IMPARTING KNOWLEDGE

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 673, 27 October 1933, Page 7

IMPARTING KNOWLEDGE

USEFUL EXPERIMENT THINGS THAT A TEACHER IS ASKED TO EXPLAIN. QUESTI'OIN TIME IN SCHOOL. When a scliool teacher invites ques•tions from his cla-ss he ma.y he lettjng himself in for somethin-g. At any rate one teacher in a Ghrist- j church primary school is making use j -of an interestinig meth'od of impart- | ing' knowledge. Once ia week he has j a period in which the class is permit- i ted to read fro-mi foooks in the school | •library, land -ask him questions . on | .anything in their r-eading that they do j not know or understand. Appended ; is a list -of the questions1 asked during half-an-h'our -of this week's period. It might prove a good testinig paper for parents generally, assuming that J their young hopefuls iare' encouraged j to read at home (as they should be) | ,as well as at school: — i How do you spe-11 Lyttelton, Quail Is- | land, gaiety? Has "island" a capital in the middle | of a sentence? | W-hat does upheaval mean? W]liat is the meaning of abatong, lu- ' Iminous, phenomenon? How do you spell "forth"? .What is the meaning of laittributes, ex- I terminated, invenltiveness, defeneeless, ultimate, acclaimed, j tabstruse, incumbent, hoaxed ? Does previously mean the day before or the day after? What is the meaning of destination, 1 ia-theist, melaneholy, prepccupied, - coincidence ? ; 'What are deciduo-us forests ? What are equatorial belts? What is meant by "depo-sited as • rain" ? I What do they do after sheep have been shorn? What is meant by scouring; wool? How do you spell Mjervyn? What is anieant by demurely, feud, -aristocratic, dejectedly? i D-o you write the tiipe in figures or ! words ? How do wou spell Austin? Does to hire mean to lend? What is meant by dormitory, cubiele, 1 adjoining, langu-idly, abruptly, ; confidence, retoi*ted, contemplat- j ing, manuscript, document, wan- j ed? What is meant by "scanning the op- j posite streets ? What does "she gestured urgeritly" | mean? What does "thuwed oqt" mean? What is the meaning of caneelling, regretted ? Is river bank hyphenated? Has swimm'ing two "m's"? What is the meaning of wheedlinigi, 'grimaced, writhed? What is an Ibex? Wha.t does "legal" mean? What does "poverty soured them" (miean ? How do you spell anxious ? What does pauper mean? How do you spell weir? v/hat does lurched, pinnace, gondola, lcev/ard, mean? How do you spell coil? What does hostilities mean? What is the meaning .of arduous, maverick, mesquite? What are catkins? How do you spell suitcase, and is it hyphenated ? What ,is a taffrail? Does "garn" mean "go on"? How do you spell Hawaii? What is the meaning of Jesuit, wherries ? What does it mean "t0 man the mizzen"? How do you spell "bed" in river bed? What is the meaning of heir, emigrate, induced ? How do you spell Lyall Bay, disturbed? Wjhat is meant by! the wooded -brow of a hill? Where is the Island of Mauritius? What is meant by colondzing ? Why .is the Island of Diego Rodri-Ig-uez spelt in the atlas just as Rodriguez ? Do you cut otf the "e" in give before fadding "ing" ? How do you spell launch, rely? How do you spell mischievous, bouldpr? What does "repose of manner" mean? What is a chimipanzee, and what does .proportion mean?. Is the end of "arrival" spelt "ial" or "al" ? Is riverside hyphenated and what is a satchel? How do you spell severely ? What is meant by "an eyie t\yinkling mysterious'ly" ? What tiltle will I give to- the story? W-hat is ihe meaning of maintadn, tmartyr ? What word could you use to say that the heut had grown less? What is the meaning of preliminaries, penittently, elevations? Is rowing boaifc hyphenated? What is mieant by imploringly, advantage, perplexed, tenant, turnultous, responsible, octoigienarian, stimulated? Wh'at does "chief amusement" mean? What is meant by "joint endeavours" and indefatiigiable manner"? What is a weir, a furnace charger? Is weather beaten one oi* two words? What would you call a river which ds small in width? Are the tales of Robin Hood and Roibinson Crusoe true? Wh'at is a siren? What is the hack of a boat called? How do you spell destination? What is the meaning of "crescent" ?