Expressive Reading; Suggestions Based Upon the Elementary Syllabus of New York State for All Grades, with the Selections for Memorizing (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907. Excerpt: ... SEVENTH GRADE If pupils of this grade read understandingly the selections mentioned on page 29 of the syllabus, some careful and thoughtful work will be required by both pupils and teachers. All the power gained in previous grades in thoughtgetting from the printed page by proper grouping of the words, emphasis, and expression will be called into use. Definite lessons should be assigned and these lessons should be thoroughly prepared by the pupils. See suggestions for the fifth grade on this subject. Pupils now should be able to select the principal thought of the paragraph with comparative ease. This you may call the central idea and when this is known its identity should be made manifest in oral reading by the proper form of emphasis; not by shouting in a loud and unnatural tone but by expressing the importance of the thought in just such a tone and manner as the reader would give if the idea were original with him and he were trying to make the listeners see and feel the same. As we have contended from the beginning, if the pupil gets the idea clearly, and holds it vividly before the mind, correct oral expression will followNo rules are necessary. But many long and involved sentences will be found in these selections, the proper rendition of which will test the power and skill of both pupils and teachers. To aid the pupils many artful questions may be required in order to bring out the correct interpretation of the thought. Foster original interpretation. Do not allow one to become dependent upon another, but insist that each pupil tells what he thinks the sentence means. Remember that in some cases there may be several meanings attached to the words composing a sentence, any of which are correct in a general sense. In reading the thoughts of an anothe...