A little boy six years old saw these two pictures. He wanted to know all about them. Here are some of the questions he asked his ten-year-old brother.

Who are they?

Why are they standing there?

What are they looking at?

Where is the man who rode the other horse?

Is the man in the other picture the one who was lost?

What other questions might he ask?

Now pretend that you are the ten-year-old brother or sister of the little boy, and tell the story you see in

GIVING REASONS

Answer each of the following questions.

1. Why do you come to school?

2. Why do you feed your dog?

3. Why do you help

your mother?

4. Why do you keep

yourself clean and neat?

5. Why do you go to the playground?

In answering the questions use the form, "I come to school because

In each of your answers you gave your reason for doing something. Sometimes you may want to give reasons why somebody else should do something. For instance, you may want to:

1. Tell a boy (or girl) who is often absent why he should come to school every day.

2. Tell a boy who neglects his dog why he should feed it.

3. Tell a boy (or girl) who refuses to run errands why he should help his mother.

4. Tell an untidy boy (or girl) why he should be neat and clean.

5. Tell a boy (or girl) who always refuses to play why he should go to the playground.

Think of one good reason that you may give the boy or girl in each case. Use the form, "You should come to school every day because."

Tell your reason to the class. With the help of your teacher they will discuss it with you.

If you can think of other reasons, you may give them.

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WRITING FROM MEMORY

The cause of America is the cause of mankind. We fight not to enslave but to set a country free. We fight to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in.

From Common Sense.

-Thomas Paine.

Thomas Paine was an American patriot at the time of the Revolutionary War. What he said then about that war might be said of the great World War. Learn these sentences by heart, one by one. Notice the mark at the end of each sentence. close your books and write these sentences from memory. Open your books and correct your mistakes.

Now

Repeat these sentences, one by one, around the class.

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LEARNING PARTS OF SPEECH

ADJECTIVES

The noun and the verb are the most important parts of speech. Some of the other parts of speech serve the nouns and verbs.

The other day we were talking about the kind of boys and girls that we like best.

"I like a brave boy," said Archie.

"I want a straight-forward boy for my friend," said Dick.

"I like a good-natured and trustworthy girl," said Amy. Notice that the words in italics serve the nouns. They describe the boy or girl.

A word that serves a noun or pronoun is called an adjective.

Tell the kind of boy or girl that you like.

Make a list of the adjectives that describe your best friend in the school. Read the list aloud to see if the rest of the class can guess the name of the boy or girl you describe.

Make a list of the adjectives that describe:

1. Your favorite flower.

2. A pet animal.

3. The flag.

4. A room you like.

5. Your favorite book.

6. Any building.

Copy the following list of nouns, putting before each one an adjective chosen from the list. Be sure that the adjective suits the noun.

Write sentences containing the different combinations

of noun and adjective that you have formed. Read your sentences to the class.

The adjective serves the noun.

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THE WORK OF ADJECTIVES

Each of the following expressions gives you a definite picture.

is your first idea changed by the word stony? How is it changed by the words shady, winding, steep?

Read the ten adjectives that describe the road. You will find that each time a different adjective is