this book the first appeal is to the ear alone. Contents include 24 fifth-grade lessons; 23 sixth-grade lessons; 30 seventh-grade lessons; and 40 eighth-grade…

The organization of this book is based upon the principle -- generally accepted in schools today -- that every situation in the school requiring or stimulating social intercommunication or individual self-expression affords significant opportunity for developing language ability. These situations, which are vital and meaningful to the pupils, are…