Part 6 (2/2)

(2) Efficiency in expressing the any serious errors in the coe or the rules of coraue which is necessary for the above measure of attainments

_First Division_

_Class I_ (Boys twelve hours, girls eleven hours, weekly) A suitable nu children's stories are told and utilized for the special purposes of widening the circle of the children's i in them ability in observation, conception, and expression An effort is eneral contents of the stories lucid through explanations, while the features arousing special interest in the minds of the pupils are made the objects of more detailed conversation An effort is made to train the children in correct, free, and easy expression in connected sentences, and to develop in them the ability to rehearse their stories freely and connectedly

_Reading_ The aim is ability to read the primer (_ABC-en_) with assurance and in a clear tone, properly articulating and accenting each word and syllable

_Written exercises_ The object of the written work is to teach the children to write words and simple sentences which have just been read orally or have been seen in the primer or on the blackboard

_Class II_ (Boys ten hours, girls eight hours, weekly) Twenty or thirty of theand valuable selections (prose and poetry) contained in the reader are h treat explanations, and conversations area vivid appreciation of the contents and in developing ability in their easy rehearsal The other pieces are treated in a eneral understanding of the all readings sloith loud, plain, and correct articulation and proper accentuation Habitualis also a feature of the year's work

_Written exercises_, s, conversations, or stories are given frequently and for short periods

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_Class III_ (Boys eight hours, girls seven hours, weekly) Twenty or thirty paragraphs froiven special attention--the remainder cursory The plan of work is about the saiven to the rehearsing of the reading lesson by the pupils Soh they are not to be given in the exact words of the text Still other selections receivepoems should bewith loud and clear expression and proper natural accentuation should be sought

_Written exercises_ Selections fro special and rather extended attention to spelling, punctuation, and grammatical constructions and forms The teacher sets examples of correct punctuation, etc

_Second Division_

_Class IV_ (Five hours weekly) A select number (20-30) of pieces froh e of selections chosen for arding the topics treated and explanations of literary expressions should form important parts of the instruction in this class Here, as in both preceding and succeeding classes, it should be the ais plain when conversing upon the selections read, at least to the degree of their ability and development Parts of former conversations on various topics should also be recalled and woven into their discussions

_Written exercises_ These shall include features previously studied, and introduce es and forirls five hours, weekly) Exhaustive study of a few selections and cursory reading in large quantities as before

Careful and abundant training in oral expression Specific and detailed rehearsal of topics discussed in which an increasing aht is utilized Short stories are read Poeress in clear and distinct articulation and easy and natural emphasis in harmony with refined speech is continuously a requirement

_Written exercises_ A continuation of for, or the writing of abstracts of lesson content, especially during the second half year Orthographic, grammatical, and rhetorical fored Through continued practice in preparing and writing coraphy and punctuation, the children, by the close of this their fifth year of schooling, should be quite capable in punctuation as well as spelling, though they should not be expected to spell and punctuate independently with accuracy

_Third Division_

_Class VI_ (Boys five hours, girls six hours, weekly) Reading from a selected portion of the reader Conversations, inforuistic elucidations are to be entered into according to necessity Increasing stress is here laid on the work of drawing out the thoughts, ideas, and knowledge of the pupils, and of inciting them to more independent, intellectual effort

_Written exercises_ Continued as previously though introducing larger amounts of independently selected forreater accuracy in punctuation Letter writing is added

_Class VII_ (Five hours weekly) Selections fro from recommended books calculated to awaken, develop, and educate Special attention given to the most important authors

_Written exercises_ Co, business correspondence including applications, invoices, advertiseraue are quite plainly set forth in the foregoing outline Though the content is not so specifically defined, the general lines are indicated in such a way as to give very adequate insight thereinto Some of the methods of presentation seem somewhat cumbersome and rather antiquated This iy The actual work in the schoolrooms is flexible, free, and, as a rule, attractive The latitude granted to the teachers in all their work admits of almost unlimited individual initiative Many of their teachers are quite expert in the most modern methods

The utilitarian idea which pervades every phase of their school work is especially noticeable in the teaching of their own language In harmony with this idea, let me call attention to the fact that, from the first, constant use is made of every attainment in both oral and written form