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I. This is the (kind of a, kind of) voice to have 2. It is a dog-a (black and a white, black an 3. He has (a, an) hour to wait.

4. Have you a (french, French) grammar? 5. He wanted (a, an) apple, (an, a) peach, and 6. The (italian, Italian) language is very beaut 7 Grace is the (kind of a, kind of) person we li 8. He wore a (black and a white, black and wh 75. A Breathing Game. Inhale quickly and read as much of a passage as possible with one

A Talk to the Class. Retell Laurence Cost of how he learned to print (page 71). In rep else's story say, " He said " (not "he says "). 76. A Special Use of the Adjective. Observ adjectives in the following sentences:

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2. The class seems busy.
3. Her voice grows stronger.
4. The fruit tastes bitter.
5. The rose smells sweet.

6. The boy appears strong.

7. Mary feels bad on account of her col 8. To-day the girl looks sick.

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writes five sentences. He tells the subject substant predicate verb and the complete subject and pr Then, beginning with a certain aisle, pupils name wor sentences and ask which part of speech each word pupil at the board “holds the fort " as long as he correctly. When he makes a mistake the pupil who word takes his place.

77. Conversation. Write on the board a list of thi you might bring to the auction from your other classes prepare an outline of the various things necessary t make one of them. In class discuss how to make thes compare your outlines, and improve them. Write lists descriptive adjectives.

Handwork. Outside of class either make the a bring some one else's article to class.

78. A Pronunciation Drill. Look up the pronunci the following words in the dictionary and pronoun correctly:

I. athlete (not "athalete")

4. rinse (not "rens

2. guardian (not "guardeen")
3. licorice (not "lickerish")

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A Talk to the Class. Tell exactly what you do to n object you have selected. Then pretend that you auctioneer auctioning it off to the class. Tell why th is worth buying. Hold up the article.

The class will observe your voice, your manner, a power of description, so that they can vote for the o think would make the best auctioneer. The five nam ing the most votes for auctioneer will be written on th

79. Writing a Paragraph. You have hea the class explain how certain articles were mad them. Choose the article that you are most in not the one you described yourself. Make (1) how the article was made or (2) a des Write the paragraph.

In class exchange papers. On another sheet answers to the following questions:

I. Is the handwriting good, poor, or medium? 2. Is the paragraph indented? Has it a margin 3. How many sentences are there? Does ead capital and end with a period?

4. Are the details put in the right order? 5. Is any important detail omitted?

6. Is anything given that is off the subject?

When the papers are returned, revise and c position.

80. Holding an Auction. The teacher will names of the two pupils who have written the b and the two who have made the best speeches. in class by secret ballot on a slip of paper for four that you choose for auctioneer. Two pu tellers to collect the votes and read them for mark on the board.

The auctioneer will show how well he c articles. Each pupil will have twenty slips of dollar bills. No article can therefore bring mo dollars. See who can buy the most articles for money.

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81. Conversation: Ways of Communicating. One most interesting fields for invention is that of commu of ideas. Here is a primitive method described.

What is the purpose of each sentence? Which c omitted if you wanted to condense? Which are ne make the explanation clear?

1 Whenever Indians attacked a settlement, the settler them first took his gun and fired it three times. 2 The who lived near the man who fired the gun heard the 3 They knew that three shots following one another meant that the Indians had come.

4 Every settler who heard the three shots took his fired three times. 5 Then, as soon as he had fired, he the direction of the first shots. Every man who hea three shots fired three more, and went toward the shots heard. Farther and farther away the settlers heard th and sent it along by firing so that others might hear. little companies of men were coming swiftly in every d 9 This was a kind of telegraph.

EGGLESTON: Stories of American Life and Adv
Discuss the following methods of communication:
I. Letter 4. Telephone

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Which of these was described in the selection above? what circumstances might each be preferred? Select these for investigation.

Writing a Letter. Write a business letter to you librarian, telling why you chose your topic for investig

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82. Finding Things Out by Reasoning. We of nature or mechanics; we invent appliances etc., based upon these laws. Electricity is electric light is invented. A scientist who disc an inventor who applies them must have rea and power to imagine how things would work

On the opposite page you will find how Sir reasoned that there was a force of gravitation.

I. Which sentence states the question he is consi 2. Which sentences consider and discard theorie 3. Which sentences give Sir Isaac Newton's rea gravitation?

4. Which sentences tell the results of gravitation

Copy Sir Isaac Newton's sentences of expla board and discuss how each advances the reaso link in a chain.

Finding Out Something. At the library find connected with the following. Then write se the steps in the reasoning. The teacher may d into six teams, or the whole class may select a s

1. How did Franklin find out that electricity wa 2. How did James Watt learn that steam would 3. How did Archimedes learn whether gold was 4. How did Galileo learn to make a clock? 5. How did Sir Isaac Newton learn about gravit 6. How did John Gutenberg learn to print book

83. Writing a Paragraph. Write a paragra tion for one of the questions discussed on this p Correct the paragraph. See page 78.

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