Excerpt from Indiana School Journal, 1878, Vol. 23: Organ of the State Teachers' Association and of the Superintendent of Public InstructionSo much for recitations, dialogues, etc. But when and how shall original matter be put into shape? To begin: We cannot expect our pupils to prepare anything of their own until they have been taught how to write, and we all know how much to write means. The putting in shape, in fact, is the least of a long series of duties. You may not succeed with my plan, but you will be apt to have one all your own, if you begin at once with what seems to you practical and good. I believe two things necessary, and have never found a school room so crowded that I could not have them, if I was quite determined in the matter. One is a composition class, and the other a reg ular time on the programme for oral instruction. The class need not be a daily one. In a full school it is better that it come, perhaps, twice a week. You have set apart thirty'or forty minutes for a recitation in reading every day. A wise plan is to have your pupils read twice a week, recite in compo sition the same, and, if there is no better time for spelling, use for that the remaining day.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.