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The purpose of Books One, Two, and Three of Junior English in Action is to help boys and girls to find in play, in work, at home, and at school things they want to say, and to enable them to express their ideas easily, naturally, correctly, effectively. Not by accident is In Action a part of the title. True to its name, English in Action provides a maximum of examples and activities and a minimum of theory and rules; training in using dynamic English in the ordinary relationships of school, home, and community and in integrating the active life and the intellectual activities of pupils; and preparation for meeting intelligently and effectively the language situations of later life. A major objective in preparing this new edition of Junior English in Action was to translate into classroom activitiesthe suggestions and specifications of An Experience Curriculum in English. A real problem for any teacher is to dispel the pupil’s notion that his own experiences are without value and to develop an ability to see in everyday incidents stories in which others will be interested.
Preface
Speaking and Writing Activities
Conversing and Making Introductions
Why Learn to Converse?
Learning the Game
Playing the Game
Each One’s Responsibility
Speaking Distinctly
Pet Word
The Habit of Speaking Correctly
Courtesy
Making Introductions
Telephoning
Getting a Connection
Answering the Telephone
Taking Messages
How a Composition Should Look
Guide Posts for Written Work
Using Handwriting Scales
Telling Stories and Sharing Experiences
Holding the Attention
Voice
Enunciation and Pronunciation
Good Listening
Retelling a Story
How to Write Conversation
How to Prepare a Dictation
The Anecdote
Checking Your Composition
Telling Experiences
How to Tell a Story
Account of a Red Letter Day
Building Paragraphs
Why We Have Paragraphs
What a Paragraph Is
Topic Sentence
Unity
How a Paragraph Is Built
Beginnings and Endings
Paragraphing Conversation
Writing Social Letters
Why Learn to Write Social Letters?
Parts of a Social Letter
Heading
Salutation or Greeting
Complimentary Close, Signature
The Body of the Letter
The Envelope
Appearance of the Letter
Informal Notes
Invitation, Acceptance
Regret, Directions
Thanks
School Notes
Postcards and Postal Cards
Travel Letters
Reading and Memorizing
Reading for Pleasure
Magazine Story
How to Read Directions
Letters
Finding the Central Thought
The Organization of Materials
Topic Sentence
How to Summarize
Memorizing
How to Memorize a Poem
Dramatizing
Pantomime
Posture
Preparing to Give a Play
Voice
Pronunciation and Enunciation
Planning and Producing Dramatizations
Writing Plays
Plays for Special Occasions
Marionettes
Class Club Activities
Business Meetings
Home-Room Meetings
Minutes of Meetings
Discussing
Sticking to the Subject
Making Announcements
Presenting Programs
Writing Business Letters
Heading
Letterheads
Address
Salutation
Body of the Letter
Complimentary Close, Signature
Envelope Address
Paper and Folding
Change of Address
Request for Catalog
Order
Correction of an Error
Answering Questions and Explaining
Stating Questions Clearly
Answering Intelligently
Accuracy
Outlining
Note-Taking
Keeping a Diary
Complete Definitions
Pictures Made with Words
Observing
Picture-Making Words
Details
The Five Senses
Comparisons
Using the Library
The Parts of a Book
How Books Are Classified
Card Catalog
Reference Books
The Sentence and The Word: Your Handbook
Subject and Verb
Sentence
Verb or Simple Predicate
Two-Word Verbs
Separated Verbs
Verbs in Questions
Verbs of Three Words
Simple Subject
Introductory Word There
Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs
Nouns
Nouns and Verbs
Modifiers
Using Adjectives
Using Adverbs
Comparison of Adjectives
Comparison of Adverbs
Correct Usage
Verbs
Tense
Principal Parts
Ain’t and Other Errors
Agreement of Verb and Subject
Subject before Verb
Subject after Verb
Doesn’t
Were with We, You, and They
Subjects Connected by And
Other Common Errors
Double Negative
This, That, These, Those
A, An
Them, Those
I, We, He, She, They
Direct Object of a Verb
Indirect Object
Me, Him, Her, Us, Them
Himself, Themselves
Double Subject
Repeated Preposition
Plurals of Nouns
Capitalization
Punctuation of Simple Sentences
Why Learn to Punctuate?
Kinds of Sentences
The Period after Abbreviations
Comma
Apostrophe for Contractions
Exclamation Point
Two Good Habits
Compound Subjects, Predicates, and Sentences
Conjunctions
Simple Sentence Having Compound Subject or Predicate
What a Compound Sentence Is
How to Recognize a Compound Sentence
Punctuation of Compound Sentences
Using Adjectives, Adverbs, and Phrases
Prepositions
Beginning Sentences with Prepositions
Adding Modifiers
A Phrase between the Subject and the Verb
Complete Subject and Complete Predicate
Inverted Order
Building Good Sentences
Rambling Sentence
Comma Sentence
Sentence Fragment
Clear Sentences
Increasing Your Vocabulary
Putting Thoughts into Words
Why Learn New Words?
The Dictionary
Alphabetizing
Use of Guide Words
Finding Out How Words Are Pronounced
Studying a Word
Synonyms
Overworked Words
Antonyms
Homonyms
Prefixes and Suffixes
Use of Hyphen
When to Use Capitals
Finding the Plural of Nouns
Common Abbreviations
Words Often Misused
Spelling
How to Learn to Spell a Word
Why You Should Be a Good Speller
How the Words Were Selected
Notebook
The Ten Hardest Words
Four Groups
Adding s and ed to Verbs
Final y
Possessive Singular
One Hundred Demons
New York State Spelling List for the Seventh Year
Appendix. Conjugations
Index