Below is the table of Contents from a manuscript not yet published (need a catchy name!) However, if you wish to purchase and receive a current copy of the manuscript or merely the Hot List, contact Nina at ergon@pld.com.
The Homework Manual – Better Grades with Less Effort
Grade Improvement Hot List (Things you can do NOW to improve your grades. Hint: Of the eight items on the list only two include studying….)
- Find Out How You Learn Best
- Care and Feeding of Your Brain
- Calendar
- How to Find out the kind of work for which the Teacher will Give a Good Grade
- Sitting Down and Starting Homework
- The Secret to Writing a Great paper is To Find A Theme
- The Mystery of Memory. And How to Use Your Memory for Homework
- Taking Notes
- Math Facts—Interesting and Useful Facts about Numbers
- Numbers affect How We Think
- Exercises for Improving Handwriting
- Finding the Meaning of Words
- Understanding How to Use
- Context Dictionary Pages
- Using the Dictionary
- Phonics
- Bad English
- What Phonics Can Do
- What Phonics Cannot Do
- Spelling
- Why Correct Spelling is Important
- How to Learn to Spell
- Reading Speed—How to Increase It
- Why Learn Cursive Writing
- How to Learn to Enjoy Reading/Writing
- Games to Expand the Memory
- Specialized Subjects and Word Usage Explained
- Number types
- Examples of Blatantly Incorrect Writing
- Printed letters and the directions for forming them
- Cursive letters and the directions for forming them
- Paper with extra lines to help form letters better
- What Each Child Should Know and By When