By Pasquale Ottino

By Pasquale Ottino

Dictation and Copy Work

“Set good copies before him, and see that he imitates his model dutifully: the writing lesson being not so many lines, or 'a copy'––that is, a page of writing––but a single line which is as exactly as possible a copy of the characters set. The child may have to write several lines before he succeeds in producing this.

A certain sense of possession and delight may be added to this exercise if children are allowed to choose for transcription their favourite verse in one poem and another.”

Charlotte Mason

LLL provides many excellent passages that lend themselves to dictation and copy work. We recommend the following schedule for an easy routine that provides a variety of material.

Mon - A line for two from the devotion of the day

Tue - Write the memory sentence for history topic

Wed - Write the poem of the week (or selected lines)

Thur - Write the virtue quote for the week

Fri - Write some facts from science topic