Read Dorothy Sayers: "The Lost Tools of Learning".

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

McGuffey's 1836 First Eclectic Reader: Lesson II

In this lesson work on the phonograms : ir, silent l, oy, the "w" sound in one, and ar. Follow the same study process as described in lesson I. Have the chi;dren draw a picture of their own and write tree sentences about it. Don't forget to let them color the oicture or draw their own picture for each section.

Lesson II


This boy has a bird.
This bird is on his hand.
Some birds can talk.




The dog barks.
Do you hear the dog bark?
Boys play with dogs.





The boys run fast.
They run as fast as they can.
One of the boys has no hat.




Here is a small dog.
He has the boy's hat.

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