Leaves and the Light.

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LESSON CV.

A Picture Story.

Suppose that you have just seen a beautiful copy of this picture. Write a letter to your sister or your mother, telling her about it.

Perhaps you have the picture at home. Examine it carefully. Who is the woman holding the child? Why are the others kneeling? What did this child do when he became a man?

LESSON CVI.

Review of Letter Writing.

When you write a letter, what do you do first, what next, etc?

How do you punctuate the heading, the salutation, the subscription, the superscription?

Learn to fold a letter neatly and put it into the envelope as it should be.

Notice the punctuation, spelling, capitalization, form of the letter, and make it neat.

LESSON CVII.

Leaves and the Light.

Notice the leaves of the sunflower. The leaves are the working parts of the plant and they do their work by the aid of light.

Notice how the leaves are arranged so that all may get light. How are they arranged on the stalk? How are the lower leaves different from the upper ones? down?

Why do they bend

Do the leaves shade one another for a long time? Does the sun shine on all the leaves sometime in the day? Is it any help to the leaves to be waved about by the wind? Why? Notice other plants, including trees, to see how their leaves and limbs are arranged to get plenty of light.

Why do plants grow tall where many grow near together? Why do they grow low and branching when standing alone? Write a short paper telling all you have learned about leaves.

LESSON CVIII.

Describing an Act,

James is sitting in his seat. The teacher wishes him to erase the work from the board. Observe closely each move that he makes from the time he first moves in his seat until he erases the work and returns to his seat.

Ask some member of your class to perform this act so that you can see just what he does.

What does he do first? Let your answers be complete statements. What does he do second? What does he do next? Write each statement neatly. How many sentences have you? With what kind of letter does each sentence begin? With what kind of mark does it close? Have you used any new words?

LESSON CIX.

Filling the Teakettle.

Matilda sits before the fire, reading her story-book. Her mother asks her to go and put some water in the teakettle. She has to go to the well for the water. Tell all she does until she returns and begins reading her book again.

Acts to be Described.

What new words have you used?

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Write the work out neatly on your slates. How do you

begin each sentence?

sentence close?

With what kind of mark does each

LESSON CX.

Making a Wood Fire.

Harry makes a wood fire in a stove. There are wood, kindling, and paper in the wood box beside the stove. Some matches are on a table in the room.

Tell just what he does first, what he does next, etc., until the fire is burning. Make complete statements each time.

Write all the statements neatly. How many have you? Notice the capital letters and punctuation marks. Have you spelled all the words correctly? What new words have you use

LESSON CXI.

Acts to be Described.

Here is a list of topics which may be worked out like the last three lessons. Some of these acts you have seen, some of them you have learned about in studying your geography, history, etc. Some of them you may see if you will make special trip for that purpose. Think carefully and watch your language closely.

1. Spinning a top.

2. Playing a game of marbles.

3. Learning to ride a bicycle.

4. Making a cake.

5. Raising a crop of corn.

6. Threshing wheat.

7. Separating the seeds from the cotton-the cotton gin. 8. The development of a butterfly. (Watch one.)

9. The birth of a fly.

10. The opening of a bud. (Keep one in your room and watch it.)

11. The growth of a bean.

earth in your room.

(Plant some in a box of moist

Take a few up at different

stages of their growth and watch their development.)

12. The hatching of a chick.

13. The building of a bird's nest.

14. The weaving of a spider's web.

15. The making of cider.

16. The battle of Gettysburg.

17. Solving a problem in percentage.

18. A visit to Mt. Vernon-the tomb of Washington. 19. A day in the woods.

20. Change of seasons.

LESSON CXII.

A Picture Study.

What kind of dog is this? Does he belong to the boy? Are they good friends? How do you know? Can a large dog like this take care of a child? Suppose the boy should fall into deep water. Suppose the boy should become very tired. Suppose the boy should be lost in the woods. Suppose an animal should attack the boy. What would the dog do?

Write an interesting story about this boy and his dog.