A STORY ABOUT A PICTURE

4. Icarus forgot his father's warning.

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5. The sun melted the wings of Icarus, and he dropped into the sea.

6. Daedalus, finding that his son was drowned, gave up his wings and did not fly any more.

This is a bare outline or skeleton of the story to be filled in by telling more about each part. One pupil may tell the first part of the story, another the second part, and so on, until the whole story has been told. Each pupil must be careful to tell only his own part. It is best to think out in sentences just what to say. Telling the Story

Six pupils may tell the story of Daedalus and Icarus according to the outline above. Pupils may practice telling the story at home to younger brothers and sisters or to their fathers and mothers.

Dictation

Study the following paragraph, noticing the capitals and punctuation marks. Write the paragraph from dictation.

Icarus flew high in the air. He forgot his father's warning. Soon he was near the sun. The heat of the sun melted the wax that fastened his wings. Down the boy fell into the sea.

A Story about a Picture

Look at the pictures on pages 43, 44, and 45. Many people dreamed of flying before the Wright brothers gave the first successful airplane to the world. Tell a

story about a boy who wished very much to fly, and how he finally had his wish. Tell a story about an airTell another story the pictures

plane that was lost.

suggest to you.

Stories of Your Own Experience

Perhaps you have suffered because you tried to do something you should not do, or something you had been told not to do. Think over any experience of this kind you may have had. Where were you when it happened? Tell who was with you. What did you try to do? Why could you not do it? What happened to you? How did you feel? How were you punished? Tell your story in the order suggested by the questions. The other pupils may be able to suggest how you could have made your story better. After they have criticized it tell it again, trying to improve it.

Game-Teach, Learn

Choose a pupil

Divide the class into two groups. in each group to be the leader of that group. Call one group A and the other B.

The leader of Group A asks a pupil in Group B, "What does your teacher teach you?" The pupil must quickly reply, "My teacher teaches me reading," or some other subject. Then the leader of Group B asks a pupil in Group A the same question. The pupil must answer, giving the name of the same subject as the pupil in Group B gave and adding another subject. Each pupil must answer all that has been

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given and add another subject. Any one who fails must drop out. The side having more pupils at the end of five minutes wins the game.

Dictating a Story

One pupil who has thought out a short story of his own experience may dictate it to the class. Two or three other pupils may write the dictated story on the board. The class may criticize the stories written on the board. Every one should look out for capitals, periods, question marks, and apostrophes. Leave a margin of one inch at the left of the paper. Indent the first word.

Comma to Set Off Words of Address

Whenever you write the name of the person to whom you are speaking you should set it off from the rest of the sentence by a comma or by commas; as, "Mother, may I go to the store?" "Where are you going, John?" "Wait, boys, till I come back."

Copy the following sentences. Notice the commas before or after the names of those addressed:

1. Miss Brown, may I leave the room?

2. I will go with you, Fanny.

3. May I borrow your knife, Fred?

4. Come, children, it is time to go.

Remember: Use a comma or commas to separate from the rest of the sentence a name used in direct address.

Writing a Story

Think over the story you prepared to tell in class. What is the first sentence? What is the last sentence? How many sentences has your story? Are all the sentences telling sentences? What mark follows a telling sentence? What mark follows a sentence that asks a question?

In writing your story what margin should you leave at the left of the page? How much should you indent the first word of the paragraph? With what kind of letter should each sentence begin?

Write your story carefully and neatly. If you do not know how to spell a word, ask your teacher or look in the dictionary. When you have written your story, look it over carefully before you give it to the teacher, to see if you have made any mistakes.

Keep your written work in a large envelope so that you can have it all together. As you learn more about writing you will be able to notice improvement in your own work.

A Word Hunt

Hunters must have sharp eyes, and you will need to keep your eyes open in this hunt. The hunting ground is the dictionary; the game is a certain word. You will need to use your fingers quickly.

Appoint two pupils to hunt on the teacher's desk or stand. hunt in their own dictionaries. hunt look over the hunting

in the large dictionary The other pupils may Before beginning your ground. How are the

words arranged?

you find words with s? with ƒ?

In what part of the dictionary will beginning with ? with b? with w?

The hunt begins when the teacher pronounces a word. As soon as you find the word, raise your hand. The teacher calls the name of the first pupil who finds the word. The pupil who makes the best record for ten words wins the game.

When you find the word, look at it to see how it is spelled. The dictionary always gives the correct spelling of a word.

Game-What Did You See?

One pupil may go to the window and look out. Another pupil asks, "What did you see?" The first pupil answers with a sentence; as, "I saw a tiny dog." A third pupil then goes to the window. The second pupil asks, "What did you see?" The third pupil must give a sentence telling a different object that he saw. The game continues until each pupil has taken part. No pupil is allowed to name an object that has been named before.