Intermediate Language Lessons [Hardcover]

Emma Serl (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up

This second volume in Serl?s language series makes teaching English easier during the often difficult intermediate years?4th, 5th, and 6th grades.

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The Second volume of Emma Serl's language series makes it easy to teach during the often difficult intermediate years--the 4th, 5th and 6th grades. Miss Serl uses material that both teaches and captures the interest of children.

You will find the writings of Louisa May Alcott, Longfellow, Tennyson, Helen Hunt Jackson, Percy Bysshe SHelley, Edward Everett Hale, George MacDonald, Shakespeare, and other outstanding authors. All are used in a broad range of lessons that encompass every aspect of teaching English including: literature and poetry studies, letter writing, creating an outline, grammar and word ussage, all forms of composition, memorization and oral presentation, debating, and dictation.

Recommended for Ages 9-12.

From the Back Cover

How to teach your children good English.

The second volume of Emma Serls language series makes it easy to teach during the often difficult intermediate years.

Emma Serls Intermediate Language Lessons is designed for teaching 4th, 5th and 6th grades. As she does with the first volume of her series, Primary Language Lessons, Ms. Serl uses material that both teaches and captures the interest of children. You find the writings of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Alfred Tennyson, Helen Hunt Jackson, Shelley, George MacDonald, Edward Everett Hale and other outstanding authors here. You get imaginative work projects that either reinforce the lessons or direct the child to independent research on topics as varied as coal and birds nests.

As comprehensive a teaching tool as you could hope for; Intermediate Language Lessons includes a broad range of lessons that encompass every aspect of teaching English including: Literature and poetry studies, Letter writing, Creating an outline, Grammar and word usage, All forms of composition, Memorization and oral presentation, Debating, Dictation.

BONUS! Emma Serl uses prominent paintings to help instruct children in observation and discussion. Result: a minicourse in art appreciation as well as English.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Hardcover: 339 pages
• Publisher: Lost Classic Books (March 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0965273571
• ISBN-13: 978-0965273572
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #145,229 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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55 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for Teaching Grammar/Language, September 26, 2000

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Michelle M. Cloud "MomTo2Clouds" (Honolulu, HI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Intermediate Language Lessons (Hardcover)

I am using this for homeschooling my seven year old. She is a bit advanced with English, this is maybe at a 3rd/4th grade level book. It helps the children deduce for themselves the grammar rules using logic/reasoning based on several different sentences or passages. They read bits of literature and use these to write their own stories from different points of view. Example: Lesson 2, the story of the Stone in the Road. The children retell the story from the point of view of the stone, the king, the people, the bag of gold, etc. There is copywork, picture description (both oral and written), memorization, narration both written and oral, tenses, composition, paragraphs, later it gets into debate, discussing proverbs, and things like that. It is very thorough with the exception of homonyms and homophones. Suggest The Reading Teachers Book of Lists as a supplement. Back to basics, classical education. Wonderful.

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A real gem!, July 22, 2007

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Michelle Barnaby (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Intermediate Language Lessons (Hardcover)

After 18 years of homeschooling 9 children it takes a very good book to get me excited enough to review it! I love the Charlotte Mason method, but sometimes lacked the ability to keep all of the facets organized.

This book is designed for 4-6th grades with the answers written on paper. It has picture study, oral narration, excellent written narration and composition assignments, outlining, copywork, recitation of beautiful poetry, dictation, grammar and more. The illustrations are lovely. I have even used it with an older child who lacked the fundamentals.

It is challenging for kids who struggle with writing, but it's the exact right kind of challenge. Gentle, but moving them toward excellence. It's easy to modify on the fly for an advanced or struggling child, and takes no teacher preparation if you are familiar with the terms narration, dictation, picture study, etc.

I use Primary Language Lessons in 2-3rd grades first and follow up with this. I buy one for each of my children using the program because the copywork sometimes takes them awhile. A thorough program for this grade, minus all the busywork.

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Language for 5th to 8th grades, March 23, 2006

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D. Lowe "homeschool mom" (Ar. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Intermediate Language Lessons (Hardcover)

Even though this is suppose to be for younger kids (4th grade), I bought it for my 8th grade son and it is just right for him. The lessons include writing and speach. There is not an answer key because you don't need one you will be able to do language lessons with just this book. I would plan to take more than one year to finish it though.