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LANGUAGE 



should be such as will interest the children. 

 Pictures of children and of animals and birds, 

 provided they show action, can be used most 

 successfully. The picture shown here is one of 

 that sort. The little foreign children and the 

 geese are all in motion and all seem to be 

 happy. Study the expression on the children's 

 faces. Notice the natural poise of each figure 

 and the man on the curb holding the baby. 

 The background suggests a village street as 

 the scene of the play. Ask the pupils to give 

 each child in the picture a name. Learn what 

 the children know about geese, and if they do 

 no not know about them give them the de- 



exercises are (1) to secure expression of thought 

 in correct written form, and (2) to gain facility 

 in writing. Pupils should never be asked to 

 write anything until they have recited it over 

 and over so that they are perfectly familiar 

 with it. All written work during the second 

 year should consist of statements in the form 

 of simple sentences; as 



The apple is red. 

 The ball is round. 

 The flower is pretty. 



4. Selections for Memorizing. The following 

 selections are types of the material suitable 

 for second year language work. While children 



A HOLLAND SCENE, FOR PICTURE STUDY 



sired information (see GOOSE). These are 

 Dutch children, and the teacher should tell the 

 pupils how children take care of geese in Hol- 

 land. 



Each child may be allowed to make up his 

 own story about the picture, and finally one 

 story may be agreed upon by the class as the 

 story that shall be told. The study should 

 occupy several recitation periods. 



3. Written Work. The best results in written 

 work are obtained in this year, if most of it 

 is done by dictation. Let the pupils dictate 

 for the teacher, who will write on the board 

 what they say. In this way they learn how 

 their expressions appear in written form. Let 

 the pupils do most of their writing on the 

 board (see PENMANSHIP), with occasional exer- 

 cises on paper. The main purposes of these 



memorize readily at this time, systematic 

 training in memorizing is necessary. They 

 should memorize accurately, and the teacher 

 should see that they know the meaning of the 

 selection before they memorize it. Generally 

 the pupils should tell the fables and other 

 short stories in their own words, but poems 

 should not be so treated. 



Where Go the Boats? 



ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON 



Dark brown is the river. 



Golden is the sand. 

 It flows along forever, 



With trees on either hand. 



Green leaves a-floating, 



Castles of the foam, 

 Boats of mine a-boating 



Where will all come home? 



