Part 6 (2/2)
Those who re, sentence diagra, rades, should have stepped with rade English The teacher sat in the back of the roo while a roughly clad, uncouth boy, slipshod in attitude, sturammatical sentences
”And Esau went out after a venison,” he was saying, ”and Jacob's oat's meat till it smelled like a venison And then Jacob, he took the venison--I oat's meat to Isaac, and Isaac couldn't tell it wasn't Esau because”--so the story continued for two or three loomily at the class
”Well, class?” queried Miss Howes, ”has any one any criticism to make?”
Instantly, three-quarters of the class was on its feet
”Well, Edward”
Edward, a manly fellow, spoke quietly to the boy who had told the story
”Paul, you don't talk quite loud enough Then you should raise and lower your voiceintended to make the same criticism) sat doith Edward The teacher turned
”Yes, Mary”
”Paul, your graood You didn't make periods”
One by one, in a spirit of kindly helpfulness, criticisms were made
When the children had finished, Miss Howes said:
”Paul, you did very well This is your first time in this class, isn't it?”
”Yes'm”
”Yes, Paul, you did very well; but, Paul”--and with care and precision she outlined histherades in Indianapolis the children have solish work every day When they reach the seventh and eighth years this oral work takes on quite pretentious for with Aesop's Fables, the children tell fairy tales, Bible stories, Greek legends, Norse legends, animal stories, and any other stories that the teacher thinks appropriate Each child roup of stories whatever topic seelish work, too On Monday, letters are written and criticized; Tuesday is composition day; on Wednesday each scholar writes a description of the day in a Season Journal; Thursday is set aside for the revision and correction of co Monday are written Wherever possible, the subjects for written work are selected with reference to the other studies which the child is taking
V An Original Fairy Story
The work is arranged primarily to arouse interest At Halloween, the theirl, Dorothy Morrison, selects as her title, ”How the Witch got the Black Cat for her Prisoner” Read this charirl of twelve:
”Years ago, when the witch rode her brooht rides That wicked person was always planning and plotting how to get soo with her
”At this time there lived a beautiful fairy, as condeician, who had no reason to do so This good fairy, Eilene, finally decided to take the shape of a bird and to fly through the tinyof her prison to her old friend, Mr Moon
”She did so, and when she arrived at her friend's home she assumed the form of a fairy and entreated hiician
”He promised to do his best
”The next Halloween, the witch, Crono, rode up to theEilene she exclai maiden'