SPELLING AND DEFINING.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The work of spelling and defining may be carried on with the study of the
text of the poem, or at the conclusion of this study. In the former case
allow a week or more to pass after using a selection as a Reading lesson
before studying it as a Spelling lesson, that the reading may not degenerate
into a word-study.
The words selected are those which should form a part of the pupil's
vocabulary. The fact that the context largely determines the meaning of
a word should be made clear in this study, and the particular meaning the
author employs in the poem should be required. The pupil's discrimination
will at first be poor, but he soon develops considerable skill and judgment.
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