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against his side. Each pupil will also try to make a correct sentence. The side wins that has the fewer marks against it. This is the way the game goes:

Teacher: Stanley, does the man live in Boston?
Stanley: No, the man doesn't live in Boston.

Teacher: Grace, do grapes make good pies?
No, grapes don't make good pies.

Grace:

Questions

1. Do lions live in this country?

2. Do whales live on the land?

3. Does an apple grow on a vine?

4. Does the city give books to pupils?

5. Does a young child know how to read?

6. Does a cat like to wet its feet?

7. Do the birds build their nests in the fall?
8. Does the girl put a period after a question?
9. Does green wood burn well in a fireplace?
10. Do boys play ball in the winter?

11. Does an automobile run easily in the mud?
12. Do orange trees grow in the northern states?

13. Do potatoes grow on tall trees?

14. Do boys have snowball fights in July?

15. Do all the children in the building have the same lessons?

Let each pupil make a sentence in which doesn't or don't is used correctly. If a pupil makes a sentence that is not correct, the teacher will mark one against his side.

LESSON 18

Correct Forms

Here is a story about a little mouse that didn't think. Read it and see what happened to him.

HE DIDN'T THINK

Once a young mouse saw a piece of cheese. He wanted it. An old rat saw him. He told the mouse there was danger. The mouse thought the old rat did not know. So he took a nibble. Then he took a bite. The trap snapped together. It caught the little mouse because he didn't think there was any danger.

Answering Questions

What did the young mouse see?

What did the old rat tell the mouse?

What did the mouse think?

What did the mouse take first?

What did he take next?

What happened?

What did the trap catch?

Dictation Exercise

Your teacher will dictate the story for you to write it. Listen carefully for she will read each sentence only once. When she has finished, write your name in the upper right-hand corner. Look your work over carefully and correct any errors in spelling, punctuation, or the use of capital letters.

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Now you may exchange papers with a classmate who will try to find any errors that you have not corrected. He will write at the bottom of the page the number of errors that he finds.

LESSON 19

Learning to use Break, Broke, Broken

"My cup is broken," said Grace to her mother one day. "When did you break it?" asked her mother.

"I broke it this morning," replied Grace.

Read aloud and notice the words in black letters.

room.

A Game The Broken Chalk

The teacher will choose a leader, who will leave the She will then hand a whole piece of chalk to one pupil, and she will ask some one to give a short piece of chalk to each of the other pupils. The leader now returns and tries to find who has the whole piece of chalk. This is the way the game goes:

Leader: Horace, have you the whole piece of chalk?
Horace: No, my chalk is broken.

Leader: Alice, have you the whole piece of chalk?
Alice: Yes, I have it.

Alice may now become the leader. If any one forgets and says My chalk is broke, he is out of the game.

Written Exercise

Write each sentence and fill the blank with one of the words break, broke, broken. After you have written the sentences, practice reading them aloud until you can select the right word without hesitation.

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like to give an entertainment for your friends on the afternoon before Thanksgiving Day?

Should you like to hold a class meeting to plan the program for your entertainment? Your teacher will appoint some one to take charge of the class. Shall you let your teacher sit in one of the seats as a visitor? If you think of something that you think will be good for the program, you may tell the class about it; and, if the class likes it, you may write it

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on the blackboard as a part of the program. You and your classmates must plan the whole program so that it will be your entertainment.

Should you like to plan to make written programs for your friends to have at the entertainment? Perhaps your teacher will help you if you ask her. What kind of picture do you think would be good to put on your programs? Of course your programs must be made very neatly and carefully so that your friends will be proud of them.

A Thanksgiving Game

Each pupil may think of a fruit, a vegetable, or a nut that is grown on farms and that is ready for use at the Thanksgiving dinner. The teacher may call one pupil who will rise and describe the fruit, vegetable, or nut that he has in mind, but he will not give its name. The other pupils will try to think what it is, and, when any pupil thinks he knows, he may raise his hand. The first pupil who gives the right name may be the next one to describe something. This is the way the game goes:

May: "I am thinking of something that is nearly round.
is about as large as a ball. Its color is often red,
but sometimes it is yellow or green. There is a
stem on one side. The seeds are black when they
are ripe."

Frank: (Who has raised his hand) "Is it a pear?"
May: "No, it isn't a pear."

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