17. An Enunciation Drill. Say quickly an long vowels (1) lā, lē, lī, lō, lū; (2) dā, d (3) mā, mē, mī, mō, mū. A Talk to the Class. Tell how you spend Tell things in the right order. A committee of two pupils will sit in the bac and rise whenever they cannot hear you. Remember: To hold the attention of the class: Look straight at your audience. 18. Subject and Predicate. In the following who is talked about. Tell what is said about h An English boy wrote about his readi Th We could say "boy" or "An English boy about. Either answer would be correct. talked about is called the subject substantive with any others used to make its sense complet complete subject. We can answer the question, "What is sa subject?" either with one word or in full. verb is the chief thing said about the subjec The complete predicate tells in full what was about his reading "). Remember: A sentence consists of two parts : (1) The subject, or the thing talked about, an (2) The predicate, or what is said about the s subject substantive is the single word talked about. The complete predicate includes all that is said abo subject. The predicate verb is the chief word predicate. An Exercise. Point out the subject substantive predicate verbs, the complete subjects, and the con predicates in the following sentences. Copy the sent Then underline the subject substantive and the predicat in each sentence, and draw a vertical line between the plete subject and the complete predicate. . An English boy of thirteen wrote the letter on page 14 2. A good student reads books carefully. tell 3. 4. ked word word the the cate e"). rote Our club improves our use of language. The chairman holds an important position. 5. Every member of the club speaks at a good meeting. 7. 8. The teacher sits in the back of the room. Write as one paragraph 19. Writing a Paragraph. account of your school day. thing, as Thomas Macaulay did. In class correct the paragraph: I. Is it indented? 2. Is there a margin? 3. Enlarge the periods. Does each sentence begin w capital and end with a period? 4. Are things told in the right order? 5. Did you give an opinion? 20. Using Words Right. Notice how described in Webster's "New Internation What different things are given? speech (spech), n. [ME. speche, AS. spec (cf. also spræc, People of a strange speech. 6. Talk; mention; common saying: report Ezek. iii. 6. Archaic. What was the speech among the Londoners Shak. 7. The speaking of a musical instrument. See SPEAK, v.i., 6. Syn.-SPEECH, ADDRESS, ORATION, HARANGUE. SPEECH is the general term; an ADDRESS is a formal speech; an ORA- The following words are often misused: great awful fine grand "Grand," great," and "awful" should speaking of trifling or insignificant things. words in the dictionary and discuss their mea Remember: Look up strange words in the d lect the meaning that suits the sentence. Writing a Letter. Write a letter about some one at home. As the body of the lett rected paragraph about your school day. Add Take the letter home and give it to the perso * From Webster's "New International Dictionary." Copy and C. Merriam Company. 1 day to the corenvelope. ad. -1913, by G 21. Conversation: The Fire Menace. Talk over i the following questions. Put your remarks in co sentence form. Tell what you think and why; as, (what) . . . (why) . . .' 1. Which causes more damage — fire or water? 2. Where is fire more dangerous in the country or in th 3. What are the three greatest causes of fires? 4. What things do people do in their homes to fight fire losses? 5. How is a fire alarm sounded? 6. How is a fire drill held in school? In what different ways does your community gua 、 citizens from fire? Tell about them. What could you see at a fire house? Tell where t houses are located. in Writing a Letter. You have some fire-fighting organ your community. Write a friendly letter to your t requesting permission to visit the nearest fire hous school on a certain day. Tell why you wish to go. Turn to the model on page 7, and make your letter in form. See whether each sentence begins with a and ends with a period. Put a straight line under each s substantive and a waved line under each predicate Draw a vertical line between complete subjects and co predicates. Make and address an envelope. Put the letter envelope, but do not seal it. The best letter will be sent. 22. Beginning, Middle, End: The Outline you will find a newspaper account of a rescue Beside it you will find a skeleton, or outline, o A Boy Scout's Heroism (Written out) 1 The bronze medal for life saving has just been ← I. awarded by the National Court of Honor, B. S. A., to Frederick Lange, senior patrol leader of Troop 259 of the Boy Scouts of this city. The act of heroism which has brought him this distinction was performed several months ago, when, at the risk of being burned to death, Lange rescued a little boy in a most remarkable manner. 2 Lange was walking along the street when he heard screams. Running back, he saw a toddler enveloped in flames. The little fellow's clothes had caught fire and he was too young to know just what to do to help himself in any other way than by screaming. 3 Taking in the situation at a glance, young Lange pulled off his own coat while running to the aid of the child. A moment later the coat was thrown about the latter, and the flames were smothered.. 4 The little boy, however, had been badly injured by the fire, and it is likely that he would have died eventually, even though the flames had been extinguished, if Lange had not administered first-aid treatment, pending the arrival of an ambulance. Thanks to Lange's heroism and knowledge of "first-aid" principles, the child has since recovered. ( Be du aw A. To B. By C. Fo II. Mi I A. B I. 2. B. B I 2 C. B I 2 5 A medal was presented to Lange also by the III. E City Court of Honor on February 12 at the City Hall for the same heroic act. ot The Public Ledger A. V B. V |