Excerpt from A Handbook for English Teachers: For Use in the Texas High Schools

The plan outlined in the following pages provides for the study of composition and literature throughout the High School course, but suggests more writing in the first two years than in the last two, and more reading in the last two years than in the first two. Moreover, it suggests that the Herrick and Damon be used intensively for the first few weeks, by a close study of its principles and by an application of them to subjects of oral and written composition; and then that a classic or two be studied intensively, both for the literature and for a review of the text through composition subjects based upon the classics studied. For example, the manual suggests that the Herrick and Damon be studied and applied through Chapter V. For the first month, also that Treasure Island be read through rapidly out of class; and that the second month be given to some of the selections in the Elson Reader, Eighth Grade, also to a detailed study Of Treasure Island. This plan will enable the teacher to treat the Chapters of the text, also the classics read, as a whole, and will therefore give unity to the work. It will also' enable the teacher to correlate the composition work and the literature, to apply the principles of the text as learned, and thus fix and vitalize them. This same general plan will be followed throughout the first year, except that more and more attention will be given to the classics and less and less attention to the text as we proceed in the work. In addi tion to' the intensive reading of one or more classics for each three months of the year, this plan provides for the home reading of a few classics which are grouped to include both poetry and prose and various types of literature. These extensive readings are arranged to supplement the textbook, and to awaken an interest in reading. They are also adapted to the ages of the pupils.

Time is allotted throughout the work for frequent reviews. However, the teacher may wish to arrange the time differently. Reviews should be frequent and thorough; each week the work should be connected with the previous week; each day the work should be connected with that of the previous day. Often written reviews, five or ten minutes in length, at the beginning of the class hour, will awaken interest and test the pupil's preparation for the day. When sections of the textbook are completed, or when classics studied in the class are finished, review should be required.

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