Chapter I: Front Matter

HIGH SCHOOL SERIES

1. THE HIGH SCHOOL COURSE IN ENGLISH, by Willard G. Bleyer, Ph. D., Assistant Professor of English. 1906. 1907.

2. THE HIGH SCHOOL COURSE IN GERMAN, by M. Blakemore Evans, Ph. D., Assistant Professor of German. 1907.

3. REPORT ON THE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION IN ENGLISH COMPOSITION, by Willard G. Bleyer, Ph. D., Assistant Professor of English. [_In Preparation._]

4. THE HIGH SCHOOL COURSE IN MATHEMATICS, by Ernest B. Skinner, Ph. D., Assistant Professor of Mathematics. [_In Preparation._]

5. THE HIGH SCHOOL COURSE IN LATIN, by a committee of the Wisconsin Latin Teachers Association. [_In Preparation._]

6. THE HIGH SCHOOL COURSE IN FRENCH, by Hugh A. Smith, M. A., Professor of Romance Languages. [_In Preparation._]

Issued bi-monthly, and entered at the postoffice, at Madison, as
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THE HIGH SCHOOL COURSE IN ENGLISH

BY
WILLARD G. BLEYER, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor of English
University of Wisconsin

REVISED EDITION

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
MADISON
1907

CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION 5

I. PURPOSE OF THE COURSE 7

II. ORGANIZATION OF ENGLISH WORK 9
1. Length of Course 9
2. Plan of Course 10
3. Arrangement of Classes 11
4. Conferences of Teachers 12

III. COMPOSITION 13
1. Theme Writing 13
2. Correction of Themes 17
3. Filing of Themes 19
4. Conferences on Written Work 20
5. Oral Composition 20
6. Principles of Composition 21
7. Use of Text-book 22

IV. READING 23
1. Methods of Teaching 23
2. Reading Aloud 27
3. Choice of Reading 28
4. Library Reading 29

V. FIRST YEAR ENGLISH 30
1. Composition 31
2. Grammar 32
3. Rhetorical Principles 33
4. Theme writing 34
5. Reading 35

VI. SECOND YEAR ENGLISH 37
1. Composition 37
2. Reading 39