ABSTRACT
The opportunity of discussing co-operation in the teaching of English composition before the Secondary Department as a whole is most welcome, for the subject is comparatively new, it is tremendously important, and it is one which English teachers cannot profitably discuss by themselves. By co-operation in English the people mean the working together of all the teachers of a school to secure, on the part of their students, the correct and effective use of oral and written expression. It was agreed that all departments should keep a separate and distinct record of the quality of the English used by each pupil, and the average of such marks was permitted to form 25 per cent of the composition grade given to the pupil at the end of the semester. Lately the practice of holding occasional conferences at which a few papers are examined, corrected, and graded by members from all departments has been growing in favor.
