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| Home Page -- Creativity Taking Flight, by Denise Ortakales |
| What's New? -- Walter Crane's "The Daffodil his trumpet blows" |
| Help Wanted -- "We Are All One Family," by Marie Buchfink |
| Introduction -- William-Adolphe Bouguereau's Work Interrupted (1891) |
| General Comments from Users of the KISS Approach -- Sandro Botticelli's Scenes from the Life of Moses (detail of the Daughters of Jethro) |
| An Overview of the KISS Grammar Objectives -- Jan Steen's The Schoolmaster |
| Getting Started with KISS Grammar -- Berthe Morisot's Carriage in the Bois de Boulogne |
| Some Suggestions for
Using KISS Grammar Exercises
Francisco de Goya's Marquesa de Pontejos (approx. 1786) |
| Recipe Rosters -- William Blake's The Ancient of Days |
| Glossary -- illustration by Einar Nerman for The Swineherd, by Hans Christian Anderson. |
| Glossary -- The KISS Perspective on the Subjunctive Mood, Marc Chagall's Self Portrait |
| The KISS Grammar Toolbox: Codes and Colors
for Analysis Keys
William-Adolphe Bouguereau's Idyll: Family from Antiquity |
| New Linear Workbooks Index -- Maxfield Parrish's "Waterfall" |
| Intro (Getting Started) Michelangelo's The Persian Sibyl |
| The KISS Grammar Approach to Grammatical Errors -- Grant Wood's American Gothic |
| The KISS Grammar Approach to Style -- Leonardo da Vinci's The Mona Lisa |
| Grade Three: Introduction -- Jan Vermeer's (1632-1675) The Art of Painting |
| Essays for Background -- S. Deaville's Nickels and Dimes |
| #1 The Basic Structure of Sentences -- Marguerite Gerard's First Steps |
| #2 The "Parts of Speech" as Functions -- Angelica Kauffmann's Cherubs Architecture |
| #3 Alternative Explanations -- Maxfield Parrish's Morning, or Spring |
| #4 Sliding Parts of Speech -- Walter Crane's The Frog Prince - Greeting the Frog |
| # 6 Statistical Exercises and KISS Grammar -- Edgar Degas' Ballet Dancers in the Wings |
| # 7 The Question of Grammatical Errors -- Van Gogh's Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear |
| # 8 The KISS Approach
to Teaching Sentence Style
-- Valentine Cameron Prinsep's Cinderella |
| # 9 Jerome Bruner's Concept of the Spiral Curriculum -- Diego Velazquez's Las Meninas |
| # 10 Starting the KISS
Approach in Middle or High School
-- Evelyn De Morgan's Hope in the Prison of Despair |
| # 11 What is "Grammar"? Jan Vermeer's Lady Writing a Letter with Her Maid |
| # 12 Restrictive and Non-Restrictive Constructions Sandro Botticelli's The Mystical Nativity |
| The KISS Workbook Anthology: "In Thought," an illustration by Walter Crane |
| Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp -- Walter Crane's "Aladdin Secures The Lamp" |
| Grade Three (Adjectives and Adverbs; Prepositional Phrases) |
| Main Page: I am ready to go to bed from the Sarah Kay Collection |
| Objectives: illustration by Anne Anderson (1874—1940s?) for Old, Old Fairy Tales, New York, Thomas Nelson & Sons, n.d. |
| Level One Instructional Material: illustration by Kate Greenaway for Robert Browning's The Pied Piper of Hamelin, London, Routledge, 1888. |
| Grade 3: September's Index --
Ida Rentoul Outhwaite for Bunny and Brownie: the Adventures of George and Wiggle |
| Overview -- Exercises from Reed and Kellogg -- Adrienne Segur for The Snow Queen and Other Stories |
| Grade Three - October Index -- Anne Anderson illustration for The Little Busy Bee Book |
| October 10: Edmund Dulac's Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper |
| Grade Three - November Index -- Frances Brundage (1854–1937) for Tales from Tennyson, Raphael Tuck, n.d. |
| Grade Three - December Index -- Charles Robinson (1870-1937) for Lilliput Lyrics (1899) |
| Introduction to December of Grade Three "The Flying Trunk," by Jan Marcin Szancer |
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Dec 1 -- Examples of Third Graders' Writing from Children Being Schooled
at Home --
illustration by Frances Brundage for Little Red Riding Hood |
| Grade Three - January Index -- Dorothy Pulis Lathrop for Crossings (1923) by Walter de la Mare |
| Grade Three - February Index -- Kay Nielsen for Hansel and Gretel and Other Stories From the Brothers Grimm |
| Grade Three - March Index -- William Heath Robinson for Bill the Minder (1912) |
| Sept. 15: Andersen, H. C. "The Little Match Girl," illustration by Jan Marcin Szancer |
| Grade Three - April Index -- "Candytuft Fairy" by Cicely Mary Barker |
| Grade Three - April 1st -- Aesop's "The Fox and the Crane" illustration by Randolph Caldecott for his Some of Aesop's Fables with Modern Instances |
| Grade Three - April 2nd -- Aesop's "The Ass in the Lion's Skin" (Townsend translation) illustration by Randolph Caldecott for his Some of Aesop's Fables with Modern Instances |
| Grade Four - Subjects, Finite Verbs, and Complements |
| Main Index: Jessie Willcox Smith for Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses |
| Introduction -- Vincent van Gogh's Montmartre |
| L 2 Instructional Material -- illustration for My Favorite Games, by Frances Brundage |
| L2 Instructional Material (Notes) Marc Chagall's I and the Village |
| Grade Four: September Index -- Katharine Cameron for Sleeping Beauty (1910) |
| Sept 30: Assessment Quiz: Kate Greenaway in her book Under the Window (1878) |
| Grade Four: October Index -- Frank Cheyne Papé (b. 1878) for The Story Without End |
| Grade Four: November Index -- Willy Pogany for The King of Ireland's Son (1916) |
| Grade Four: December Index -- "The Yew Fairy," by Cicely Mary Barker |
| Grade Four: January Index -- illustration for "Thumbelina" by Jan Marcin Szancer |
| Grade Four: February Index -- Jessie Willcox Smith for A Child's Book of Stories (1911) |
| Feb. 24 "Clytie, the Heliotrope" -- Cicely Barker's "The Heliotrope Fairy" |
| Feb. 25 "Hyacinthus" -- "The Death of Hyacinth," by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo |
| Feb. 26 Two Selections from "Echo and Narcissus"
John W. Waterhouse's "Echo and Narcissus" |
| Grade Four: April Index -- Kate Greenaway for Marigold Garden: Pictures and Rhymes |
| Grade Four: April 1: Aesop's "The Fox and the Crow" -- an illustration by Randolph Caldecott for his Some of Aesop's Fables with Modern Instances |
| Grade Four: April 2: Aesop's "The Fox Who Had Lost His Tail" -- an illustration by Randolph Caldecott for his Some of Aesop's Fables with Modern Instances |
| Grade Four: April 16: "YOUNG AND OLD" from "The Water Babies" by Charles Kingsley -- an illustration by Jessie Willcox Smith for The Water-Babies, (1916) |
| Grade Four: May Index -- Anne Anderson (1874—1940s?) for The Old Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme Book |
| Grade Five - Subjects, Finite Verbs, and Complements (cont.) |
| Main Index: Adrienne Segur Three Who Spun, an illustration for My Big Book of Cat Stories |
| Introduction to the Work for Grade Five: Vincent van Gogh's The Postman Joseph Roulin |
| Instructional Material -- Active and Passive Voice -- Simon Vouet's Allegory of Wealth |
| Grade Five: September Index -- A. L. Purse's The Isle of Wirrawoo, An Australian Fairy Tale |
| Grade Five: October Index -- Kay Nielsen for In Powder and Crinoline (1913) |
| Grade Five: November Index -- Jessie Willcox Smith (1863–1935) for "Beauty and the Beast" |
| Grade Five: December Index -- "Winter's Promised Bride" by Adrienne Segur |
| Grade Five: January Index --Arthur Rackham for Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle |
| Grade Five: February Index --Einar Nerman for Hans Christian Anderson's Der Schweinehirt. |
| Grade Five: March Index
-- The Clue of the Leaning Chimney. Nancy Drew Mystery Books by Carolyn Keene. |
| Grade Five: April Index
-- a cover for The Last Battle, a book in The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis |
| Grade Five: April 1: Aesop's "The Jackdaw and the Doves" -- illustration by Randolph Caldecott for his Some of Aesop's Fables with Modern Instances |
| Grade Five: April 2: Aesop's "The Cock and the Jewel" illustration by Randolph Caldecott for his Some of Aesop's Fables with Modern Instances |
| Grade Six - Subjects, Finite Verbs, and Complements (cont.) |
| Main Index: Waltr Crane's Prince Cheri and the Dragon |
| Introduction to the Work for Grade Six -- John Singer Sargent's Reading |
| Grade Six: September Index -- Frances Brundage for Henry Gilbert's King Arthur for Boys |
| Grade Six: November Index -- Ida Outhwaite for Outhwaite, Grenbry, The Enchanted Forest |
| Grade Six: February Index -- the cover of Steinbeck's The Red Pony |
| Grade Six: April Index --Great Illustrated Classics edition of Treasure Island.(cover) |
| Grade Seven - Clauses (Subordinate and Main) |
| Main Index: N. C. Wyeth for Jane Potter's The Scottish Chiefs. |
| Introduction to the Work for Grade Seven -- John Singer Sargent's Bedouins |
| Instructional Material -- Walter Crame for Flowers from Shakespeare's Garden |
| Clauses and Style -- Frida Kahlo's The Love Embrace of the Universe, The Earth (Mexican), Diego, Me, and Señor Xolotl |
| More on "So" and "For" as Conjunctions -- Goya's Portait of Maria Teresa de Borbón y Vallabriga |
| Grade Seven: September Index -- an illustration by Adrienne Segur for The Fairy Tale Book |
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| Grade Seven: October Index -- Boris Artzybasheff for Three and The Moon (1929) |
| Grade Seven: November Index -- Ivan Bilibin for Father Frost (1932) |
| Grade Seven: January Index -- the cover of Barbie's Hawaiian Holiday by Bette Lou Maybee. |
| Grade Seven: February Index -- Franklin Dixon's The House on the Cliff (Hardy Boys; cover) |
| Grade Seven: March Index -- Ivan Bilibin for The Tale of the Capital City of Kiev and of the Russian Bogatyrs |
| Grade Seven: April Index -- Milo Winter for Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (1916) |
| Grade Eight - Clauses (Subordinate and Main) --Continued |
| Main Index: Willy Pogany for More Tales From The Arabian Nights (1915) |
| Introduction to the Work for Grade Eight -- Berthe Morisot's Julie Rêveuse |
| Grade Eight: September Index -- C.F.Tunnicliffe and Raymond Sheppard's book cover for Hemmingway's The Old Man and the Sea |
| Grade Eight: October Index -- Ivan Bilibin for Vassilisa the Beautiful |
| Grade Eight: November Index -- Willy Pogany for Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales (1913) |
| Grade Eight: December Index -- Everett Shinn (1876 - 1953) for A Christmas Carol (1938) |
| Grade Eight: January Index -- Herbert Cole for The Sunset of the Heroes (1911) |
| Grade Eight: February Index -- the cover of Canfield Cook's Spitfire Pilot |
| Feb. 16 SE: The Logic of Compounding Main Clauses -- El Greco's View of Toledo |
| Grade Eight: March Index -- George Leonard Carlson for Fact and Story Reader - book eight |
| Intro to March (Style and Logic; MIMC) Renoir's Head of a Young Woman (1887) |
| Grade Eight: April Index -- illustration for H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds (c) David A. Hardy |
| Grade Eight: April 1st Aesop's "The Ass in the Lion's Skin" illustration by Randolph Caldecott for his Some of Aesop's Fables with Modern Instances |
| Grade Eight: April 2nd Aesop's "The Wolf and the Lamb" illustration by Randolph Caldecott for his Some of Aesop's Fables with Modern Instances |
| Grade Eight: May Index Getting Ahead -- Adding Appositives -- Sir Edward Burne-Jones's Hesperus. The Evening Star |
| Intro to May of Grade Eight -- Sophie Anderson's Young Girl with a Garland of Marguerites |
| May 24 - "The Last Hour," by Ethel Clifford- John Constable's The White Horse |
| Grade Nine - Main Index Frank E. Schoonover, the cover of Stories from the Arabian Nights |
| Introduction to the Work for Grade Nine -- Maxfield Parrish's Egyptian Artist |
| Grade Nine: October Index -- illustration by Einar Nerman for The Swineherd, by Hans Christian Anderson |
| Grade Nine: January Index -- a New Year's Post-Card by Helfrid Selldin (1930) |
| Grade Nine: February Index -- the cover of Old Sleuth Weekly. Vol. I Number 26 |
| Grade Nine: March Index -- Joseph Leyendecker for The Ancient Irish Sagas |
| Grade Nine: April Index -- cover of an Italian translation of The King Must Die. |
| Grade Nine: April 1st -- Aesop's "The Ass, the Cock, and the Lion" -- illustration by Randolph Caldecott for his Some of Aesop's Fables with Modern Instances |
| Grade Nine: April 2nd -- Aesop's "The Wolf and the Housedog" -- illustration by Randolph Caldecott for his Some of Aesop's Fables with Modern Instances |
| Grade Ten - Adding Verbals (Main Index) Aladdin Accosted By Magician by Walter Crane |
| Introduction to the Work for Grade Ten -- Evelyn De Morgan's The Red Cross |
| Instructional Material (Index) The Frog Prince - The Transformation, by Walter Crane |
| Instructional Material (Verbals) Edgar Degas' Before the Rehearsal |
| Instructional
Material (Verbals) The Difference between Gerundives
and Participles
Nicolas Poussin's The Martyrdom of St. Erasmus |
| Instructional Material The KISS Difference:
Gerundives, Appositives, and Post-Positioned Adjectives
Claude Monet's Boulevard des Capucines |
| Grade Ten: October Index -- Sir William Russell Flint for Le Morte D'Arthur |
| Grade Ten: November Index -- Willy Pogany for Parsifal (1912) |
| Grade Ten: January Index -- Mead Schaeffer (1898-1980) for Lorna Doone (1930) |
| Grade Ten: February Index -- Lynd Ward (1905-1985) for Beowulf (1939) |
| Grade Ten: March Index -- Mead Schaeffer (1898-1980) for The Count of Monte Cristo |
| Grade Ten: April Index -- Gustaf Tenggren for Sven the Wise and Svea the Kind (1932) |
| Grade Ten: April 15 -- Aesop's "The Ox and the Frog" illustration by Randolph Caldecott for his Some of Aesop's Fables with Modern Instances |
| Grade 11 -- Main Menu
William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) for A Mid-Summer Night's Dream (1912) |
| Introduction to the Work for Grade Eleven --Simone Martini's Petrach's Virgil |
| Instructional Material Evelyn De Morgan's S O S |
| Interjections:Notes for Parents and Teachers
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Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema's A Difference of Opinion |
| Instructional Material (Noun Absolutes) Daumier's The Nocturnal Travellers |
| Grade 11: September Index -- Howard Chandler Christy for Sir Walter Scott's The Lady of the Lake |
| Grade 11: September 1: an illustration by Randolph Caldecott for his Some of Aesop's Fables with Modern Instances |
| Grade 11: September 16 -- Advanced Appositives (from Mr. Fortune's Maggot by Sylvia Townsend Warner) El Greco's St. John the Evangelist |
| Grade 11: November Index -- Honore Daumier's Don Quixote and Sancho Pansa. |
| Grade 11: February Index -- cover of Helen Grant in College, by Amanda M. Douglas. |
| Grade 11: March Index -- the cover of David Copperfield (Great Illustrated Classic edition) |
| Grade 11: April Index -- John W. Waterhouse's Ophelia |
| Anthology |
| "Blue Beard," illustration of Ben Kutcher. |
| "Cinderella," illustrated by Ben Kutcher. |
| "Toads and Diamonds," illustration of Ben Kutcher. |
| "The Yellow Dwarf," illustrated by Ben Kutcher. |