Games and Rhymes for Language Teaching in the First Four Grades (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: LXVI1 The Erasing Game To test previous work. The teacher writes on the blackboard the following- list of expressions, adding to or omitting according- to the needs of the class: I seen a horse. I did it right. I drew a picture. It was me who did that. I done a trick. May I go home? If I was you, I should He don't doit right. work. I shall go soon. She doesn't know it. I have got a dime. The apple is not sweet. Can I have that ? There is two books. I saw a horse. It was he who spoke. He walks slow. She doesn't read well. I ran fast. One child shall act as "policeman" and seven or more as "erasers." Let each "eraser" in turn go to the board and erase one incorrect expression, continuing the game until only the correct expressions remain. If a child should erase a correct expression, the policeman shall immediately arrest him and put him into jail (corner of room), while the teacher rewrites the expression erased. To complete the game the policeman shall bring- all the culprits from jail, and they shall be required to use all the correct expressions in stories (sentences). chapter{Section 4LXVIII What the Teacher Overheard General Review. Repetition of " should have." To avoid " should of." The teacher begins the game thus: "As I was coming to school a few days ago I happened to be just behind a group of children. They did not belong to bur school, for I am sure we all know better than to use the expressions those children used, and I am sure you can prove that you do when I tell you what I heard: "One boy said, 'I ain't going.' John, what should he have said?" John: He should have said, "I 'm not going." Teacher: How else might he have said it? John: He might have said, "7 am not going." Teacher: Another...