Intermediate Language Lessons

by Serl, Emma

• ISBN13: 9780965273572
• ISBN10: 0965273571
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-03-01
• Publisher: Lost Classic Books

Summary

In this second volume of Emma Serl's language series, the work of Alcott, Longfellow, Tennyson, Shelley, Hale, Shakespeare, and others are used in a broad range of lessons that encompass every aspect of teaching English. The book includes literature and poetry studies , letter writing , instructions for creating an outline, guides for grammer and word usage, composition, memorization, oral presentation, debating, and diction.

Table of Contents

Part One
Selection For Study --- The Finding of Moses	1	(1)
Names of Persons and Places	2	(1)
Selection for Study --- The Stone in the Road	3	(2)
Selection to Be Memorized	5	(1)
Composition --- A Prince Story	5	(1)
Selection for Study --- The Wise Fairy	6	(2)
Oral Composition	8	(1)
The Sentence	9	(2)
Picture Study --- The Flower Girl	11	(1)
Composition	11	(1)
Use of the Dictionary	12	(1)
Correct Use of Words	12	(1)
Selection to Be Memorized --- The Robin	13	(2)
Correct Use of Words	15	(1)
Conversation --- Birds	15	(1)
Composition --- Description of a Bird	16	(1)
Correct Use of Words	17	(1)
Selection for Study --- The Red-Headed Woodpecker	18	(2)
An Imaginary Dialogue	20	(1)
Words of a Series	20	(1)
Paragraphs --- An Indian Legend	21	(2)
Conversation --- Indians	23	(1)
Composition --- Indians	24	(1)
Titles and Abbreviations	24	(1)
Selection for Study --- Helen Keller	25	(2)
Letter Writing --- Helen Keller to O. W. Holmes	27	(2)
Letter Writing	29	(1)
Letter Writing	30	(1)
Addressing an Envelope	31	(1)
Selection to Be Memorized	32	(1)
Dictation --- The Apple Tree	33	(1)
Conversation --- Fruits	33	(1)
Description --- A Fruit Store	34	(1)
Correct Use of Words	35	(1)
Selection for Study --- The Barefoot Boy	36	(3)
Conversation --- The Farmer	39	(1)
Possessive Form	40	(1)
Composition	41	(1)
Names	41	(1)
Selection for Study --- Story of the Flax	42	(2)
Composition --- Description	44	(1)
Composition --- The Thirsty Crow	44	(1)
Composition --- Dialogue	45	(1)
Conversation --- The Cat Family	46	(1)
Composition --- Description of an Animal	47	(1)
Dictation --- Description of a Lion	48	(1)
Reproduction --- A Fable	49	(1)
Composition	50	(1)
Reproduction --- A Fable	51	(1)
Imaginative Letter	51	(1)
Summary	52	(1)
Dictation --- Quotation Marks	53	(1)
Meaning of Words	54	(1)
Selection for Study --- Don't Give Up	55	(1)
Contractions	56	(1)
Quotations	57	(1)
Dictation	58	(1)
Correct Use of Words	58	(1)
Description of a Game	59	(1)
Letter Writing	59	(1)
Picture Study --- Gambols of Children	60	(2)
Correct Use of Words	62	(1)
The Comma in Address	63	(1)
Oral Composition --- A Story	64	(1)
Selection for Study --- The Village Blacksmith	65	(3)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	68	(1)
Singular and Plural Forms	69	(2)
Selection for Study --- The Wind and the Moon	71	(3)
Conversation --- Clothing	74	(1)
Conversation --- Cotton	75	(1)
Composition --- Cotton	76	(1)
Letter Writing	76	(1)
Words That Rhyme	77	(1)
Writing Sentences	77	(1)
Written Conversation	78	(1)
Letter Writing	79	(1)
Possessive Form	79	(2)
Conversation --- The Dog Family	81	(2)
Picture Study --- The Wounded Companion	83	(1)
Composition --- Story About Wool	83	(1)
Correct Use of Words	84	(1)
Composition --- Frisk and the Mirror	85	(2)
Picture Study --- Shepherd and Sheep	87	(1)
Correct Use of Words	87	(1)
Singular and Plural	88	(1)
Selection for Study --- King Solomon and the Bees	89	(2)
Composition --- A Story	91	(1)
Selection for Study --- Daybreak	92	(1)
Dictation	93	(1)
Exclamations	94	(1)
An Autobiography	95	(1)
Composition --- Story of a Meadowlark	96	(1)
Composition --- Two Squirrels	97	(1)
Conversation --- Gnawers or Rodents	97	(2)
Correct Use of Words	99	(2)
Conversation --- Money	101	(1)
Composition --- History of a Dime	101	(1)
Picture Study --- Return of the Fishing Boats	102	(2)
Selection to Be Memorized --- Sweet and Low	104	(2)
Summary	106	(1)
Part Two
Selection for Study --- The Story of a Seed	107	(3)
Dictation	110	(1)
Divided Quotations	110	(1)
Divided Quotations	111	(1)
Indirect Quotations	112	(1)
Composition --- A Story	113	(1)
Conversation --- The Body	113	(2)
Debate	115	(1)
Letter Writing --- Review	116	(1)
Homonyms	117	(2)
Picture Study --- Departure of the Pilgrims	119	(1)
Conversation --- Foods	119	(1)
Composition --- A Loaf of Bread	120	(1)
Selection for Study --- Thanksgiving	121	(1)
Singular and Plural	122	(1)
Conversation --- Cud Chewers	123	(2)
Picture Study --- The Deer Family	125	(1)
Correct Use of Words	126	(1)
Selection for Study --- The Windflower	127	(1)
Prose Study --- A Plant	128	(2)
Conversation --- Flowers	130	(1)
Composition --- The Monarch Butterfly	131	(1)
Dictation	131	(2)
Selection for Study --- October's Bright Blue Weather	133	(2)
Correct Use of Words	135	(1)
Picture Study --- The Balloon	136	(1)
Composition	136	(2)
Conversation --- Ships of the Air	138	(1)
Composition --- A Trip in an Airship	138	(1)
Abbreviations	139	(1)
Reproduction --- A Fable	140	(1)
Composition	141	(1)
Selection for Study --- The Greek Myth --- Echo	142	(1)
Explanatory Expressions	143	(1)
Selection to Be Memorized	144	(1)
Singular and Plural	145	(1)
Picture Study --- A River Scene	146	(2)
Dictation	148	(1)
Selection for Study --- The Song of the Brook	148	(2)
Composition --- The Story a Drop of Water Told	150	(1)
Business Letters	151	(1)
Letter Writing	152	(1)
Autobiography of a Book	153	(1)
Correct Use of Words	153	(1)
A Diary	154	(1)
Longfellow's Diary	155	(1)
Selection for Study --- The Cloud	156	(2)
Dictation --- A Dry Season	158	(1)
Composition	159	(1)
Summary	159	(1)
Correct Use of Words	160	(1)
Picture Study --- Two Mothers	160	(2)
Composition --- An Important Event	162	(1)
Selection for Study --- The Tree	162	(2)
Composition --- Story of an Oak Desk	164	(1)
Composition --- A Story	164	(1)
A Dialogue	165	(1)
Letter Writing	165	(1)
Formation of Sentences	166	(1)
Composition --- A Story	167	(1)
Letter Writing	167	(1)
Picture Study --- Summer Evening	168	(1)
Study of Words	168	(2)
Selection for Study --- Woodsman, Spare That Tree	170	(2)
Composition --- A Plea for Life	172	(1)
Review --- Singular and Plural	172	(1)
Kinds of Sentences	173	(1)
Letter Writing	174	(1)
Selection for Study --- Legend of the Arbutus	175	(2)
Conversation --- The Post Office	177	(1)
Description --- A Postage Stamp	178	(1)
Titles	178	(1)
Letter Writing	179	(1)
Selection to Be Memorized	180	(1)
Formation of Sentences	180	(3)
Picture Study --- Return of the Mayflower	183	(1)
Letter Writing	183	(1)
Selection for Study --- Old Ironsides	184	(3)
Study of Words	187	(1)
Description of an Old Mill	188	(1)
Composition --- A Description	189	(1)
Description of a Person	190	(1)
Selection to Be Memorized	191	(1)
Correct Use of Words	191	(1)
Letter Writing	192	(1)
Composition --- A Story	193	(1)
An Imaginary Diary	193	(2)
Picture Study --- The Spinner	195	(1)
Selection for Study --- The Heritage	196	(3)
Selection to Be Memorized	199	(1)
Composition	199	(1)
Quotations	200	(1)
Selection to Be Memorized --- Today	200	(1)
Composition	201	(1)
Summary	202	(1)
Part Three
Selection for Study --- A Story About Washington	203	(3)
Subject and Predicate	206	(1)
Selection for Study	207	(1)
Review	208	(1)
Selection to Be Memorized	209	(1)
Letter Writing	209	(2)
Picture Study --- The Gleaners	211	(1)
Compound Subject and Predicate	212	(1)
Selection for Study --- July	213	(2)
Transposed Order	215	(1)
Conversation --- The School	216	(1)
Debate	217	(1)
Selection for Study --- The Invention of Printing	217	(2)
Composition	219	(1)
Dictation	220	(1)
Nouns	220	(1)
Selection for Study --- The Music of Labor	221	(2)
Selection for Study --- Michael Angelo	223	(2)
Pronouns	225	(1)
Composition --- Description of a Place	226	(1)
Common and Proper Nouns	227	(1)
Selection for Study --- ``Down to Sleep''	228	(1)
Composition --- A Lost Article	229	(1)
Possessives	230	(1)
Conversation --- Coal	231	(1)
Composition	232	(1)
Conversation --- Electricity	232	(1)
Picture Study and Letter --- The First Railway Train	233	(1)
Conversation --- Transportation	234	(1)
Debate	235	(1)
Dictation --- Transportation	236	(1)
Conversation --- Good Roads	237	(1)
Conversation --- Railroads	237	(2)
Picture Study --- The Breaking Wave	239	(1)
Advertisement and Answer	240	(1)
Writing Advertisements	240	(1)
Selection for Study --- The Blue Jay	241	(1)
Conversation --- Birds' Nests	242	(1)
Dictation --- The Oriole's Nest	243	(1)
Biography of an Oriole	244	(1)
Selection for Study --- Winter	245	(1)
Conversation	246	(1)
Dictation --- The Bells	247	(1)
Composition	248	(1)
Choice of Adjectives	248	(1)
Selection for Study	249	(2)
Composition	251	(1)
Debate	251	(1)
Picture Study --- The Horse Fair	252	(2)
Selection for Study --- The Horse's Prayer	254	(2)
Composition	256	(1)
Adjectives and Nouns	256	(1)
Summary	257	(1)
Selection for Study --- Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers	258	(2)
Selection for Study	260	(1)
Verbs	261	(1)
Verbs	262	(1)
Letter Writing	263	(1)
Conversation	263	(1)
Selection for Study --- The Burial of Sir John Moore	264	(2)
Correct Use of Words	266	(1)
Composition --- A Description	267	(1)
Selection for Study --- The Seasons	268	(3)
Review	271	(1)
Sentences Like Model	272	(1)
Quotations	272	(1)
Selection to Be Memorized --- The Year's at the Spring	273	(1)
Adverbs	274	(1)
Adverbs	275	(1)
Adverbs	276	(1)
Composition	276	(1)
Selection for Study --- A Biography	277	(2)
Telegrams	279	(1)
Prepositions	280	(1)
Composition --- A Biography	280	(1)
Correct Use of Words	281	(1)
Selection for Study --- The Coming of Spring	282	(2)
Selection for Study	284	(2)
Selection for Study --- The Flag Goes By	286	(1)
Dictation	287	(1)
Conversation --- The Soldier	288	(1)
Selection for Study --- A Man without a Country	289	(1)
Conjunctions	290	(1)
Composition --- The Flag	291	(1)
Conversation	291	(1)
Interjections	292	(1)
Selection for Study --- Columbus	293	(3)
Picture Study --- Columbus	296	(2)
Selection for Study	298	(1)
Words Derived from Proper Nouns	299	(1)
Invitations	299	(1)
Letter Writing	300	(1)
Selection for Study --- May	301	(1)
Conversation	302	(1)
Quotations	302	(1)
Selection for Study --- Daffodils	303	(1)
Selection for Study --- Summer Rain	304	(2)
Description --- Plan of a House	306	(1)
Selection to Be Memorized --- Home, Sweet Home	307	(1)
Letter Writing	308	(1)
Conversation	309	(1)
Selection for Study --- The Day is Done	310	(3)
Selection for Study	313	(1)
Suggestions for Descriptions	314	(1)
Selection for Study --- Neighbor Mine	315	(1)
Summary	316	(3)
Index	319