SIXTH YEAR

FIRST WEEK

1

Five great professions have hitherto existed in every civilized nation. The soldier's profession is to defend it; the pastor's to teach it; the physician's to keep it in health; the lawyer's to enforce justice in it; the merchant's to provide for it. And the duty of all these men is, on due occasion, to die for it.-RUSKIN

From dictation, write the quotation from Ruskin in Lesson 1.

What similarity do you find in the words of Lessons 3 and 4?

Review Lessons 1-4. Write in a column the words ending in

sion.

SECOND WEEK

6

Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability.-BACON

Talk over in class the meaning of the sentence in to-day's les

Flor'i da

Mississippi Del'a ware Mas sa chu'setts

Wy o'ming Louisian'a Illinois'

Penn syl va'ni a

In writing the names of states in your geography lessons, which have you found hardest to spell?

10. REVIEW

Review Lessons 6-9.

THIRD WEEK

The better part of valor is discretion.-SHAKESPEARE

11

ex cla ma' tion

Write sentences, using the words in this lesson.

13

ex pla na' tion cel e bra' tion

plan ta'tion an nex a' tion de scrip' tion va ca' tion

Make a list of five words ending in tion, besides the words in this week's lessons.

Review Lessons 11-14.

15. REVIEW

FOURTH WEEK

16

they were reduced in

than

When watches were first made, they were comparatively large and the hours like clocks.

After the striking mechanism was and were

ornamental

Which words in this list do you need to study hardest?

Copy the paragraph about watches, filling in the blanks with words from the spelling list.

Review Lessons 16-19. Write the words in alphabetical order.

Fill the blanks with words from the spelling list. Study especially the words in the first two columns. What is the meaning of uniformly?

Effect, as a noun, means the result produced by some cause. Explain the meaning of effect in the sentence of Lesson 21.