OCCUPATIONAL INFORMATION AS CONTENT FOR SOPHOMORE COMPOSITION

The following outline represents the work done in a Sophomore Composition “A” class in Northeast High School during the year 1928–29. Two purposes were adhered to: First, to give as concrete information as possible about ordinary adult occupations; second, to develop and use the ordinary techniques of composition as required in the year. Two days a week were devoted to this work, one day for oral composition and one for written. For the first six weeks, oral composition took the form of class discussion and the written composition following it included the ideas developed in the discussions. Notebooks were kept for the written composition and newspaper and magazine articles connected with the subject were clipped and filed in the notebooks.