3. Correlation of literature with other work possible in limited degree. A matter of class treatment rather than of the general arrangement of the course of study. A problem for the teacher rather than the principal.
4. Treatment of allusions, historical, literary, etc. The need of judicious selection.
5. Treatment of figures of speech, verse forms, new words, etc.
6. Lesson plans: their function and value.
a. An outline should control and direct the work, yet be flexible enough to allow freedom on the part of teacher and pupil.
b. Introductions: their nature and function. When necessary.
References: Carpenter, Baker, and Scott, Laurie, Chubb, Hinsdale, Arnold and Hall, as cited. Scudder, Literature in Schools. C. A. McMurry, Special Method in Reading. Bates, Talks on the Study of Literature. Colby, Literature in Life and in School. Adler, Moral Instruction of Children.
IV. Study of Certain Typical Books
1. Nursery Rhymes (as Mother Goose, Stevenson’s Child’s Garden of Verses).