It is obvious that no scheme, however carefully wrought out, can in any sense be a substitute for earnestness, enthusiasm and sympathy; and careful preparation is an absolute essential of all successful teaching. With these, it is believed, excellent results may be secured by use of this plan. W.F. CONOVER. _"B" St. School, San Diego, Cal._ PART I. A GENERAL SURVEY. _Lesson I._ The Author and the Poem. _Lesson II._ Acadia and the Acadians. _Lesson III._ Discuss the structure of the poem and how it should be read. Read. _Lessons IV-XIII._ Read a section each day to get the outlines of the story. Notice carefully the Topics given on the following pages, and be able to tell with what lines each Topic begins and ends. In the other Sections make lists of Topics, filling out the outlines. Be careful to choose the principal Topics and not subordinate ones. EVANGELINE--PART I. SEC. I. _Acadia._ 1. Grand Pre. 2. Benedict Bellefontaine. 3. Bvangeline. 4. The Home. 5. Gabriel, Basil, Father Felician. 6. Childhood of Evangeline and Gabriel. 7. Manhood and Womanhood. SEC. II. _The Home._ 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. SEC. III. _The Interview._ 1. The Notary. 2. The Argument and Story. 3. The Betrothal. 4. The Game. 5. Departure of Guests. 6. Evangeline. SEC. IV. _The Summons._ 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. SEC. V. _The Embarking._ 1. Gathering of Goods. 2. Evangeline's Message. 3. Separated. 4. The Camp. 5. Fire. 6. Death of Benedict. 7. Exiled. EVANGELINE--PART II. SEC. I. _The Search Begun._ 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. SEC. II. _On the Mississippi._ 1. The Boatmen. 2. The Journey. 3. Forebodings of Ill. 4. The Sleep. 5. The Bugle. 6. The Passing. 7. Evangeline's Dream. 8. Journey Continued. 9. Arrival. SEC. III. _Re-union. Search Again._ 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. SEC. IV. _Search Continued._ 1. The Great West. 2. Old Camp Fires. 3. The Shawnee--Confidences. 4. March Resumed. 5. The Mission. 6. Patience. 7. Rumors. On to Michigan. 8. Years of Search. SEC. V. _Search Ended._ 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. PART II. STUDY OF THE TEXT. (1.) Lessons I-XXVII. (2.) Composition Subjects. The questions on the following pages are intended to be suggestive of lines of study. Others of like or different import will occur to the teacher. Don't be confined to the written questions. Many others will be needed to bring out the artistic and spiritual values of the poem and to keep the thread of the story in mind. Pupils are expected to know the meaning of words and the particular one the author employs. The understanding of a passage often depends on the meaning of a single word. (See Part III.) SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS. EVANGELINE--PART I. SEC. I. _Introduction. Grand Pre._ Lesson I, Lines 1-57.