STUDY OF A POEM Your flag and my flag! To every star and stripe The drums beat as hearts beat It never hid a lie! 127 Home land and far land and half the world around, WILBUR D. NESBIT1 Where does the flag fly? Name some country half the world away where our flag flies. What are the red stripes like? the white stripes? For what did our forefathers wish the flag to stand? A guidon is a small flag carried by troops to show where the line is to be formed. How is the flag "a shelter through the night"? How are our hearts like drums when we see the flag? What are "fifers"? How is the flag "a blessing in the sky"? How is it "your hope and my hope"? What is meant by "It never hid a lie"? How does "Old Glory" answer our salute? One or two pupils may memorize the poem A Song for Flag Day to recite at the celebration of the national holiday. 1 From "A Song for Flag Day" in The Trail to Boyland, by Wilbur D. Nesbit. Copyright, 1904. Used by special permission of the Publishers, The BobbsMerrill Company. Dictation Study the following paragraph, noticing the punctuation marks. When it is dictated, try to write it perfectly. On the Fourth of July Americans who are in foreign countries wear flags in their buttonholes. Two American boys in Paris went to their uncle's room wearing these flags. "We wear these flags so that people will know we are Americans," said Hugh. "Don't you want a flag, Uncle Henry?" asked the other boy. "Yes, I am proud of being an American,” replied the uncle. As the three walked through the streets they noticed that many French shops were flying Old Glory in honor of our country's birthday. Picture Study The picture on the opposite page shows the statue of "Liberty Enlightening the World" that stands at the entrance to the New York harbor. Americans who have been traveling abroad are delighted to see again this emblem of our country; and foreigners seeking a home in America believe that all their wishes have come true when they see this gracious figure welcoming them to the new land. Look at the picture until it has a story for you. Perhaps it will say to you something different from what it has said to any one else. Tell the class the story the picture suggests to you; or, if you prefer, write it. Some of these stories may be used in your patriotic program. Dictionary Study Name the letter that comes before and the letter that comes after each of the following letters: c, m, k, y, p, b, r, i, g. Give the sound of i in the following words: Give other words with the short sound of i; with the long sound of i. Give the sound of o in the following words: Give other words with the short sound of o; with the long sound of o. VII. EXPLANATIONS Telling How to Do Something Is it easy to tell some one how to play a game or how to make candy or how to make a bed? You may know very well how to do these things and yet not be able to tell some one else how to do them. In making explanations or telling how to do something, you must be careful to tell things in the right order; that is, put the first thing first. Think over the topics given below and select one that you know about. to tell some one exactly how to do it. 1. How to Learn to Swim 2. How to Plant a Garden Then try 3. How to Prepare and Cook Rice 7. How to Make a Snowman 8. How I Taught My Dog a Trick After you have thought over the topic you wish to tell about, stand up in class and tell the class as plainly and as clearly as you can how to do the thing you selected. If you wish, you may tell how to do something else that is not in this list. |