WORD STUDY 119 



completed, or such a portion of it as is considered suitable 

 for grammar grades. New work is always presented 

 through use, leading out into generalizations, the forma- 

 tion of rules, and the classification of knowledge. 



There follow a few papers from pupils, giving a slight 

 view of the work done. 



The various lists for the sixth grade are of the same 

 general nature as those in the fifth grade. Some of the 

 sentences illustrative of the use of words are here given. 



When Scipio died he left orders that his bones should 

 not rest in a city which had proved so ungrateful as Rome. 



Cato ended every one of his speeches by saying, " Car- 

 thage must be destroyed." 



Cornelia's jewels were her two sons. She was the 

 daughter of Scipio Africanus. 



" Run for your lives ! " said Horatius, " I will keep the 

 bridge." 



Gnats and mosquitos are very troublesome insects. 

 They bother us in the summer. 



The governor is the chief officer of the state. 



The seventh grade notebooks contain drills in spelling, 

 definitions, sound marking, homonyms, synonyms, and a 

 variety of lessons in world analysis, some of which follow. 



I. 



HOMONYMS 



I heard the lowing of a herd of cattle. 

 There are their books where they were put by the chil- 

 dren. 



