3. Punctuation. Teach the use of the semicolon, colon, dash, and exclamation point, and continue drill of preceding term.
4. Simple teaching of paragraph structure; that is, the grouping of similar thoughts together by their relation to a central idea or topic.
5. Toward the end of the term a brief review of letter-writing.
TENTH YEAR.
First Term.
Special Work.
1. Description, with involved problem of diction.
2. Review of letter-writing.
Method.
1. Begin with comparative work in two kinds of description: scientific and literary; that for information and that for enjoyment. Develop this by the primary essentials of descriptive writing: