106-Letter

189

Saturday — holiday — mother — spend - picnic - pond

lunch basket swing — grove berries fish please — disappoint —

Write the letter as if it had been written to you by a friend. Use the words in the order given, and begin the first word of every sentence with a capital.

Copy the words. Mark out the silent letters in Lesson 108.

109—Proverbs—The Bible

A wise son maketh a glad father.
A
merry

heart maketh a cheerful countenance.
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches.

He that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city.

To tho Teacher.-Proverbs and maxims should be committed to memory. Explain the meaning as far as you can ; time will do it more fully.

whin ny

110—Animal Sounds purr yelp bleat

snort

squeak hum howl cluck cack le roar low quack neigh

scream grunt growl

croak bel low buzz squeal mew

screech Write the name of an animal, and the sound it makes, using the proper form of every word in the list. Ex.: Cats purr. Bees hum.

gob ble

chịr' rup

111.-Insects

2

wee vil ?

roach

ka'ty did

silk worm

bee
gnat ant

drag on-fly
wasp
moth

bum ble-bee flea

mos qui'to 8 but ter fly lo cust bee tle glow worm hor net crick et

grass hop per Copy:

'Tis the middle watch of a summer's night,-
The earth is dark, but the heavens are bright;
The winds are whist, and the owl is still ;
The bat in the shelvy rock is hid;
And naught is heard on the lonely hill
But the cricket's chirp, and the answer shrill
Of the gauze-winged katydid,
And the plaint of the wailing whip-poor-will.

-Drake.

112Tbe Ant

Dictation.—The fighting ants would starve to death if they did not have slaves. They attack a colony of working ants and capture the eggs. When the captive ant grows large enough, it has to do all the work. It brushes its master, feeds him, and carries him around on its back.

Pronunciation.- nā; 'wē'v'l; 8 mos ke'tó.

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over the

seas

115—Choice of Words Read and write the following sentences, first with one set of words and then with the other. ΓMuch

comes

China of our tea

from A great deal

is brought Japan brought

ships sailors It is to us in

by

from fetched

steamers mariners away lands

oceans far

Take the _distant Lcountries little scraps

open olive

gently and

them tiny Lpieces unfold

with care first picked

produce

very The

leaves

the Learliest

make

choicbest?

carried away swift tea. The boxes are

in est

borne off fast-sailing steamers Call rlands to

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Pronunciation.-18 gěn', not å gān' ; ' bis’kit ; 3 núkk'l; * něf't.

PART II

120

“ If fortune, with a smiling face,

Strews roses on our way,
When should we stop to pick them up ?

To-day, my friend, to-day.
But should she frown with face of care,

And talk of coming sorrow,
When shall we grieve, if grieve we must?

To-morrow, friend, to-morrow."
Copy, learn, and write from memory.

121-On the Writing-desk

rul er

wa fer

fools cap

en'vel ope

ream

let ter

pa per-weight quill tab let e ras er

port folio quire

blot ter ink stand mu ci lage stamps pen knife post al-card dic tion a ry seal ing-wax

Write the words alphabetically.

To the Teacher.-Give the pupils frequent practice in letter-writing. The parts of a letter to be taught are :