Analytical Fourth -Sixth Reader - Softcover

Richard Edwards

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0371557089 ISBN 13: 9780371557082

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

Analytical Fourth -Sixth Reader: Containing Practical Directions For Reading. Designed For The Use Of Classes In Common Schools by Richard Edwards is a 19th-century classroom text that blends reading pedagogy with philology and literature. It presents a comprehensive program for teaching reading and elocution, beginning with a Preface and Introduction that articulate the book’s aim: to develop understanding and appreciation of good English through careful analysis and practice. The volume includes extensive sections on Phonetic Analysis, the Phonetic Chart, and a sequence of Exercises for Elocutionary Drill, followed by Principles and General Directions, Pauses, Inflection, and Emphasis. A large body of selections—poems and prose from notable authors—are provided with notes and analyses to guide teachers in developing students’ voice, cadence, and expressive reading. The book also emphasizes the use of dictionaries, oral drill, and written work, integrating literary study with practical instruction. Published in the year 1867 for use in common schools, it stands as a key example of mid-19th-century American education in the Analytical Series. The work reflects a program of formal training in language, literacy, and civic character.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371557089
• ISBN 13: 9780371557082
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 376