273; stock-taking, 145-149;
subject and predicate 206-208;
simple subject and verb, 208,
209; simple, 295, 296; com-
pound subject and compound
predicate, 297-300; analyzing,
283-285, 298, 299

Shakespeare, William, extract,
211

Shall and will, 228, 229
She, using, 30

Sherman, Frank Dempster: Fairy
Shipwreck, 133; Snowflakes, 184
Shine (word forms), 103, 104
Simons, S. E.: A Spring Song,
256, 257

Sing (word forms), 87, 88
Sit (word forms), 103, 104
Snowflakes, 184

Speaking clearly: endings, d, t,
47, 48; w, wh, etc., 65, 66, let
me, give me, etc., 132, 133;
syllables, 240, 241

Speaking correctly: between,
among, 13, 14, 168; I, me, etc.,
29, 30; may, can, 45, 168;
don't, doesn't, 72; isn't, aren't,
weren't, am not, 98; haven't any,
have no, 112, 113; there is, there
are, there was, there were, etc.,
120, 121; doesn't, isn't, etc.,
154, 155; if I were, as far as,
back of, yet, etc., 162, 163;
teach, learn, 196, 197; it is I,
etc., 214, 215; than I, etc., 215-
217; speech habits review, 162,
163, 286, 287; only, 304, 305;
this kind, that kind, 31 312;
almost, most, 312, 313; yet, 313;
using the right word, 316, 317;
rather, beside, behind, would
have, 318; let, leave, 319; just
enough words, 320; let me,
give me, etc., 133; words, pro-
nouncing, 20, 89, 90, 150, 212,
213, 265; syllables, 240, 241;
sounds, ending d-t, 47, 48, 225,
226; w, wh, etc., 65, 66; wish,
77, 78; ng in singer, 85-87;
ng in finger, 122, 123; ing, 133;
ou, ow, 184, 185; height, 215;

word forms, 5, 6, 11, 12, 87,
88, 103, 104, 109, 110, 114,
115, 125

Speech habits, 154, 155, 162, 163,
214, 215, 286, 287, 316, 317,
318, 320

Speech, patriotic in, 20, 98, 99,
112, 113; speaking endings
clearly, 47, 48

Spring Song, A, 256, 257
Stevenson, R. L.: The Escape,
226

Stock taking: sentence, 145, 146,
149; paragraph, 149, 150; let-
ter, 170
Stories: Too Warm for Mike, 21;
The Three Fairies, 27; The
Thanksgiving Turkey, 40;
Beauty, Beast, and the Boy,
42; Quentin Roosevelt, 49;
How Buffalo Bill Got His
Name, 73; The Magic Sword,
90; A Little Knight, 94; He
Didn't Forget, 97; The Mean-
ing of the Flag, 110; The
Song of the Thrush, 118;
Joseph and His Brethren, 137;
Mike and the Big Parade, 147;
A Thrilling Adventure, 159;
How Roosevelt Became Strong,
163; A Gentle Knight, 200;
David and Goliath, 220; A
Corn Roast, 229; Why the
Robin's Breast Is Red, 239;
The Wonderful Lamp, 239;
Roland and Oliver, 242; The
Burning Mine, 253; Heroes of
Fire, 253; An Odd Place to
Swarm, 273; The Eyes in the
Peacock's Tail, 281

Stories: adding to, 21, 22; to
finish, 10, 11, 21-23, 27, 28, 47,
78, 79, 80, 81, 88, 89, 127, 155,
205, 231, 255, 256, 268; talk-
ing about, 51, 74, 110, 111,
220-223; 253, 254; playing,
93, 140, 141, 158, 223, 224,
242-245; retelling, 95, 96, 137-
141, 253, 254; telling, 5, 15,
22, 23, 44, 101, 113, 114, 155,
158, 201, 202, 218, 219, 232,

262, 274; re-writing, 282, 283;
writing, 84, 89, 97, 150, 152,
183, 212, 213, 255, 256, 265;
true, 49-51, 73, 74, 110, 111,
163, 273, 274; of knights, 90-
92, 94, 95; myth, 281, 282; of
birds, 117, 118; in poems,
115-117, 151, 152; pioneer
stories, 158, 159; of great men
and women, 201, 202; Bible,
137-140, 220-222
Story-letters, writing, 170, 171
Subject, of sentence, 206-208;
simple, 208, 209, 295, 296;
compound, 297-300
Subjects to talk about: Thanks-
giving, 43, 44; Christmas, 69;
knights, 96; the flag, 111;
ways of traveling, 121; trees,
129, 130; horses, 153; pioneers,
158, 159; health, 163; good
Americans, 165, 166; ships,
168-170; posters, etc., 204,
205; plays, 209, 210; fire and
its prevention, 254, 255; spring,
257; giving reasons, 261, 262;
gardens, 3-5, 289
Swim (word forms), 125
Swinburne, Algernon

Charles:

White Butterflies, 247, 248
Swing (word forms), 103

Take (word forms), 5, 6
Teach (word forms), 103, 104
Teach and learn, 196, 197
Telephone, using the, 306-310
Telling experiences, 8, 30, 31,
154, 218, 219, 286

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord, extracts,
93, 101

Than I, etc., 215, 216
Thanksgiving:

First Thanks-
giving Day, 37-40; Thanks-
giving play, 40, 41; vocabu-
lary, 42, 43; talking and writ-
ing, 43, 44; Getting Thanks-
giving Dinner, 44, 45
Their, writing, 305, 306
There, writing, 310, 311
This kind, that kind, 311, 312
Three Fairies, The, 27 28

Thrilling Adventure, A, 159, 160
Throw (word forms), 114, 115
Titles, of books, 12, 13; of para-
graph, 17; of stories, 206, 262;
of persons, 17-20; abbrevia-
tions of, 17-20, 52, 53, 171,
172

To, too, two, 106, 107

Too Warm for Mike, 21, 22
Topic sentence, 9, 10, 17, 135, 218
Traveling, ways of, 122
Trees, 129

Trees, talking about, 129, 130;
writing about, 130

Verbs, 188, 189; principal parts,
5, 11, 23, 31, 48, 49, 87, 103,
109, 114, 125, 191, 192, 193,
195, 197, 227; is, are, was,
were, 120, 121; definition, 190;
verb-phrase, 190, 228, 229; lie,
192; lay, 193; sit, set, 194, 195;
rise, raise, 195, 196; teach,
learn, 196, 197; Lie and Lay
(a play), 197-200; review, 226
Vocabulary, building a: using the
right word, 8, 9, 96, 97, 159,
160; resting overworked words,
33, 34; completing a story, 42,
43; using new words, 97, 98,
118, 119, 126, 127, 200, 201,
218, 219, 229, 230, 240, 271-
273; fishing terms, 135; using
synonyms, 154; baseball terms,
218, 219; using verbs, 126,
127, 200, 201; troublesome
words, 211-212; adjectives,
239-240; using adverbs, 252,
253; using words in stories,
265; using just enough words,
320, 321

Vocative, 314, 315

Voice, using: wh, 25-27; w, 63-
65; ng in singer, 84-86; ng in
finger, 122-125; th aspirate,
160-162; th vocal, 210, 211;
f, 246, 247; v, 262, 263; speak-
ing endings clearly, d, t, 47, 48,
225, 226; ing, 133

White Butterflies, 247, 248

Whittier, J. G., extract, 245
Wilson, Woodrow: extract from
The War Message, 203, 204
Wishing, 86

Wonderful Lamp, The, 239, 240
Wonderful World, The, 64, 65
Word forms: see, 5, 6; drive, ride,
eat, 11, 12; do, bite, blow, shake,
23, 24; writing conversations,
24, 32, 33, 49; come, tear,
speak, begin, ring, 31, 32; go,
write, break, know, 48, 49;
reviewing, 87, 88, 103, 104;
burst, hurt, 109; choose, eat,
throw, 114, 115; break, hurt,
swim, 125

Words: pronouncing, 16, 20, 27,
77, 89, 90, 150, 212, 213, 240,
241, 265; resting overworked,
33, 34; using the right word,
8-10, 42, 43, 97, 118, 119, 126,

Bk. II

127, 135, 159, 160, 200, 201,
218, 229, 230; arranging alpha-
betically, 36, 37; meanings of,
56; finding in dictionary, 57,
273; word match, 64; games,
16, 35, 78, 246; troublesome,
between, among, 13; don't
doesn't, 72; may, can, 45, 168;
lie, lay, 87, 88, 192, 193, 197-
200; sit, set, 103, 104, 194, 195;
rise, raise, 195, 196; teach,
learn, 196, 197; like, 293, 294;
in, into, 292, 293; its, it's, 130,
131, 301, 302; their, there, 305,
306, 310, 311; only, 304, 305;
most, almost, 312, 313; yet, 313;
synonyms, 156
Wordsworth, William: In March,
86

Yet, using, 313