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McGuffey's Eclectic Primer: Lesson I - A cat and a rat.

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New National First Reader (NNR) - Lesson IV

In addition to this Reader lesson you will also practice phonics rules, handwriting and vocabulary. Additional resources on the topic are also made available such as printable worksheets and online activities.

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McGuffey's Eclectic First Reader - Lesson I

Vocabulary:





Phoneme Families:

oo as in:

book
cook
hook
look
took
nook
brook
crook
shook

ear (long e) as in:

bear
pear
tear
wear
swear

ear (er, ir,or,ur) as in:

earn
learn
yearn

(heard, search, earth)


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Lessons in this series:

• First Reader:Lesson XVII
• First reader: Lesson XVI
• First Reader: Lesson XV
• First Reader: Lesson XIV
• First Reader: Lesson XIII
• First Reader: Lesson XII
• First Reader: Lesson XI
• First Reader: Lesson X
• Penmanship practice paper
• McGuffey's 1836 First Eclectic Reader: Lesson I
• First Reader: Lesson II
• First Reader: Lesson III
• First Reader: Lesson IV
• First Reader: Lesson V
• First Reader: Lesson VI
• First Reader: Lesson VII
• First Reader: Lesson VIII
• First Reader: Lesson IX

McGuffey's Eclectic Primer: Lesson 1

Lesson 1

The first couple of lesson of McGuffey's reader only requires your child to read through the given words. Your child should have covered at least 50 phongarms before starting the Primers. Have your child read through each word three times. If they are struggling with certain sounds, have patience and go back and review that sound. After reading the words, have them copy in their notebooks and draw a picture for each word.

The words for this lesson are:

Boy
Man
Hen
Top

Memory Verse:

Zechariah 8:4-6

"Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age. And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof. Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts."

Activity:
(A fun project to do with an adult's help)
Make your own top

Poetry Lesson 3: The Lyric

Lyric Verse

While narrative verse is written to tell of heroic deeds and incredible tales, the lyric verse is written to express feelings and to stir your emotions. Lyric verse is also shorter and easier to follow than most narrative poems. Different forma of lyric verse are: sonnets, villanelles, minnesang, pastourelle, canstone, and stev. Lyric poetry is like a great song, where the poet makes a steady use of rhyming words and carefully aranges the lines within each stanza.

by John Keats

Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art---
Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night
And watching, with eternal lids apart,
Like nature's patient, sleepless Eremite,
The moving waters at their priestlike task
Of pure ablution round earth's human shores,
Or gazing on the new soft-fallen mask
Of snow upon the mountains and the moors---
No---yet still stedfast, still unchangeable,
Pillowed upon my fair love's ripening breast,
To feel for ever its soft fall and swell,
Awake for ever in a sweet unrest,
Still, still to hear her tender-taken breath,
And so live ever---or else swoon in death.

Poetry Lesson 2: The Narrative

Lesson 2; Narrative Verse

Narrative poetry is one of the oldest, and may be the oldest, forms of poetry. It's used to tell a story and can be either long or short. There are different types of narrative poetry. The most common are: epics, romances, and historical verse.
Epics are very long and have many parts; many are as long as a whole book. Some famous epic poems are Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey", Dante's "Divine Comedy", Beowulf (author unknown), John Milton's "Paradise Lost", etc.
Romances are usually shorter poems, and tells stories about chivalry and classical mythology.
Tennyson's "Idylls of the King" is a good example of narrative romance.
Historical verse takes true stories and makes them come to life by putting them to rhyme. However, be careful, for they occasionally stretch the truth. "Paul Revere's Ride" by H.W. Longfellow is a famous example of a historical narrative.

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1836 First Eclectic Reader: Lesson XXXII. - Little Lucy.

Do you like to read? Can reading be as fun as play? What is so good about reading? Create a list of adjectives describing why it is good to read. The list should have atleast four adjectives.

Little Lucy.

Lucy, can you read? Yes sir, I can. Would you rather read than play? Yes sir, I would, because mama tells me that play will not be of any use to me after I am grown. If I love to read, I will be wise and good. A little boy or girl who can not read is not much better than Puss. Puss can run and play, as well as they. Puss can never learn to read. Boys who do not know how to read can not learn anything, but what is told to them. When a boy of girl knows how to read, they can sit down and learn a great deal, when there is no one to talk to them. After boys and girls have learned to read, they can learn to write. Then they can send letters to their friends, who live far away.

Vocabulary.

know, cannot, because,
friends, mama, away,
much, rather, letters,
learned, better, and never.

Poetry Lesson 1: The Haiku

Poetry Lesson 1

There many different types of poetry: Haiku, Ballad, Sonnet, Blank Verse, Free Verse, Ode, Limerick, Sestina, Narrative, Dramatic Monologue and Villanelle.

Haiku

Today we are going to talk about the Haiku. Haiku is a type of poetry that doesn't rhyme from the Japanese culture. Haiku combines form, content, and language in a meaningful, yet compact form. Haiku poets write about everyday things. Many themes include nature, feelings, or experiences. The most common form for Haiku is tree short lines. The first line usually contains five syllables, the second line seven syllables, and the third line contains five syllables (5,7,5). Haiku A Haiku must "paint" a mental image in the reader's mind. This is the challenge of Haiku - to put the poem's meaning and imagery in the reader's mind in just 17 syllables over just three lines of poetry! You can also write Haiku with three syllables in the first line, five syllables in the second, and three again in the third (3,5,3); for those who think they can be more concise.
Here are some examples of Haiku:

The Rose by Donna Brock
The blossom bends
and drips its dew on the ground
Like a tear it falls.

By Natsume Soseki
Over the wintry
forest, winds howl in rage
with no leaves to blow.

Exercise:
1. See if you can find some Haiku poems (look for about 3).
2. Write a Haiku poem yourself, one with 3 lines of 5,7,5 and other with 3 lines of 3,5,3.

1836 First Eclectic Reader: Lesson XXXI. - Good Advice

Dictionary Lookup: forgiveness, disobeyed, avoid. Study base words and changes that prefixes and suffixes make. Put 'dis' in front of obey, honest, agree, arm, and quality, see how it turns each word in an opposite meaning. Also read Ephesians 4:26-31, Ecclesiastes 7:9, and Proverbs 15:1. Find a part of the story that is like each verse.

Good Advice

If you have done anything during the day that is wrong, ask forgiveness of God and your parents. Remember that you should learn some good things every day. If you have learned nothing all day, that day is lost. If anyone has done you, forgive him in your heart before you go to sleep. Do not go to sleep with hatred in your heart toward anyone. Never speak to anyone in an angry or harsh voice. If you have spoken unkind words to a brother or sister, go and ask forgiveness. If you have disobeyed your parents, go and confess it. Ask God to aid you always to do good and avoid evil.

Vocabulary

before, parents, during,
always, brother, forgive,
shaken, unkind, forgiveness,
hatred, confess, remember,
nothing, sister, and disobeyed.

1836 First Eclectic Reader: Lesson XXX. - The Snow Dog and Boy

• 

Review the preceding story: What do men teach their dogs to do? If you have forgotten, read the answer from page 89. After the you read the story review the phonograms: "ea", "igh", and "qu". Skim through the story and find examples of these sounds. What do you think would be first if the boy had been telling the story? Then what would be next, and so forth (this requires some rereading). Write your ideas in a list. When your finished with your list look at it and write a story. You can pretend your are the boy and write in first person, using "I", or you can also make up a name for the boy and write in third person.

The Snow Dog and Boy

After the old man had wiped the sweat from off his face, he went on with his story. "One sad, cold night when the snow fell fast, and the wind blew loud and shrill, and it was quite dark with not a star to be seen in the sky, these good men sent out a dog to hunt for those who might want help. " In and hour or two the dog was heard at the gate, and when they looked they saw the dog with a boy on his back. "The poor child was stiff with cold, and could just hold on to the dog's back. "He told the men that he had lain a long time in the snow, and was too ill and weak to walk, and the snow fell fast on him. After a while, he felt something pull him by the coat, and then he heard the bark of a dog close by him. " The boy then put out his hand, and he felt hair of the dog, and then the dog gave him one more pull. This gave the poor boy some hope, and he took hold of the dog, and he took hold of the dog, and drew himself out of the snow. He felt that he could not stand or walk. " He then got upon the dog's back, and put his arms around the dog's neck, and held fast. He felt sure the dog did not mean to hurt him, and thus rode on the dog's back, all the way to the good men's house. They took care of the boy till the snow was gone, then they sent him to his own home.

Vocabulary

sweat, wiped, mean,
might, something, home,
snow, heard, could,
after, length, and quite.

Barry, who lived and made history between 1800 and 1814, was one of the greatest rescue dogs the world has ever seen. Barry was a Saint Bernard dog who earned worldwide fame for the brave rescue operations he carried out during his lifetime. His painting by Salvatore Rosa still hangs in a hospice in the Alps of Switzerland.

Barry was an expert rescue dog well versed with the rescue drill and amongst his famous rescue adventures there is this famous story about a young boy who was found stranded on an icy ledge, all covered with thick snow under an ongoing, heavy snowfall. It was not possible for any man to climb that icy ledge, but Barry braving all adversity crawled inch by inch to the injured boy. As the drill has it, Barry started licking the boy's face but the snowfall was too heavy and the ledge too difficult to climb for any monk to reach the boy. So, there was no help coming. The boy, however, woke up due to Barry's warm licks and wrapped his arms around Barry's strong neck. The dog pulled him carefully and bravely from the ledge and brought him to safety.

It is just one of the many gallant rescue stories of this great rescuer Saint Bernard. He lived from 1800 to 1814 and saved more than 40 lives in his lifetime.

1836 First Eclectic Reader: Lesson XXIX. - The Story Teller

Dictionary look up: civil. Could this story be true? In what counties could it have happened? What kind of dog might it be? Have you taught your dog to do something? What is a story teller?

The Story Teller.

Peter Parley was a great story teller. This is known to all children who have read his books. One day as he was going by the school, the children came around him, and they all wished him to tell them a new story. "Well," says Peter, "I love to please good children, and as you all appear kind and civil, I will tell you a story which you have never heard. Before we begin, let us go and sit down in a cool shady place. And now, master John, you must be still as a little mouse. And Mary, you must be careful not to let Towser bark and make a noise." "A long way from this place, in a land where it is very cold, and where much snow fall, and where the hills are so high that their tops appear to reach the sky, there live some men whose joy it is to help folks who pass by these hills. These men keep large dogs, which they teach to go out and hunt for persons who may be lost in the snow drifts. The dogs have so fine a scent or smell, that they can find folks by means of it. Even when it is too dark to see, or when the folks for whom they are searching, lie hidden in the deep snow drifts, they find them"

Vocabulary

whose,
begin, scent,
much, high, deep,
great, drift, Parley, please,
hid, Towser, appear, story, Mary,
down, books, master, these, going, wished,
teller, persons, never, have, children, careful, read,

Make this dog a rescue dog:

1836 First Eclectic Reader: Lesson XXVIII. - The Wild Beasts.

Dictionary look up: cow hide. Have you been to a zoo or a circus? How do you feel at a zoo or circus when you see caged animals and people handling them? How should people treat animals in captivity?

The Wild Beasts.

James and George went to the show. They saw a great many wild beasts in cages, and some only with a chain around one foot, fastened to a post. They saw the showman go into a cage with the lion and strike him with a cow hide. The lion roared very loud, and looked cross, but did not hurt him. James said, "I wish the man would come out. I do not like to see him in the cage. That big lion might eat him and then I should be sorry." James was a good boy, and did not like to see anyone hurt. After they had seen the show their kind papa took them to the book store, and bought each of them a fine new book. They were good boys, and loved to read.

Vocabulary.

through, store,
seen, many, book,
kind, roared, papa, bought,
looked, loved, show, cow, before,
good, hide, beasts, quite, cross, James.

More information:

Lion taming is the practice of taming lions, either for protection, whereby the practice was probably created, or, more commonly, entertainment, particularly in the circus. The term is also often used for the taming and display of other big cats such as tigers, leopards, jaguars, cheetahs, and pumas. Lion taming is used as a stereotypical dangerous occupation due to the obvious risks of toying with powerful instinctive carnivores.

Lion taming is performed in zoos across the world, to enable less dangerous feeding and to bring more profit by holding programmes like cub petting.

Note that taming an individual lion is not the same as domestication of a species. (Wiki)

1836 First Eclectic Reader: Lesson XXVII. - How to Add

Spelling: all numbers to ten; to twenty. To read for details, get some beans and work out some problems as John and his mother did. Write a paragraph explaining how to add two numbers using beans or marbles. Let someone try to follow the directions you wrote.

How to Add.

John. I wish I could do a sum, as James does. May I get a slate and try?
Mother. You can not use a slate yet, but I will teach you how to add with these beans. Now,mind what I say to you. Here is one, and here are two more. How many do one and two beans make? Put them in your left hand, and count one, two, three. You see that one and two make three. Now take three more beans, and add them to those in your left hand, and count all of them-one, two, three, four, five, six. Three and three make six. Now take four beans, and add two more to them. You see two more to them. You see there are six. Four and two are six. Now take five beans, and add one to them. You see there are six. Then five and one make six.

Vocabulary.

could, beans, four,
these, hand, teach,
your, slate, here,
does, mind, three.