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Have you ever planted a tree?

Tell where and when you planted it.
Tell how you planted it.

Why did you plant it?

Give as many reasons as you can for planting

trees.

Name your favorite tree.

Describe it, telling how it looks, where it grows, and why it is your favorite tree.

Written Exercise:

Write an account of some Arbor Day exercise that you have taken part in.

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WHAT DO WE PLANT?

Read and study:

What do we plant when we plant a tree?
We plant the ship which will cross the sea.
We plant the masts to carry the sails;
We plant the plank to withstand the gales;
The keel, the keelson, and beam and knee:
We plant the ship when we plant the tree.

What do we plant when we plant the tree?
We plant the house for you and me.
We plant the rafters, the shingles, the floors;
We plant the studding, the lath, the doors,
The beams and siding, all parts that be:
We plant the house when we plant the tree.

What do we plant when we plant the tree?
A thousand things that we daily see.
We plant the spire that out-towers the crag,
We plant the staff for our country's flag;
We plant the shade from the hot sun free :
We plant all these when we plant the tree.

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Study this poem, stanza by stanza, till you see all the things that it says the tree gives us. Can you think of any others?

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Read:

LETTERS

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CITY OF MEXICO, February 12, 1848.

your letter, and to find But how could you say Did I not write to you

MY DEAR LITTLE AGNES: I was delighted to receive that you could write so well. that I had not written to you? and Annie? I suppose you want a letter all to yourself, so here is one.

There is a nice little girl here, rather smaller than you were when I parted from you, named Charlottita, which means little Charlotte, who is a great favorite of mine. She is quite fair, with blue eyes and long dark lashes, and has her hair plaited down her back. She cannot speak English, but has a very nimble little tongue and jabbers French at me.

Last Sunday she and her older sister came to the

palace to see me, and I took them into the garden I told you of, and got them some flowers. Afterwards I took them to see the Governor, General Smith, and showed them the rooms in the palace, some of which are very large, with pictures, mirrors, and chandeliers.

After I had shown Charlottita and her sister Isabel all these things, she said she wished to go to her Mamarita, which means little Mamma, so I led her out of the palace. She is always dressed very nicely when I see her, and keeps her clothes very clean; I hope my little girls keep theirs just as nice, for you know I cannot bear dirty children. You must therefore study hard, and be a very nice girl, and do not forget your papa, who thinks constantly of you and longs to see you more than he can tell.

Write to me soon and believe me always,
Your affectionate father,

R. E. LEE.

Here is part of a letter, written by General Lee, when in Mexico, to his little daughter at home. Read it aloud in class.

Tell as nearly as you can what is written in it.

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Where was this letter written?

Copy the part that tells you this, just as it is in the book, with all the marks and capital letters. When was it written? Copy the part that tells you this, just as it is in the book.

Those two expressions that tell you when and

where a letter is written should be on every letter.

They are usually written together, as in this letter. What are they called?

Copy the following headings carefully:

1170 Broadway, New York,

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Write headings for a letter written at Saint Paul, Minnesota, on July nineteenth, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and for one written at Los Angeles, California, in the house, number four hundred and ninety three, Main Street, on December twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and four.

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To whom was the letter (page 94) written? Copy the words that tell you this.

What is this part of the letter called?

Copy these salutations:

My dear Father. Dear John. My dear Cousin Henry.

Write the salutations for letters, one to your cousin Jack and one to your mother.

Who wrote the letter?

Where is the name written? Copy it.

What is it called?

What is written just before the name? Copy it. This is the polite or friendly ending, or closing phrase.

Copy these endings and signatures

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Write endings to letters to your mother, your brother, and your cousin Jack.

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Conversation:

MAY DAY

Review of Proper Names

Talk over some May Day party that you have attended. Tell what you wore; where the party was, in the city or the country, in a park or the woods, or some other place. Tell all about what

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