Page Counts
These are provided for comparison to the amount of pages that Charlotte Mason had her students of comparable age reading. Where etexts were used, page counts were figured using a standard of 300 words per page (books vary in how many words per page; 300 seemed like a fair average), so that dividing the number of words in a text and dividing by 300 would provide the number of pages. This was done by Leslie S. a few years ago -- before AO had published beyond Year 8, probably around 2005.
YEAR 7
Term 1
Churchill
142 pgs
Canterbury
Tales 160 pgs
The
Once and Future King 213 pgs per trm
Marshall's
English Literature 61 pgs
Watership
Down 164 pgs per term
Ivanhoe
386 pages this term
Age of
Chivalry 151 pgs per term
Lay of
the Land 49 pgs
Fabre
Life of Spider 78 pgs this term
Stevenson
on Writing 12 (divided into 2 years)
Shakespeare
average 78 pages
Plutarch
average 24 pages
Whatever
Happened to Penny Candy 64 pgs per term
Asser's
Life of Alfred 63 pgs
Bede's
Ecclesiastical History SELECTIONS - 30 pgs
CM's
Ourselves 22 pgs per term
How to
Read a Book Pt 1 23 pgs per term
Fearfully
and Wonderfully Made 74 pgs per term
Apologia
science 70 pgs per year (divided into 2 years)
Total 1864 pages this term
Plus
Poetry anthology
Grammar
Term 2
Churchill
130
The
Once and Future King 213 pgs per trm
Marshall's
English Literature 61 pgs
Watership
Down 164 pgs per term
Ivanhoe
252 pages this term
Age of
Chivalry 151 pgs per term
Lay of
the Land 49 pgs
Fabre
Life of Spider 78 pgs this term
Stevenson
on Writing 12 (divided into 2 years)
Shakespeare
average 78 pages
Plutarch
average 24 pages
Whatever
Happened to Penny Candy 64 pgs per term
Life
of Charlemagne 37 pgs
Magna
Carta document 11 pgs
Daugherty's
Magna Carta 149 pgs
Becket
chapter from Beacon Lights of History 27 pgs
Death
of Becket 5 pgs
In
Freedom's Cause 351 pgs
CM's
Ourselves 22 pgs per term
How to
Read a Book Pt 1 23 pgs per term
Fearfully
and Wonderfully Made 74 pgs per term
Apologia
science 70 pgs per year (divided into 2 years)
Total 2045 pages this term
Plus
Poetry Tennyson
Grammar
Term 3
Churchill
125
The
Once and Future King 213 pgs per trm
Marshall's
English Literature 61 pgs
Watership
Down 164 pgs per term
Age of
Chivalry 151 pgs per term
Lay of
the Land 49 pgs
Fabre
Life of Spider 78 pgs this term
Stevenson
on Writing 12 (divided into 2 years)
Shakespeare
average 78 pages
Plutarch
average 24 pages
Whatever
Happened to Penny Candy 64 pgs per term
Joan
of Arc 510 pgs
Eyewitness
deeds of crusades 60 pgs
Daughter
of Time 206 pgs
CM's
Ourselves 22 pgs per term
How to
Read a Book Pt 1 23 pgs per term
Fearfully
and Wonderfully Made 74 pgs per term
Apologia
science 70 pgs per year (divided into 2 years)
Total 1984 pages this term
Poetry
of Keats
Grammar
YEAR 8
Term 1
Churchill
142 pages
Luther's
Speech before Diet of Worms 4 pages
Roper's
biography of More 67 pages
Rawley's
Life of Bacon 16 pages
The
Voyage of the Armada 180 pgs this term
Christopher
Columbus, Mariner by Samuel Eliot Morison 145 pgs
CM's
Ourselves 22 pgs per term
Plutach
avg 24 pages
Utopia
86 pages this term
Whatever
Happened to Justice 132 pgs
Shakespeare
play avg 78 pages
Shakespeare
sonnets 5 pgs
Everyman
morality play 23 pgs
Westward
Ho 495 pgs this term
Marshall's
English Lit 76 pgs per term?
Fierce
Wars Faithful Loves 222 pgs
Stevenson
Art of Writing 12 pgs per term (divided into 2 years)
Kepler,
if using online chapter 15 pgs
Elements
of Style 26 pgs per term
Apologia
text 70 pgs per year (divided into 2 years)
How to
read a Book , part 2 (divide into 3 terms) 36 pgs this term
Rural
Hours by Susan Fenimore Cooper 116 pages this term
Total
1992 pages
Plus grammar (unknown how many pgs this will add to term)
*Might*
add Hamlet to this year
Term 2
Churchill
136 pgs
Speech
of Elizabeth 1 page
Biography
of Donne 63 pgs
Bradford's
Journal Online selections 50 pages
Kepler
202 pages
The
Voyage of the Armada 75 pgs this term
Muscovy
by Hakluyt 129 pgs
CM's
Ourselves 22 pgs per term
Whatever
Happened to Justice 132 pgs
Plutach
average 24 pages
Utopia
58 pages this term
Shakespeare
play average 78 pgs
Compleat
Angler 218 pgs
Westward
Ho 247 pgs this term
I
Promessi Sposi 318 pgs this term pgs
Marshall's
English Lit 76 pgs per term?
Stevenson
Art of Writing 12 pgs per term (divided into 2 years)
Coffin
for King Charles 82 pgs this term (starts in week 21)
Elements
of Style 26 pgs per term
Apologia
text 70 pgs per year (divided into 2 years)
How to
read a Book , part 2 (divide into 3 terms) 55 pgs this term
Rural
Hours by Susan Fenimore Cooper 116 pages this term
Total
2190 pages:
plus grammar (unknown how many pgs this will add to term)
Poetry
of John Donne (unknown how many pgs this will add to term)
Term 3
Churchill
125 pages
Donne
funeral speech 27 pgs
Galileo's
Daughter 420 pgs
Coffin
for King Charles 246 pgs this term
Raleigh's
Guiana 116 pgs
CM's
Ourselves 22 pgs per term
Bacon
4 essays 16 pgs
I
Pencil 11 pgs
Shakespeare
play average 78 pgs
I
Promessi Sposi 637 pgs this term pgs
The
Holy War Bunyan 311 pgs
Marshall's
English Lit 78 pgs per term?
Poetry
Milton 32, as selected now
Stevenson
Art of Writing 12 pgs (divided into 2 years)
Harvey
and Discovery of Circulation 26 pgs
Elements
of Style 26 pgs per term
Apologia
text 70 pgs per year (divided into 2 years)
How to
read a Book , part 2 (divide into 3 terms) 36 pgs this term
Rural
Hours by Susan Fenimore Cooper 116 pages this term
Total 2405 pages
plus grammar (unknown how many pgs this will add to term)
These are page counts figured by Leslie S. for some old schedule samples from Charlotte Mason's PNEU schools.
Form I
(roughly grades 1-3)
IB (age 6), 1 year, roughly grade 1
IA (age 7-9), 2 years, roughly grade
2 and 3
Form
II (roughly grades 4-6)
IIB (age 9), 1 year, roughly grade 4
IIA (age 10-12), 2 years, roughly
grade 5 and 6
Form
III and IV (roughly grades 7-9)
Fom V
and VI (roughly grades 10-12)
Page
counts for Form III and IV: (taken from PNEU schedules) I used
ABE to
look up those books I didn't have. There are some typos in the original
schedule with the author's names and some book titles in the schedule
aren't clear either. I found page counts for most books published
either just before or just after she wrote these schedules. It is too
bad the publisher information was removed from the notes because that
information would have been useful. In some cases, where the range of
pages to be read is denoted by section numbers or section names (no
page counts) and where I didn't have the book, I simply put an
estimate. I tried to note the estimates that I gave in the list below.
I also omitted counting the Sunday Reading as well. Wendi, when you get
time <g> I would like to know the publisher information on your
copies and any numbers you have that I don't.
As you can see the total page count is much higher than our total page counts, and also higher than the estimates based on numbers in Vol. 3. The interesting thing is that other than the literature numbers the counts are almost all 50 pages or less. One exception is the biography. I decided to see what would happen if the page counts for literature were severely restricted to about 50 pages per book and only 50 pages in each literature book were to be read in class time and the remain pages assigned as out of class reading. So I played with the numbers.
Total
page count 2873
Literature
page count 1743
If we divide the literature into portions to be read in class time (50 pages or something) and portions to be read out of class time (all the rest). We get these numbers.
Estimated
Out of Class Reading page count 1393
This
includes all but 50 pages in each of the poetry books, so this count is
probably overstated by 541 pages. The count without the poetry is 852.
In
Class Reading page count 350
(Includes
100 pages of poetry which may be high)
If we remove the Estimated Out of Class Reading from the Total Page Count then the total assigned class read in is:
Pages with Free Reading Removed page count 1480
This number is well within our estimated range from the Vol. 3 totals and only a little below the mean. While my numbers are only estimates, the idea with estimates is to see generally how the number fall even with imperfect information.
Form
III age 11-15, 3.5 hours, 27 Subjects (my count), 35 books
Total
page counts 1400-1750 - Mean 1575
We know that the Literature list included holiday and evening reading but we didn't really know how much of the reading was intended to be holiday and evening reading. It appears that the 1400-1750 total page count calculated from an average 40-50 page per book would bring the daily morning schedule into the 3 hour time frame.
What does this matter? Not much, except that I have been continually frustrated at trying to do all the extra's for a CM education. It takes us a well beyond the time frame she gives and I didn't know why because our lesson times are short. I'm fairly sure I'm not alone in this. My problem is that I've been trying to schedule all our literature readings during class time causing our days to run long. If we restrict our class reading to only about 50 pages in each literature book (there is some leeway, I think for Shakespeare and other works considerably shorter than novels), we may be able to finish in her given time frames. I think it is important to understand this. I also think that if this these conclusions are right then we should communicate it so others won't have unrealistic expectations.
Another point where it might matter is that we modeled the HEO schedules somewhat after these schedules which include weekend and evening readings. So our schedules which have high page counts may actually be better balanced if some of the readings are done out of class like the original schedules were designed. If we attempt to figure out which of our readings are most appropriate for out of class readings then the HEO members may be comfortable scheduling their students with these readings. I assume there is no direct narration for evening and weekend readings, though of course the story would carry over onto the next class reading.
Leslie S.
Page counts included in the schedule below.
Form
III and IV (grades 7-9)
form 3
(grade 7/8)
Bible
lessons
In all
cases the Bible text must be read and narrated first.
IV and III
Old
Testament History by T.M. Hardwick and H. Costley-White Vol. III
pp. 3-5
page
count 3
S.P.C.K.
Bible Atlas
Historical
Geography of the Holy Land by S.R. Macphail
page
count est 5
The
Universal Bible Dictionary may be used for all names of persons and
places.
page
count est 5
The
Saviour of the World Vol. V pp. 1-63
page
count 63
The
Acts by E.M. Knox pp. 128-189
page
count 62
The
Prayer Book in the Church by The Rev. W.H. Campbell with lessons on
Advent and Christmas
For Sunday Reading (optional)
IV and III
Heroes and Writers of the Book of Common Prayer by A.M. Forde
For private daily Bible reading, children may use Lectiones for Older Children b) A Boy's Book of Prayer by A. Devine
IV
Borrow's Bible in Spain
Tennyson's Holy Grail Vol. II
III
Tennyson's The Morte d'Arthur
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Writing
Choose and transcribe passages from Shakespeare's Macbeth, and the other books set in A New Handwriting for Teachers by M.M. Bridges; work from card 6.
Dictation (A New Handwriting to be used)
Two or three pages or a passage to be prepared first from a newspaper; or, from the prose and poetry set for reading; a paragraph to be then dictated in III, in IV to be occasionally written from memory.
Composition
IV and III
Read on Tuesdays some subject in "Literature" or on the news of the week or on some historical or allegorical subject, etc. Write on Thursdays a resume.
IV
Verses (note metre of poems set for this term) on current events and on characters in the term's reading, upon heroic deeds, or, on autumn and winter scenes.
III
Narrative poems on striking events.
English Grammar
Parse and analyse from books read, making progress each term.
IV Meiklejohn's A New Grammar of the English Tongue pp. 86-102; 116-122
III Morris's English Grammar pp. 56-73; 94,95,
or,
better, Meiklejohn pp. 1-22
page
count 22
Literature (including holiday and evening reading)
IV and III
The
History of English Literature for Boys and Girls by H. E. Marshall
pp.
633-679
page
count 46
Shakespeare's
Macbeth, 6475 lines about 151 pages
page
count est 151
Kipling's
Five Nations Vol. I
page
count 215
Tennyson's
Poems Vol. I
page
count 467
Poems
of Today
page
count 174
IV
Cranford
Scenes of Clerical Life
Carlyle's Heroes and Hero Worship
Tennyson's The Princess
III
Tennyson's
Sir Galahad, The Lord of Burleigh, To the Queen
page
count 50
Lorna
Doone
page
count 640
English History
IV and III
Make a chart of the period studied (1861-1920) (see reprint from PR July 1910)
Read
the daily news and keep a calendar of events.
50
Lord
Kitchener by D. Mackenzie
page
count 160
IV
A
Survey of Modern History pp. 113-139 and from page 177, but taking only
1861-1920, or finish Gardiner's History Vol. III
page
count
or
finish Gardiner's History Vol. III
A History of Everyday Things in England by H. and C. Quennell, Vol. II should be used for this period.
(Elementary Schools do Form III work)
III
Arnold
Forster's A History of England pages 807-833
page
count 26
French and General History
IV See A Survey of Modern History
IV and III
The
British Museum for Children by Frances Epps Chapter 9. Teacher study
preface. Keep a Book of Centuries putting in illustrations from all
history studied.
page
count 50
The
Great War 1914-1918 by C.R. Fletcher pp. 66-120
page
count 54
or,
better, The Story of the Great War by D.A. Mackenzie pp. 1-54
page
count
III
Creighton's
First History of France (1861-1920)
page
count 50
Citizenship
IV and III
Ourselves
Book I pp 140-162
page
count 28
North's
Plutarch's Lives, edited by P. Giles: Paulus Aemilius
page
count est 40
Smith's
Smaller Classical Dictionary
IV
Citizenship by E.R. Worts pp. 228-277 (narration instead of questions)
III
Social
and Industrial Life by St. Loe Strachey pp. 71-106
page
count 35
Geography
Know something about foreign places coming into notice in the current newspapers. Ten minutes' exercises on the map of the world every week.
Phillip's
Atlas of Comparative Geography may be used. See also tests under
"Scouting".
page
count est 12
IV
The Ambleside Geography Books, Book V pp. 210-267
Our Guardian Fleets in 1805 by H.W. Household pp. 186-220
III
The
Ambleside Geography Books, Book IV pp. 188-248 with special reference
to recent changes (see new Atlas).
page
count 60
Fighting
for Sea Power in the Days of Sail by H.W. Household pp. 66-107
page
count 41
III and IV
Map questions to be answered from map and names put into blank map (from memory) before each lesson. Follow The Great War with maps.
Teacher may find useful Out-door Geography by H. Hatch.
Natural History and Botany
IV
Winner's in Life's Race by Mrs. Fisher pp. 240-279
or Gilbert White's Selborne pp. 176-263.
Elementary Studies in Plant Life by F.E. Fritsch pp. 1-30
IV and III
Keep a Nature Note-book with flower and bird lists, and make daily notes. For out- of-door work take some special study.
The
Changing Year by F.M. Haines
page
count 50 pages for August-December or Countryside Rambles by W.S.
Furneaux: August to December.
Furneaux's
A Nature Study Guide.
page
count est 30 (reference book?)
III
The
Study of Plant Life by H. C. Stopes pp. 109-140
page
count 31
Ruskin's
Ethics of the Dust, Lectures 4-7 inclusive.
page
count est 20
General Science
IV
First Year of Scientific Knowledge by Paul Bert pp. 160-191
Some Wonders of Matter by Bishop Mercer pp. 159-192
III
Architecture
pp. 43-64
page
count 21
Geikie's
Physical Geography pp. 46-91
page
count 45
Hygiene and Physiology, Domestic Economy
IV
A Health Reader by W. H. Abrahall pp. 222-269
First Year of Scientific Knowledge pp. 359-376
Arithmetic
IV
Pendlebury's New Shilling Arithmetic pp. 128-141
III
New
Shilling Arithmetic pp. 58-71
page
count 13
IV and III
Revise back work; examples may be taken from Pendlebury's New Concrete Arithmetic, Book V
Geometry
IV
A
School Geometry by H. Hall and F. Stevens pp. 171-181, and revise
139-170
III
pp.
27-33, 34 (Ex. 1-3), 35-41
page
count 13
Algebra
IV
A School Algebra by H.S.S. Hall, Part I pp. 63-74, 89
German
IV
Siepmann's Primary German Course by O. Siepmann, Lessons 19-21 inclusive. Teacher study preface, using the lessons (with narration), exercises, grammar, stories, poems, etc. as suggested.
III
Lessons
4-6 inclusive
page
count est 20
or, preferably, Italian
IV and III
Perini's Italian Conversation Grammar, Exercises 1-5.
Latin
IV
Limen, Part I pages 116-141.
Sections 28-32 of Caesar's Belgian Campaign, edited by S.E. Winholt, may also be taken for narration and parsing.
III
Second
Latin Course, by Scott and Jones pp. 40-62
page
count 22
French
IV
Primary French Course, Part II by O. Siepmann, Lessons 19-22 inclusive, with grammar and exercises. Teacher study preface.
Read and narrate La Derniere Classe by Daudet; parse two pages.
III
Siepmann's
Primary French Course, Part II, Lessons 7-9. Teacher study preface.
page
count 20
teacher
read lesson aloud and children narrate Histoire de Mes Betes, by Dumas.
IV and III
Read
several poems and learn one from Longer Poems for Recitation
page
count 20
Drawing
IV
The Fesole Club Papers by W. G. Collingwood pp. 121-144
IV and III
Illustrations of scenes from Literature.
Study, describe (and draw from memory details of) six reproductions of pictures by G.F. Watts.
Studies of Heads: See the special notes in the Parents'Review.
Paintbox with specially chosen paints and brush.
Recitations
IV and III
Learn
two suitable passages of 20 verses each from chapters in Bible
Lessons.
page
count 1
Two
hymns by Newman,
page
count 1
Psalms
45, 46.
page
count 2
Two
poems or 50 lines by Tennyson, or, a scene from Macbeth.
page
count 2
Reading (including holiday and evening reading)
IV and III
Books set under Literature, History, Geography, Recitations, should afford exercise in careful reading and in composition.
Poetry
should be read daily.
counts
included in books under literature
Bulfinch's
Age of Fable pp. 186-215
page
count 29
Music Appreciation
See Programme of Music (Beethoven), Parents' Review: Our Work.
The
Listener's Guide to Music by P. Scholes may be used.
page
count 5
Singing
Three
French songs, French Song, with Music. Three German songs Deutscher
Liedergarten.
page
count 6
Three
English songs, from The National Song Book, edited by C.V. Stanford.
Christmas carols.
page
count 3
Ten
Minute's Lessons in Sight-Singing. Fifty Seps in Sight-Singing, by
Arthur Somervell, steps 17-20.
page
count 10
Drill, etc. (Choose new work).
Ball Games and Breathing Exercises by Alice R. James. For Drill Music,
Music for use in Mrs. Wordsworth's Classes, may be used.
Peasant Dances and Songs of Many Lands, by Mrs. Kimmins.
Syllabus of Physical Exercises tables 65-68. Ex-Students take House of Education Drills.
How to Teach School Dances. Hockey
Work
Do some definite house or garden work. Make Christmas presents.
Simple Repousse Work by E. J. Bradford
Simple Garments for Children, by Synge or
Needlecraft in the School by M. Swanson: design and make a garment.
Darn and mend garments from the wash each week: First Lessons in Darning and Mending, may be used.
Teacher would find useful What Shall we Make? by M. La Trobe Foster.
Cooking: Tried Favourites Cookery Book.
See also tests under Scouting (Parents' Review, May 1920): all girls should take the First Aid and Housecraft Tests.
Make a garment for the "Save the Children Fund".
_______________________end of schedule
Here
are the page counts and total I came up with for Form IV. (grade 8/9)
Total
Page Count 3746
Literature
2305
Estimated
Out of Class Reading 1855
In
Class Reading 450
Pages with Out of Class Reading Removed 1891
Form
IV: (says that girls may stay in this form for 2-3 years before
specializing), 40 books
Total
Page counts 1600-2000
My estimate of 130 pages for history may be high. I assumed that 177-end of the book at page 282 but some of the sections might be skipped in that range. I also added 50 pages for daily newpaper reading which might be high.
Form
III and IV
form 4
Bible lessons
In all cases the Bible text must be read and narrated first.
IV and III
Old
Testament History by T.M. Hardwick and H. Costley-White Vol. III
pp. 3-5
page
count 3
S.P.C.K.
Bible Atlas
Historical
Geography of the Holy Land by S.R. Macphail
page
count est 5
The
Universal Bible Dictionary may be used for all names of persons and
places.
page
count est 5
The
Saviour of the World Vol. V pp. 1-63
page
count 63
The
Acts by E.M. Knox pp. 128-189
page
count 62
The
Prayer Book in the Church by The Rev. W.H. Campbell with lessons on
Advent and Christmas
For Sunday Reading (optional)
IV and III
Heroes and Writers of the Book of Common Prayer by A.M. Forde
For private daily Bible reading, children may use Lectiones for Older Children b) A Boy's Book of Prayer by A. Devine
IV
Borrow's Bible in Spain
Tennyson's Holy Grail Vol. II
III
Tennyson's The Morte d'Arthur
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Writing
Choose and transcribe passages from Shakespeare's Macbeth, and the other books set in A New Handwriting for Teachers by M.M. Bridges; work from card 6.
Dictation (A New Handwriting to be used)
Two or three pages or a passage to be prepared first from a newspaper; or, from the prose and poetry set for reading; a paragraph to be then dictated in III, in IV to be occasionally written from memory.
Composition
IV and III
Read on Tuesdays some subject in "Literature" or on the news of the week or on some historical or allegorical subject, etc. Write on Thursdays a resume.
IV
Verses (note metre of poems set for this term) on current events and on characters in the term's reading, upon heroic deeds, or, on autumn and winter scenes.
III
Narrative poems on striking events.
English Grammar
Parse and analyse from books read, making progress each term.
IV
Meiklejohn's A New Grammar of the English Tongue pp. 86-102; 116-122
page
count 22
III
Morris's English Grammar pp. 56-73; 94,95,
or, better, Meiklejohn pp. 1-22
Literature (including holiday and evening reading)
IV and III
The
History of English Literature for Boys and Girls by H. E. Marshall
pp.
633-679
page
count 46
Shakespeare's
Macbeth, 6475 lines about 151 pages
page
count 151
Kipling's
Five Nations Vol. I
page
count 215
Tennyson's
Poems Vol. I
page
count 467
Poems
of Today
page
count 174
IV
Cranford
page
count 298
Scenes
of Clerical Life
page
count 429
Carlyle's
Heroes and Hero Worship
page
count 375
Tennyson's
The Princess
page
count 150
III
Tennyson's Sir Galahad, The Lord of Burleigh, To the Queen
Lorna Doone
English History
IV and III
Make a chart of the period studied (1861-1920) (see reprint from PR July 1910)
Read
the daily news and keep a calendar of events.
page
count est 50
Lord
Kitchener by D. Mackenzie
page
count 160
IV
A Survey of Modern History pp. 113-139 and from page 177, but taking only 1861-1920, or finish Gardiner's History Vol. III page count est 131, book is 282 pages or finish Gardiner's History Vol. III
A
History of Everyday Things in England by H. and C. Quennell, Vol. II
should be used for this period.
page
count 50 (Elementary Schools do Form III work)
III
Arnold Forster's A History of England pages 807-833
French and General History
IV See A Survey of Modern History
IV and III
The
British Museum for Children by Frances Epps Chapter 9. Teacher study
preface. Keep a Book of Centuries putting in illustrations from all
history studied.
page
count est 50
The
Great War 1914-1918 by C.R. Fletcher pp. 66-120 or, better, The Story
of the Great War by D.A. Mackenzie pp. 1-54
page
count 54
III
Creighton's First History of France (1861-1920)
Citizenship
IV and III
Ourselves
Book I pp 140-162
page
count 28
North's
Plutarch's Lives, edited by P. Giles: Paulus Aemilius
page
count 40
Smith's
Smaller Classical Dictionary
IV
Citizenship by E.R. Worts pp. 228-277 (narration instead of questions)
page count 49
III
Social and Industrial Life by St. Loe Strachey pp. 71-106
Geography
Know something about foreign places coming into notice in the current newspapers. Ten minutes' exercises on the map of the world every week.
Phillip's
Atlas of Comparative Geography may be used. See also tests under
"Scouting".
page
count est 12
IV
The
Ambleside Geography Books, Book V pp. 210-267
page
count 57
Our
Guardian Fleets in 1805 by H.W. Household pp. 186-220
page
count 34
III
The Ambleside Geography Books, Book IV pp. 188-248 with special reference to recent changes (see new Atlas).
Fighting for Sea Power in the Days of Sail by H.W. Household pp. 66-107
III and IV
Map questions to be answered from map and names put into blank map (from memory) before each lesson. Follow The Great War with maps.
Teacher may find useful Out-door Geography by H. Hatch.
Natural History and Botany
IV
Winner's in Life's Race by Mrs. Fisher pp. 240-279
or
Gilbert White's Selborne pp. 176-263.
page
count 87
Elementary
Studies in Plant Life by F.E. Fritsch pp. 1-30
page
count 30
IV and III
Keep a Nature Note-book with flower and bird lists, and make daily notes. For out- of-door work take some special study.
The
Changing Year by F.M. Haines
page
count 50
or
Countryside Rambles by W.S. Furneaux: August to December.
Furneaux's
A Nature Study Guide.
page
count est 30 (reference book?)
III
The Study of Plant Life by H. C. Stopes pp. 109-140
Ruskin's Ethics of the Dust, Lectures 4-7 inclusive.
General Science
IV
First
Year of Scientific Knowledge by Paul Bert pp. 160-191
page
count 31
Some
Wonders of Matter by Bishop Mercer pp. 159-192
page
count 33
III
Architecture pp. 43-64
Geikie's Physical Geography pp. 46-91
Hygiene and Physiology, Domestic Economy
IV
A
Health Reader by W. H. Abrahall pp. 222-269
page
count 47
First
Year of Scientific Knowledge pp. 359-376
page
count 17
Arithmetic
IV
Pendlebury's
New Shilling Arithmetic pp. 128-141
page
count 13
III
New Shilling Arithmetic pp. 58-71
IV and III
Revise back work; examples may be taken from Pendlebury's New Concrete Arithmetic, Book V
Geometry
IV
A
School Geometry by H. Hall and F. Stevens pp. 171-181, and revise
139-170
page
count 41
III
pp. 27-33, 34 (Ex. 1-3), 35-41
Algebra
IV
A
School Algebra by H.S.S. Hall, Part I pp. 63-74, 89
page
count 12
German
IV
Siepmann's
Primary German Course by O. Siepmann, Lessons 19-21 inclusive. Teacher
study preface, using the lessons (with narration), exercises, grammar,
stories, poems, etc. as suggested.
page
count 20
III
Lessons 4-6 inclusive
or, preferably, Italian
IV and III
Perini's Italian Conversation Grammar, Exercises 1-5.
Latin
IV
Limen,
Part I pages 116-141.
page
count 25
Sections
28-32 of Caesar's Belgian Campaign, edited by S.E. Winholt, may also be
taken for narration and parsing.
III
Second Latin Course, by Scott and Jones pp. 40-62
French
IV
Primary
French Course, Part II by O. Siepmann, Lessons 19-22 inclusive, with
grammar and exercises. Teacher study preface.
page
count est 20
Read
and narrate La Derniere Classe by Daudet; parse two pages.
page
count est 8
III
Siepmann's Primary French Course, Part II, Lessons 7-9. Teacher study preface.
teacher read lesson aloud and children narrate Histoire de Mes Betes, by Dumas.
IV and III
Read several poems and learn one from Longer Poems for Recitation page count 20
Drawing
IV
The
Fesole Club Papers by W. G. Collingwood pp. 121-144
page
count 23
IV and III
Illustrations of scenes from Literature.
Study, describe (and draw from memory details of) six reproductions of pictures by G.F. Watts.
Studies of Heads: See the special notes in the Parents'Review.
Paintbox with specially chosen paints and brush.
Recitations
IV and III
Learn
two suitable passages of 20 verses each from chapters in Bible
Lessons.
page
count 1
Two
hymns by Newman,
page
count 1
Psalms
45, 46.
page
count 2
Two
poems or 50 lines by Tennyson, or, a scene from Macbeth.
page
count 2
Reading (including holiday and evening reading)
IV and III
Books set under Literature, History, Geography, Recitations, should afford exercise in careful reading and in composition.
Poetry should be read daily.
Bulfinch's
Age of Fable pp. 186-215
page
count 29
Music Appreciation
See Programme of Music (Beethoven), Parents' Review: Our Work.
The
Listener's Guide to Music by P. Scholes may be used.
page
count 5
Singing
Three
French songs, French Song, with Music. Three German songs
Deutscher
Liedergarten.
page
count 6
Three
English songs, from The National Song Book, edited by C.V.
Stanford.
Christmas carols.
page
count 3
Ten
Minute's Lessons in Sight-Singing. Fifty Seps in Sight-Singing, by
Arthur
Somervell, steps 17-20.
page
count 10
Drill, etc. (Choose new work).
Ball Games and Breathing Exercises by Alice R. James. For Drill Music,
Music for use in Mrs. Wordsworth's Classes, may be used.
Peasant Dances and Songs of Many Lands, by Mrs. Kimmins.
Syllabus of Physical Exercises tables 65-68. Ex-Students take House of Education Drills.
How to Teach School Dances. Hockey
Work
Do some definite house or garden work. Make Christmas presents.
Simple Repousse Work by E. J. Bradford
Simple Garments for Children, by Synge or
Needlecraft in the School by M. Swanson: design and make a garment.
Darn and mend garments from the wash each week: First Lessons in Darning and Mending, may be used.
Teacher would find useful What Shall we Make? by M. La Trobe Foster.
Cooking: Tried Favourites Cookery Book.
See also tests under Scouting (Parents' Review, May 1920): all girls should take the First Aid and Housecraft Tests.
Make a garment for the "Save the Children Fund".
Total
Page Count 3800
Literature
2305
Estimated
Free Reading 1855
School
Reading 450
Pages with Free Reading Removed 1945
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