Revised Eclectic Readers by William Holmes Mcguffey

Revised Eclectic Readers by William Holmes Mcguffey

The sixth reader is described by its publisher as a rhetorical readingbook, for the more advanced classes. It begins with 60 pages of instruction in articulation, inflection, accent and emphasis, reading verse, the voice, and gesture.This is followed by 179 literature-based lessons. These include readings from Sir Walter Scott, Shakespeare, Milton, Longfellow, Lord Byron, Cowper, Patrick Henry, William Pitt, William Cullen Bryant, Charles Dickens, Dr. Samuel Johnson, and others. Many selections are prefaced by brief biographical notes about the author, which adds interest and context to the reading. By the end of the sixthreader, your student will be working withliterary selections from Shakespeare, Lord Byron, Dr. Beecher, the Bible, Washington Irving, Daniel Webster, and other well-known writers and orators.Reading level for tested selections in this book ranged fromFlesch-Kincaidegrade level 9.4 for an early selectionthroughgrade level12.6. A few passages tested at graduate level, but they shouldall be accessible to a teen with a good learning foundation. An effective way to use these readers is to use Charlotte Mason's language arts methods of copywork, recitation, and narration for any of the lessons presented. Instructions for each of these methods is found in the new 18-page introduction that has been added to this edition. Like Miss Mason, Mr. McGuffey believed in short lessons, learned well, so the Readers provide a convenient source for age-appropriate material to use with Miss Mason's methods.

McGuffey, William Holmes: - William Holmes McGuffey (1800-1873) McGuffey was an American theologian and Professor of Moral Philosophy, Greek, and Latin who was described as rich in pungent phrase and anecdote, apt in citation from history, literature, and life, skillful in analogy (William Holmes McGuffey and his Readers, 145) He believed education should include spiritual and moral training, and was mindful of the practical and budgetary issues of teaching in the one-room schoolhouse on the frontier. His Readers were often the only books that children had access to, and according to an article in the History and Culture newsletter of the National Park Service (NPS), Most prominent post-Civil War and turn-of-the-century American figures credited their initial success in learning to the Readers. McGuffey's goal was to create a curriculum that even untrained teachers could use to provide practical instruction in communication skills through memorable stories and poems. The upper-level Readers introduce students to many classic works, though McGuffey did not see them as a replacement for full-length classic literature. He understood that many of his readers would not have access to a library, but wished to impart as rich an education as was possible with the limited time and resources available in nineteenth-century schools. He is credited with creating a generation of gifted orators and readers (NPS). Over a million copies of his books have been sold since they were first published, and they are still used in some schools and home schools.

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ISBN 13	9780442235666
ISBN 10	0442235666
Title	Revised Eclectic Readers
Author	William Holmes Mcguffey
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
Year published	1920-01-01
Number of pages	6
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