The Educator (Volume 45) - IAMPETH

30 The Educator
A MODERN WORKING PLAN
(Continued from Page 17)
Grades 7-8. The finished product,
in quality and speed, is the aim in
these grades. All writing should be
done in a fluent, neat, business-like
manner. Give short speed drills for
briskness of movement, to aid in
note-taking, etc. Size and slant
should be such as to meet class-room
and individual needs. Each pupil's
writing should be uniform in slant.
This does not mean that the writing
of all pupils should be the same in
size, slant or spacing. Some individuality
is allowable. However, individuality
in writing does not mean
peculiarity, but writing that is plain
and distinctive. Pupils whose writing
measures up to the requirements
set by the school (and if regular
written work is retained at such
point) should be excused from the
daily drill in penmanship. Practice
should consist of letters, letters
joined, words, sentences, proper
names, figures, paragraphs, spelling
words, lettei'-writing, and business
forms.
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This shows a fine example of a finished style of writing for eighth grades.
Do your pupils in the eighth grade write up to the Certificate standard?
ANOTHER TALL FISH PHOTOGRAPH
(Photographs do ncit lie.)
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Penmen seem to be great fishers.
They have learned by repeating oval
exercises over and over again that it
takes perseverance to catch the big
fish. They also have a special knack
in casting a line, developed from
swinging those graceful curves. We
can imagine our good friend, W. C.
Brownfield, waving his bamboo cane
over his head forming imaginary
letters in the air before dropping his
enticing bait before the innocent fish.
Mr. Brownfield, like all the other
penmen, does not reveal the secret of
his bait. We are beginning to be-
lieve that they must use a little
waterproof ink on the crawdads or
hellgrammites.
The fish to which Mr. Brownfield
is pointing, he states weighed 48
pounds and was four feet in length.
The entire lot of fish represent h
thousand pounds of tuna salad. So
far we have been unable to catch a
four-foot fish in the Scioto.
When Mr. Brownfield is not fishing
he spends his time in examining
questioned documents and swinging
his trusty oblique. Oh yes! Mr.
Brownfield states that he did not
catch all, but caught some of the fish
in this picture.
Summary
—
Grades 1-2. Letter formation—accurate
perception of form.
Grades 3-4. Movement begun
muscular habit forming stage.
Grade 5. Movement stressed —
muscular co-ordination stage.
Grade 6. Movement applied—making
movement automatic.
Grades 7-8. Quality and speed
making all writing automatic.
It is free flowing, regular and easily read.
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