If Come to class to-morrow prepared to tell how to make something that you yourself have made. possible, bring your material and show how to make the article. The following topics may suggest a subject to you: 1. A bird house. 2. A paper doll house. 3. A cat's cradle (with cord). 4. A silhouette. 5. A box trap. 6. A sled. 7. A book-mark. 8. A paper picture-frame. 9. A flower bed. 10. A flower box. 11. A paper boat. 12. A kite. 13. A cap. 16. A table. 65 MAILING PACKAGES PREPARING A PACKAGE FOR THE MAIL How many of you know how to wrap up a book for mailing, or a package for parcel post? Bring a piece of wrapping paper and some string to class. Tie up a package before the class. Address the package. When ready for mailing, it should look like the picture on page 68. When your packages are all ready to mail, turn one corner of the schoolroom into a post office. because they are not properly wrapped and addressed. You cannot be too careful about wrapping and addressing your packages. As Christmas approaches, it is well to do your shopping early, so that your gifts may be sent away promptly and be received on time. 66 WRITING ABOUT CHRISTMAS SHOPPING Write a paragraph, telling why you should do your Christmas shopping early. Exchange papers. Several of you may read the paragraphs you have received. The class may vote for the best paragraph. Write a paragraph, telling how to do up a package. Write a paragraph, telling how to address a package. 67 A POEM CHRISTMAS EVERYWHERE Everywhere, everywhere, Christmas to-night! Christmas in lands of the fir tree and pine, Christmas in lands of the palm-tree and vine, Christmas where snowpeaks stand solemn and white, Christmas where cornfields lie sunny and bright. Christmas where children are hopeful and gay, For the Christ child who comes is the Master of all; No palace too great, and no cottage too small. -Phillips Brooks. Have you ever spent a Christmas in the land of “the palm-tree and vine"? If so, tell about it. Do you remember a Christmas story that you have read? Tell it to the class. 68 LEARNING TO COPY I have always thought of Christmas as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time. -Dickens. Copy the sentence, being careful of the punctuation. Why does Christmas begin with a capital letter? Ring out the old, ring in the new, The year is going, let him go, Ring out the false, ring in the true, -Tennyson. This is a good thought for the New Year. Copy the stanza just as it is, and learn it. 69 LEARNING TO WRITE LETTERS Dear Grace, THE INVITATION LETTER 1836 Maple Avenue Stamford, Conn. December 26, 1919 Mother is going to let me have a little party next Tuesday evening before we take down the Christmas tree. We shall play games and dance. Will you come and enjoy the fun with us? Very sincerely, Helen Lester Grace is glad to accept the invitation and writes to tell Helen. Dear Helen, 609 Locust Street Stamford, Conn. December 27, 1919 Indeed I will come on Tuesday evening. Your Christmas tree is always so beautiful that I want to see it. I know I shall enjoy the games and the dancing. Your sincere friend, Grace Crawford One girl to whom Helen sent an invitation was unable to accept. She wrote this letter. Dear Helen, 1623 Poplar Street Stamford, Conn. December 27, 1919 I am very sorry that I cannot come to your party on next Tuesday evening. We are all going to Boston to visit Aunt Mollie from Monday until Thursday. I love to go to Aunt Mollie's, but I should like to be at your party, too. I know you will have a delightful time. Your friend, Dorothy Miller You will notice that both Dorothy and Grace reply to Helen's invitation immediately. Why should all such letters be answered promptly? What would you think of a boy or girl who failed to do so? Jack lives in the country. During the Christmas holidays the coasting and skating were unusually good. Jack wrote to his friend Frank, who lives in the city, inviting him to spend two or three days with him. 1. Write Jack's letter to Frank. 2. Suppose Frank accepts. Write his letter. 3. Suppose he declines. Write his letter. 4. Write a letter to a friend of your own, inviting him to go to a ball game, to the circus, to a picture show. 5. Write the letter in which he accepts or declines your invitation. |