author - "Alonzo Reed and Brainerd Kellogg"
fist in anger, and calls or drives away his dog simply by the tone in which he speaks.But feelings and desires are not the only things we wish to communicate. Early in life we begin to acquire knowledge and learn to think, and then we feel the need of a better language. Suppose, for instance, you have formed an idea of a day; could you express this by a tone, a look, or a gesture? If you wish to tell me the fact that yesterday was cloudy, or that the days are shorter in winter than in summer,
ll, in answer to suggestive questions, what some of the other words and groups of words do (the questions on the selections in the Supplement may aid the teacher). The pupils may then write out the story in full form. To vary the exercise, the teacher might read the story and let the pupils write out the short sentences.A TALK ON LANGUAGE. The teacher is recommended, before assigning any lesson, to occupy the time of at least two or three recitations, in talking with his pupils about language,
fist in anger, and calls or drives away his dog simply by the tone in which he speaks.But feelings and desires are not the only things we wish to communicate. Early in life we begin to acquire knowledge and learn to think, and then we feel the need of a better language. Suppose, for instance, you have formed an idea of a day; could you express this by a tone, a look, or a gesture? If you wish to tell me the fact that yesterday was cloudy, or that the days are shorter in winter than in summer,
ll, in answer to suggestive questions, what some of the other words and groups of words do (the questions on the selections in the Supplement may aid the teacher). The pupils may then write out the story in full form. To vary the exercise, the teacher might read the story and let the pupils write out the short sentences.A TALK ON LANGUAGE. The teacher is recommended, before assigning any lesson, to occupy the time of at least two or three recitations, in talking with his pupils about language,