Author: Clara Murray

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-21

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 9780483530638

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Excerpt from The Wide Awake Fourth Reader The fourth reader of a series does not deal so much With mechanical details, which Should have been mastered in the lower grades, as with the more practical and aesthetic Sides of reading. The pupils are now beginning to learn by reading instead of learn ing to read; and the selections should be of two distinct types, those which contain definite statements of fact to be read and digested, and those which, by their entertaining style and liter ary merit, will lead to an appreciation and love of the best books. In other words, the pupils must learn to read intelligently, so that they may be prepared for the more serious study of history and geography, and they must also acquire a taste for real liter ature and become acquainted with good authors. All of the prose selections and many of the poems in this book are copyrighted material. They have not been used in other series of readers, and thus the tiresome repetition of reading a story over and over again will be avoided. In so far as is consistent with the necessity for. Grading the work to the understanding and ability of the pupils, the se lections are chosen with reference to their literary value and children will read with delight stories from the pen of such well known writers as Louisa M. Alcott, Laura E. Richards, Edward Lear, Helen Hunt Jackson and Lucretia P. Hale. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Wide Awake Fourth Reader (Classic Reprint) written by Clara Murray and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-21 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Wide Awake Fourth Reader The fourth reader of a series does not deal so much With mechanical details, which Should have been mastered in the lower grades, as with the more practical and aesthetic Sides of reading. The pupils are now beginning to learn by reading instead of learn ing to read; and the selections should be of two distinct types, those which contain definite statements of fact to be read and digested, and those which, by their entertaining style and liter ary merit, will lead to an appreciation and love of the best books. In other words, the pupils must learn to read intelligently, so that they may be prepared for the more serious study of history and geography, and they must also acquire a taste for real liter ature and become acquainted with good authors. All of the prose selections and many of the poems in this book are copyrighted material. They have not been used in other series of readers, and thus the tiresome repetition of reading a story over and over again will be avoided. In so far as is consistent with the necessity for. Grading the work to the understanding and ability of the pupils, the se lections are chosen with reference to their literary value and children will read with delight stories from the pen of such well known writers as Louisa M. Alcott, Laura E. Richards, Edward Lear, Helen Hunt Jackson and Lucretia P. Hale. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.