Literature and Art 45 



What do you think made the great tree smile as he looked 

 down on his children ? 



Quote all that the leaves said when the tree bade them 

 good-night. 



Bring a twig to school from a tree that you know. 



Teach me, Father, how to be, 

 Kind and patient as a tree. 



Edwin Markham. 



Lesson 19 



CONTRACTIONS 



What two words could you use in place of the first word 

 of the poem, " How the leaves came down " ? 

 How is / will shortened to make /'// f 



A word made from two words by omitting a letter or 

 letters is called a contraction. 



The mark (') which you see where the letters are omitted 

 is called an apostrophe. 



Find another contraction in the first stanza. 

 Tell from what words it is made. 



In writing contractions, the apostrophe is always used in 

 place of the letter or letters omitted. 



Find a contraction in the second stanza, and tell from what 

 words it is made. 



Here are some of the common contractions. Tell from 

 what words each is made : 



I'll we've don't isn't 



I've you're didn't haven't 



I'm can't it's they'll 



