PART III.
SPELLING AND DEFINING.
The work of spelling and defining may be carried on with the study of the text of the poem, or at the conclusion of this study.

In the former case allow a week or more to pass after using a selection as a Reading lesson before studying it as a Spelling lesson, that the reading may not degenerate into a word-study.
The words selected are those which should form a part of the pupil's vocabulary.

The fact that the context largely determines the meaning of a word should be made clear in this study, and the particular meaning the author employs in the poem should be required.

The pupil's discrimination will at first be poor, but he soon develops considerable skill and judgment.
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primeval 2.