PART I.

NOTE.

The oral exercises in this book are merely suggestive, and should be changed and extended to meet the needs of each class.

The very nature of the work, depending as it does upon the enthusiasm and ingenuity of the teacher, makes it impossible to plan complete oral lessons.

In everything developed by the teacher, the blackboard should supplant the book, and every device should be used to vary and enliven the work.

The oral Lessons of the book should be carefully studied by the pupil, that he may give thoughtful answers.

Supplement the lessons given by similar ones, in order to give the children sufficient drill.

[Develop the idea of the Statement, from the following lesson, and teach the term. After the children have answered the questions, let the teacher select some of the best statements and write them on the board for the class to read. Write the term, Statement, and teach how to spell it.]

1. What is the little girl doing?

2. Where is she sitting?

3. What shall we call her, Alice or May?

Tell all that you have said about Alice.

4. What else do you see in the picture? 5. Who gave the doll to Alice?

6. Tell the doll's name.

7. Say something about the doll.

8. Say or state something about the basket. 9. State the number of things in the basket. 10. Where do you think Alice's thimble is?

11. Of what use are the scissors?

12. Who taught Alice how to sew?

13. Why do you think she is trimming a hat?

14. What does she wear on her feet?

15. What do you think she has on her head?

16. State what you think is the color of her dress.

17. Where do you think Alice and her doll are going when the hat is done?

18. Repeat, for me to write on the board, a statement made about Alice.

19. What statement was made about the basket? 20. What was said about the doll?

LESSON 2.

USE OF CAPITAL AND PERIOD.

[The teacher should put these statements on the board and, after developing the use of the capital letter and period, have children copy for study work.]

1. This little girl is trimming a hat.
2. We will call the little girl, Alice.
3. Alice is sitting on the rug.
4. I see a doll and a basket.

5. Grandma gave Alice the doll.
6. The doll's name is Bess.

Look carefully at the first word in each of the statements you have copied.

With what kind of letter does each statement begin?
What do you see at the end of each statement?

Write the following Statements, filling the blanks, and begin each with a capital letter, and end it with a period: