2. Accept and Except. Do not use except, meaning to leave out, to omit, instead of accept, meaning to receive with favor, to approve. Examples: 1. I accept (not except) your invitation. 2. How many of my stories do you accept? 4. Dr. Brown accepts your gift. 3. Lose and Loose. Do not confuse the adjective loose and the verb lose. Select the correct word for each of the following sentences: 1. Did you (loose, lose) your cap? 2. Have you a (loose, lose) tooth? 4. Be careful not to (loose, lose) your way. 5. He drives with (loose, lose) reins. 6. How many marbles did you (loose, lose)? LESSON 89 STORY TELLING Time yourself as you read silently the following story. Tell the story; then read it again silently, timing yourself as before. Retell the story, trying to tell it more accurately than you did the first time. Avoid the "and" habit. GENEVIEVE Many hundred years ago there lived in Gaul, as France was then called, a girl named Genevieve. When Genevieve was about thirteen years old the whole country was thrown into a state of terror by the news that Attila, the fierce chief of the savage Huns, was on his way to invade Gaul. One day the tidings came that Attila was marching toward Paris. The frightened people rushed from their homes and fled toward the bridge which led out of the city. Their one thought was to escape from the terrible Huns, whose shouts they fancied they could hear as they ran. Suddenly their mad flight was checked. On the bridge, with arms extended, stood Genevieve. "O my friends," she cried, "do not leave your homes and your city in this way. Go back. Be brave. God will protect you. Let no one be able to say that the people of Paris are cowards!" At first the men were angry, but one by one they began to feel ashamed, and at last they followed Genevieve back to the city and prepared to fight for their homes. The Huns did not reach Paris, however. Attila stopped to besiege Orleans and was met by a Roman army which had been sent in haste from Italy. The Goths and Franks united their forces with those of the Romans, and the Huns were driven out of Gaul. During her long life Genevieve was an inspiration to the people of Paris, and more than once saved the city. In after years when people remembered what her courage had done for the city she loved so greatly, they called Genevieve the Defender of Paris. Selected. LESSON 90 CLASS COMPOSITION Be prepared to take part with other members of the class in telling the story of Genevieve, so as to make a class composition that your teacher may write on the board. There were many girls and boys in Paris on the day that the people thought the Huns were coming, but Genevieve stood alone upon the bridge when she stopped the cowardly flight of the citizens. What were the other children doing? You may never have a chance to show your patriotism as Genevieve showed hers, but would you be ready if the chance came? How can you prepare yourself to serve when your country needs you? How can boys and girls serve their country every day? Kindness and helpfulness to others are the mainsprings of service. Relate any act of kindness to a child, to an old person, or to an animal, that you have observed. LESSON 92 - COMPOSITION Subject: What I Can Do Today for My Country. (a) In helping to grow food. (b) In preventing waste of food. (c) In preventing waste of fuel. LESSON 93 LITERATURE 1. Reading. ABRAHAM LINCOLN This man whose homely face you look upon Of winning with his humor, and he went Straight to his mark, which was the human heart. He stooped and rose up with it, though the road - Richard Henry Stoddard. 2. Study of Selection. Prepare a list of questions on the preceding lines to ask your classmates. Prepare a list of words for special study. Prepare a program of exercises for the celebration of Lincoln's birthday. A few nouns and pronouns (girl, men, she) in the story of Lesson 89 indicate sex; that is, they show whether male or female is meant. Many nouns and pronouns, however, give no hint as to sex, or are used for things without sex. The noun man names a person of the male sex. The noun girl names a person of the female sex. The noun bridge names something without sex. The noun child names a person of either male or female sex. The pronoun he refers to a person of the male sex. This distinction according to sex is called gender. Nouns or pronouns that denote the male sex are said to be of masculine gender. Nouns or pronouns that denote the female sex are said to be of feminine gender. Nouns or pronouns that denote things without sex are said to be of neuter gender. Nouns that denote either male or female sex are sometimes said to be of "common" gender. Select from your reader ten nouns of the masculine gender and ten nouns of the feminine gender. 2. Written Exercise. Write sentences containing pronouns of masculine, feminine, and neuter genders. Write two sentences containing nouns that may be either masculine or feminine. 3. Dictation. Study the second paragraph of the story of Lesson 89 and be prepared to write it correctly from your teacher's dictation. Test your work by the form shown on page 20. Select the phrases and clauses in the following sentences and tell which are used as adjectives and which as adverbs: 1. I looked into the quiet parlor of the fishes. 4. They sit and eat their luncheon on the dry oak leaves 5. When I see pickerel in the well which the fisherman cuts in the ice, I marvel at their rare beauty. 6. They possess a dazzling beauty which separates them by a wide interval from the codfish. 7. The codfish, whose fame is trumpeted in our streets, is not so rich in color. 8. Beneath the rattling teams and the tinkling sleighs that travel the road this great fish swims. 9. I never see this kind of fish in any market. Be prepared to suggest a program of exercises suitable for the celebration of Washington's birthday. |