Page images
PDF
EPUB

Every word composed of two or more syllables, has one of them accented.

This accent is denoted by a mark at the end of the accented syllable ('); as, midnight, aban'don.

A PRIMITIVE WORD is one which is not derived from any other word; as, man, great, full.

A DERIVATIVE WORD is one which is formed from some other word by adding something to it; as, manful, greatness, fully.

A SIMPLE WORD is one which is not composed of more than one word; as, kind, man, stand, ink.

A COMPOUND WORD is one that is composed of two or more simple words; as, ink-stand, wind-mill. SPELLING is naming the letters of a word.

QUESTIONS.-What are consonants?

they divided? What are mutes? semi-vowels? Which are they?

Which are they?
Which are they? What are
Which are liquids?

How are

Why so

called? Which of the vowels are sometimes consonants?
What of the consonant sound of I?
What is said of the sound of B? Of c?

Of u?

Of w?

Of Y?

Of D?

Of F?

Of a?

Of J?

Of K? Of L? Of M?

Of N?

Of p?

Of Q?

Of CH?

Of GH?

The 2d. The 3d.

Of н? Of R? Of s? Of T? Of v? Of x? Of z? Of NG? Of NK? Of PH? Of SH? Of TH? Give an example of the first sound of A. The 4th. The 5th. Give an example of the first sound of E. The 2d. The 3d. The 1st sound of I. The 2d. The 3d. The 1st sound of O. The 2d. The 3d. The 4th. The 5th. The 6th. Give an example of the 1st sound of U. The 2d. The 3d. The 4th. The 1st sound of Y. The 2d. The 3d. What sounds of A and O are similar? Of O and U?

How are the soft sounds of c, g, s, th, and ch, denoted? How are silen letters represented? What syllables are pronounced like shan? Like shall? Like shent? Like shence? Like shun? Like shus? Like kur?

What is a syllable? What are words? What is a word of one syllable called? Of two? Of three? Of more than three? What is accent? How is it denoted ? What is a primitive word? A derivative word? A simple word? A compound word? What is spelling?

[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][subsumed][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][subsumed][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][subsumed][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][subsumed][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][ocr errors][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][subsumed][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small]

15

[merged small][graphic][graphic][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][graphic][graphic][subsumed][merged small][merged small][subsumed][merged small][merged small][graphic][graphic][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][graphic][graphic][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small]
[graphic][graphic][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][graphic][graphic][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][graphic][graphic][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][graphic][graphic][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][subsumed][graphic][graphic][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small]
[merged small][graphic][graphic][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][graphic][graphic][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][graphic][graphic][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][graphic][graphic][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small]

They

TO THE TEACHER.- Children readily recognize forms. easily associate the name of an object with the object itself. In teaching the Alphabet, call attention to the forms of the letters, the lines that compose them, whether straight or curved, and require the pupil to draw each letter upon the slate or blackboard, and point out the lines composing it.

« PreviousContinue »