Readtng and Writing. 35 thus they all begin and end their words togetber.] ii. The exercises in Orthography liave for object the attainraent of the facility of writing without breaking the funda mental rules of orthography. They are to be given in the various classes in conjunction with reading, and especially with the German gram- mar. They mclude copying, writing down special rules of orthography from memory and from a certain Standard, and writing from dictation. Düring the last four school-years an exercise is to be written out at least every fortnight in the copybook kept for the purpose. m. The exercises in Composition have for object the acquirement of facility in writing down thoughts rightly and arranged in proper order. These exercises begin in the third school-year, the pupils having been pre- pared for them by the lessons on language in the elementary classes. ° They consist chiefly of the compiling