Read the following sentences: 1. You came yesterday. 8. They came last night. 15. We came last week. Read the sentences again, a little more rapidly. If you will read these sentences every day, the practice will help you to use the correct words when you speak or write. Write to a store ordering a book that you would like to have. Test your work by comparing it with the letter on page 332. Story Telling. LESSON 126 - COMPOSITION Tell the story of the fishing trip as Tom might have told it to his father. Tell the story of one of your happy mornings. Write the story you told in the preceding lesson. Instead of the composition suggested above, you may prepare a program of exercises for the celebration of Arbor and Bird Day in your School. LESSON 128-MONTHLY REVIEW Write two sentences containing personal pronouns. Write sentences containing the following words used as possessive adjectives: my, thy, his, her, its, our, your, their, whose. Write sentences containing the following words used as possessive pronouns: mine, thine, his, hers, ours, yours, theirs, whose. Give two sentences each of which contains mine or his used in the predicate. What is a relative pronoun? Write three sentences containing relative pronouns. What are interrogative pronouns? Give sentences that illustrate their use. What is a demonstrative pronoun? Illustrate. Write sentences containing forms of write, run, and come. Straight between them ran the pathway, Never grew the grass upon it; Singing birds, that utter falsehoods, Story-tellers, mischief-makers, Found no eager ear to listen, Could not breed ill-will between them, Most beloved by Hiawatha When he sang the village listened; All the warriors gathered round him, All the women came to hear him; Now he stirred their souls to passion, Now he melted them to pity. All the many sounds of nature Borrowed sweetness from his singing; All the hearts of men were softened By the pathos of his music; For he sang of peace and freedom, Sang of beauty, love, and longing; Sang of death, and life undying In the Islands of the Blessed, In the kingdom of Ponemah, In the land of the Hereafter. Very dear to Hiawatha Dear, too, unto Hiawatha Was the very strong man, Kwasind, 2. Study of Selection. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. These lines quoted from Longfellow's "Hiawatha" give us a beautiful picture of friendships that were almost perfect. Study the picture on page 150 and tell what you see that suggests Longfellow's interest in Indian life. What does the poet mean by saying that two friends were "singled out from all the others" by Hiawatha? What words are used by Longfellow in referring to persons who try to make trouble between friends? Why was it that no one could make trouble between Hiawatha and these friends? What effect had the music of Chibiabos upon the listeners? Of what did he sing? What tells you that Kwasind used his strength for good purposes? Read the words that tell you Hiawatha's love never failed his friends. Read the words that tell you the friends had no secrets from each other. Which of Hiawatha's friends would you choose if you could have but one? 3. Word Study. Look up in the Glossary the pronunciation and meaning of the following words: |