SPELLING AND DICTATION LESSON-BOOK; OR, AN EASY WAY OF LEARNING TO SPELL WELL, WITH EXAMPLES OF DIFFERENT WAYS OF TEACHING THIS ART: TO WHICH ARE ADDED, A COLLECTION OF ANECDOTES, NARRATIVES, AND AMUSING AND A LARGE NUMBER OF DISCOVERIES, INVENTIONS, AND HISTORICAL IN COPY-BOOKS. BY JACOB LOWRES, CERTIFICATED MASTER; AUTHOR OF "A SYSTEM OF ENGLISH PARSING AND DERIVATION," LONDON: LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS. THE principal design of this little work is to assist pupils in the attainment of the Art of Spelling in an easy and pleasant manner; and also to suggest to teachers various ways in which this important subject can be taught efficiently. As correct spelling is generally allowed to be of the greatest importance in all manner of writing and correspondence, it is therefore presumed that every attempt to facilitate the progress of youth in that art, will meet with a favourable reception from those engaged in tuition. The practice of writing from dictation is dwelt upon very largely; for this exercise, when properly conducted, combines more advantage to the learner in one operation than any other school exercise. While it furnishes a lesson in writing and spelling, it may also be so arranged as to form a useful exercise in punctuation, reading, and the use of capital letters. The orthographical transpositions will be new exercises to many teachers, and will suggest others of a similar kind, which will be useful to them in the school-room. The first and second examples will suit the younger classes; the third and fourth the more advanced pupils. Such a large collection of inventions, discoveries, and historical facts will be useful to Pupil Teachers and others preparing for examination, as well as being suitable for head-lines in copy-books. A 2 CONTENTS. Introduction-Vowels and consonants with exercises Rules for Spelling, with examples and exercises on each rule Page 5 Words of similar sound, but differing in spelling and sense; Miscellaneous exercises on the foregoing Writing from memory the substance of a narrative, with a Inventions, discoveries, and historical facts, arranged alpha- SPELLING AND DICTATION LESSON-BOOK. INTRODUCTION. VOWELS AND CONSONANTS. CORRECT spelling is the art of forming words by their proper letters. In the English Alphabet there are twenty-six letters; which are divided into vowels and consonants. The vowels are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes w and y. All the remaining letters are consonants. When w and y begin a word or syllable, they are consonants; but at the end or middle of a word or syllable they are vowels. EXAMPLES. In the word 'house' there are three vowels; namely, o, u, e. In the word 'Europe' there are four vowels; namely, e, u, o, e. In the words wonder' and 'yonder,' the w and y are consonants, because they begin words. In the words 'cow' and 'toy,' the w and y are vowels, because they end words. Exercises for Pupils. 6 consonant? How many vowels in 'young?' Is the y in crying' a vowel or Show the consonants in 'yellow.' Is the w in forward' a vowel or consonant? Name the consonants in 'way、 wardly.' Name the vowels in 'beauti fully.' |
