School Devices: A Book of Ways and Suggestions for Teachers

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E.L. Kellogg & Company, 1886 - Authors, American - 217 pages
 

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Page 143 - First, William the Norman, Then William his son ; Henry, Stephen, and Henry, Then Richard and John. Next, Henry the third, Edwards, one, two, and three; And again, after Richard, Three Henrys we see. Two Edwards, third Richard, If rightly I guess ; Two Henrys, sixth Edward, Queen Mary, Queen Bess ; Then Jamie the Scotchman, Then Charles whom they slew, Yet received, after Cromwell, Another Charles too.
Page 141 - Snuffy old drone from the German hive. That was the year when Lisbon-town Saw the earth open and gulp her down, And Braddock's army was done so brown, Left without a scalp to its crown.
Page 143 - Third, Edwards one, two, and three ; And again, after Richard, Three Henrys we see. Two Edwards, third Richard, If rightly I guess; Two Henrys, sixth Edward, Queen Mary, Queen Bess. Then Jamie, the Scotchman, Then Charles whom they slew, Yet received after Cromwell Another Charles too. Next James the Second Ascended the throne; Then good William and Mary Together came on. Till, Anne, Georges four, And fourth William all past, God sent Queen Victoria: May she long be the last!
Page 9 - Ordinals — Correcting Bad English— For Beginners in Composition—Word Developing— An Easy Exercise in Composition — Composition from Pictures — Plan for Oral Composition — Debating Exercises — Language Drill in every Lesson— Letter Writing— Matter for Letters— Forms...
Page 9 - ImaginationSuggestions about Local Subjects for Compositions — A Letter Written upon the Blackboard by all the Class— Choice of Words— Order of Criticism— A Plan for Rapid Correction of Compositions — To File and Hold Essays — Assigning a Subject for a Composition— Character Sketches— Illustrative Syntax — A Talk on Language — A Grammar Lesson, Device for Building up the Conjugation of the Verb— The Infinitive Mood— Shall and Will— Matter for a Talk on Words — Surnames.
Page 6 - Cloth, 12010, 686 pages, illustrated, 1 .75 Parker's Talks on Teaching. These books are the only ones published that give a clear idea of the principles and methods of the
Page 49 - Scotchmen came from. Tell how old a boy is who was born in 1879. Write the names of four winter amusements; of four summer amusements. Write how many days in this month. Write what we plant to get potatoes. Write a definition of a druggist.

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