11. How to Form a Speaking Club. There is r accomplishment than learning to speak well. Ea you will give a one-minute talk on a subject that discussed in class or about which you have thought For these weekly talks the class may be formed club. For each meeting your teacher will appoint a pupil to act as chairman. The chairman will tap gavel and say, "The meeting will come to order." then state the subject of the talk. To get permission to speak you will rise and sa Chairman, may I have the floor?" The chairman permission by saying, "Tom (or Alice) has the floor will then come to the front of the room and give y facing the class. No club would be complete without a name and Talk about good names and good slogans. Write the suggestions on the board. 12. A Pronunciation Drill. One of the greates in American speech is to cut short the final sylla goin'" for going. Write on the board five wo the final syllable ing and pronounce them up and do ass ass Tell the class what A Talk to the Class. slogan you want for the club. Give reasons. At the end of the period write on a piece of and the slogan for which you think the best given. Two pupils will collect the votes and side of class. Handwork. A committee of three pupils to prepare outside of school a club poster of the slogan chosen. 13. The Work That Words Do: Review. sentences observe that the italicized words parts: 1. A boy was chairman of our club in Oa The word "boy "" names a person. It is Nouns name persons, places, things, or ideas. 2. He called the meeting to order and announ The word "he" stands for "boy" in the It is called a pronoun because it stands for a n 3. He tapped gently with his gavel The word "tapped " tells an action. It is 4. The first speaker spoke slowly and dis "First" describes the speaker. It is call because it describes a noun. "Slowly" des 'spoke." It is called an adverb because it d An adverb may also describe an adjective speaker") or another adverb (“he spoke very 5. He addressed the chair and came to the fron connects them. A word that connects single words of words is called a conjunction. 6. He then spoke to the class. 66 Certain words show a relation between other wor "to" carries the meaning from " spoke to word that shows relation between a noun or a pro some other word in a sentence is called a preposition 7. Hurrah! He made a good speech. The word "hurrah! expresses great joy or Remember: Words play eight parts in sentences : Verbs are action words. Adjectives describe nouns or pronouns. Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. 14. Writing a Paragraph. Copy the seven sen pages 12 and 13 as a paragraph. Be ready to tell of speech for room, gently, with, distinctly, he, spoke, good, called, and, addressed, to, gavel, of, hurrah, and 15. Making Letters Interesting. Below is which Thomas B. Macaulay wrote when he boarding school: Shelford, En My dear Papa: 1Since I have given you an accou weekly duties, I hope you will be plea informed of my Sunday's occupations quite a day of rest here, and I look to it v ure through the whole of the week. After breakfast we learn a chapter in Testament that is with the aid of our E without doing it with a dictionary as in sons. We then go to church. 5 We dine soon as we come back, and are left to ou afternoon church. During this time I employ myself i Mr. Preston lends me any books for wh him, so that I am nearly as well off in th as at home, except for one thing. I can for one book at a time, and cannot touc till I have read it through. 8 9 Later in the afternoon we go to ch after we come back I read as before till 10 After tea we write out the sermon.. Your affectionate s Thomas B. M y at were his studies more advanced than yours? sentence tells how he translated Greek. Look up t and then explain the sentence. What rule had Mr. Preston made about books? agree with Thomas about this rule? Why? Later Macaulay became a great English writer a man. Find out how old he was when he wrote t How did he make it interesting? Is the letter in good form? Why? Remember: Make a letter interesting by (1) tel you do and (2) giving your opinions. 16. Planning a Letter. Plan to write a letter to y just as Thomas Macaulay did from boarding scho may tell about the school day on which you have th Speech Club, and relate what you do during the day In the letter on page 14, which sentence states th purpose? How could you state the purpose of you Which sentences tell the different things Thomas d the day? Write notes of these on the board. Cop board the expressions he uses to show the time of tells things in the right order, or as they happened. order do things happen during your school day? Find the sentences in which Thomas gives his What opinions can you give of your Better-Speech You have now thought out: (1) The purpose of your letter. (2) What you do during a school day. Dictation. Copy Macaulay's letter. BOL. ADV. EV. ENG. - 3 |