SEVENTH YEAR

FIRST WEEK

1

The bees went hurrying to fill up their store;
The apple boughs bent over more and more,
With peach and apricot the garden wall
Was odorous, and the pears began to fall

From off the high trees with each freshening breeze.

WILLIAM MORRIS

Study the words that are hardest to spell in this stanza. Write

Write the names of ten flowers, besides those given in Lessons

Review Lessons 1-4. Write the words that contain silent let

ters and mark these letters.

SECOND WEEK

6

Try to cultivate that generosity which enables us to admire competitors, even if they are more successful than ourselves.

Write a list of your favorite games or sports.

Later refers to time; latter means the second of two things. Use these two words in sentences.

10. REVIEW

Review Lessons 6-9.

THIRD WEEK

11

"No wise fish would go anywhere without a porpoise. Why, if a fish came to me and told me he was going on a journey, I should say, 'With what porpoise?'"

"Don't you mean 'purpose?'" asked Alice.

Find in the dictionary the pronunciation of porpoise and tortoise.

Mark the syllables and accents in these words. Consult the

dictionary to make sure you are correct.

What part of speech is each word in this lesson? Use each

word in a sentence.

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mis: wrong; mislead, to lead in a wrong way. un:-not; unreal, not real.

mis: deeds, place, fortune, pronounce, print, guided. un:-easy, buckle, decided, aware, seasonable, skillful.

Write these words with the prefix added. Write sentences, using five of the words you have made.

15. REVIEW

Review Lessons 11-14.

FOURTH WEEK

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"I took only the regular course," said the Mock Turtle.

"What was that?" inquired Alice.

"Reeling and writhing, of course, to begin with," the Mock Turtle replied. "And then the different branches of arithmeticambition, distraction, uglification, and derision."

Alice in Wonderland

in quired' am bi' tion dis trac' tion

Make a list of your school studies which

Mock Turtle's subjects.

con fu' sion

dif' fer ent

correspond to the

State the meanings of wreath and wreathe. Use these two words

Tell how each compound word is formed; thus, overthrow is a

compound verb, formed from the verb throw and the adverb over.