INTERJECTIONS
Since this is the last part of speech to be studied the children are now able to recognize all the different parts of speech and it is no longer necessary to make sentences containing only parts of speech which the children know. Therefore in our Italian lessons we choose henceforth sentences from the classic authors (mostly from Manzoni). Since the interjection is really a thought expressed in an abbreviated form it lends itself readily to dramatic interpretation. With the same sentence the children accordingly can now perform the two-fold exercise of general analysis and "interpretative reading." They now recite sentences which they have picked out and studied instead of the commands. At this time also they are given a chart containing the complete classification of interjections. The children read them, interpreting each as they go along by voice and gesture. This is the first table of classification to be presented. Later on all the parts of speech will be given on charts with their definitions and classification.
Analyses
Material: The grammar box is complete. It now has nine separate compartments for the colored cards, article (tan), noun (black), adjective (brown), verb (red), preposition (violet), adverb (pink), pronoun (green), conjunction (yellow), and interjection (blue). In the compartment for the sentence slips are groups of cards which correspond exactly to the number of the words contained in the sentences.
GROUP A
(Per amor del cielo! oibò! addio! ehm! misericordia! ah!)
Please! Don't make so much noise!
Shame on you! exclaimed Henry, much shocked at those words.
Good-by! We shall see you to-morrow.
Look out! If you drop that vase, you will break it.
Mercy on us! What is the matter with the poor man?