In accordance with the aims as stated, the technical side of the work will, for the most part, be presented by the teacher in the form of concise notes, in order to leave as much time as possible for direct, appreciative study of plays.
The collateral reading is to be used as illustrative material and for comparison.
Scenes will be studied and presented by students in the classroom, with occasional public (school) presentations. Students realize dramatic values by this means.
Toward the end of the term, students will be encouraged to attempt the construction of original plays or dramatization of parts of novels and stories.
WRITTEN COMPOSITION.
The work in composition is so planned as to draw help from the literature course, but is not based upon it. One period a week in all classes except Public Speaking and Dramatics is devoted to the work.
General Suggestions.
1. Work from the whole to the parts; that is, begin with the whole composition, and work to the paragraph and sentence.
2. While emphasizing in different terms some one particular kind of composition, do not limit the work wholly to that form.
3. Make the course cumulative; that is, refer to and emphasize, wherever possible, principles learned in former terms.