Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature

1. The famine in the land of Canaan; the first visit of Joseph's brothers to Egypt; their interview with Joseph; the detention of Simeon; Joseph's demand that Benjamin be brough...

To introduce children to the world of literature, it is not necessary to wait until they have mastered the art of reading. The introduction should come long before they have lea...

Work while you work, play while you play; This is the way to be cheerful and gay. All that you do, do with your might; Things done by halves are never done right. --STODART

There are two distinct parts. What does each part describe? The first two stanzas describe a game of "Hide and Seek" between the father and the boy, and the last two, the father...

After the poem has been read to give a general idea of the story, the teacher should proceed with it in detail, much in the same spirit as he would carry on a bright conversatio...

It is the purpose of this Manual to present the general principles on which the teaching of literature is based. It will distinguish between the intensive and the extensive stud...

It is the aim of this lesson to help the pupils to appreciate imaginative descriptions of some natural phenomena. This lesson will be best appreciated if taken some day in autum...

In the lessons that follow, the answers given to questions are those which pupils may be expected to give after corrections and additions have been made by themselves and the te...

1. The priest gave him holy water. 2. He gave water to the aged man and the child. 3. He gave his last drop of water to the dying dog. 4. The dog was transformed into the King o...

4. OTHER STORIES: Selections from the Wonder Book--Hawthorne; Jungle Book--Kipling; Gulliver's Travels--Swift; Alice in Wonderland--Carroll; Robinson Crusoe--Defoe; The Hall of...

1. The valley was turned into a desert. 2. The brothers became goldsmiths. 3. The mug 4. Gluck's wish that the river would turn into gold 5. The voice from the furnace 6. The dw...

How did Gluck show these qualities? He admitted the stranger into the house for shelter from the rain, when he knew his brothers would punish him for so doing; he asked politely...

1. Return of Malise 2. Norman's guard 3. The augury and the prophecy 4. Return of Fitz-James to Ellen Douglas 5. The ring 6. Blanche of Devan 7. Death of Murdoch 8. Fitz-James m...

1. The brothers returned and beat Gluck because the mug was a total loss. 2. Schwartz and Hans fought. 3. Schwartz was arrested. 4. Hans stole a cupful of holy water. 5. Hans ta...

1. The rough soldiers 2. Ellen presents the ring 3. The battle of Beal' an Duine 4. Death of Roderick 5. Ellen's request to James 6. Happiness of the Douglases and of Malcolm Gr...

1. The superstition of the Highlanders. This is shown in Brian's faith and in the weird ceremonies in connection with the Fiery Cross. 2. The method of mustering the clans by me...

The teacher should study with the pupils the Invocation of the three opening stanzas and ask them to read the first canto. He should next discuss it briefly, as suggested in the...

1. Gluck paid Schwartz's fine. 2. Schwartz refused water to the child, the old man, and to the spirit of Hans. 3. He was also changed to a Black Stone.

What is the value of this canto? It explains many facts that we did not understand. Among others, it shows us the relation of the Douglases to the King and to Roderick Dhu. It t...

Methods In Junior Forms 19 Memorization 20 In Senior Forms 22 Teacher's Preparation 22 Preparation of Pupils 23 Presentation 26 Value of Oral Reading in the Interpretation and A...

Introduction What is Literature? 5 The Qualities that Appeal to Children at Different Ages 7 In Junior Forms 7 In Senior Forms (Books III and IV) 10 Complete Wholes versus Extra...

Illustrative Lessons Judah's Supplication to Joseph 93 Mercy 98 Morning on the Lièvre 101 Dickens in the Camp 105 Dost Thou Look Back on What Hath Been 112 Waterloo 117 Three Sc...