Giving a Program in a Class Period. For the f program the president of the Junior Civic League will The League will vote by secret ballot for the best re the best declamation, and the best story retold. Divi among the class. PROGRAM THE LANGUAGE PLEDGE (Page 196) RECITATIONS. STORIES RETOLD. DECLAMATIONS. THE FLAG SALUTE . 1. Trees (Page 218) 2. Frost Work (Page 250) 3. The Secrets of Spring (Page 251) The 4. I made them lay their hands in mine (Page 5. Opportunity (Page 294) 6. I Dreamed in a Dream (Page 311) 7. The Red Cross Spirit Speaks (Page 333) 8. My Mother (Page 363) 9. Flower in the Crannied Wall (Page 363) 10. Thanksgiving (Page 365) II. The Boy Who Recommended Himself (Page 14. Roosevelt: The Great Adventure (Page 27 16. Roosevelt: The American Family (Page The 161. How to be a Good American. The Junior League is interested in making good Americans. T a good American is it necessary to have been born in country? Read what Roosevelt said about our being good Ar cans: 1 The only man who is a good American is the man who American and nothing else. 2 I appeal to history. 3 A the generals of Washington in the Revolutionary War Greene, Putnam, and Lee, who were of English descent; W and Sullivan, who were of Irish descent; Schuyler, who of Dutch descent, and Muhlenberg and Herkimer, who we German descent. 4 But they were all of them American nothing else, just as much as Washington. 5 Carroll, of Ca ton, was a Catholic; Hancock, a Protestant; Jefferson heterodox from the standpoint of any orthodox creed; but and all the other signers of the Declaration of Independ stood on an equality of duty and right and liberty as Amer and nothing else. THEODORE ROOSEVELT: Address on Americani. Look up the generals Greene, Putnam, Lee, Wayne, Sulli Schuyler, Muhlenberg, and Herkimer in your history book. If a name is not mentioned in the index, look in encyclopedia for it. From what countries did these come? What does Roosevelt say about them? What w Tory? What does Roosevelt say about Carroll, Hancock, Jefferson? BOL. ADV. EV. ENG. -25 367 Show that differences in nationality need not people from becoming good Americans. Writing a Letter. Write a letter to a veteran of one wars, inviting him to be present when you give your can Day program in a class period (page 374). C your letter form with the model on page 201. Make an envelope and address it. The best letter sent. 162. Finding Information. Find out from what co of Europe, or sections of the United States, the original s of your state and community came. Were there any nent leaders among them? Who were they? When was the first settlement made in your state? was your city or the city nearest to you founded? In what part of your state do foreigners settle t In what work are they largely engaged? Do most of learn English and take out naturalization papers? How can you help the foreigner, or the alien ? How can foreign boys or girls in our schools help fathers and mothers to become good Americans? How can American boys and girls help the foreig boys and girls to be good Americans? 163. An Expression Drill. At home practice re Roosevelt's speech on Americanism on page 367. pronounce each word slowly and distinctly. Then 1 underline the subordinate clauses and read them more ra than the other parts. Consider which you think are the emphatic words in each sentence; as, the word only in th sentence. A pupil who has memorized the speech may volunt declaim it at the opening exercises. came to be settled and by whom, or (2) the most importa leaders in the settlement of your state. A committee of three pupils will serve as policemen to s in the back of the room and rise quietly if they cannot he you speak. Reminders I. Stand erect on both feet. 2. Look into the faces of all your audience, not a few. 3. Emphasize your points by gestures, if they come naturally. 4. Speak as if you were heartily interested in every word you sa 164. Writing a Historical Article. Write an outline, gi ing the facts about the settlement of your state: 1. When it was started. II. Where settlements were made, in order of date. III. By whom it was settled, with nationalities an leaders. Write a composition based upon the outline. These fac are so woven together that you cannot paragraph to follo the outline. Will you have one paragraph or several par graphs? The facts in your outline will help you to deci that. Make an appropriate title. Correcting a Composition. Criticize (1) the handwritin (2) the margin and the general appearance of the pape (3) the paragraphing - a definite topic for each paragraph (4) the spelling; (5) the sentence structure — enlargi periods and observing the types of sentences; (6) the pun tuation; and (7) the grammar. Copy the corrected composition. 165. Participles. Observe the following sentences: 1. The American, voting at the polls, becomes a pow 2. A man, educated intelligently, becomes a power. Here we have two words" voting " and "educat formed from the verbs "vote" and "educate." Al they are verbs, they are used partly as adjectives, for " v modifies "American" and "educated" modifies " These words, which are half adjective and half verb, are participles. There are three forms of the participle in the active Present participle. Past participle. ACTIVE VOICE Voting, educating, running Perfect participle. Having voted, having seen The present participle is always formed by adding the simple form of the verb. The past participle of regular verbs is formed by add or d to the simple form. The past participle of irr verbs is formed irregularly as is shown on page 332. irregular past participle may add such endings as t, en to the simple form of the verb (as, "meant,” seen "), or it may be an entirely different word taught, ""found," and "torn." 66 66 ea The perfect participle is formed, as the perfect tenses with the auxiliary "have," but the form "having" is bined with the past participle as its auxiliary; as, “ha gone." The perfect participle indicates that an acti completed. Compare the two sets of participles on page 371 and how (b) differs from (a). |