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dictionary talking about poems heroic deeds
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the invitation letter see, saw, have seen simple subject
A and an, using, 76, 77 Abbreviations, using: titles, 52; measures, etc., 82, 83; titles, etc., 171-173, 269-271; in cor- respondence, 302, 303 Adjectives, 235; work of, 236; place of, 237; definition, 238, using, 238, 239; phrase used as, 258, 259; review, 290, 291 Adverbs: work of, 248-250; modi- fying adverbs and adjectives, 251, 252; definition, 252; prac- tice, 252; phrase used as, 258, 259; review, 290, 291; there, 310, 311
Advice to Boys, 164, 165 Aeroplane Flight, An, 264, 265 Allingham, William: Robin Red- bread, 6, 7; Wishing, 86 Almost, most, 312, 313
American, talking about a good, 165, 166
Analysis of sentences, 283-285, 298, 299
Animal stories, 22, 23
Apostrophe: singular possessive of nouns, 81, 82; contractions, 72, 98, 301
Are and is, 120, 121
Around-the-class story, from a picture, 32; a loaf of bread, 113
Articles, 237, 238
Autumn, writing about, 9, 10 Auxiliaries: have, has, had, 5, 23,
31, 48, 87, 103, 114, 125, 191, 227; may, can, 45, 228; be, might, etc., shall, will, do, 228,
Badge of Good Speech, The, 318, 319
Baseball terms, 218, 219
Beauty, Beast, and the Boy, 42, 43 Between and among, using, 13, 14, 168
Birds' Nests, 278, 279
Capital letters: titles of books, 12; review, 17-20, 269-271; titles of people, 52; political parties, 53; religious denominations, 136
Chittenden, L. E.: A Little Knight, 94, 95
Choose (word forms), 114, 115 Christmas Everywhere, 69 Christmas: mailing packages, 68; shopping, 68
Coleridge, Sara: Trees, 129 Collins, James H.: The Three Fairies, 27, 28 Columbus, 156, 157
Come (word forms), 31, 32 Commas: with quotation marks, 20, 53-55; in direct address, 99-101, 150, 151, 241, 242; words in series, 127-219; salu- tation, complimentary close, 60, 61 Conjunctions, 274-276; defini- tion, 276; using, 276-279; re- view, 290, 291 Conversations: using word forms, 5, 6, 23, 24, 31, 32, 48, 49; in story, 81
Copying, 21, 69, 70, 93, 94, 164, 165, 183, 245, 255, 280 Corn Roast, A, 229, 230 Corrective English, see Speaking Correctly
Courtesy, lessons in, 94, 95, 96, 97, 309, 315
David and Goliath, 220-222 Daybreak, 53, 54
Description, 8, 9, 10, 130, 170, 205
Dickens, Charles, quotation, 69 Dictation, 21
Dictionary: preparing to use, 34- 36; order of words, 36, 37; meanings of words, 55, 56; pronunciation and accent
marks, 56, 57; finding words, 57; long sounds, 79; short sounds, 79, 80; Italian a, 80 Discount, 151, 152 Do (word forms), 23, 24 Dogs, 14, 15, 83, 84, 262 Don't and doesn't, 72
Dramatization, 40, 41, 90-93, 138-141, 156-158,
Drink (word forms), 103 Drive (word forms), 11, 12 Drown (word forms), 103
Eat (word forms), 11, 12, 114, 115 Emperor's Bird's-Nest, The, 115- 117
Escape, The, 226
Experiences, telling, 30, 31, 154, 218, 219, 286
Exposition: making a garden, 3, 4, 287-289; telling how to do things, 44, 45, 68, 166, 167, 217, 218, 231, 271; telling how to make things, 66, 67, 101, 102; mailing packages, 67, 68; birds' nests, 118; trees, 130; hiving bees, 273; sports, 286 Eyes in the Peacock's Tail, The, 281, 282
Fairy Shipwreck, 133
First Thanksgiving Day, The, 37-40
Fishing terms, 135
Flag, Meaning of the, 110, 111 Flag, talking about the, 111
Fox and Geese, 166, 167 Freeze (word forms), 87
Games: word, get, America, 16; alphabet game, 35; word match, 64; wishing, 78; Fox and Geese, 166, 167; verb game, 193, 194; sound of f, 246; make-believe scenes 315 Gardening, 3-5, 287, 289 Gentle Knight, A, 200 Go (word forms), 48, 49 Good speech habits, see Speaking Correctly
Grammar in a Nutshell, 289, 290 Grammar play, a, 197-200
Guest, Edgar A.: It Couldn't Be Done, 224, 225
Guiterman, Arthur: Little Lost Pup, 14, 15
Hallett's Bear, 268
He, using, 29, 30
Health, talking about, 164
Hear (word forms), 103
Her, using, 30
Heroes of Fire, 253, 254
Heroic deeds, 51, 52; in stories, 90-92; of dogs, 262; of fire- men, 253, 254 Him, using, 29, 30 Hiving Bees, 271-272
How Buffalo Bill Got His Name, 73, 74
How I Made My Playhouse, 66, 67
How Roosevelt Became Strong, 163, 164
How to do things, telling, 3, 44,
45, 68, 166, 167, 217, 218, 231, 271, 286
How to make things, telling, 66, 67, 101, 102
How to play games, telling, 166,
Hurt (word forms), 109, 125
Index, using an, 321, 322 In March, 86
Let and leave, using, 319, 320 Letters: thank-you letter, 57-62; parts of a letter, 60, 61; the envelope, 62-63; invitation, 70, 71; story-letter, 104-106; writing story letters, 170-171; review of parts, 170-171; busi- ness, 185-187
Lie and lay, 87, 88, 192, 193, 197-200
Lincoln, Abraham, 17–20, 21 Little Knight, A, 94, 95 Little Lost Pup, 14, 15 Longfellow, Henry W.: Day- break, 53-54; extract, 81; The Emperor's Bird's-Nest, 115-117
Magic Sword, The, 90-92 Mailing packages, 67, 68 Match, a word, 64
May and can, using, 45, 168 Me, using, 29
Meaning of the Flag, The, 110, 111
Memorizing, 21, 70, 93, 94, 164, 165, 203, 204, 224, 225, 234, 289, 290
Mike and the Big Parade, 147– 149
Miller, Joaquin: Columbus, 156,
Morning Concert, A, 16
Narration: telling experiences, 8, 30, 31, 154, 218, 219, 286; see also Story, telling and writing Nouns, 173; definition, 174; sing- ular and plural, 175-181; pos- sessive plural, 182; common
Paine, Thomas, quotation, 234 Paragraph: definition, 17; form,
134, 149; studying, 28, 128, 147, 148, 230, 231, 240; thought, 16, 17, 28, 121, 134, 149, 155, 230, 231, 240; writ- ing, 17, 28, 68, 102, 120, 130, 134, 149, 150, 164, 170, 183, 205, 223, 261, 262, 271, 273; stock-taking, 149
Parts of speech: nouns, 173-182, 202, 203, 219; verbs, 5, 6, 11, 12, 23, 24, 31, 32, 48, 49, 87, 88, 103, 104, 109, 110, 114, 115, 120, 121, 125, 188-197, 226-230; pronouns, 29, 30, 130, 131, 213-217; adjectives, 235-240, 258, 259; articles, 237, 238; adverbs, 250-253, 258, 259; prepositions, 13, 14, 266-268; conjunctions, 274- 279; interjections, 280, 281; review, 290, 291
Patriotism, in speech, 16, 20, 98, 112, 113; the flag, 110, 111; good Americans, 165, 166 Phrases, adjective and adverb, 258-261, definition, 259 Picture studies, 3-5, 32, 33, 75, 76, 83, 84, 101, 122, 126, 124, 153, 154, 168, 169, 182, 183, 217, 218, 232, 233, 262, 285, 286, 287-289; ways of travel- ing, 122
Plays, talking about, 209, 210 Plurals: nouns ending in y, 176, 177; ch, sh, x, ss, 177, 178; internal change, 179; f or fe, 179, 180; 0, 180, 181; posses- sive, 182; troublesome, 300 Poe, Edgar Allan, extract, 228 Poems: Robin Redbreast, 6; Little Lost Pup, 14; The First Thanksgiving, 37; Wonderful World, 64; Christmas Every- where, 69; Wishing, 86; İn March, 86; The Blind Men and the Elephant, 107; The Emperor's Bird's-Nest, 115; On a Frosty Morning, 124; Fairy Shipwreck, 133; Discon- tent, 151; Columbus, 156; Thistle Down, 161; Snow- flakes, 184; It Couldn't Be Done, 224; Who Doth Ambi- tion Shun, 211; Abolition of Slavery, 245; White Butter- flies, 247; A Spring Song, 256; An Aeroplane Flight, 264; Birds' Nests, 278; Grammar in a Nutshell, 289
Poems: talking about, 6, 7, 14,
15, 37-40, 107-109, 115-117, 224, 225, 256, 257; for reading, 64, 86, 124, 133, 152, 161, 184, 185, 211, 247, 248, 264; acting, 156-158
Political parties, names of, 53 Possession, words that show, 130–
Possessive form, singular of nouns,
81, 82, plural of nouns, 182 Posters, talking about, 204, 205 Predicate, of sentence, 206-208; simple, 208, 209; compound, 297-300 Prepositions, 266, 268; definition, 267; review 290, 291; trouble- some, between, among, 13, 14, 168; in, into, like, 292–295 Preston, M. J.: The First Thanks- giving Day, 37-40
Pronouns: nominative, or objec- tive, 29, 30, 216, 217; posses- sive, 130-132; use of, 213;
definitions, 214; nominative after be, 214–217; use after than, 215; review, 290, 291; their, 305, 306 Punctuation: comma, 17-20, 53- 55, 60, 61, 99–101, 127-129, 241; quotation marks, 17-20, 53, 54; broken quotation, 291, 292; colon, 186, 187; period, question mark, exclamation point in reviews, 74, 75, 135, 136, 150, 151, 269–271
Quentin Roosevelt, 49–51 Quotation marks, 53-55, 74, 269 Quotation, the broken, 291, 292
Raise (word forms), 5 Rands, William Brightly: The Wonderful World, 64, 65 Reading, poems for, 64, 86, 124, 133, 152, 161, 184, 185, 211, 247, 248, 264
Reasons, giving, 67, 233, 234, 261, 262
Ride (word forms), 11, 12 Right word, using the, 8, 9, 29, 30, 120, 121
Riis, Jacob: Heroes of Fire, 253, 254
Rise (word forms), 87 Rise and raise, 195, 196 Roland and Oliver, 242, 245 Roosevelt, Theodore, 163, 164; Advice to Boys, 164, 165 Run (word forms), 87
Saxe, John: The Blind Men and the Elephant, 107-109 See (word forms), 5, 6 Sentences: definition, 17; writ-
ing, 20, 24, 25, 27, 77, 78, 82, 107, 110, 115, 121, 125, 126, 153, 155, 168, 182, 191, 215, 216, 217, 227, 230, 253, 260, 279, 295, 299, 317; declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, im- perative, 46; sentence thought, 120; in the paragraph, 16, 17, 28, 29, 134, 149, 155, 183, 262,
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