39 BUILDING A VOCABULARY In each of the blanks in the story use one of the words in the list on the following page, or any other word that will help to complete the story. He was a BEAUTY, BEAST, AND THE BOY it was Thanksgiving Day, but he would have been very if anybody had into the alley and him a bone. He at the garbage cans, but the were fastened down tight, and he couldn't get so much as a of anything to eat. Since there was nothing to be had at back gates, he around to the front doors. At one of them Beauty was standing. , very — , and very; and she bow. She didn't know it was She was very to eat, Perhaps it wouldn't have had. She was so used to and a warm place to bow when she was washed most of the time that of being eyes, and said just as "Go away! Go away! Beast!" for anything. little stranger with the as a dog can speak, He hadn't known before way she He would have that his name was Beast, but from the said it he knew he must be gone away at once, if just then Boy hadn't come to the door to see why Beauty was making such a As soon as Boy and the Beast looked at each other, they knew what was going to happen. For the rest of his life every day was Thanksgiving Day for Beast. TALKING AND WRITING ABOUT THANKSGIVING Do many boys and girls fail to be thankful on Thanksgiving Day because, like Beauty, they are so used to their good things? Is every day Thanksgiving Day to many boys and girls as it was to Beast? Think of all the good things that you have to be thankful for. Write a paragraph, telling about your blessings. Tell the story that Beast might tell you about his first Thanksgiving Day. He would probably tell you about: 1. His hunger and loneliness that cold morning. 2. His meeting with Beauty. 3. His meeting with Boy. 4. His happiness now. Tell the story that Boy might tell you about the little dog that came to him on Thanksgiving. Plan your story before telling it. 41 TELLING HOW TO DO THINGS GETTING THANKSGIVING DINNER The market boy has just delivered the good things for Thanksgiving dinner. There they all lie on the Each member of the class may tell how to prepare some part of the dinner. Tell: 1. How to get the turkey ready for the oven. 2. How to brown the turkey and make it ready for the table. 3. How to make the gravy. 4. How to prepare the mashed potatoes. 5. How to prepare the celery for the table. 6. How to make the cranberry sauce. 7. How to make the pumpkin pie. Make a list of other things that you might have for Thanksgiving dinner. Tell how to prepare one of the things in this list. You may also tell: 1. How to make the fire. 2. How to set the table for dinner. 3. How to wash the dishes. 42 USING MAY AND CAN "May I carry your suit-case, mother?" "Yes, Stanley, you may if you can lift it. It is very heavy." "May I ask Alfred to help me?" "Certainly you may. if you can manage it." Put it into the automobile Notice that the word may is used to ask or to grant permission. The word can shows power or ability to perform the action. Copy the following sentences, putting in the word may or can. 4. Yes, I swim farther than that, 5. I swim out to the raft with you, father? 6. I am afraid that you try. not swim so far, but you Write other sentences in which you use these words. Read your sentences to the class. 43 STUDYING ABOUT SENTENCES What a beautiful place Mount Vernon is! It was the home of George Washington. It is located on the Potomac river about fifteen miles below the city of Washington. Have you ever been there? Be sure to visit Mount Vernon when you go to Washington. Read the first sentence. What mark shows you how to read it? What is the name of the mark? What kind of sentence is it? Read the next two sentences. What do they tell you? What mark is placed at the end of each? What kind of sentences are they? Read the fourth sentence. What mark helps you? What kind of sentence is it? Read the last sentence. Notice that it gives you a direction. An exclamatory sentence expresses strong feeling. It is followed by an exclamation mark. A declarative sentence tells something. It is followed by a period. An interrogative sentence asks a question. It is followed by a question mark. An imperative sentence gives a direction or command. It is followed by a period. |