Handbook for English Teachers

Excerpt from A Handbook for English Teachers: For Use in the Oklahoma High Schools The teacher is here allowed considerable latitude in reviews and tests. Two weeks are given for review at the end of each half year, but the teacher may wish to arrange the time differently. It is assumed, however, that reviews will be frequent and thorough. Each week the work should be connected with the work of the previous week. Each day the work should be related to that of the previous day. Often, written reviews, five or ten minutes in length, at the beginning of the class hour, will awaken interest and test the pupil's preparation for the day. When sections of the etext book are completed, or when classics studied in class are finished, review should' be required. Although there is provision here for a great deal of writing and speaking during the four years, the teacher should not be over burdened with theme correcting. No teacher should begin, however, with the idea that the teach ing of English is easy. Much of the composition work should be done in class and much of it should be oral. Often, recitations and discussions should emphasize oral composition. Many of the written reports on the outside-reading should be discussed in class. Themes which the teacher criticizes outside of the class time he Should return promptly. He should not forget that criticism is constructive as well as destructive. All themes should be collected promptly on the day set for them, so that the pupils may be trained to submit work promptly when it is due. The teacher should make provision for personal conferences with pupils on both themes and reading at regular intervals. Some of the themes may be read for the first time by the teacher in the pupil's presence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.