into the ground, and a long pole laid across on which to hang the kettles. The next day a great fire was kindled, the sap was gathered and poured into the big kettles, and the real fun of sugar making was under way. Sometimes I was left to watch the boiling kettles, with a piece of pork tied on the end of a stick. When the boiling sugar threatened to go over, I dipped in the piece of pork. I liked to watch the kettles, for then I could taste the sugar as often as I pleased. When the sap had boiled some time, father tried it by dropping a little into the snow to see how hard it would be when cool. We brought pans of snow and father gave us some sap. How good it tasted, and how much we enjoyed it! Finally the sap was boiled enough to be made into maple sugar. Father dipped some into little pans, which he set in the snow to cool. Often it was after dark before the sugar was hard enough to be taken to the house. On those evenings I walked ahead, carrying a lantern, father drove the horse, and the little children rode. We were glad to get home to a good, hot supper. Almost every one has a favorite story that he has heard father or mother tell of the time when he or she was young. Have you not enjoyed hearing your father or mother tell such a story? Think the story out carefully so you can tell it to the class, following the directions in the first lesson. If you do not know a story, tell the one above. When you have finished telling your stories to the class, criticize one another with regard to the five points mentioned in lesson 1. In what points did you excel? in what did you fail? What boy in your class told the most interesting story? In what points did he excel? in what did he fail? 12. A LANGUAGE LESSON Copy these sentences, choosing the correct words from those in parentheses: 1. There was a fire (sail or sale) yesterday. 2. Did you break the window (pane or pain)? 4. The dog's (tail or tale) was wagging for joy. 6. Have you been (laying or lying) down? 7. One is never (too or two) old to learn. 8. We enjoyed the ("Tale or "Tail) of Two Cities." 9. Mrs. Brown has a severe (pane or pain) in her arm. 10. Did you (meet or meat) her at Mrs. Hill's? II. The cloth was too (coarse or course) to be pretty. 12. Mr. Harlin is (principle or principal) of our school. Copy the following sentences, punctuating them correctly: 1. Toms skates are new 2. However I cannot go until Wednesday 3. Did the boys put their things away 4. It was four o clock when Dr Jones came 5. She lives in Boston Mass with her Uncle George 6. My grandmother will be seventy six to morrow 7. The boys and girls too will play quietly while their mother is ill Write sentences, using girls in the plural, showing ownership; using men showing ownership; using indeed; using the name of a building. 13. DIAGRAMMING THE OBJECT In giving the analysis of a sentence you will now include the object. On the diagram the object is separated from the predicate by a vertical line; as Boys gather nuts a. Be ready to give orally the analyses of sentences I-4. 1. Mother sent Harry. 2. Animals eat. 3. Alice met Ethel. 4. Children write letters. 5. Dogs chase cats. 6. Fish swim. 7. Artists paint pictures. 8. Harry saw John. 9. People lock doors. 10. Columbus saw lights. 12. Ships carry coal. b. Write the analysis of sentence 5. c. Diagram sentences 6-12. d. Be ready to tell the part of speech of every word in sentences 1-8. (Follow the models in lessons 8 and 9.) e. Tell, in writing, the part of speech of every word in sentences 9 and 10. 14. THE PRONOUN Name the two parts of speech that you know. This lesson tells about another part of speech, the pronoun. The following words, when used in sentences, are pronouns: I, me, we, us, you, he, him, she, her, it, they, them. The word pronoun means "for a noun," so a pronoun is a word that stands for a noun. In the sentence, I saw him, "him" stands for some boy's or man's name, Read the list of pronouns until you are so familiar with them that you need not think of the definition in selecting them. You will soon recognize pronouns at sight. a. Select the pronouns (29)1 in the sentences below, and tell whether each is a subject or an object: I. I saw him. 2. We ate apples. 4. She broke them. 7. Mary took me. 9. It hurt me. 10. John sold them. 17. They paid James. b. Be ready to analyze the sentences orally. c. Make a list of the verbs (18) in the sentences. Test the verbs by the model in lesson 8. d. Make a list of the nouns (7). e. Diagram sentences 1-5. A pronoun is a word used in a sentence to stand for a noun. 15. A REVIEW a. Be ready to analyze the first five sentences orally: 1. Eskimos build houses. 2. Smoke rises. 3. Whittier taught school. 4. Painters paint houses. 5. Fires burn. 6. Boys play ball. 10. Rabbits eat grass. 1 The number (29) indicates that there are twenty-nine pronouns to be selected from the sentences. In the same way, the number (18) below means that there are eighteen verbs to be found, and (7) that there are seven nouns to be found. b. Divide your paper into three columns. Tell about each word in the preceding sentences in the same way that the model below tells about "build" and "houses." c. Name the parts of speech you have learned. d. Diagram sentences 6-10. 16. A COMPOSITION 886 S. Tenth Street Denver, Colo. June 6, 1914 Doubleday, Page & Company Gentlemen: I inclose in this letter a money order for one dollar and twenty-five cents ($1.25), for which please send to the above address a copy of "Penrod," by Booth Tarkington. Yours truly, Copy the letter. Compare book, and correct your work. Morton Kennedy your letter with the Write to Rand McNally & Company, Chicago, Ill., ordering a copy of Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Windermere edition. Inclose a money order for $1.52. This includes postage. Compare your letter with the model as to the arrangement of parts, punctuation, and capitalization. Correct all errors. |