Dictionary n. Latin Dictum, to speak Dictionary – Class 5 – Middle Lesson “What do you think about that group of Class 5 children visiting The Library tomorrow?” The question was general, so any of the tomes in the Reference Books section of the vast, dark and empty (of people at least) public library could […]
AGE: 5th Grade
Grammatike-Grammatikos: Eloquence in Language
THUS SPAKE CALLIOPE Eloquence – Class 5 – Middle Lesson It was a Sunday afternoon as I sat in my study staring at the sheet of blank paper on my desk. It stared back, it’s white emptiness hostile rather than virginal. So I deflowered it by writing ‘Class 5 Middle Lesson – Sun – Feeling’ […]
Grammatike-Grammatikos: Language Structure and Meaning
12-ROOM MANSION OF THE WORD Language Structure and Meaning – Class 5 – Main Lesson I’m the local school inspector – the morning was normal enough; even the note o my desk, instructing me to go out to a small school I’d never visited before to have a look at the grammar program they …Grammar?! […]
Grammatike-Grammatikos: History of English for 5th Grade
HISTORY OF ANGLISH History of English – Class 5 – Main Lesson The teacher had already made his preparatory notes on his new lesson unit. This, as a main lesson, was to have a ‘head’ emphasis – as should all main lessons – ‘I saw one ill-informed teacher program ‘Baking’ as a main lesson once.’ […]
Grammatike-Grammatikos: Dictation in 5th Grade
GOLDEN WORDS … NO, WORDS OF GOLD? – WEIGHING WORDS!!! Dictation – Class 5 – Main Lesson Hello readers, I’m The Essay; the word essay comes from the Latin, ‘to weight or balance’. They ‘assay’ gold when weighing it – same thing. Words can be gold indeed; or, if children are deprived by not having […]
Grammatike-Grammatikos: The 33rd Tooth in 5th Grade
The last story in my reading book, The Magic Mangrove Seed, is the Old Knight; a modern-day tale using latter-day images. It tells of the mineralization of Man, concentrated as this is in the skeleton. It is a story of imprisonment, and last-minute reprieve – a story of mankind’s Fall and Resurrection. The descent, or […]