(a) The child lay on the ground between the tracks. (b) He had lain there about an hour. (c) The southbound train was coming around the curve. (d) The child heard no sound. (e) With a loud bark, a dog rushed up. (f) He found the child. (g) Seizing the boy's coat in his mouth, he dragged him from the tracks. (h) As the train passed the dog watched it, waving his tail proudly. VI. DANGEROUS PLACES Make a list of places where it is not safe for a child to play or to go without a grown person. Tell why each place is unsafe. VII. TELLING EXPERIENCES Were you ever in a dangerous place? Where? When? How did it happen? Was it your own fault? Were you frightened? Hurt? How did you get away, or how were you saved? Write a story of your time of danger. Make it interesting and exciting. If you never were in a dangerous place, you have doubtless known or heard of someone who was. You may write this story if you wish, instead of a story about yourself. VIII. FINDING STORIES IN A PICTURE1 What would be a good title for the picture on page 113, or for the story that might be made from this picture? Who are the children in the picture? Why have they come to the lake? Who lit the fire and hung the kettle? What work are the boys doing? the girls? What is in the kettle? Have the children come to the woods alone, or are there some grown people just out of sight? Give reasons for your answer. What accidents, funny or serious, might the children have? Did they have a pleasant day? 1 Note to the teacher: See Manual, page 109. IX. MAKING ORIGINAL OUTLINES AND STORIES1 Make an outline for the story you find in the picture on page 113, similar to the one in Section IV (p. 109). After you have written your outline, follow it in telling the story. X. TELLING HOW THINGS WERE DONE Look at the picture and tell how one of the following things was done. The kettle hung over the fire The fire built Corn cooked Fish caught Fish cooked Indian head-dresses made XI. TELLING EXPERIENCES Among the following titles, find one that fits some interesting experience that you have had. Tell a story about your experience. The Day I Went Fishing How I Played Indian A Picnic I Attended The Time I Went to the Country The Time I Went to the Lake (or any body of water) 1 Note to the teacher: See Manual, page 110. FINDING OUT SOMETHING 115 The Time I Went to the Park The Party I Attended A Visit I Made The Day I Had Most Fun An Automobile Trip How I Helped Father Plant Corn When I Kept the Baby The First Time I Washed the Dishes Money I Earned Last Vacation When Father and I Cleaned the Automobile XII. FINDING OUT SOMETHING AND Perhaps the children in the picture want to become Boy Scouts and Camp-Fire Girls when they are older. Do you know a Camp-Fire Girl or a Boy Scout? Find out all you can about Boy Scouts and Camp-Fire Girls, and come to school prepared to tell what you know. At least be ready to answer these questions: Who may belong to the Boy Scouts? to the Camp-Fire Girls? What do they do? What do they learn? Why is it a good thing for a boy to be a Boy Scout? for a girl to be a Camp-Fire Girl? |