Manual of Suggestions for Teachers Using the Manly-Bailey Lessons in the Speaking and Writing of English - Softcover

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ...piece may be written on the board by the pupil who has done best, and corrections may be made accordingly. Require neatness. Lesson 9 First, question orally; then let the children write. See Suggestions, L. 11, Sec. II. Instruct as to thedivision into three paragraphs: (1) The lead soldier. (2) His being put in the boat and why. (3) The voyage. Give this question for thought: VVhat good does the sea do? Lesson 10 See Lessons 46 and 50, Section II. Follow the text. Much oral drill and written practice may prove necessary here: Say and write them again and again, Says the text. Lesson 11 Require the definition. Then books may be opened. All is oral work, except for 4 and 5. Guard against the marking of books in the next lesson. Lesson 12 Use the blackboard; question each pupil about each sentence, but not in regular succession. Lesson 13 Follow the text. Add words; for example, coo, gobble, bleat, low, bray, are appropriate in some localities. Use the board for all the work of the text. A good exercise would be, at recess, to develop the knowledge that in walking there is always one foot on the ground, but that in running both feet may be in the air at once. Compare the picture on p. 135, text, with that on p. 12. Lesson 14 Follow the text. Require perfect neatness. Lesson 15 The purpose of this lesson is not only to give interesting content for the oral class exercise of the moment, but also to suggest the method of thinking in the written work of L. 16 to follow. For story-telling, see Suggestions, L. 2, Sec. II. Lesson 16 Follow the text. The purpose of this lesson is to cultivate the constructive imagination. The papers are to be used again in L. 21. In some cases the teacher should take care of them. Guard against the marking of books...