This textbook is an eighth-year reader. The book stresses cultivating literary judgement to pave the way for supplementary reading. Writings by authors such as Thomas De Quincey, William Wordsworth, Charlotte Bronte, John Greenleaf Whittier, Ben Jonson, Charles and Mary Lamb, William Shakespeare, Alfred Tennyson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry…

This textbook is an eighth-grade course in arithmetic. This book completes the ordinary grammar school course in arithmetic, and covers all the work not included in the preceding books of this series. It is suggested, however, that, in places where there are nine grades, some topics should be omitted from the eighth grade and presented in the…

This teachers' manual is to be used with the textbook "Better English: Grade Eight" by Jeschke, Potter, and Gillet. It includes notes that explain briefly the first principles of language study and teaching, and suggestions for the conduct of the individual lessons.

This textbook is for use in an eighth-grade English course. It serves as a brief course in live, practical grammar, intended primarily for use in the grammar grades or junior high school. The subject is divided into three main parts as follows: (1) studies in Sentence Structure, applied through exercises in sentence building; (2) the Parts of…

This textbook presents an eighth-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 is designed for the seventh and eighth grades of the elementary school. Like Book One (ED623274) of the same series, it lays stress on spoken language and aims throughout rather to lead the pupils to see the value of correct and accurate language and desire to use it, than formally to cover any mapped-out field of knowledge.…

This series of "Lessons in English" comprises two books. Book I (ED622250), 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 contains a systematic course in grammar…

This series of "Lessons in English" comprises two books. Book I (ED622252) is intended to be used within the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth grades. Book II is intended to cover the work of the seventh and eighth grades. It seeks to create a liking for good literature by presenting worthy selections to be read, studied, copied, and…

This textbook presents an arithmetic course that seeks to adapt the subject matter to the experiences, interests, and immediate needs of children, and to provide means for a mastery of the formal phases of arithmetic through more scientifically organized drills. This series consists of three books: Primary (ED622333), Intermediate (ED622334), and…

This arithmetic textbook is part of a series that aims to train children to meet the ordinary demands of life. This volume provides drills and reviews of the essentials covered in the preceding books, and it adds many special short methods of calculation that increase efficiency. The chief aim is to extend the child's power to make practical…

This textbook covers two years' work intended for grades seven and eight. The book is divided into approximately 150 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. The material on which conversation and written exercises are based…

The purpose of this book is to set forth the elements of English grammar in their relation to thought and the expression of thought. This object has been the guiding principle in the selection of material, in the treatment of forms and constructions, and in the fashioning of the very numerous illustrative exercises. The Introduction explains in…

This textbook is the third of a three-book series on English for the use of elementary parochial schools. These books are based on the requirements in English of the Regents of the University of the State of New York and of the New York City Schools and contain the grade matter called for in English of the syllabi of the parochial schools of most…

This textbook book is an English course intended for use during the seventh and eighth grades and provides for study along both lines of language work, grammar and composition. The book includes a section on dictionary use. The final chapter is devoted to word analysis and was designed especially for the benefit of that great majority of grammar…

This textbook aims to set forth the elements of English grammar in their relation to thought and the expression of thought. This object has been the guiding principle in the selection and arrangement of material, in the treatment of forms and constructions, and in the fashioning of the very numerous illustrative exercises. The Introduction…