English Literacy Inspired by the Vision of NL Clay
Clay Lane is inspired by textbooks used in English schools and homes from the 1920s to the 1960s. The Copy Book is an anthology of short passages from all ages of literature in English, including novels, plays, poetry, biography and political debate. Think and Speak is a collection of brain-teasers of the kind given to pupils in secondary schools of the time.
“The course should train pupils to observe, learn more of the world they live in, think clearly, use the imagination and to speak clearly.”
NL Clay, Think and Speak (1929)
Featured Post
From Fuel of Freedom
When we consider that in the coal raised in Great Britain alone in 1876 an amount of energy was contained equal to the labour of more than 3,000,000,000 adult slaves labouring daily throughout the year we may well understand how it is that human slavery has so utterly died out in all civilised, that is, all coal-using, countries since 1778.
Featured Exercise
Confusables Find in Think and Speak
In each group below, you will find words that are similar to one another, but not exactly the same. Compose your own sentences to bring out the similarities and differences between them, whether in meaning, grammar or use.
