New National Fourth Reader Part 45

Directions for Reading.--Point out, breathing-places in the last paragraph of page 207.[13]

Name the _emphatic words_ in the last sentence of the lesson.

Mark _inflection_ in the last line of the lesson.

p.r.o.nounce carefully the following words: _dark, march, hard, calm, hearts_.

Language Lesson.--Let pupils define the following words: _complete, attract, locate, intent, procrastinate, separate_; then add to each word as a stem, the ending _ion_, and define the words so formed.

Point out the omissions of letters necessary in joining the stems and endings.

Let pupils make out an _a.n.a.lysis_ in six parts for the last two lessons, and use it in writing or telling the story in their own words.

[13] See third paragraph from the end of the lesson.

LESSON XLIV.

peas'ants, _those who work on farms_.

hedge'rows, _rows of shrubs or trees used to inclose a s.p.a.ce_.

tow'ers, _very high buildings_.

an ces'tral, _belonging to a family for a great many years_.

mon'arch, _king; ruler_.

roy'al ty, _kings and queens_.

gifts, _things given; presents_.

COMMON GIFTS.

The sunshine is a glorious thing, That comes alike to all, Lighting the peasant's lowly cot, The n.o.ble's painted hall.

The moonlight is a gentle thing, Which through the window gleams Upon the snowy pillow, where The happy infant dreams.

It shines upon the fisher's boat Out on the lonely sea, As well as on the flags which float On towers of royalty.

The dewdrops of the summer morn Display their silver sheen Upon the smoothly shaven lawn, And on the village green.

There are no gems in monarch's crown More beautiful than they; And yet you scarcely notice them, But tread them off in play.

The music of the birds is heard, Borne on the pa.s.sing breeze, As sweetly from the hedgerows as From old ancestral trees.

There are as many lovely things, As many pleasant tones, For those who dwell by cottage hearths As those who sit on thrones.

Directions for Reading.--This lesson should be read with a full and clear tone of voice. The thoughts expressed are not of a conversational nature.

In the first stanza, in the contrast between _peasant's lowly cot_ and _n.o.ble's painted hall_, the inflections are _rising circ.u.mflexes_ and _falling circ.u.mflexes_.

The _rising circ.u.mflex_ consists of a downward turn of the voice followed by an upward turn; the _falling circ.u.mflex_, of an upward turn followed by a downward turn.

Let pupils mark the inflections in the last two lines of the poem.

Language Lesson.--Let pupils express the meaning of what is given below in dark type, using a single word for each example.

For _those who dwell by cottage hearths_

As _those who sit on thrones_.

LESSON XLV.