Intermediate Language Lessons-Pt. 3

Part Three of Emma Serl’s classic program for teaching grammar, composition, and the art of language through living literature. Ideal for ages 11–12.

Living Books Press has taken Serl’s beloved 1914 text and created a beautiful, practical edition for today’s students. The original lessons remain at the heart of the book, but the entire volume has been thoughtfully redesigned as a lay-flat, write-in workbook.

Students no longer need to spend valuable lesson time copying questions, sentences, or assignments into a separate notebook. Generous writing spaces are provided right on the page, making lessons easier to follow and allowing students to give their attention to the language, literature, and ideas before them.

Print edition: 196 pages, wire-bound
Digital edition: instant download
Author: Emma Serl

What’s Inside

Emma Serl believed children could learn the English language through excellent writing rather than through disconnected drills alone. Throughout Intermediate Language Lessons, students encounter the works of Louisa May Alcott, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Alfred Tennyson, Helen Hunt Jackson, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Edward Everett Hale, George MacDonald, Shakespeare, and other outstanding authors.

These literary selections become the foundation for a rich variety of language lessons, including:

• grammar and correct word usage
• written and oral composition
• literature and poetry study
• narration and description
• letter writing
• outlining
• memorization and recitation
• dictation
• debate and oral expression

Part Three contains Lessons 196–301 and is designed for students at the upper end of Serl’s recommended age range. The lessons continue to develop increasing independence and skill in composition, grammar, and thoughtful expression.

For ease of use, Living Books Press has divided the original course into three volumes:

• Part 1: Lessons 1–100 | Ages 9–10
• Part 2: Lessons 101–195 | Ages 10–11
• Part 3: Lessons 196–301 | Ages 11–12

Each volume may be used on its own or as part of the complete three-year course.

More Than a Reprint

This is not simply a reproduction of the 1914 book. Living Books Press has carefully renewed this classic while preserving the character and substance of Serl’s original lessons.

This edition includes:

• a beautiful, spacious page design
• lay-flat binding for comfortable writing
• writing space provided directly with the lessons
• improved reproduction of photographs and works of art
• light editing where needed for clarity
• biographies of contributing authors
• complete poems when the original included only excerpts
• bolded grammar rules and important teaching points
• helpful directions and vocabulary prompts for students

The result is a classic language program made considerably easier—and more inviting—to use: rich in literature, gentle in method, substantial in content, and beautifully designed for the student who will actually work within its pages.