Identifier: firstlessonsinla00sout (find matches)
Title: First lessons in language
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Southworth, Gordon Augustus. (from old catalog) Goddard, Farley Brewer. (from old catalog)
Subjects: English language
Publisher: Boston and New York, Leach, Shewell & Sanborn
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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een away for a year. Call the name Edward or Mary Norman of Ithaca, N.Y. Mentionchanges in streets; buildings added; persons who have changedtheir residences, or who have come to live in town; what haschanged in school; and say how you spend your time now differ-ently from the way in which you used to spend it. II. Think of some friend who is almost a new one to you; the per-sons name; where the person lives; how you became acquainted;what you liked at first; what you have found about the personslikes or dislikes ; and what is done to keep up friendship. Write a letter to an old friend, — say Jane or Joe Stanton, of Cin-cinnati, Ohio, — telling about this new friend. Add the envelope address. III. Write a letter to whomever you choose, telling of any plans that yonhave made for summer or winter, or for every day. Say what you like to do. Ask for a letter of the same kind inreply, telling you what is happening where your friend lives, andwhen there is to be a chance of meeting. 100
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101 LESSON 168.-Birds and their Nests. I. Give a fall description of the picture on the opposite page. Beginwith ivhat is most important, and finish ivith details. II. After one or two talks about Birds and their Nests, ivriteivhat you think of them, and what you have learned about them. 1. What wild birds do you know by their color, or by the mark-ing of their feathers ? 2. Do you know any of them by their songor cry ? 3. Or by their manner of flying ? 4. Do the two parentbirds always look alike ? 5. Do they sing the same song ? 6. Where do birds pass the winter? 7. When do they buildtheir nests ? 8. Describe any nests that you have seen. 9. Wherewere they built ? 10. What were they made of ? 11. What pro-tects nests from the rain ? 12. What animals molest birds whilenesting ? 13. How do birds behave when the nest is in danger ? 14. When they attack an enemy, what weapons do they use ? 15. How do the nestlings get their food ? 16. Why are birds more helpful than harmful to farmers ?1

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