Primary Language Lessons

by Emma Serl

Overview

2015 Reprint of 1911 Edition. Full Facsimile of the original edition. Not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Along with Charlotte Mason, Serl's work is considered one of the more lasting classics on Home Schooling. "Primary Language Lessons" deals with word usage, punctuation, capitalization, abbreviations, contractions, letter writing, memorization and recitation of poetry, retelling or rewriting of brief narratives, copy-work, and dictation. Overall emphasis is upon proper word usage in both spoken and written communication. Beautiful artwork reproductions (in black and white) are used as the basis for a number of lessons as are myths, legends, fables, fairy tales, historical vignettes, biographies, Bible stories, and nature lessons. This work is intended for second and third graders.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781614278610
Publisher:	Martino Fine Books
Publication date:	08/06/2015
Pages:	164
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.38(d)
Lexile:	570L (what's this?)

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Lesson 16

Copy these sentences, filling the blanks with to, too, or two.
1. ______ boys were flying a kite.

2. It is not _______ cold _______ play in the yard.

3. ______ squirrels live in the old oak tree.

4. The children like ______ watch them.

5. Do not go ______ close ______ the edge of the pond.

6. Mary went _______ church, and her sister went, ______.

7. The doll cost ________ dollars. I think it cost ______ much.

8. It takes ______ to make a quarrel.

9. Do not sing ______ loud.

10. ______ and ______ are four.

11. The sun gives light ______ the moon.

12. I saw ______ bright stars in the sky.
LESSON 17

Reproduction - Oral

The Lion and the Fox
A lion who was old and weak could not go out to hunt for food. He went into his den and made believe that he was very sick.
Many animals went into the den to look at him. When they came near, he caught them and ate them.
After a great many had been caught in this way, a fox came along. He sat down outside the den and asked the lion how he was.
The lion said that he was very sick, and he begged the fox to come in and see him.
"So I would," said the fox, "but I notice that all the footprints point into your den, and that none point out."
LESSON 18

Selection to be Memorized
Lady Moon Lady Moon, Lady Moon, where are you roving? Over the sea. Lady Moon, Lady Moon, whom are you loving? All that love me.
Are you not tired with rolling, and never Resting to sleep? Why look so pale and so sad, as forever Wishing to weep?
Ask me not this, little child, if you love me; You are too bold. I must obey the dear Father above me, And do as I'm told.
Lady Moon, Lady Moon, where are you roving? Over the sea. Lady Moon, Lady Moon, whom are you loving? All that love me.

Table of Contents

1 A Picture Lesson - Piper and Nutcrackers - Landseer
2 For Copying and Dictation
3 Is - Are
4 Selection to be Memorized - If I Knew
5 Observation Lesson - Frost
6 For Dictation
7 Selection to be Memorized - A Secret
8 Copying Sentences
9 For Dictation - The Clouds
10 Reproduction - Oral - The Dog in the Manger
11 A Picture Lesson - Wide Awake - Adam
12 Observation Lesson - A Cat
13 Composition
14 Conversation Lesson - The Care of Pets
15 Use of To - Too - Two
16 Reproduction - Oral - The Lion and the Fox
17 Selection to be Memorized - Lady Moon - Lord Houghton
18 Correct Use of Was - Were
19 For Dictation and Oral Reproduction - Wheat
20 Observation Lesson - Trees
21 A Picture Lesson - Saved - Landseer
22 Correct Use of A - An
23 Days of the Week
24 Composition - Oral or Written
25 Selection to be Memorized - The Swing - R. L.Stevenson
26 Sentences illustrating "When"
27 Composition
28 A Picture Lesson - An Interesting Family - Carter
29 For Dictation - There - Their
30 Use of There - Their in Sentences
31 For Dictation - The Cat and the Mice
32 Sentences illustrating "Where"
33 Use of Has - Have in Sentences - Oral and Written
34 A Picture Lesson - The Escaped Cow - Dupré
35 Observation Lesson - The Cow
36 Composition - Description
37 Composition - Sentences
38 The Seasons and Months of the Year - Dictation
39 Sentences illustrating "What Month?"
40 Sentences illustrating "What Season?"
41 Use of See - Saw - Seen in Sentences
42 Selection to be Memorized - The Brown Thrush - Lucy Larcom
43 Composition - Reproduction
44 Sentences illustrating "How?"
45 Letter Writing
46 Directing Envelopes
47 Conversation Lesson - Preparation for Winter
48 A Picture Lesson - Shoeing the Horse - Landseer
49 For Dictation - Erito, the Eskimo Boy
50 Sentences illustrating "Why?"
51 Selection to be Memorized - Dutch Lullaby - Eugene Field
52 Commas
53 Observation Lesson - Seeds
54 Reproduction - The Greedy Dog
55 Capital Letters - Names of Persons and Places
56 Observation Lesson - Materials
57 Initials
58 Selection to be Read and Studied - The Journey - Josephine Preston Peabody
59 Observation Lesson - What Color?
60 Letter Writing
61 Selection to be Memorized - My Shadow - R.L. Stevenson
62 Reproduction - Oral - The Wind and the Sun
63 Abbreviations
64 A Picture Story - Lions at Home - Rosa Bonheur
65 For Dictation
66 Composition
67 Composition - A Story
68 Dates
69 Observation Lesson
70 Use of Eat - Ate - Eaten in Sentences
71 Selection to be Memorized - One, Two, Three - Henry Cuyler Bunner
72 For Dictation - The Wind
73 One and More than One
74 Reproduction - Oral and Written - The Fox and the Crow
75 One and More than One
76 Reproduction - Oral and Written - Silk
77 Letter Writing - Original Letter
78 One and More than One
79 Reading Lesson - Dialogue - Forms of Pronouns
80 Choice of Words - Sentences
81 "Whose?" - Possessive Form
82 Use of Possessive Form in Sentences
83 Composition - Sentences illustrating "Whose?"
84 Selection to be Memorized - Wonderful World - W. B. Rands
85 Use of Go - Went - Gone in Sentences
86 Reproduction - Oral - The Lion and the Mouse
87 Composition - The Lion and the Mouse
88 Conversation Lesson
89 Contractions
90 Words Opposite in Meaning
91 Composition - Use of Opposite Words in Sentences
92 Composition - Autobiography
93 Reproduction - The Humming Bird and the Butterfly
94 Composition - Conversation
95 A Picture Lesson - Two Mothers - Debat-Ponsan
96 Observation Lesson - Tools
97 Selection to be Memorized - November - Alice Cary
98 Choice of Words in Sentences
99 Reproduction - Oral and Written - An Acorn
100 Correct Use of Most - Almost in Sentences
101 Observation Lesson - Directions
102 For Dictation - Insects
103 Reproduction - Oral - The Fox and the Grapes - Paragraphs
104 A Picture Lesson - "You're no Chicken" - F. Paton
105 Observation Lesson - Oral - Spiders
106 Conversation and Reproduction - The Ostrich
107 Selection to be Memorized - He Prayeth Best - S.T. Coleridge
108 Reproduction - Oral and Written - Moth and Butterfly
109 Letter Writing
110 Exclamation Point
111 Selection to be Memorized - The Bluebird - E.H. Miller
112 Composition - A Robin's Story
113 Quotations and Quotation Marks
114 For Dictation - The Hare and the Tortoise
115 Reproduction - Oral and Written - The Origin of Birds
116 Selection for Study - Who made the Stars? - Capitals
117 A Picture Lesson - Soap Bubbles - Elizabeth Gardner
118 Composition - Wool
119 An Answer to a Note of Invitation
120 Observation Lesson
121 Reproduction - Oral and Written - The Fox and the Stork
122 Selection to be Memorized - Discontent - Sarah Orne Jewett
123 Sentence - Statement - Question
124 Composition - How Arthur Helped
125 Reproduction - Oral and Written - Saint Valentine
126 Observation Lesson - Arrangement of Sequence
127 This - That - These - Those
128 Use of Words in Sentences
129 Letter Writing - Original Letter
130 Selection for Memorizing - The Violet - Lucy Larcom
131 A Picture Lesson - Feeding her Birds - Millet
132 Reproduction - The Myth of Narcissus
133 Choice of Words
134 Observation Lesson - Foods
135 Letter Writing - Original Letter
136 Conversation Lesson
137 Selection for Memorizing - A Boy's Song - James Hogg
138 Information Lesson - Bees
139 Choice of Words
140 Reproduction - The Golden Touch
141 Letter Writing - Original Note of Invitation
142 Use of Words in Sentences
143 Conversation Lesson - Animals
144 Letter Writing - Original Letter
145 Conversation Lesson - How Homes are Lighted
146 Reproduction - The Myth of the Sunflower
147 Selection to be Memorized - The Sandman
148 Use of Hasn't and Haven't in Sentences
149 Conversation Lesson - Birds
150 Letter Writing - Model Letter
151 A Picture Lesson - Anxiety - Olivie
152 Maxims and Proverbs
153 Composition
154 Selection to be Memorized - Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean

What People are Saying About This

Laura M. Berquist

Primary Language Lessons is a wonderful text for beginning writing skills.The emphasis is displayed in the copying and dictation work included in various lessons throughout the book . . . The best thing about this series is the emphasis on learning about writing by close attention to well-written passages.