Teaching Golden Legends Contents
Saints Legends: a
Complementary Study to Fables 1
The Universal Saint in Every
Culture 3
Integrating the Stories into
the Calendar Year 5
Buddhism,
Islam, Judaism, Hinduism: Social Studies 6
Using
the Collection of Golden Legends 6
Storytelling:
The Lesson Presentation 7
A
Typical Saint's Legend 7
How
to Transform the Story for Second Grade 9
Other
Story Transformations 11
Phonics
for Reading and Spelling 14
Introduction
to Phonics 15
Chart
of Beginnings and Endings 17
The
Content of the Phonics Lessons 18
The
"AY" Clan of Word Families 19
The
"EE" Clan of Word Families 20
The
"I" Clan of Word Families 21
The
"O" Clan of Word Families 22
The
"OO" Clan of Word Families 23
The
"U" and "OI" Groups 23
The
"AH" and "OW" Clans 24
The
Five "R" Modified Vowels 25
A
Review of the Five Short Vowel Sounds 26
How
to Present a Lesson on Word Families 27
Example
One on Presenting Word Families 28
Lesson
Activity: the Silly Sentence Game 30
Lesson
Activity: A Color for Each Vowel Sound 31
Lesson
Activity: Family Resemblances 32
Lesson
Activity: Rhyming Couplets 33
Lesson
Activity: A Little Spelling 34
Watercolor
Painting Golden Legends 35
Beginning
the First Painting 36
Painting
Lessons 1 through 4 38
Painting
Lesson 5 41
Painting
Lessons 6 42
Painting
Lesson 7 43
Painting
Lessons 8, 9, and 10 44
Learning
Cursive Writing 45
Cursive
Writing Lesson Presentation 47
Building
the Lessons According to Form 48
After
All of the Letters have been Introduced 49
Composition
Skills: Writing a Short Story with the Student 51
Beeswax
Modeling: Saints and Animals 56
Lessons for the First Week 56
Lessons for the Following
Weeks 57
The Diorama 58
Other Sources for Stories 60