Read these two stanzas from Lowell's poem, To the Dandelion, silently. Perhaps you will have to look up the meanings of some of the words before you understand the thought. When you understand the meaning of the stanzas, study the words with the vowel sound ou or ow. Now read the stanzas aloud, being careful to speak this sound correctly. This is as good as that. That is not so good as this. John does not work so rapidly as Charles. 15. Common Errors Corrected 106. HOW TO USE QUOTATIONS Notice carefully how the following sentences are punctuated: The teacher said, "James will not be in school today." Mary asked, "Shall we play tag this morning?” "This," explained the boy, "is our assembly room.' "Take the bat," exclaimed John, "and make a home run." You have already learned that statements made in which you use the exact words of another are inclosed in quotation marks. From a previous study you will be able to explain every mark used in the statements given above. You will also observe that when the quotation is divided, you have two sets of quotation marks. After studying what has been said, write three statements in each of which you use the divided quotation. Sometimes we have a quotation within a quotation. Henry exclaimed, "The umpire said, 'He is out.' Our teacher said, "The Superintendent remarked, 'The work on the board is neatly done.' You will observe in each of these sentences that two different people are speaking. The exact words of each person are used. In the first sentence we have the exact words of Henry in which he uses the exact words of the umpire. In the second sentence the teacher makes a direct statement in which she quotes from a statement by the Superintendent. You will see that in each case we have a direct statement within a direct statement. Double quotation marks inclose the entire statement and single quotation marks inclose the words quoted within the quotation. A quotation within a quotation is inclosed in single quotation marks. Have you formed the habit of reading over everything you write to make sure of correct punctuation? You may write three statements in which you have a quotation within a quotation. Study the sentences you have written to see if the quotation within a quotation is in single quotation marks and the entire quotation in double quotation marks. Give reasons for the quotation marks in the following sentences: 1. "Remember," said our principal, "this motto from Shakespeare, 'This above all, to thine own self be true.'” 2. "How many of you," asked Mr. Trotter, "have heard the old English saying, 'Manners maketh the man'?" 3. The traveler continued, "The Chinese word the Golden Rule negatively, making it read, 'Do not do unto others that which you do not wish them to do unto you.'' 4. In his assembly talk the principal said, "On the outside of one of the gates leading to Harvard College is this motto, 'Enter to Grow in Wisdom.' On the inside of the same gate is the admonition, 'Depart to Serve Thy Country and Thy Kind." Oral work. Punctuate the following: Can you tell me asked the teacher who said Sink or swim live or die survive or perish One pupil asked another Can you tell who said Don't give up the ship The professor in his monotonous tones continued Charles Lamb the most lovable of English essayists wrote the frugal snail with forecast of repose carries his house with him whereever he goes 107. BOOK REPORTS Read one or more of the books in each of these lists. Do you know why these books are listed in three groups? Belle Moses .Otillia A. Liljencrantz .Paul L. Ford John Bennett .Agnes D. Hewes Francis R. Stockton . Charles and Mary Lamb Augusta H. Seaman .Albert Payson Terhune Elsie Singmaster Owen Johnson Owen Johnson Elsie Singmaster .Eleanor H. Abbott Winston Churchill Richard Harding Davis Rudyard Kipling G. M. Martin . Frank R. Stockton .Coningsby Dawson .Hamlin Garland Francis Parkman .D. F. Fisher .Eleanor Atkinson Rossiter Johnson .L. F. Madison .Howard Pyle Exercise. After reading your book, be ready to make a report on it. Make your first report orally. Your practice in speaking before the class should aid you in making your book report convincing. Make one report a written one. See that all rules for paragraph structure and punctuation are observed. Use in your reports any words or expressions that you have added to your vocabulary. The report on A Little Maid of Old Connecticut may help you to decide what you want to say about your book. A LITTLE MAID OF OLD CONNECTICUT The name of the book is A Little Maid of Old Connecticut. The book was written by Alice Turner Curtis. This book is one of a series of historical books. In these books the main characters are all "Little Maids," but they do not have the same name. The main character in the book is Ellen Elizabeth Barlow, ten years of age, who was never called by that name, but was called "Ellie." She had lost five dollars that had been given to her as a present. It had seemed a wonderful sum to Ellie; she had planned to buy gifts for all the family with this money. As soon as she found that Brownie (a poor little girl) had found it, she decided she would never let Brownie know of her loss. Grandma Hinman, the hostess of Ellie, and Bertha Chaplin, the next-door neighbor of Ellie's grandma, were the constant companions of Ellie. The most interesting part of the story tells how Brownie and Ellie deliver a message of great importance to Governor Trumball. Write your autobiography. (What is the derivation of this word?) Some of you have had lives as interesting as the lives of persons you have read about in group (a). Suppose your principal has announced that he has a sum of money to spend for books and asks you to recom |