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rasp❜ber ry gooşe'ber ry huck le ber ry

Which have you seen Which have you eaten?

Write the form for more than one of each. growing? Which have you seen in a store? Which contain a stone? Which grow in warm countries?

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Write a story of a day spent in the country, using these words.

Dictation :

The barn, the trees, the brook, the birds,

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68-Proverbs

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A place for everything, and everything in its place.

He that is good at making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

Early to bed, and early to rise,

Makes men healthy, wealthy, and wise.

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71-Geography

Dictation.-Torrid means hot.

The Torrid Zone is the

hottest part of the earth. It is always summer there. The rain falls almost every day for six months. The rest of the year the ground is parched.

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Write the words meaning more than one of each. Which tools are used by the carpenter? the mason? the blacksmith? the gardener ?

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Pins are made of brass wire and coated with tin. Ten persons are employed in the manufacture of a single pin.

A man is a great bundle of tools. He is born into this life without the knowledge of how to use them. Education is the process of learning their use, and dangers and troubles are the whetstones with which to keep them sharp.-H. W. Beecher.

Pronunciation.—1 In'di à-rub'běr.

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Dictation.-Sugar-cane is a kind of grass. It grows twice as high as a tall man. The stem is jointed. The leaves are long and look like ribbons. It grows in warm countries. When the canes are ripe, they are cut and taken to the mill to be pressed. The juice is boiled and then slowly cooled. The sugar is a soft mass in the middle, with molasses all around it. It has to be made white for our use. This is called refining it.

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All the year round the orange-groves are in blossom; and

grass grows

More in a single night than a whole Canadian summer.

Pronunciation.-1 wěst in'diz.

-Longfellow.

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Beautiful eyes are those that show,

Like crystal panes where hearth-fires glow,
Beautiful thoughts that burn below.

Beautiful hands are those that do

Work that is earnest, brave, and true,

Moment by moment, the long day through.-Allen.

Learn, and write from memory.

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Write in columns words of one syllable, two syllables, three syllables, and four syllables.

Dictation.—The sum of eight and five is thirteen. Did you place a question-mark after the question? Cinderella is a fairy story.

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Pronunciation.-1 bis'kit; wŏf'f'l; sour/krout.

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