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Intermediate Language Lessons

by Emma Serl Author

(From Amazon): The 301 lessons on Emma Serl's Intermediate Language Lessons remain classics today, largely due to their ability to teach the intricacies of the English language (and, along the way, the basic moral habits of a good member of the community) by appealing to the imagination of the young student.---------Sample Lesson: The Stone in the RoadThere was once a king who lived in a beautiful palace near a little village. He loved the people in the village and tried in many ways to help them.But the people were selfish and did not try to help one another. The good king wished to teach them a lesson, so he arose early one morning and placed a large stone in the road which led past his palace. Then, hiding himself near by, he watched to see what would happen.Soon a woman came along driving some goats to pasture. She scolded because the stone was in the way, and stepping over it she went on up the road.By and by a man came, riding a donkey. He complained about the stone but drove around it and went on his way.Other people came and went. Each remarked about the stone, but no one tried to move it.At last, when the day was almost ended, the miller’s boy came down the road. Seeing the stone he halted and put down the bundle he was carrying.“This stone should not be here,” he said. “Some one might fall over it. I will move it out of the way.”The stone was heavy, and the boy could scarcely lift it. But by repeated efforts he at last pushed it from its place and rolled it to one side. As he turned, to continue on his way, he saw that in the place where the stone had been there was a bag upon which something was written. Bending closer he read these words: “This bag of gold belongs to the one who helps others by removing the stone from the road.”The miller’s boy carried his treasure homeward with a happy heart, and as the king returned to his palace he said, “I am glad that I have found some one who is unselfish enough to think of the comfort of others.”Tell the story, from the following outline:The king.The people.The stone in the road.The people who passed.The miller’s boy.The bag of gold.Read, in the last part of the story, what the king said.With what kind of letter is the word I always written?Make a rule for this use of the capital letter.

Additional Details

Resource Type
eBooks
ISBN
B00IA65HPO
Print Status
In Print
Lessons
301
Pages
340
Suggested Grades
3rd - 6th
Copyright
2014
Written
1913

Lessons

  • 1 Selection for Study- The Finding of Moses
  • 2 Names of Persons and Places
  • 3 Selection for Study- The Stone in the Road
  • 4 Selection to Be Memorized- Alice Cary
  • 5 Composition- A Fairy Story
  • 6 Selection for Study- The Wise Fairy
  • 7 Oral Composition
  • 8 The Sentence
  • 9 Picture Study- The Flower Girl
  • 10 Composition
  • 11 Use of the Dictionary
  • 12 Correct Use of Words
  • 13 Selection to Be Memorized- The Robin
  • 14 Correct Use of Words
  • 15 Conversation- Birds
  • 16 Composition- Description of a Bird
  • 17 Correct Use of Words
  • 18 Selection for Study- The Red-Headed Woodpecker
  • 19 An Imaginary Dialogue
  • 20 Words of a Series
  • 21 Paragraphs- An Indian Legend
  • 22 Conversation- Indians
  • 23 Composition- Indians
  • 24 Titles and Abbreviations
  • 25 Helen Keller
  • 26 Letter Writing
  • 27 Letter Writing
  • 28 Letter Writing
  • 29 Addressing an Envelope
  • 30 Selection to Be Memorized- William Cullen Bryant
  • 31 Dictation
  • 32 Conversation- Fruits
  • 33 Description- A Fruit Store
  • 34 Correct Use of Words
  • 35 Selection for Study- The Barefoot Boy
  • 36 Conversation- The Farmer
  • 37 Possessive Form
  • 38 Composition
  • 39 Names
  • 40 Selection for Study- Story of the Flax
  • 41 Composition- Description
  • 42 Composition- The Thirsty Crow
  • 43 Composition- Dialogue
  • 44 Conversation- The Cat Family
  • 45 Composition- Description of An Animal
  • 46 Dictation- Description of a Lion
  • 47 Reproduction- A Fable
  • 48 Composition
  • 49 Reproduction- A Fable
  • 50 Imaginative Letter
  • 51 Summary
  • 52 Dictation- Quotation Marks
  • 53 Meaning of Words
  • 54 Selection for Study- Don't Give Up
  • 55 Contractions
  • 56 Quotations
  • 57 Dictation
  • 58 Correct Use of Words
  • 59 Description of a Game
  • 60 Letter Writing
  • 61 Picture Study- Gambols of Children
  • 62 Correct Use of Words
  • 63 The Comma in Address
  • 64 Oral Composition- A Story
  • 65 Selection for Study- The Village Blacksmith
  • 66 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
  • 67 Singular and Plural Forms
  • 68 Selection for Study- The Wind and the Moon
  • 69 Conversation- Clothing
  • 70 Conversation- Cotton
  • 71 Composition- Cotton
  • 72 Letter Writing
  • 73 Words that Rhyme
  • 74 Writing Sentences
  • 75 Written Conversation
  • 76 Letter Writing
  • 77 Possessive Form
  • 78 Conversation- The Dog Family
  • 79 Picture Study- The Wounded Companion
  • 80 Composition- Story About Wool
  • 81 Correct Use of Words
  • 82 Composition- Frisk and the Mirror
  • 83 Picture Study- Shepherd and Sheep
  • 84 Correct Use of Words
  • 85 Singular and Plural
  • 86 King Solomon and the Bees
  • 87 Composition- A Story
  • 88 Selection for Study- Daybreak
  • 89 Dictation
  • 90 Exclamations
  • 91 An Autobiography
  • 92 An Original Fairy Story
  • 93 Composition- Two Squirrels
  • 94 Conversation- Gnawers or Rodents
  • 95 Correct Use of Words
  • 96 Conversation- Money
  • 97 Composition- History of a Dime
  • 98 Picture Study- Return of the Fishing Boats
  • 99 Selection to be Memorized- Sweet and Low
  • 100 Summary- Continued from Lesson 51
  • 101 Selection for Study- The Story of a Seed
  • 102 Dictation
  • 103 Divided Quotations
  • 104 Divided Quotations
  • 105 Indirect Quotations
  • 106 Composition- A Story
  • 107 Conversation- The Body
  • 108 Debate
  • 109 Letter Writing- Review
  • 110 Homonyms
  • 111 Picture Study- Departure of the Pilgrims
  • 112 Conversation- Foods
  • 113 Composition- A Loaf of Bread
  • 114 Thanksgiving
  • 115 Singular and Plural
  • 116 Conversation- Cud Chewers
  • 117 Picture Study- The Deer Family
  • 118 Correct Use of Words
  • 119 Selection for Study- The Windflower
  • 120 Prose Study- A Plant
  • 121 Conversation- Flowers
  • 122 Composition- The Monarch Butterfly
  • 123 Dictation
  • 124 Selection for Study- October's Bright Blue Weather
  • 125 Correct Use of Words
  • 126 Picture Study- The Balloon
  • 127 Composition
  • 128 Conversation- Ships of the Air
  • 129 Composition- A Trip in An Airship
  • 130 Abbreviations
  • 131 Reproductions- A Fable
  • 132 Composition
  • 133 Selection for Study- Echo
  • 134 Explanatory Expressions
  • 135 Selection to Be Memorized
  • 136 Singluar and Plural
  • 137 Picture Study- A River Scene
  • 138 Dictation
  • 139 Selection for Study- The Song of the Brook
  • 140 Composition- The Story a Drop of Water Told
  • 141 Business Letters
  • 142 Letter Writing
  • 143 Autobiography of a Book
  • 144 Correct Use of Words
  • 145 A Diary
  • 146 Longfellow's Diary
  • 147 Selection for Study- The Cloud
  • 148 Dictation- A Dry Season
  • 149 Composition
  • 150 Summary- Continued from Lesson 100
  • 151 Correct Use of Words
  • 152 Picture Study- Two Mothers
  • 153 Composition- An Important Event
  • 154 Selection for Study- The Tree
  • 155 Composition
  • 156 Composition- A Story
  • 157 A Dialogue
  • 158 Letter Writing
  • 159 Formation of Sentences
  • 160 Composition- A Story
  • 161 Letter Writing
  • 162 Picture Study- Summer Evening
  • 163 Study of Words
  • 164 Selection for Study- Woodman, Spare that Tree
  • 165 Composition- A Plea for Life
  • 166 Review- Singular and Plural
  • 167 Kinds of Sentences
  • 168 Letter Writing
  • 169 Selection for Study- Legend of the Arbutus
  • 170 Conversation- The Post Office
  • 171 Description- A Postage Stamp
  • 172 Titles
  • 173 Letter Writing
  • 174 Selection to Be Memorized- William Shakespeare
  • 175 Formation of Sentences
  • 176 Picture Study- Return of the Mayflower
  • 177 Letter Writing
  • 178 Selection for Study- Old Ironsides
  • 179 Study of Words
  • 180 Description of An Old Mill
  • 181 Composition- A Description
  • 182 Description of a Person
  • 183 Selection to Be Memorized- Francis Bourdillon
  • 184 Correct Use of Words
  • 185 Letter Writing
  • 186 Composition- A Story
  • 187 An Imaginary Diary
  • 188 Picture Study- The Spinner
  • 189 Selection for Study- The Heritage
  • 190 Selection to Be Memorized- Charles Kingsley
  • 191 Composition
  • 192 Quotations
  • 193 Selection to Be Memorized- To-Day
  • 194 Composition
  • 195 Summary- Continued from Lesson 150
  • 196 A Chinese Folk Story
  • 197 Subject and Predicate
  • 198 Selection for Study
  • 199 Review
  • 200 Selection to Be Memorized
  • 201 Letter Writing
  • 202 Picture Study- The Gleaners
  • 203 Compound Subject and Predicate
  • 204 Selection for Study- July
  • 205 Transposed Order
  • 206 Conversation- The School Talk about the following:
  • 207 Debate
  • 208 Selection for Study- The Invention of Printing
  • 209 Composition
  • 210 Dictation
  • 211 Nouns
  • 212 Selection for Study- The Music of Labor
  • 213 Michael Angelo
  • 214 Pronouns
  • 215 Composition- Description of a Place
  • 216 Common and Proper Nouns
  • 217 Selection for Study- "Down to Sleep"
  • 218 Composition- A Lost Article
  • 219 Possessives
  • 220 Conversation- Coal
  • 221 Composition
  • 222 Conversation- Electricity
  • 223 Picture Study and Letter- The First Railway Train
  • 224 Conversation- Transportation
  • 225 Debate
  • 226 Dictation- Transportation
  • 227 Conversation- Good Roads
  • 228 Railroads
  • 229 Picture Study- The Breaking Wave
  • 230 Advertisement and Answer
  • 231 Writing Advertisements
  • 232 Selection for Study- The Blue Jay
  • 233 Conversation- Birds' Nests
  • 234 Dictation- The Oriole's Nest
  • 235 Biography of An Oriole
  • 236 Selection for Study- Winter
  • 237 Conversation
  • 238 Dictation- The Bells
  • 239 Composition
  • 240 Choice of Adjectives
  • 241 Selection for Study- Oliver Wendell Holmes
  • 242 Composition
  • 243 Debate
  • 244 Picture Study- The Horse Fair
  • 245 Selection for Study- The Horse's Prayer
  • 246 Composition
  • 247 Adjectives and Nouns
  • 248 Summary- Continued from Lesson 195
  • 249 Selection for Study- Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers
  • 250 Selection for Study- Louisa M. Alcott
  • 251 Verbs
  • 252 Verbs- Continued
  • 253 Letter Writing
  • 254 Conversation
  • 255 Selection for Study- The Burial of Sir John Moore
  • 256 Correct Use of Words
  • 257 Composition- A Description
  • 258 Selection for Study- The Seasons
  • 259 Review
  • 260 Sentences Like Model
  • 261 Quotations
  • 262 Selection to Be Memorized- The Year's at the Spring
  • 263 Adverbs
  • 264 Adverbs-Continued
  • 265 Adverbs- Continued
  • 266 Composition
  • 267 Selection for Study- A Biography: Samuel Morse
  • 268 Telegrams
  • 269 Prepositions
  • 270 Composition- A Biography
  • 271 Correct Use of Words
  • 272 Selection for Study- The Coming of Spring
  • 273 Selection for Study- Our Birds and Their Nestlings
  • 274 Selection to Be Memorized- The Flag Goes By
  • 275 Dictation
  • 276 Conversation- The Soldier
  • 277 Selection for Study- A Man Without a Country
  • 278 Conjunctions
  • 279 Composition- The Flag
  • 280 Conversation
  • 281 Interjections
  • 282 Selection for Study- Columbus
  • 283 Picture Study- Columbus
  • 284 Selection for Study- William Makepeace Thackeray
  • 285 Words Derived From Proper Nouns
  • 286 Invitations
  • 287 Letter Writing
  • 288 Selection for Study- May
  • 289 Conversation
  • 290 Quotations
  • 291 Selection for Study- Daffodils
  • 292 Selection for Study- Summer Rain
  • 293 Description- Plan of a House
  • 294 Selection to Be Memorized- Home, Sweet Home
  • 295 Letter Writing
  • 296 Conversation
  • 297 Selection for Study- The Day is Done
  • 298 Selections for Study
  • 299 Suggestions for Descriptions
  • 300 Selection for Study- From Town and City
  • 301 Summary- Continued from Lesson 248

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