Level 2 2-year Lesson plan for ILL
Grammar / English Language (three times weekly)
* Intermediate Language Lessons by Emma Serl
A classic grammar text covering usage and basic composition, with inspiration from poetry, art, and prose. We recommend the Hillside Education edition of ILL which retains the charm and grace of the original with some additions: updated modern usage, color pictures, larger page size, updated poems, and a variety of new lessons. Page numbers reflect the Hillside edition.
Answer key for Intermediate Language Lessons (includes some direction for teacher)
Year One:
- Term 1: Lessons 1-50, pp. 1-51
- Term 2: Lessons 51-100, pp. 52-106
- Term 3: Lessons 101-150, pp. 107-159
Year Two:
- Term 1: Lessons 151-200, pp. 160-209
- Term 2: Lessons 201-250, pp. 209-260
- Term 3: Lessons 251-301, pp. 261-316
Level 2 Year 1
Term 1
- L. 1-4 {retelling, Proper nouns, description, poem study}
- L. 5-7 {composition, poem, composition}
- L. 8-11 {The sentence, composition, dictionary}
- L. 12-16 {pronouns, poem study, be verbs, conversation, description}
- L. 17-20 {words, selection for study, dialog.}
- L. 21-24 {paragraphs, conversation, composition, titles}
- L. 25-28 {study: Helen Keller, hyphen, letter writing}
- L. 29-33 {Address, poem study, dictation, p. study, narration}
- L. 34-37 {sit/ set, poem study, conversation, possessive}
- L. 38-41 {comp., names, initials, selection, description}
- L. 42-45 {composition, dialogue, conversation, description}
- L. 46-49, 51 {description, reproduction, comma, composition}
Poems to recite from ILL this term:
“Nobility” by Alice Cary (ILL 4)
‘The Robin’ by Celia Thaxter (ILL 13)
William Cullen Bryant (ILL 30)
“The Barefoot Boy” Whittier (ILL 35)
Term 2
- L. 52-54 {Quotations, opposites, poetry, contractions}
- L. 56-58 {quotations, dictation, use of I, he/she}
- L. 59-60, 62-63 {descr., letter, sent., comma}
- L. 64-67 {oral comp., Poem, Longfellow retell, sing.& pl}
- L. 68-71 {poetry, conversation: precepts, retell, m. idea}
- L. 73-76 {rhyme, writing:when/ who, selection study, quot.}
- L. 77-78, 80 {possessive, animal convers., composit.}
- L. 81-84 {can and may, composition, picture, tense}
- L.85-89 {sing/ plural, composition, poetry, dictation)
- L. 90-93 {Exclamations, auto- biography story, comp.}
- L. 94-97 {conversation, comparing words, comp.}
- L. 98-100 {Picture study, poetry, review}
Poems to recite from ILL this term:
“Don’t Give Up” P. Cary (ILL 54)
“Village Blacksmith” Longfellow (ILL 65)
King Solomon (ILL 86)
Daybreak (ILL 88)
Sweet and Low (ILL 99)
Term 3
- L. 101-104 {Selection for Study, Dictation, Quotations}
- L. 105-108 {Quotations, Composition, Conversation}
- L. 109-112 {Letter, Homonyms, Picture Study, Conversation}
- L. 113-116 {Composition Poem, Sing./ Plural, Convers.}
- L. 117-120 {Pict. Study, Usage, Poem for Study, Prose Study}
- L. 121-124 {Convers., Composition, Dictation, Poem Study}
- L. 125-129 {Usage, Picture Study, Conversation, Composition}
- L. 130-133 {Abbrev., Fable, Composition, Myth Study}
- L. 134-138 {Explanatory, Poem Study, Plural, Picture Study, Dict.}
- L. 139-142 {Poem Study, Composition, Letters, Auto- biography}
- L. 143-146 {Picture Study, homonyms, Diaries}
- L. 147-150 {Poem Study, Dictation, Composition, Summary)
Poems to recite this term:
Thanksgiving (ILL 101)
The Windflower (ILL 106)
October’s Bright Blue Weather (ILL 110)
Summer or Winter (ILL 118)
The Song of the Brook (ILL 121)
Lochinvar (HLW 179)
The Cloud (ILL 128)
Level 2 Year 2
Term 1
- L. 151-154 {Usage, Picture Study, Observation, Poem}
- L. 155-158 {Composition, Story, Observation, Conversation}
- L. 159-162 {Sentences, Composition, Letters, Picture}
- L. 163-166 {Describing Words, Poem, Composition, Sing./Plural}
- L. 167-170 {Sentences, Composition, Legend, Conversation}
- L. 171-175 {Description, Titles, Letter Writing, Poem, Sent.}
- L. 176-179 {Picture, Letter Writ., Poem, Words}
- L. 180-183 {Description, Composition, Description, Poem}
- L. 184-187 {Usage, Letter Writing, Composition, Diary}
- L. 188-191 {Picture Study, Poem, Memory Wk., Interview}
- L. 192-195 {Composition Poem, Composition, Summary}
- L. 196-200 {Story,Subject /Predicate, Selection, Rev., Poem}
Poems to recite from ILL this term:
The Tree (ILL 133)
Woodsman, Spare ..Tree (ILL 138)
Neither a Borrower Nor (ILL 146}
Old Ironsides (ILL 148)
Night Has a 100 Eyes (ILL 153)
The Heritage (ILL 157)
To-Day (ILL 161)
A Haze on the Far Horizon (ILL 169)
Term 2
- L. 201-204 {CompositionPicture Study, Sentences, Poem Study}
- L. 205-208 {Syntax, Conversation, Composition, Selection}
- L. 209-212 {CompositionDictation, Nouns, PictureStudy}
- L. 213-216 {Prose Study, Pronouns, Composition, Nouns}
- L. 217-220 {Poem Study, Comparison, Possessives, Conversation}
- L. 221-225 {CompositionGerunds, Picture, Poem Study, Conversation}
- L. 226-230 {Dictation, Thinking, Composition, Picture}
- L. 231-234 {News Story, Poem, Conversation, Dictation}
- L. 235-239 {Prose Study, Selection, Dictation, Story}
- L. 240-243 {Adjectives, Prose Study, Composition, Conversation}
- L. 244-247 {Picture, Prose, Compos, Adj & Nouns}
- L. 248-250 {Summary, Poem for Study, Poem for Study}
Poems to recite from ILL this term:
July (ILL 172)
Down to Sleep (ILL 182)
The Music of Labor (ILL 187)
The Blue Jay (ILL 193)
The Bells (ILL 198)
Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers (ILL 206)
Term 3
- L. 251-255 {Verbs, Composition, Poem, Composition}
- L. 256-259 {Picture, Composition, Prose Study, Review}
- L. 260-263 {Sentences, Quotations, Poem, Adverbs}
- L. 264-268 {Adverbs, Picture Study, Prose Study, Composition}
- L. 269-272 {Prepositions, Dictation, Usage, Poem for Study}
- L. 273-275 {Prose Study, Picture Study, Poem for Study}
- L. 276-280 {Dictation, Prose Study, Conjunctions, Descriptive Writing, Conversation}
- L. 281-284 {Interjections, Poem for Study, Picture Study, Prose Study}
- L. 285-288 {Proper Nouns, Invitations, Letter Writing, Poem)
- L. 289-292 {Conversation, Composition, Note-taking, Prose Study}
- L. 293-296 {Poem for Study, Composition, Picture Study, Conversation & Writing}
- L. 297-301 {Poem, Dictation, Descriptive Writing, Prose, Summary}
Poems to recite from ILL this term:
Burial of Sir John Moore (ILL 210)
The Year’s at the Spring (ILL 217)
The Coming of the Spring (ILL 224)
The Flag Goes By (ILL 228)
May (ILL 240)
Home Sweet Home (ILL 244)
The Day Is Done (ILL 247)