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AUG U 1941

JAN 3 1 1953

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JLIFORNIA,

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JUL 8 1941

Graded Readingsin

Gregg Shorthand

By ALICE MARGARET HUNTER

46768 V VTHE GREGG PUBLISHING COMPANYNew York Chicago San Francisco

SHORTHAND PLATES WRITTEN BY

GEORGIE GREGG

......... COP YR.IGHT 1919.:

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INTRODUCTION

GRADED READINGS is a collection of graded letters and short stories and

articles designed to supplement the GREGG SHORTHAND MANUAL. It is espe-

cially adapted for use in Junior high schools and with classes of younger students,

though it is believed that the book will meet the requirements of any shorthand

class, and that it will add value, interest and variety to the work.

Shorthand teachers have long recognized the need for simple, interesting

well-graded reading material which could be used from the very beginning of

the svork. GRADED READINGS will meet tlu's need.

The material on the first three lessons consists of short paragraphs. Simple

letters are introduced in Lesson Four, and Lessons Four and Five are a com-

bination of shorthand paragraphs and easy letters. The material on Lessons

Six to Ten inclusive is made up wholly of easy business letters. In Lesson

Eleven simple literary matter is introduced, and the material from this point

on through Lesson Twenty is a combination of business, letters and literary

matter.

There are six pages of shorthand on each lesson in the MANUAL. The short-

hand plates on the first five lessons are written in a large, bold style, as it is

believed that this is much easier for beginners to read, as the forms stand out

much more clearly and consequently make a deeper and more lasting impres-

sion. Smaller notes have been used from Lesson Six on to familiarize the stu-

dent with the proper writing size.

The material on the first lessons is necessarily very simple in character on

account of the limited vocabulary. The introduction of shorthand in the

grades and in Junior high schools has created a demand for some material of

-s* this kind and older students will readily understand the necessity and the

- advantage of simple, connected matter in the early stages of tho work.

Names and addresses are introduced in some of the letters in Lesson Four, and

KT from Lesson Seven on the names of states arc used. As the shorthand form in

.Sr most cases follows the longhand abbreviation, students will have no difficulty

^ in reading these state names and their introduction, makes it possible to assign

the letters for exercises in transcription and arrangement as soon as the students

are far enough advanced in typewriting to do the work.

iii

INTRODUCTION

The method in which this book is used must be determined by the needs oi

the class and the time at the teacher's disposal. In some schools it will be used

as supplementary reading work, one period a week being devoted to it. It maybe used either for sight reading or assigned as home work for class reading and

dictation material. The material will be found well adapted for blackboard

dictation, either as new or practiced matter.

In classes where the conditions make possible little or no outside preparation,

GRADED READINGS will be particularly welcomed by the teacher, as it is ia these

classes that it is difficult to hold the pupils' interest and to show them that they

are progressing from day to day. It is always a great source of encouragement

to students to find that they are able to read fluently, and particularly that

they are able to read and write simple letters and simple connected matter

long before they have completed their study of the principles.

Some teachers believe that more can be accomplished in both reading and

writing shorthand by having students do much reading and little writing

practice during the first few weeks. Correct forms are firmly fixed through

reading. The simple characters are memorized and the rules for joining them

become familiar to the students by seeing them applied in many simple words.

The exponents of the theory believe that when students begin to write after

a few weeks they do so readily, and that their initial writing is much better

both in style and in theory. This method of course necessitates a period of

intensive writing drill when writing is once begun.

Sample pages of GRADED READINGS have been used in the public schools in

Columbus, Ohio, and in Oakland, California, with classes of young students

with gratifying results. They have been used with older pupils in the Bush-

wick and Julia Richman High Schools and in the War Emergency Courses,

New York City, and in Gregg School, Chicago. We believe that the completed

book will find a place of its own in classes in Gregg Shorthand and that its use

will mean more rapid development in both the reading and the writing ability

of shorthand students.

The selections on commercial products are based on "Industrial-Commercial

Geography of the United States," by L. C. Rusmisel (The A. N. Palmer Com-

pany) , and the sketches of the lives of prominent Americans on material found

in "The Makers of Our History." by John T. Faris (Ginn and Company).The fables used from Lesson Eleven on were adapted from ^Esop's

Fables. Acknowledgment is also due Mrs. J. P. Peterson, Humboldt College,

Minneapolis, Minnesota, for "A Vacation Trip," on which the geographical

drill in Lesson Twenty is based.

CONTENTSINTRODUCTION

FIRST LESSON

Short Paragraphs 1-G

\u LESSON

Short Paragraphs 7-12

THIRD LESSON

Short Paragraphs 13-16

The Ball Game 17

FOURTH LESSON

Short Paragraphs 19

The Pony 21

Business Letters 23

FIFTH LESSON

Short Paragraphs 25

A Trip 27

Business Letters 29

SIXTH LESSON

Business Letters 31-36

SEVENTH LESSON


EIGHTH LESSCJ.V


NINTH LESSON


TENTH LESSON


ELEVENTH LKSSON


The Dog and His Shadow 64

The Crow and the Pitcher 64

The Hare and the Tortoise 65

The Lion and the Mouse 66

TWELFTH L:


The Goose with the Golden Eggs 70

Benjamin Franklin 71

Cotton 72

CONTEXTS

THIRTEENTH LESSONBusiness Letters 73-75

The Fox and the Crow 76

Thomas Jefferson 77

Silk . 78

FOURTEENTH LESSONBusiness Letters 79-81

The Old Man and His Sons . 82

Alexander Hamilton 83

Wool 84

FIFTEENTH LESSON


The Power of Fables 88

John Quincy Adams 89

Paper 90

SIXTEENTH LESSON


The Wind and the Sun 94

Daniel Webster 95

Iron and Steel 96

SEVENTEENTH LESSON


The Honest Woodmar 100

George Washington 101

Coal 102

EIGHTEENTH LESSON


The Monkey as a Judge 106

Robert E. Lee 107

Gold 108

NINETEENTH LESSON

Business Letters 109

The Wolf and the Lamb Ill

Ulysses S. Grant 112

Petroleum 114

TWENTIETH LESSON

Business Letters 115

Abraham Lincoln 116

Pottery UsA Vacation Trip 119

FIRST LESSON

PLATE 1

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FOURTH LESSON

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GREGG SHORTHAND 65

THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE

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THE LION AND THE MOUSE

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GREGG SHORTHAND 107

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A VACATION TRIP

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