3. I (gave, give) him my basket.

4. I hope he has not (broke, broken) it.

5. My sister (give, gave) him her basket one day.

6. There (was, were) two squirrels in the park.
7. I (see, saw, seen) them this morning.

8. They (come, came) to me last Saturday.

9. I (gave, give) them some nuts.

10. The bench where I sat was (broke, broken).

LESSON 26

Making Christmas Plans

Christmas will soon be here. Of course, you will want to give a Christmas present to each one in your family, and it is always hard to decide what to give. Perhaps, if you and your classmates talk the matter over together, you can help one another.

Would your friends be more pleased with presents that you make, or with those that you buy? Tell the class what you think.

Would your friends like presents that are pretty only, or those that they can use? Tell the class what you think.

Now comes the time to help one another. Each one in the class knows about one thing to buy that makes a good present, or he knows how to make something that would be a good present for some friend. If you exchange what you know for what your classmates know, every one in the class will gain something.

CHRISTMAS PROJECT - MAKING PLANS 207

If you tell about some article to buy, you must describe it so well that any pupil in the class could go to a store and buy it.

If you tell how to make some article, you must tell it so simply and clearly that any pupil can make it by following your directions. If it is a small article, you may be able to bring one that you can show to the class while you are talking. Or you may be able to tell better how to make the article if you go to the blackboard and make a free-hand drawing of it or of parts of it.

If any pupil does not understand the directions, he may ask questions about them.

Remember that the purpose of the talk that you give is to help your classmates.

It will be interesting if you can bring to the class any small article that you have made. Some one may like to learn how to make it.

LESSON 27

Christmas Windows

Do you like to look in the store windows when they are decorated for Christmas? for Christmas? What kind of store has the most interesting windows? Why do merchants spend so much time and money in making their windows attractive?

Tell the class about the prettiest Christmas window you ever saw. Perhaps you have seen a jolly Santa Claus in some window: tell about it.

Have you seen in a Christmas window one thing that you think you would like very much? Tell where you saw it and describe the article so that your classmates can see just how it looks.

Can You Do This Perfectly?

Fill each blank with a word from the list below. You may use the same word more than once.

Wouldn't it be fun to make a Christmas story for moving pictures? Think of a story that you would like to act for moving pictures and tell it to your teacher. If she thinks it is one of the best, she will help you to get ready to act it.

Perhaps you would like to make your schoolroom into a moving picture theatre. You may plan to have some one stand at the door to take tickets when the boys and girls come in. When the people are all in, the pictures may begin.

What Did You See?

After the pictures are over, three or four of the class may tell the story that they saw in the moving pictures. The others in the class will listen carefully and will decide by vote who told the story best and who spoke the most distinctly.

Christmas Greetings to Your Club Friend

Write a letter of Christmas greeting to your club friend. Wish your club friend a Merry Christmas and then tell what you are planning to do at Christmas. You may like to tell what you are making for presents. Perhaps you can tell your friend how to make something.

If

When you have finished your letter, read it through very carefully and correct all the errors. there are many errors, you may like to write the letter again. When you think everything is right, show it to your teacher. Perhaps she can help you to make it better.

Do they sound alike? Do they look alike?

These sentences will show you how the words are used:

Henry went to market.
He bought two oranges.
Henry likes bananas, too.

It is too late for peaches.

If the words sound alike, what shows you which word to use when you are writing?

Drill for Your Ears and Tongue

The teacher will read each sentence, and then she will pronounce each word in black letters and ask a pupil to spell it aloud. The pupils' books should be closed.