Beginners' Book in Language. A Book for the Third Grade

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Beginners' Book in Language. A Book for the Third Grade

by Harry Jewett Jeschke

EN·~3 hours·75 chapters

Chapters

75 total
1

BEGINNERS' BOOK IN LANGUAGE

0:04
2

H. JESCHKE

0:22
3

PREFACE

3:06
4

BEGINNERS' BOOK IN LANGUAGE [A] - 1. Study of a Picture Story[1]

2:50
5

2. Story-Telling

1:31
6

3. Making Stories Better

2:26
7

4. Study of a Poem

2:13
8

5. Story-Telling

2:44
9

6. Correct Usage—Saw

1:45
10

7. Study of a Fable

5:51

Description

This textbook invites third‑grade pupils to move beyond shy, hesitant speech and discover a lively, confident voice both in conversation and on paper. By weaving everyday curiosities—fairies, animals, circus life—into a series of connected lessons, it turns language practice into playful storytelling and drama. The author believes that when children are genuinely interested, learning to form correct sentences becomes as natural as a game on the playground.

The book is organized into themed units such as a fairy adventure, an Indian tale, and a circus performance, each offering picture stories, role‑plays, punctuation drills, and simple letter‑writing tasks. Teachers find helpful cross‑references and notes that guide them in staging the activities, while students enjoy pantomime, group narration, and hands‑on book‑making exercises. The result is a classroom where oral and written English grow together, encouraging confidence and accuracy from the very first lesson.

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Language

en

Duration

~3 hours (218K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Mark C. Orton, Sue Fleming and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2012-11-04

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

HJ

Harry Jewett Jeschke

b. 1873

A teacher-writer of the early 20th century, he created practical English textbooks meant to help children speak and write with confidence. His best-known work for young students keeps a warm, classroom-friendly focus on everyday language use.

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