provided it is not already occupied. The one who first succeeds in getting his three grains in a row wins the point, and the board is cleared for a new start. - From The Hoosier Schoolboy by EDWARD EGGLESTON The above explanation of the way Indian children played the game, Tit-tat-toe, is so clear that anybody who understands the words and reads it thoughtfully, can play the game. Using the Dictionary Copy the words below. Opposite each write its meaning. Use your dictionary. grooved provided intersect occupied alternately Something to Do at Home Draw the diagram on a piece of paper and play the game, following the explanations, or rules, given by the author. In place of grains of corn what might be used? II. WRITING EXPLANATIONS The explanation given in the last lesson was a good explanation. It was good because it was clear. You could understand it and do just what it told you to do. The diagram helped to make the explanation clear. Write on one of the following subjects. Make your explanation clear. Use a diagram if you TWO VIEWS OF THE SAME THING 327 think it will help your readers to understand better. How to Play Tit-tat-toe (Not the Indian game, but the game you play) How to Play Hop-Scotch How to Play Tennis How to Play Basketball How to Play Cross-tag How to Play Hide-and-Seek How to Play Hare and Hounds How to Play Hockey If you wish, you may explain how some game not given in the above list is played. 1 III. TESTING EXPLANATIONS 1 IV. TWO VIEWS OF THE SAME THING Spring Cleaning One morning in spring the rooks were busy clearing out their old last year's nests to make room for new ones. This they did by throwing all the old twigs to the ground. Below, two women were busy with their spring cleaning. 1 Note to the teacher: See Manual, page 229. "Look at those women," said an old rook. "They threw all their old chairs and tables and sofas and beds out of doors, and now they are carrying them back into the house. I do believe they are going to use the old things another year." "How lazy!" exclaimed a second bird. "Why don't they make new ones?” "Very unhealthy, I call it," said a third. "I never use the same sticks twice in my nest." "Well," broke in a fourth, "what can you expect of folks who beat the rags they use to cover their floors and fill the air with dust for us to breathe? at that woman now!" Just look "Yes," continued a fifth, "and they blow smoke through those ugly red things they call chimneys, right into our clean, sweet homes. They should be shot!" "Indeed they should! They are not fit to live! They don't know what cleanliness means!" cawed all the rooks together. Listen to those noisy rooks," said one of the women. They have been chattering all morning. It is too bad that the lazy creatures have no housecleaning to keep them busy." Just see the litter they have made! All the old sticks from last year's nests are scattered over the lawn. They should be shot!" replied the neighbor. ENGLISH FABLE DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW 329 In this fable are two different views of the same matter. What was the rooks' idea of the women's way of cleaning house? What was the women's idea of the rooks' manner of housecleaning? Who were right, and who were wrong; or were both the women and the rooks right, from their standpoints? Write, in order, the criticisms that the rooks made on the women's way of spring cleaning. Arrange the criticisms on your papers as follows: 1. The women throw out their old furniture, then carry it back into the house and use it for another year. 2. They are lazy because they do not make new furniture. 3. 4. 5. 6. V. DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW Several boys were playing ball on a wet street when a man drove his automobile around a corner into the block where the boys were playing. In trying to avoid the boys, the man applied his brakes suddenly. The car skidded, struck a boy, ran into a street light and smashed it. The car was disabled; the radiator and a mud guard were ruined. The boys criticized the man and the man criticized the boys. Below are some of the things the boys said: 1. He was driving too fast. 2. He should have blown his horn before turning the corner. 3. He should not have applied his brakes. 4. He should be punished for hurting the boy. 5. He should pay for the damage to the street light. 6. It served him right to have his car damaged. Write some criticisms that the man might have made of the boys. VI. ANSWERING CRITICISMS Write the answers the man might have made to the boys' criticisms. VII. WRITING STORIES FROM DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW Choose one of the suggestions given below and make a story showing how different the same thing may seem to different people. (1) The Two Visits A country boy visited his friend in the city and criticized city life. Later the city boy visited his country friend and criticized country life. |