3. I have 4. Father day.

a bicycle ever since I was a little boy. his new car for the first time yester

Make other sentences, using these word forms. Read your sentences to the class.

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USING CAPITAL LETTERS

TITLES OF BOOKS

Here is a list of good books for boys and girls to read. Notice which words in the titles begin with capital letters.

Mark Twain.

.Hill.

The Prince and the Pauper..

On the Trail of Washington.

The first word and all important words in a title begin

with capital letters.

Write the following titles, using capital letters where they are needed.

wonderful adventures of nils.....lagerlof.
deeds of daring done by girls.... moore.
with the indians in the rockies...schultz.
merry adventures of robin hood..pyle.
young puritans in captivity.....smith.

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USING BETWEEN AND AMONG

Father brought some books and some candy when he came home. He said that Joe and I could divide the books between us, but that the candy must be divided among all the children.

To how many children were the books given?

To how many children was the candy given?

The word between is used when how many people are spoken of?

When is the word among used?

Copy the following sentences, putting between or among into the blanks.

6. I walked

the four boys.

the crowd.

the two rows of desks.

7. The place lies the two rivers.

8. He was

those present at the reception.

The word between is used when two people or things

are considered.

The word among is used when three or more persons or things are considered.

Write other sentences containing these words. Read your sentences to the class.

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TALKING ABOUT A POEM

LITTLE LOST PUP

He was lost!-not a shade of a doubt of that;

For he never barked at a slinking cat,

But stood in the square, where the wind blew raw,
With a drooping ear and a trembling paw
And a mournful look in his pleading eye
And a plaintive sniff at the passer-by
That begged as plain as a tongue could sue,
"O, Mister, please may I follow you?"
Oh, the saddest of sights in a world of sin
Is a little lost pup with his tail tucked in!

Well, he won my heart (for I set great store
On my own red Bute-who is here no more),
So I whistled clear, and he trotted up,
And who so glad as that small lost pup?

Now he shares my board and he owns my bed
And he fairly shouts when he hears my tread;
Then, if things go wrong, as they sometimes do,
And the world is cold and I'm feeling blue,
He asserts his right to assuage my woes
With a warm red tongue and a nice cold nose
And a silky head on my arm or knee
And a paw as soft as a paw can be.

When we rove the woods for a league about,
He's as full of pranks as a school let out;
For he romps and frisks like a three months' colt,
And he runs me down like a thunderbolt.

Oh, the blithest of sights in the world so fair
Is a gay little pup with his tail in the air!

-Arthur Guiterman.

From The Laughing Muse. Copyright 1915, by Harper & Brothers.

How do you know that the dog was lost?
How did he beg for a home?

How did he know whom to follow?

How did he act after he had found a home?

Have you ever seen a lost dog? Tell about him. Tell a story about your own dog, or about one in your neighborhood.

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SPEAKING WORDS CORRECTLY

GET

A WORD GAME

Appoint two leaders. The leaders will choose the boys and girls for their respective sides.

Starting with the leaders, each boy or girl in turn on the first side will ask a question containing the word get, and those on the second side will answer it, using get. If anyone pronounces the e in get incorrectly, he will take his seat. When a pupil cannot think of a question or answer containing the word, he also will take his seat. The side having the greater number standing when all have spoken wins the game.

AMERICA

A patriotic American should speak the name of his country correctly. The e in America is like the e in the following words. Read the list aloud.

In turn, around the class, make sentences containing the word America or American. Speak the e in every sentence correctly.

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TALKING ABOUT THE SENTENCES IN THE

PARAGRAPH

A MORNING CONCERT

One morning last summer as I stood on the front porch of my home, I heard a wonderful concert. The prelude was the rustling of the leaves in the wind. This performance was loudly applauded by the bluebirds and song sparrows, who contributed to the program by singing a chorus. Then a cardinal, dressed in a bright red suit, whistled a short but beautiful solo. There was a moment's silence after he stopped. Presently, it was broken by the loud quacking of the ducks on the pond, who called for more music. But the moo-oo-oo of a cow in the distance sounded instead. Then came a rumble of wheels, and a farm wagon passed. Soon everything was astir.

-A Pupil.