II. Teach the diacritical marks found in the dictionary to be used. The
marks needed will be found at the foot of each page of the dictionary.
III. Teach the use of the dictionary.
(1) See that every child owns, if possible, one of the new dictionaries,
in which unphonetic words are respelled phonetically.
(2) See that all know the alphabet in order.
(3) Pupils practice finding names in the telephone directory, catalogs,
reference books, etc.
(4) Practice arranging lists of words in alphabetical order, as in the
following dictation exercise.
Rewrite these words in the order in which they would occur in the
dictionary.
chance value
alarm hurdle
green evergreen
window feather
indeed leave
sapwood monkey
bruise kernel
double jelly
Also lists like these:--a step more difficult.
arbor angry
alarm after
artist age
afford apron
apple appear
athletic approve
assist answer
always anchor
After teaching the alphabetical order, with dictionary in hand, have the
pupil trace the word to its letter, then to its page.
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