Geography, correlation with, 211
good, words to use in place of,
245
Grant, U. S., quotation about,
342
Group exercises, 36, 43, 59, 133,
150, 173, 243, 315, 316, 327,
350, 355
Harmosan (Persian), 54
Headings, of business letters, 322
Health, exercises tending to pro-
mote care of, 68, 348-352
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
(Wordsworth), 297
I, when capital, 78, 80, 81, 91
Idleness, exercises tending to dis-
courage, 147, 148
Imaginative stories. (See Stories,
original and imaginative)
in and into, correct use of, 283, 284
Independent thinking. (See Situa-
tions challenging independent
thinking)
Industry, exercises tending to pro-
mote, 147, 148, 348
topics suggesting subject matter Ingersoll, Robert G., on Lincoln, 342
Health subjects, list of topics for
compositions on, 350-352
Higginson, T. W., The First Voyage
of Columbus, 202
History, correlation with, 153, 154,
256
Honesty, exercises tending to pro-
mote, 71, 187, 348, 352, 353
How to study exercises, 30, 45-47,
55-57, 62, 63, 71, 74, 77-81,
82, 83, 84, 86, 87-89, 93, 94,
96, 97, 101, 102, 103, 105, 106,
108, 109, 113, 115, 118-120,
121-124, 125, 131, 132, 133,
135, 136, 138, 140, 141, 142,
144, 154, 157-160, 162, 184,
186, 187, 191, 192, 193, 197,
198, 207, 208, 211, 213, 214,
215, 217-219, 220, 221, 225,
243, 244, 246, 247, 250, 252-
254, 260, 261, 269, 270, 271,
273, 280, 281, 286, 287, 292,
297, 298-300, 301, 302, 308,
310, 317, 322, 323, 324, 329,
332, 345, 346, 347, 348, 353,
354
classified list of common, 294
definition of, 293, 363
distinguishing in a selection, 293,
294
meaning of interjection, 293
practice in discriminating use of,
295, 296
use of, illustrated, 293
Introductions, of business letters,
322
Invitation, formal note of
accepting, 319, 321
declining, 320, 321
to study, 317
writing, 318, 320, 324
Invitation, informal note of
accepting, 316
declining, 316
subjects for, 315, 316
to study, 313
writing, 315, 324
is, are; was, were, correct use of,
155, 156
Janvier, Margaret T., quotation,
180
Hygiene, correlation with, 348- Justice, exercises tending to pro-
The Lion and the Rabbit, 46
The Two Merchants, 129
Language Pentangle, meaning of,
171-181
Larcom, Lucy, a memory gem by,
146
Laziness, exercises tending to dis-
courage, 71
Materials-Continued
106, 108, 109, 111, 112, 113,
129-131, 148, 150, 160, 168,
169, 170-173, 180, 184, 185,
187, 193, 221, 222, 239, 240,
241, 252-254, 261, 262, 272,
297-300, 301, 304-309, 311,
312, 327-332, 338-345, 347,
348, 349, 350-354
Lee, Robert E., quotation about, may, can, correct use of, 266, 267
342
less, least, use of in comparison Memorizing, 354
friendly, 157-162
how to address, 158
how to write the heading, 159
lessons in preparation of, 194,
213, 246, 312
practice in writing, 160–162, 168,
194, 195, 213, 214, 247, 312,
332, 353
to study, 157, 192
See also Business letters; In-
vitation, Acceptance, Regret,
notes of
Library, encouraging use of, 355
lie, lay, correct use of, 264, 265
like, as if, correct use of, 291
Lincoln, Abraham, quotation about,
342
Longfellow, H. W.
selections from Hiawatha, 164,
270
The Village Blacksmith, 343
Loyalty, exercises tending to de-
velop, 147, 148, 342, 343
Mark Twain and the Dictionary, 221
Materials of thought, lessons fur-
nishing, 17-20, 28-30, 31,
36, 37, 56, 58, 67, 68, 69, 71,
72, 73, 90, 93, 94, 96, 97, 103,
Memorize, how to, 74, 302
poems, 188, 256, 302
proverbs, 311
Memory gems, learning, 74
reciting, 74
to learn, 188
writing, 75
Memory gems to study, 146
A Patriotic Wish, 70
Pippa's Song (Browning), 69
The Flag (Sumner), 72
The Flag (Dole), 147
value of learning, 68
Miller, Olive Thorne, selection
from True Bird Stories, 196
Mind pictures, forming, 30, 32, 33,
56, 72, 75, 76, 141, 217, 218,
220, 225, 243, 253, 270, 298,
299, 300
Models, use of in learning
correct use of words, 22, 150,
155, 175, 225, 227, 232, 233,
236, 237, 238, 243, 264-268,
270, 273, 276, 277, 279, 283-
285, 288, 291
to capitalize, 46, 50, 51, 77, 83,
93, 117, 124
to give health talks, 349
to make outlines, 108, 199
to paragraph correctly, 46, 77,
93, 124, 196, 215
to prepare Health Book, 350-
352
to punctuate, 77, 83, 91, 93,
117, 120, 124
to use titles, 50
to write business letters, 321
to write citizenship pledge, 343
to write conversation, 214
to write dates, 153
to write descriptions, 28, 29, 33,
137, 217
to write explanations, 325
to write fables, 93, 96, 97, 103,
104, 105
to write formal notes, 317, 319
to write friendly letters, 157,
192, 212
to write informal notes, 313, 314
to write newspaper stories, 336
to write plays, 135
to write quotations, 77, 83, 90,
91, 93, 126
to write stories, 28, 29, 87, 182
Months, abbreviations for, 153, 368
names of, 153
quotations about, 143, 146
more, most; less, least, use of in
comparison of adverbs, 276
Mr., how written, 157
My Noah's Ark (The Atlantic
Observation, exercises calling for,
34, 47, 51, 53, 57, 61, 62, 63,
65, 66, 83-85, 87, 88, 94, 101,
108, 109, 113, 114, 118, 119,
123, 124, 125, 152, 159, 160,
190, 191, 192, 197, 198, 208,
209, 210, 223, 230, 243, 273,
280, 282, 288, 314, 315, 317,
319, 320
of, not to follow off, 285
One-minute stories, 337
Names, as common and proper One-minute talks
nouns, 223, 224
Names, how to write
of days of week, 153
of months, 153
of persons, 124, 127, 154
of places, 161, 162, 254
writing from conversation, 181
writing from dialogue, 89
Neatness, exercises tending to pro-
mote, 341, 343
Negative, in debates, 334
Negatives, correct use of, 173-176 |
about books, 86
on hygiene, 349
on patriotism, 71
Oral Composition. (See Compo-
sitions, oral)
Oral reading. (See Readings, oral)
Our Happy Day, 52
Outlines
following, in making picture
stories, 108, 109, 114
making original, 114, 204
telling story from given, 205, 206
telling true stories from, 108
finding topics for, 200, 213, 215 Plays, studying form of and writ- .
in conversation, 214, 215
indenting, 47, 79, 80, 82, 101
making paragraph sentences, 81,
noting content of, 197, 198
recognizing by contents, 202
study of topics for, 199
Parts of speech, 222, 249, 259, 280,
293
definitions and examples of the
eight, 361-363
distinguishing, 302
list of the eight, 361
review of, 302, 303
Patriotism, exercises tending to
promote, 20, 21, 25, 27, 70,
71, 72, 73, 74, 127, 147-151,
252-254, 340-343
Penn, William, proverbs, 304
Pentangle Club
making a language book, 173, 176
Pentangle Language Book, 173, 176
Period
after abbreviation, 152, 158, 161,
162
after statement, 44, 80, 81, 82,
83, 154
learning to use, 44, 80, 81, 82, 83
Perseverance, exercises tending to
encourage, 348
ing, 135, 136
Plural number, 362
Plural, rules for forming of nouns,
229, 230
Poems to study, 186, 243
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud,
(Wordsworth), 297
Pippa's Song (Browning), 69
The Ant and the Cricket, 117
The Brook's Song (Tennyson), 256
The Flag Goes By (Bennett),
225; complete, 251
The Village Blacksmith (Long-
fellow), 343
Poetry, capitals beginning lines of,
119, 147
Possessives, 189-191
Practice, putting lessons into, 22,
23, 24, 25, 26, 38, 48, 51, 53,
63, 64, 65, 66, 81, 89, 95, 101,
104, 105, 116, 125, 141, 142,
154, 162, 176, 181, 188, 192,
194, 195, 211, 216, 220, 242,
247, 249, 250, 278, 286, 287,
292, 312, 324, 350, 353, 354
Preparation of
business letters
descriptions
explanations
See under Business letters, De-
scriptions, etc., lessons in prep-
aration of
Prepositions
definition of, 280, 363
frequently misused, 283-285
identifying relations pointed out
by, 279, 280, 281, 282, 287
list of most frequently used, 286
meaning of preposition, 281
position of, in sentence, 281
practice in discriminating use of,
283
practice in recognizing, 282, 283
using a variety of, 281, 282
using in writing description, 286,
287
what they are and how to use
them, 279-287
pretty, words to use in place of, 245
Prince Charming and the Princesses,
282
Projects class, 59, 132, 133, 135,
173, 350, 355
common mistakes in use of, 233
definition of, 231, 362
examples of most used, 232, 233
meaning of pronoun, 231
practice in distinguishing, 249
practice in use of, 234, 235
singular and plural, 235, 236
Pronunciation, exercises to fix
correct, 25, 26, 85, 86, 165,
177, 346, 347
w and ou, 109, 111
Proverbs Continued
interpreting meanings of, 308, 309
making stories to illustrate, 310
memorizing, 311
to study, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308,
309
Punctuation marks, learning to use,
colon, 323
comma, 80, 82, 84, 89, 90, 91,
119, 120, 127, 154, 159, 161,
162, 191, 192, 194, 208-210, 211
exclamation mark, 45, 50, 81, 91
period, 44, 49, 80, 81, 82, 83,
152, 154, 158, 161, 162
question mark, 44, 45, 49, 80,
82, 84, 91
quotation marks, 84, 89, 101
Punctuation marks, uses of re-
viewed, 364-367
Punctuation, exercises to fix cor-
rect, 75, 77-85, 125, 191, 192,
193, 199, 212, 303
Question mark
derivation of, 45
learning to use, 44, 49, 80, 82,
84, 91
Questions
finding answers to, 42, 46, 47,
53, 57, 61, 77, 78, 87, 88, 93,
106, 108, 109, 113, 115, 118,
119, 123, 124, 132, 133, 144,
159, 160, 187, 189, 190, 191,
197, 198, 209, 210, 213, 215,
224, 236, 241, 243, 252, 253,
254, 260, 271, 273, 280, 282,
284, 288, 289, 298-300, 314,
315, 323, 329, 340, 347, 348
furnishing material for argu-
mentation, 333, 334
learning to write, 48, 49
applying to actual situation, 312 Questions of a Blind Man (Tolstoi),
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