GRADE V.

READING-Fourth Reader.

Continuation of exercises of previous grades in pronunciation etc.
Memorizing poetical selections.

COMPOSITION-The work of Grade IV continued, with exercises based on the History of this Grade,

WRITING.-Copy Books 6 and 7. Careful attention to penmanship in all written exercises.

ARITHMETIC.-Notation and Numeration.

Formal Reduction.

Easy Vulgar Fractions.

Denominate Fractions.

Daily practice to secure accuracy and rapidity in simple rules.
Graded Problems.

Reading and writing Decimals.

ELEMENTARY SCIENCE.—

1. Plant Life-Relation of plant to soil, light, heat and moisture. Comparisons. Continued study of growth.

Trace the changes in vegetables and selected trees, keeping a record of such changes.

Roots Primary and secondary; annuals, biennials, and perennials
Stems Compare underground stems and stems above ground;
compare endogens and exogens.

Buds-Situation and kinds; arrangement.
Leaves-Peculiar forms; arrangement.

Flowers-Position and arrangement; Analysis and description of
common flowers; this should lead up to that orderly descrip-
tion which is necessary in classification.
Fruit-Kinds; how formed; how distributed, etc.,

2. Animal Life-Continuation of work of previous Grades.

SPELLING.-From Reader. Exercises as in Grades III and IV.

MUSIC.-Chromatic Scale, Second series of Music Charts. Part I, Second Reader. Second Time Chart. Exercises in vowels, humming exercises, breathing exercises.

DRAWING.—

Drawing Books Nos. 3, 4. Teacher's Manual Part II.
Models, objects, nature forms, etc., as for Grade IV.

Topics as for Grade IV.

Plan of the exercises under Representation, Construction.

Decoration fully outlined in the Manuals. Sight drawing from the single object continued; use of boxes, baskets, etc., aand of the simple type forms; more stress on grouping; practice for free, light sketching, and for pleasing rendering in outline,

GEOGRAPHY.-Simple study of the important countries in each continent.

The position of the country in the continent; its natural features, climate, productions; its people, their occupations, manners, customs; noted localities, cities, etc. Manitoba and Canada

to be studied first.

Moulding boards and map-drawing to be aids in the study.

HISTORY.-Tales and Biography.

A.

Leonidas and Ancient Greece.

Hannibal and the two great nations of his time.
Alfred the Great-or Early England.

Charlemagne or Medieval Europe.

Peter the Hermit and the Crusades.
Joan of Arc or the English in France.
Wolsey-his great ambition.

The Armada, or England on the Seas.
John Eliot and the rights of the people.
Wm. Pitt-England's colonies.
Wilberforce The Slave Trade.
Stephenson-The Story of Invention.
Havelock-The Indian Empire.

B.

Columbus-Discovery of America.

Magellan--Circumnavigation of the Globe.

Cartier-Early Canadian Discovery.

Champlain--and early settlement.

Cortez The Story of Mexico.

DeSoto and the Mississippi.

La Salle and Western Exploration,

Madeleine de Vercheres and Daulac, or Indian Warfare.

D'Iberville and the Hudson's Bay Co.

Wolfe and Montcalm--The great struggle.

Captain Cooke and Vancouver-Our Pacific Coast.

Lord Selkirk and the Red River Settlement.

Laura Secord and Canadian Loyalty.

PHYSIOLOGY.-Child's Health Primer (Pathfinder No. I).

GRADE VI.

READING.-Fifth Reader to page 228.

COMPOSITION.--Same as Grade V, wiih exercises based on the History of this Grade.

WRITING.-Copy Book No. 8. Careful attention to penmanship in all written exercises.

ARITHMETIC.--Factors, Measures and Multiples.

Vulgar Fractions.

Easy application of Decimals.

Easy application of Square and Cubic Measures.

Daily practice to secure accuracy and rapidity in simple rules.
Easy application of Percentage.

Graded problems.

ELEMENTARY SCIENCE.-As outlined in Course of Agriculture Series I.

SPELLING. From Reading matter. Careful attention to spelling of all words used in written exercises.

MUSIC.--Chromatic scale. Exercises same as in Grade V.

Comple

tion of work found in Second Series of Charts, and Part II of Second Reader. 2nd Time Chart.

DRAWING.

Drawing Books; Nos. 4, 5. Teachers' Manual, Parts II, III.

The option of Book 6 where a class includes Grade VII, Jr.

Objects Books, baskets, vases, bowls, jars, etc.

Type solids: See lists given in Grades I and II.

Topics as for Grade IV.

The stress is still on the pictorial drawing and free expression;
drawing from living things, from nature forms, from familiar
objects and groups of type solids, with the thought of
in the lesson points already defined.

Under Topic 2.-

progress

Study of geometric view introduced. It is desirable that the pupils of Senior VI learn how to read a simple working drawing and understand how to express, freehand, any two or three "views" of a single model or a very simple object placed simply.

GEOGRAPHY.--(a) The earth as a globe. Simple illustrations and statements with reference to form, size, meridians, parallels, with their use; motions and effects, as day and night, seasons; zones, with their characteristics, as winds and ocean currents; climate as affecting the life of man.

(b) Physical features and conditions of North America, South
America and Europe studied and compared--position on the
globe, position relative to other grand divisions, size, form,
surface, drainage, animal and vegetable life, resources, causes
determining growth of cities; inhabitants, their occupations
and social condition; important localities, cities and towns.
(c) Observation to accompany the study of Geography-apparent
movements of the sun, moon and stars, and varying time of
their rising and setting; difference in heat of the sun's rays
at different hours of the day; change in the direction of the
sun's rays coming through a school room window at the same
hour during the year; varying length of noon-day shadows;
changes of the weather; wind and seasons.

HISTORY-English History, Creighton, chap. 1 to 9.
Canadian History, Clement, chap. 1 to 15.

PHYSIOLOGY.-Physiology for Young People (New Pathfinder No. 2, chap. 1 to 9).

GRADE VII.

READING.-Fifth Reader, page 228 to end.

COMPOSITION.-Oral and written exercises as in previous Grades. Making of abstracts; expansion of narrative sentences into paragraphs; topical analysis; proportion in the paragraph

WRITING. Careful attention to penmanship in all written exercises. ARITHMETIC. Decimals.

Percentage without time.

Easy Problems in interest.

Application of Square and Cubic Measures.

Problems.

ELEMENTARY SCIENCE.-As outlined in Course of Agriculture. Series II, pages 1-124.

SPELLING.—As in Grade VI.

MUSIC. Introductory Third Beader. Normal Music Course. Minor Modulation through the differSame exercises as in Grade VI.

Scales. Third Time Chart.
ent keys. Chromatic Scale.

DRAWING.—

Drawing Book No. 7. Teacher's Manual, Part IV.

TOPIC I. In the nature work: More stress on rapid sketching; noticing the masses of form and color-trees, flowers, bits of landscape guidance as to the use of copying.

1. Study of appearances. Some lessons on Theory; drawing from the rectangular object below the eye, above the eye; observing convergence, finding vanishing points, etc.; books, chairs, tables, simple school room objects thoughtfully drawn, brightly rendered. (Freehand work throughout).

Some pose drawing.

2. Under construction: The work of Grade VI with greater accuracy; use of rule and compass; practice in applying the

common "conventions."

3. Study from Illustrations, Readings, etc. :-historic ornament; modern uses of ornament. Decorative treatment of flower or

spray.

Read note to Grade VIII. See Manuals Parts I to IV.

GEOGRAPHY.-Physical and Political Geography of the countries in Europe and North America.

General review of the physical feature of the grand divisions; position of the countries in the grand divisions; surroundings, surface, climate; animal and vegetable life; resources, inhabitants, their occupations and social condition; important localities, cities, and towns.

HISTORY.—English History. Creighton, Chap. 10 to 19. Canadian. Clement, Chap. 16 to 31.

PHYSIOLOGY.-Physiology for Young People (New Pathfinder No. 2), Chap. 10 to 17.

GRAMMAR.-Inductive study of the sentence, with results put in clear and concise language.

1. Examination and comparison of easy sentences leading to classification into Declarative, Interrogative, &c.

2.--Division of compound sentences into independent proposi

tions.

3.-Division of easy sentences into subject and predicate.

4.-Division of: (a) Complete subject into bare subject and modifiers; (b) Complete predicate into bare predicate and modifiers.

5.-Comparison of word groups leading to the distinction between: (a) Phrases and clauses; (b) Principal clauses and subordinate clauses.

6. Examination and comparison of words, phrases and dependent clauses with regard to their use in the sentence.

7.-Analysis of compound sentences; easy complex sentences and continuous prose.

GRADE VIII.

READING.-Fifth Reader (Selections see Circular.)