#  ijeu  dse .  us


Do     you    see    it  ?


(  Writing.)


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Expressions  for  Objects.  37


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w  ntm?-  nad  ute  vau  .<
S2W<z/e  nod-  Me  4mu.
<>e  wiu  id  u  noui/


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Dictation. — The  fox.  See  the  frog.  Here  is  the  cat.  Where
is  the  mouse  ?     This  is  the  rat.
[To  attract  the  attention  of  the  children  to  the  thought,  and
thus  divert  it  from  the  irksomeness  of  learning  mere  language,  the
teacher  may  easily  make  a  real  game  of  this  lesson.  Let  a  ball,
a  pencil,  a  knife  and  a  button  be  passed  from  one  to  another  till  no
one  but  the  possessor  knows  who  has  the  objects.     Teacher  writes

upon   the   board,  Who  has  the  ?   (naming   any  one   of  the

objects).  '  The  possessor  raises  the  hand.  Children  write,  Who  has
the  ball?  (that  being  the  object  named).  George  raises  his  hand.
Teacher  writes,  and  children  imitate,  George  has  the  ball.  Thus
they  learn  the  new  idiom,  and  also  how  to  write  their  own  names.
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Thought  and  Expression.
They  should  gradually  learn  such  expressions  for  possession  as
Johns,  Kates,  my,  mine,  your,  yours,  our,  ours,  his,  hers,  its,  their,
theirs.  These  will  be  introduced  from  time  to  time.  The  Lessons
should  increase  in  interest.  Here  are  two  objects,  the  possessor  and
the  possessed.  For  oral  practice,  and  as  a  preparation  for  writing,
the  teacher  may  ask,  What  has  the  batf  What  has  the  fish  f  etc.,
eliciting  as  answers  wings,  fins.
LESSON  13.
(Heading.)

0,  see  there!  a  bat!
Do  you  see  the  bat?


Yes ;  I  see  the  bat.
Will  the  bat  bite  me  ?

0  no ;  the  bat  will  catch  a  fly.
Here  is  a  fly.
Where  is  the  hen  ?

Here  is  the  hen.
