Teachers Outlines for Studies in English

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Title: Teachers' Outlines for Studies in English Based on the
Requirements for Admission to College
Author: Gilbert Sykes Blakely
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TEACHERS' OUTLINES FOR
STUDIES IN ENGLISH

BASED ON THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION TO
COLLEGE
BY
GILBERT SYKES BLAKELY, A. M.
INSTRUCTOR IN ENGLISH IN THE MORRIS HIGH SCHOOL
NEW YORK CITY
[Illustration]
NEW YORK CINCINNATI CHICAGO
AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY GILBERT SYKES BLAKELY
ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL, LONDON
STUDIES IN ENGLISH W. P. 5

PREFACE
The following plans of study for the English texts commonly used in
secondary schools are presented in the hope that they may be
suggestive to teachers of English who are struggling with the various
problems which confront them. Each teacher, of course, must work out
his own plan in accordance with the needs of his pupils and the
conditions under which he works; but, as it is helpful to observe the
class-room work of other teachers, so it may be helpful to see a fellow
teacher's plans of work. I wish to disclaim any desire to dogmatize
about the methods or the details of teaching. If I have anywhere
assumed a tone of authority, it has been merely for the sake of brevity
in stating my opinions.

Three books on the teaching of English have recently appeared: The
Teaching of English by Percival Chubb, The Teaching of English by
Professors Carpenter, Baker, and Scott, and Talks on Teaching
Literature by Arlo Bates. All of these are full of inspiration and
suggestion for me as they doubtless are for hundreds of others; they
ought to be within reach of every progressive teacher of English. The
present volume is essentially different from these in purpose. It aims,
not at a discussion of the principles of teaching, but at the application
of certain principles to the teaching of some of the books required for
admission to college.
References by page or line to the book under discussion are to the texts
of the Gateway Series.
For suggestions concerning the plan of the book and certain of its
details, I am under obligations to Dr. Henry van Dyke. I desire also to
express my thanks for helpful criticism to several of my fellow teachers
in the Morris High School, especially to Mr. Harold E. Foster who has
kindly read most of the manuscript.
G. S. BLAKELY. THE MORRIS HIGH SCHOOL.

CONTENTS
PAGE
THE TEACHING OF THE NOVEL 7
Outline for the Study of Ivanhoe 10
" " " " " The Vicar of Wakefield 16
" " " " " Cranford 20
" " " " " Silas Marner 24
THE TEACHING OF NARRATIVE POETRY 30

Outline for the Study of The Lady of the Lake 33
" " " " " The Ancient Mariner 40
" " " " " The Idylls of the King 44
THE TEACHING OF LYRIC POETRY 54
Outline for the Study of L'Allegro and Il Penseroso 55
" " " " " Lycidas 57
" " " " " The Deserted Village 60
THE TEACHING OF THE DRAMA 63
Outline for the Study of The Merchant of Venice 67
" " " " " As You Like It 72
" " " " " Julius Cæsar 75
" " " " " Macbeth 79
" " " " " Comus 83
THE TEACHING OF THE ESSAY 86
Outline for the Study of the Sir Roger de Coverley Papers 88
" " " " " Irving's Sketch-Book 93
" " " " " Franklin's Autobiography 99
Outline for the Study of Carlyle's Essay on Burns 101
" " " " " Macaulay's Life of Johnson 104
" " " " " Burke's Speech on Conciliation 107

" " " " " Emerson's Essays 114
" " " " " Webster's First Bunker Hill Oration 123
" " " " " Washington's Farewell Address 127
APPENDIX
College Entrance Examinations in English 131

STUDIES IN ENGLISH
I. THE TEACHING OF THE NOVEL
All will agree that the novel is one of the most important forms of
literature for high school study. The fact that almost every boy and girl
who is at all interested in reading likes the novel, gives the teacher an
excellent opportunity to stimulate the pupil's