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METHODS IN TEACHING 



PREFIXES 



pre judge to judge beforehand 

 ad judge to judge to 

 re judge to judge again 



un just not just 



ad just to make right, to make just 



The above lessons are given without change from the 

 notebook of the pupil, showing the seventh grade concep- 

 tion of the meaning of the words as gained from roots and 

 affixes. Prefixes and suffixes have been studied separately 

 and in connection with simple words ever since the fifth 

 grade, so that their meanings as used in the above exercises 

 are not touched upon. They belong to the knowledge that 

 is already fixed. New affixes are taken up from time to 

 time as the occasion demands. Later language studies will, 

 of course, broaden all this acquaintance with words. 



From the many lists in the notebook of an eighth grade 

 pupil the following uncorrected exercises are chosen, illus- 

 trating studies in homonyms, use of words in sentences, 

 spelling and defining. Occasional lists are made of won 

 frequently mispronounced; these are carefully marked 

 to sounds of letters and accented syllables. 



I. 



precurser 



accessory 



itinerary 



alleviate 



hypocrisy 



SPELLING AND DEFINING 



one who runs before (precursor) 



have access to 



from place to place 



to lessen 



deceive 



