[Have pupils read this poem carefully, after which let them write the story, answering the questions at the end of the lesson.] Pussy cat out for an airing one day, Was creeping along in her soft sly way, When down near the garden wall she found A turtle waddling along on the ground. STORY FROM POEM. Puss put up her back, and her tail grew big; Puss stared in amazement, and then she said: "Well, What in the world is this creature about? I feel it my duty to try to find out.” She patted the shell, but the turtle kept still, 53 But all of a sudden she gave a loud yell, The turtle had seized her fore paw 'Tis safer to mind your own business, my dear.” -Youth's Companion. Write the answers to these questions in the form of a story. Combine the answers that fit together well. What was pussy doing? What did she find? Paragraph 1. Where did she find it? What did pussy then do? What did the turtle do? What did pussy think? Paragraph 2. How did she try to find out what the turtle was doing? Why did pussy yell? What else did she do? Paragraph 3. How did they look? Paragraph 4. Where did puss fall? How came she to do so? (How did the turtle feel? What did he do? What did he say to Puss? Fill the blanks in this letter, which is written by Master Frank Strong to his classmate, Andrew Walton. Frank is spending the month of July, 1887. in Jackson, Cal.; Andrew lives at Lodi, Cal.: Will you please send me one dozen fish hooks by the next mail? Get the kind which are best for trout fishing. What is added to Jane in number two? What does it mean now? 1. Felix pony. What shows you whose pony it is? 2. Felix's pony. Change each of the following so that we may know who is the owner: 1. James dog. 2. boy top. 3. man hat. 4. children pet. 5. fox tail. 6. girl slate. WRITTEN EXERCISE. Change these groups of words so that a name will show the ownership: 1. the pencil of the girl. 2. the desk of the teacher. |