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ENGLISH FOR

COMING AMERICANS
Beginner's

Reader

Revised Edition

PETER ROBERTS,

Ph.D,

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ENGLISH FOR

COMING AMERICANS
Beginner's Reader
Revised Edition

PETER ROBERTS,

Ph.D,

ASSOCIATION PRESS
New York:
347
1923

Madison Ave.

52060

Copyright, 1923, by

The

International Committee of Young Men's

Christian Associations

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INTRODUCTION
Every born teacher knows his class and adapts the lesson This holds true no matter what the class is made up of children, male or female adults, foreign-born, or a mixed group. The true teacher knows his way and gets
to its needs.

results.

"Coming Americans," patriotic men and womThey come from every group They have no pedaindustrial, clerical, professional. gogical training and welcome suggestions how the work should be done. The suggestions given are for men of this
In teaching
en volunteer their services.
class,

who, with limited time, are willing

steps suggested are:

to aid their brother-

man.

The
1.

Write
the

the hard
in

words

in the lesson
;

on the blackboard;
they read the

drill

men

their pronunciation

when

lesson they will be

2.

somewhat familiar with the words.

Read the lesson. Read it twice or three times, varying method in concert, individually the teacher encouraging and correcting.
the

3.

Turn

again to the blackboard

go over the words again

see

if

the pupils have an idea as to their use.

4.

The

spelling lesson
If

is

to be regulated by the capacity

of the class.

the

words chosen are too simple, choose

in the use of the

others
5.

more

difficult.

Test the pupils

spells,

words they

spell; ask

each to write a simple sentence on the blackboard, using the

word he
6.

other

members

of the class correcting.

Question the pupils along the material of the lesson drawing out their experience and giving them practice in
English conversation.
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7.

the papers
3'ou

Give attention to home work. Correct the work of and return the papers to them. Make notes that may show the pupils where the pitfalls are, which thej^

should evade.
8.

The

pupils should have some training in the rudiments

of English

Grammar;

hints to this effect are given in

some

of the lessons.

ENGLISH FOR COMING AMERICANS

BEGINNER'S READER
Lesson
I
I.

young man. My name is John. I have His name is Michael. I have a mother. Her name is Mary. I have two brothers and one All of us are home. sister. Our family has six persons, four men and two women. We live in New York city. We came to America three years ago. We first went to (Pa.) Pennsylvania. My father worked in the mines. He did

am

a father.

not like

it.

We

stayed there one year.

city.

We

then

moved
-^

to

New York

We

like

it

better here.

My father works on the dock. I work in a store. My sister works in a factory. My two brothers go to school. A young man calls on my sister. He takes her to the movies. We may lose her before
I also
I

long.

may

also leav^e
I

have a girl. home.

to save

I I

take her to the show\ must wait a few more

I

years.

want

some money.
I

want money
marry.

to furnish a house.

When

have

that, I'll

SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS
Write on the blackboard and
ies.

drill the pupils in:

young,

family, mine, stay, dock, store, factory, school, furnish,

mov-

Read
For

the lesson twice.

Test the pupils

in the use of the

above words.
spelling use the

following words: am, man, name,

have, fatlier, mother, brother, sister.

Test the pupils in writing simple sentences of these words. Question the pupils about their families, following the lines

down in the lesson. Have pupils copy the words in the spelling lesson in their copy books, and for home work write out ten sentences, using
laid

these words.

Lesson

II.

We came from the old world to Nine of us came in the same ship. We came in the winter. It was cold on the ship. We landed on Ellis Island. It was a very cold day. Some of our friends were in America. Two of them lived in Newark, New Jersey. They came to Ellis Island to meet us. We nine men got in all right. Our friends took us to Newark. There we met more friends. We all had a good time. We told them about the old folks at home. They were all glad to hear from them. Some wanted to know
are men. the new.

We

how

their parents were. Others asked about their brothers and sisters. Some asked about young men and others about young women. answered all

We

questions.

We

also

had many good things

to eat

and drink. After a few days with our friends, we went to look for work. Two of us found work. The other seven could not find work. We then wrote to some They wrote back and friends in New York state. They went told the seven to come on to Utica. Three of them found work. The other there. four went on to Rochester. A sister of one of the men lived there. He found work and so did one other man. The other two went on to Buffalo and are working there. We were sorry to break up the company. We are glad that all nine found work.

SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS
Write and
drill the pupils in:

world, winter, right,

folks,

parent, others, answer, question, sorry,

company.
the blackboard.

Read
Use

the lesson twice.

in the use of the

Test the men

words on

in spelling test:

men,
were.

are,

come, old, world, new, nine,

hot, cold, ship, friend,

Test the men in writing simple sentences on blackboard, using these words. Question the pupils on their experience crossing the ocean. Collect the home work. Let the men copy the twelve words in the spelling test, and for home work write twelve sentences, using these words. Call attention to some gross errors in the papers.

Lesson
I

III.

went to Pittsburgh to see my friend, William. working in the steel mill. He lives in Soho. The house was not hard to find. I had not seen

He
my

Is

friend for seven years.

He was
I

glad to see

me

and

We
in
I

was glad had a fine

I
life.

to see him.

time.

spent a week with him. never enjoyed myself better

my

was him

where William worked. It met the foreman. William told The boss was a good man. I was his friend. He shook my hand and said he was glad to see me. He also pointed to William and said, "He is a good worker." That made me happy and William smiled
went one day
a big mill. to see
I
all

over.

My
long.
Is

friend has a wife and children in the old

country.

will bring them to America before saving his money to do that. William I met the boarding boss and boarding now.

He
is

He

his wife.

They
is

are

good people.
it

William

says,

''Boarding
also

all

right, but

is

not the same as

wife cooking." He is right. I am boarding. I pay seven dollars a week for board. It is big money. Some years ago I only paid half that. Now things cost more. I changed my boarding place twice. I think I will make another change. I believe I'll go to live in Pittsburgh. William has a sister in the old country. I'll ask him to send for her. She may come with his wife. Then my wife will If she does, I'll marry her. cook my food.

home and your

SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS
Write and
people.
drill

pupils in

steel-mill,

hard, seven, spent,

enjoyed, foreman, shook, pointed, smiled, children, boarding,

Read
board.

the lesson twice.

in

Test pupils

forming sentences with words on the blackspelling:

Test pupils
Test pupils

in

work,

live,

house,

find,

friend,

year, glad, see, week, fine, time,

in

life.

writing simple sentences, using these words.

line of lesson matter.

Question pupils along Collect home work.

Let pupils copy spelling words, and for home work write
twelve sentences, using these words.

Correct grossest errors found in the papers. Call attention to the formation of the plural of nouns by adding jr, as friend, friends. Give examples from the lesson.

Lesson IV.
Hello, Jan,
staying?

when

I've been here about

did you come to Pittsburgh? two months. Where are you

In Soho, in the same house as William

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Well, I hear William's wife and children coming to America. Yes, and his sister is also with them. Ah, now I see, so there'll be a wedding as well as a family reunion. I hope so, and I want you to come to my wedding. I'll do that, when will the happy day be? As soon as the lady comes and we can get things ready. I'll let you know. i\ll right, good-bye and good luck. William, a week later, gets a telegram that his
are

Borko.

family

is

in Ellis Island.

He

tells

Jan, "I cannot

you go?" Jan says: "Yes, gladly, if the boss lets me off." "He'll do that, for I spoke to him about it." "Well, I'll go at once."
go
to

meet them,

will

"Yes, the sooner, the better." Jan goes to Ellis Island. He sees the family and William's sister. He tells the men in charge of the Island that he will marry the young lady. They say, you must do so before she leaves the Island. Jan says, "All right." They are married.

Then

all

leave for Pittsburgh.

William meets them

wife, father and chilIt

at the train.

Husband and

dren, and brother and sister meet.

was

happy

meeting. They soon got to the house William had rented and furnished. Here they all live together until Jan and his wife fix a place of their own.

SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS
Write and
ding,
drill

men

in

pronouncing: month, staying, wed-

reunion,

ready,

good-bye, telegram, gladly, married,

husband, rented, furnished, together.

Read the

lesson.

Test pupils in forming sentences of the words above. Spelling words: do, did. doing; come, came; here, hear; am, are, was, were; there, their; make, made; good, bad. Test pupils in writing simple sentences, using these words.
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Question pupils along lesson matter. home work. Let pupils copy spelling words, and for home work use these in formation of sentences. Correct errors made by pupils in home work.
Collect

Show
foot,

irregular formation of plural in: man, woman, child, mouse, goose. Train them in these.

Lesson V.
William and his family live in three rooms. Jan and his wife live with them. It is a little crowded, but William says it is cozy. Jan says it is better than a boarding house. In the winter time the rooms
are easily

warmed.

In the

summer time

the

women

and children can go out to the park and enjoy the sun, the air, the trees, and the green grass. Some evenings also they hear good music and see good moving pictures. In the winter time they have parMany of their ties and go to visit their friends.
friends live nearby,

others live
is

in

other parts of
It

Pittsburgh.

Jan

says,

"Our house

also near the mill.

only takes us ten minutes to get to

work

in

the

work

morning, and the same to come home after the day's have the trolley car within two is done. blocks, and can go to any part of the city for a few In the summer time, we can, for double cents. fare, go out of the city to the country where some good farms are found. Some of our people live on farms and have horses, cows, chickens, and pigs. They say they like it better than living in Pittsburgh." Jan believes that the farm is better than the mill.

We

William agrees with him, but says: "You must get

10

money to buy money here in

says
:

farm, and we

the mill than

make much more we can make on the

farm." Jan agrees with William, but his sister "Yes, we get more money and also more smoke
dirt.

and

When we
buy one.

get

money enough

to
all

buy

farm,

We

be better for will live longer and happier."

let us

It will

of us.

SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS
Write and
lieve, agree.

drill pupils in

crowded, cozy,

easily, park, eve-

ning, pictures, minute, trolley, double, horses, chickens, be-

Read

the lesson.
in

Test pupils

using the words above.

Use
;

the following
is,

words for

spelling exercise: one, two,

have had; go, went, gone tree, grass, field part, party, parts, parties. Test pupils in writing simple sentences using these words. Question pupils on lesson matter. Collect home work. Let pupils copy spelling words, and form sentences of these for home work. Correct errors found in papers. Show formation of plural of nouns by adding es; as, fox, foxes; watch, match, glass. Also show how some words only adding s yet become two
three, four, five;

his; say, said; has,

;

syllables in the plural, as, house, houses: horse, horses.

Lesson VI.

REVIEW
The
teacher should spend this evening reviewing
the past five lessons along the following suggestions Let the pupils read portions of lessons one, two,

and three. Test in spelling: man,, woman, father, mother,

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brother, sister, wife, husband, old, new, cold,

hot, was,

warm,

were work, week. Test pupils in pronouncing and using: young,

factory, furnish,
store,

family,

question,

answer,

company, foreman, enjoy, pointed, spend. Question pupils about their coming to America. Let pupils read portions of lessons four and five. Test In spelling: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten; do, did, doing; come, came; am, are, was, were; say, said; has, have, had; go, went, gone; make, made. Test pupils in writing simple sentences on the
blackboard.
in pronouncing and using the followgood-bye, ready, marry, telegram, together, trolley, pictures, believe, agree, minute, easily, double. Question pupils about the preference of living In

Test pupils

ing

words

the city or In the country.

Collect

home work.
made by
pupils, using the
In

Call attention to errors

blackboard
their

making

these.

For home work,

Test pupils
in

let

the

men
It.

write a page about

work and how they

like

the formation of plural of nouns.

Lesson VIL
is

Jan writes a letter to his father. a copy of the letter:

The

following

42 Lee Street

My
I

December
dear Father:

Pittsburgh, Pa., U. 16, 1922.

S.

A.

got your letter which you sent to

I

my

old adIn

dress.

left the

city of12

Newark and am now

Pittsburgh.
friend,
ried.

people live here.

a large city and many of our am working in a steel mill. My William Borko, got me the job. I am mar-

I'his

is

like

wife Is William's sister. She does not Pittsburgh very much. She wants to go out on a farm. William likes the city. He hopes to open a store very soon. I know he will get along, for he has a large number of friends who think a great deal of him. The priest also is his friend and the

My

good man tells William to go into business. I hope you are well and that my brothers and sister are well. I often think of you and the old home. How^ I liked to be In the fields with the cattle. We worked hard, and although we did not get much money, we got good health, plenty of good plain food to eat, and good times at harvest and Easter and Christmas. We do not have as good
times here In this country.
It
is

have good times here, but

ica
is

in a different

very different. way. Amerif

We

a great country.

Honest and hard-working

men

get along.
it,

They make good money, and

they save

they need not fear want in old age. EnGive my love to all the folks at home. closed please find a bank note for twenty dollars.
I

hope you
Year.

will

have

good Christmas and

son,

happy

New

Fond

love to you from

Your obedient

JAN CHANKO.
SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS
Write and
drill pupils in
:

letter, following, address,

num-

ber, business, cattle, although, plenty, harvest, Easter, Christ-

mas, different, enclosed, twenty, obedient.

Read

the lesson.
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Test pupils
Test pupils
left;

in

forming sentences of the words above.

in spelling: our, your, yours; send, sent; leave,

small,

large; get, got; wife, wives; do, does; think,

thought.

Test pupils
Collect

in

writing simple sentences, using these words.

to the old folks at

Question the pupils about writing

home.

home work.
home work write

Have

pupils copy spelling w^ords, and for

simple sentences, using these words.

Correct errors found

in pupils'

home work.
;

Call attention to plural of

knife, knives; life, lives.

city, cities

fly, flies

wife, wives

Lesson VIII.
William has opened
out.
It is a

a store.

He
sells

did not have

money enough, but some of

grocery store.

him what people eat, such as flour, rye, rice, sugar, coffee, and many other things. His store is neat and clean. Everything has its place and no store in that part of town is better kept. From the very day he opened he did well. Every week more people come to buy at his store. They know William and feel that they
his friends helped

He

can trust him.

was going to leave, very sorry you leave us, William. I like you for you are an honest man and did your work clean. I know you will prosper in business and I wish you good luck." William was sorry to leave so good a boss, but he felt he would do better by himself and by his family by going into
told the boss he

When William

the boss said: "I

am

business.

William is not much of a scholar, but he can He is write enough English to order his goods.
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very good at counting and no one can cheat him. But better than all, he has strong common sense and follows some mottoes which he always remembers. These are some of them: Pay your bills promptly. Always live within your means. Don't carry your business on your sleeve. Don't make a promise you never expect to fulfill. Don't leave your business else it will leave you. Keep an accurate account of your cash. Take pleasure in your business. Always keep your face to the east. Do nothing carelessly or In haste. A man who lives by these mottoes will get along, no matter what language he speaks or In what country he lives. William will get along in America.

SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS
counting,

Write and drill pupils in: grocer, flour, prosper, scholar, common, remember, promptly, sleeve, promise, accumotto, language.

rate, account, pleasure, carelessly,

Read

the lesson.

Test pupils in the use of the words above. Test pupils in spelling: sell, sold eat, ate keep, kept buy, bought know, knew, known leave, left store, sugar, coffee,
; ;
;

good, better, best, open.

Test pupils
Collect

in

writing simple sentences, using these words.

lines,

Question pupils on business

where they buy,

etc.

home work.
in spelling,

Let pupils copy words used

Correct errors

and for home work

write simple sentences, using these words.

in pupils' papers.

Call attention to adjectives: good store, rich man, kind boss,

bad money.
in

Test pupils

in

putting adjectives before nouns

the lesson.
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Lesson IX.
a farm. His wife was getting William told Jan: "You better get out of here, quick." Jan only had five hundred dollars ($500), but William said: "We'll get a farm, although we cannot pay down for it." So they got a farm of forty acres, about ten miles from Pittsburgh. They bought it from a kind friend, and then through another good friend got a loan from one of the banks of the city. No sooner was Jan's wife on the farm than she felt better. She is improving every day, and is now singing as she used to at home. William advised Jan to raise on the farm what could be readily sold in the city. He said: "You'll get better prices and you'll get quick returns." So Jan got a number of chickens and built a good place for them. He also built a large piggery. He kept a good clean dairy and had some of the best cows he could buy. He put the orchard in good shape, and selected a part of the farm that was best suited for truck raising. Jan was happy on the farm, for he loved the land. He was also very glad to see his wife coming back to herself again. William visited him once in a while, and when he had something to sell, he always told him: "Bring it to me and I will get the best possible price for you." The nearest trolley line to Jan was five miles away. So when they had eggs or chickens, butter or cheese, meat or lard to sell, Jan got up early in the morning, hitched his horse to the wagon, drove to the trolley, and was in William's store by the time he opened in the morning. He left his load of goods with William and returned to his farm. His wife sick in the city, so

Jan has gone on

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took turns sometimes. William was glad to see her better in health and happier. Jan took a copy of his brother-in-law's mottoes in business and said "If they are good for William, they are also good
for me."

SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS
drill the men in: quick, hundred, dollars, forty, improving, singing, ad\ised, returns, piggery, dairyi orchard, selected, suited.

Write and

acres,

Read

the lesson.

Test the men in the use of the words above. Test the pupils in spelling: get, gets, getting, got;
;

city,
;

cities

can, cannot, could

say, said
;

pay, paid

day, night

feel, felt

sell,

sold

quick, slow.

Test the pupils to write simple sentences, using these words. Question the pupils about farm life in Europe.
Collect home-work papers. Ask pupils to copy words used in spelling, and for home work let them write simple sentences, using these words.

Correct errors
kindest.

in the

Show formation
clean, glad, near.

papers of the pupils. of comparison of adjectives: kind, kinder,

in

Test them

forming comparison of quick,

large!

Lesson X.
William has two boys, one is eight years of age, and the other ten. As soon as they'came to the country, their father took them to school. They
could not talk a word of English. The principal of the school was a kind and good lady. She knew

what

She took the two boys and put them learn to read, write, and talk English. The boys were very shy at first, but soon they found friends among the boys and girls in the
to do.
in a special class to
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class.

The boys, in a week or two, felt at home in school and they were glad to go there every day. William watched the progress of the boys. He

to hear them talking some English words, and bringing books home to read. He thought it would be a good thing if they could play with real American boys. He had a friend who was an American and who had two boys about the same age as his own. So one day he told his friend about his boys and wished they could play with his boys. His friend said: "Bring them around." So William took the boys to John Smith's home. He had not been there half an hour before the Smith boys and William's sons were great chums and having a good time. They became good friends and the Borko boys soon felt at home with the American boys. It was not long, however, before William noticed that the boys were learning some things he did not want them to learn. He also found them acting very different from boys he knew in the old country. Then he reasoned and said: "I am in America; things are very different here from what I knew them in the old country; if the boys are to make good in the U. S., they must be Americans." So William made up his mind to learn what America is; what the spirit of America is; and to give more attention to the boys, so that they might not lose the good things of their fathers while they take up the good things of America.

was glad

SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS
Write and
drill in: principal, special, progress,

ticed, learning, different, country, spirit, attention,

chums, nowatched,

talking, bringing.
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Read the

lesson.

Test the pupils in using the words above. Test the pupils in spelling: boy, boys; eight, ten; school, country, town, city; lady, ladies; write, wrote; hear, heard;
tell,

told, telling; bring, bringing, brought.

in

Test pupils
just spelled.

writing simple sentences, using the words

Question the pupils about their children and the school. Tell them of the high school.
Collect the

home-work

papers.

Let the pupils copy the words spelled, and for home work

them write short sentences, using these w^ords. Correct errors of pupils in home work. Show comparison of happy, happier, happiest. Test them with crazy, lazy. Also show the form in wise, wise-r, wise-st.
let

Test pupils

in large, sore, brave.

Lesson

XL

came to America, it was very hard to I went to a labor agent who charged me two dollars ($2) and sent me out of town to a camp. I went to the camp and was put to work. The job was poor, the pay small, and the boarding shack
I

When

find a job.

a dirty place not

fit

to house dogs.

got out of

that
I

Johnstown, so I went to him. found that my friend had died suddenly and left a widow and three children. That was no place for me, so I came back to Philadelphia. My money by this time was very low. I was fast coming to my last dollar and no work In
in
I

camp soon. had a friend

I

When

got there,

sight.

had

a friend In Scranton, Pa., but I

no money to buy a
til

ticket to

go to him.
night,
I

had walked
un-

the streets of Philadelphia looking for

work

my

feet

were

sore.

One
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heard a

man

saying that the ''Y" found him a job.

I
it

asked the

man, who

is

the ''Y".

He

told

me

that

was

man

who helped
I

the foreign-born.
a very kind

He
I

gave

me

the ad-

dress and the following

morning

called

on the "Y".

found
you

man who
boys,

said: "Yes, the

I'll

'Y'

finds jobs

for

men and

do

my

best

because of the way the man talked and the interest he took in me. I waited for a week and had no answer. I called again to see him. He said: "I have not been able to find you a job. But here is work for you for a few days and the man will only pay 25 cents an hour. Will you take it?" "Yes, gladly," I answered. I went to the job and worked five days. I was happy to get my wages every night, and sorry when the last day came. The next week the "Y" man told me to call early the following morning. I was there early. He sent me out to a factory. I got the job. The pay to start with was only 20 cents an hour, but I took the job and in two months my wages were 35 cents an hour. I am happy and hope before another year is passed to send for my family.
to find
a job." I felt better

SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS
Write and
drill pupils in
:

charged, suddenly, widow, ticket,

foreign-born, address, following, morning, because, interest,

answered, factory, another.

Read

the lesson.

Test the pupils in the use of words above. Test the men in spelling the following: hard, soft; labor, laborer, laboring, labored; dollar, cent; job, work, mill, shop;
first, last
;

buy, buying, bought, buyer

in

foot, feet, toes.

Test the pupils

writing simple sentences using these

words. Question the pupils about getting work.

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Collect the

home-work

papers.
lesson,

Let the pupils copy the spelling

Correct errors
in

and for home work

write simple sentences, using these words.

home work.

Ask

for the comparison of the following adjectives: poor,

small, dirty, low, sore, kind, glad, sorry, happy.

Show formation
dest;
fit,

of red, redder, reddest

sad, sadder, sad-

fitter,

fittest.

Lesson XII.

REVIEW
SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS
8,

Test the pupils in reading sections of lessons 7, and 9. Write and test the pupils in pronouncing and us:

ing the following words following, business, although, plenty, different, ten, twenty, grocer, flour, scholar, common, promptly, account, pleasure, language.

Test the pupils

ing, does; eat, ate;

our, your, yours; wife, wives; ing; day, night; feel, felt.

words man, woman; do, dobuy, bought; know, known, knowin spelling

the following

Test pupils

In

writing simple sentences on the

blackboard, using any of these words.

Read portions of lessons 10 and 11. Test the pupils In pronouncing and using the following words: chums, learning, principal, country, watched, talking, address, morning, ticket, suddenly,
because, factory, another.

Test the pupils In spelling the following words: man, men; lady, ladles; tell, tells, telling, told; write,
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writes, writing, wrote; boy, boys, girl, girls; one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine.

Test pupils in writing simple sentences on the blackboard, using any of these words.
Collect the

home work.
let

For home work

Correct most

the pupils write

how

they buy

things they need in the store.

common

errors in pronunciation,

and the like. If time permits, review the formation of the plural of nouns and the comparison of adjectives.
spelling, use of capitals,

Lesson XIII.

The foreman
was
son.
a kind

and
I

just

When

whom I worked in Philadelphia man. His name was John Wilbrought my family to America he
for

asked

me how many
Then he

children

had.

answered,
is

"four."

said:

"Mike, your pay

pretty

small to keep a wife and four children, but

cannot

pay you more as a common laborer. 1 want you to try one of our machines; if you make good, you'll make more money." I thanked Mr. Wilson and said I would be very glad to try my hand. I had often watched the men around the machines and thought I could do that work. I had a friend who worked one of the machines. I told him what My friend said, "Mike, I'll tell you the boss said. all I know, and you possibly may find a few minutes The following to come and watch me at work." week I was not very busy one afternoon, so I went I to Bill's place and stood by when he worked. I motion. every knew until I watched and watched foreman the Bill saw but hand, try to my wanted
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thought he would tell me to go to my only smiled and asked, "Can you do it, Mike?" "I think so, Mr. Wilson," I said. "Well, report to the boss of the machines tomorrow and he will give you a chance."
coming. work.
I

He

The
shop.

following morning

The machine
Bill's

I was the first in that boss came in very soon and saw

me

looking at

machine.

He

said,

"You

are

Mike, come and I will show you your machine." I went with him, and in the farthest part of the shop was a machine separated from the rest. It was the one on which green hands were broken in. The young man soon showed me how to operate it, and also told me where I got my supplies. When the time to start came, the young man came back and said: "Mike, I want to see you start the machine." I did so, and the wheels began to turn. I w^as a little afraid when I put in the iron. The machine boss said: "Don't be afraid, you can do it all right." That was so. The machine was doing the work and I fed it. After the first hour, 1 lost most of my fear and got along fairly well. I did not earn much
the first week. I did better the second. By the end of the month, the boss gave me a machine in the middle of the shop, and my pay came up to that of most of the men.

SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS
Write and
drill the pupils in
:

machine, around, watched,

possibly, minutes,

afternoon, motion, report, farthest, sepa-

rated, supplies, afraid.

Read

the lesson.
in the use of the
in spelling the

Test the men Test the men

words above.

following: who,

whom

work,

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works, working, worked, worker; kind, unkind, just, unjust; name, names, naming; my, mine, myself; many, few; pay,
paid, paying; wife, wives; watch, watches, watched,
ing.

watch-

Test the pupils

board.

in

writing simple sentences on the black-

Question the pupils about foremen and their work.

Collect the home-\vork papers.

work form simple

Let the pupils copy the words they spelled and for home sentences, using these words.

Correct errors the pupils are making.

Show
ter,

pupils irregular comparison of adjectives: good, betlittle,

best;

less,

least;

many, more, most; bad, worse,

worst.

Lesson XIV.

When
boss told

got

my

regular machine

in the

shop, the

to keep your safety guards in place." Then he pointed them out and said: "Don't touch these. If your machine gets out of order, come to me." I thanked him and I was proud to be in the shop said, "All right." with the other men, and before many months, I felt I could run the machine as well as any one in the

me: "Mike, always remember

shop.

One day

saw

Bill,

my

friend, take off one of the

were on the way home I asked him why he did it. His answer was that some cotton had got into that part of the machine and it was not working right. I told him what the boss "That's all right, Mike, but I fixed it in told me. I less time than it would take to call the boss." thought it was not right, but felt that Bill was able to keep the machine working and so keep up his pay.
safety guards.
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When we

Some weeks after something wrong with

right.
it

this

knew

that there
It

not do the looked around for the boss and could not find him. I was losing money. I thought of what Bill told me, so I took off that safety guard and saw some cotton clogging the joints. I w^as afraid to touch it. I looked again for the foreman, but could not see him. So I began to take off that cotton. I don't know how it happened, but the machine started and my finger was caught in the cogs. I shouted and my neighbor jumped at once and stopped the machine. 1 lost a finger, but my friend had saved me my hand. I was taken to the hospital. I was idle for three I lost three weeks pay. I begged for my weeks. job back, and it was only through the kindness of Mr. Wilson that I got it. The machine boss was angry. He had gi^^en me clear warning; he had He gave told me what to do and w^hat not to do. him. I Mr. Wilson asked me another chance when for me better It would be far learned my lesson. to look for the boss all day than lose three w^eeks.
It

was
I

like a

my machine. sick man and did

did not

was work work

should.

SUGGESTIOxXS
Write and

TO TEACHERS
:

drill the pupils in

regular, remember, safety,

guard, printed, cotton, something, clogging, happened, started, neighbor, jumped, shouted, hospital, kindness, angry,

warning.

Read

the lesson.

Test the pupils in the use of the words above. For spelling lesson use the following when, where in, out, up, down, over, under; keep, kept, keeps, keeping; say, says,
:

saying, said; don't (do not)

get, gets, getting, got; before,

after; run, runs, running, ran.

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Test pupils

in

writing simple sentences, using the words

in the spelling lesson.

Question the pupils about accidents.

Collect the

home-work

papers.

Let pupils copy the words used in spelling. Correct errors which the pupils make. Give the following rules for formation of plural of nouns Regular way is to add s: machine, machines. All nouns ending in s, x, sh, and ch take es; dress, dresses; box, boxes brush, brushes watch, watches. Nouns ended in f and fe, change the f and fe to v before es
; ;

loaf, loaves; knife, knives.

Nouns ended in y preceded by a consonant change the y and add es; lady, ladies; if y is preceded by a vowel, s added; boy, boys.
i

to
is

Lesson XV.

The company for which I work is helping the workers to own their homes and not pay rent. I spoke to my wife about this and she said that it would be fine If we could get a house of our own.

The more we talked about it, the more anxious we were to try and see if we could not do as others were doing. So, one day, I asked Mr. Wilson if

He said: I could see him. soon as you eat your lunch."

to eat

"Come
It

to

my

office as

did not take

me

my

lunch that day and to the

desk.

office I

long went.

In,

Mr. Wilson was at his Mike, and sit down In

He

said:
I

"Come
thanked

that chair."

him, and then said that my wife and I had talked over owning our home and asked If the company would help me. "We certainly will, Mike, and Fm glad you are thinking of this. Have you saved any

money?"
on
It

$900.

showed him my bank book which had Mr. Wilson smiled and looked some26

what surprised and said: "Mike, we start the business going at once. I'm sorry you did not come to me a year ago, you could have begun this then." I saw Mr. Wilson in January and did not hear anything more about it till spring. My wife and I talked it over and wondered when we could hear from the company. I told her, however, "Let's wait, I know Mr. Wilson is working for us." So in March, the big boss asked me again to come to his office. He then told me that they were ready to proceed. The company had four houses for sale. He wanted my wife and me to come to look at them and take our choice. We went to look at the houses the following Saturday afternoon. Mr. Wilson and They showed us the the land agent were there. houses, we took the one on the corner of the street for it had more land, which I could make into a fine garden. The price was $3,500. I paid $1,000 on it and the company arranged to take the remainMy wife and I signed der in monthly payments. the papers and in April we moved into our own
house.
It is a

happy

feeling to be in your
I

own

wife

is

happier and

now work

in the

house. garden.

My We

have flowers and all kinds of vegetables. Mr. Wilson was up seeing me one Sunday and I never saw him look happier than when he went around the garden and through the house. He didn't say much, But when he left he told my wife, "Thank you, I'm very glad you are in your own house."

SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS
Write and
certainly,
drill pupils in company, anxious, office, owning, somewhat, surprised, January, wondered, however,
:

27

proceed,

Saturday, corner, arranged,

the lesson.

remainder, payments,

vegetables.

Read

Test pupils in the use of the words above. For spelling exercise use the following: help,
others, another
ate,
see, sees, seeing,

helps, helped,

helping; speak, speaks, spoke, speaking; can, could; other,

;

saw, seen

eat, eats, eating,

eaten

day, days, night, nights.

in

Test the pupils

words.

writing simple sentences, using these

Question the men about building their

Collect the

own home.
in

home-work

papers.
spelling

Let the pupils copy the words used

and for

home work, write simple

sentences, using these words.

Correct any errors the pupils are making. Give the pupils the following rules in formation
parison of adjectives:

of

com-

Adjectives ending in y change y to

holy, holier, holiest.

before er and est;

Adjectives ending

in e,

add

and

st; w^ise, wiser, wisest.

Adjectives ending in a consonant preceded by a vowel,

double the consonant before er and est:

fat, fatter, fattest.

Adjectives of more than one syllable form the comparisons

by more and most: beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful.

Lesson

XVL
visited our
to church.

The Sunday
home,

after
I

Mr. Wilson had

went

my

wife and

The

Bible

good one. When I got home we read it again and It was about a lawyer and the Great Teacher. It reads this way. "A lawyer came to Jesus and asked him 'What shall I do to win life everlasting?' Jesus said: 'What is written in the
lesson that day

was

law? How do you read?' And the lawyer answered 'You shall love the Lord, your God, with all
:

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your heart, and with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.' Jesus said: 'You have answered right. Do this and you shall live.' But the lawyer, wishing to try Jesus still more, said: 'And who is my neighbor?' Jesus answered 'A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and he fell among robbers who took all his clothes, beat him, and ran away leaving him half dead. And by chance a certain priest was going down that way and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. And in the same way a church officer, when he came to the place and saw him, he passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, a business man, who was on a journey, came where he was, and when he saw him he was moved with pity and came to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on them oil and wine. Then he put him on his own horse and brought him to a hotel and took care of him. And on the next day, he took out two dollars, gave them to the hotel keeper, and said: "Take care of him and whatever you spend more than this, I, when I come again, will repay you." Which of these three, think you, proved himself a neighbor to him who fell among the thieves?' The lawyer said: 'He who showeth mercy on him,' and " Jesus said unto him 'Go and do likewise.'
:

wife said, that makes me think of Mr. Wilwas glad to hear her say that, for I know he has been good to me. If all bosses were like him, we workers would have very little trouble. I want
son.
I

My

my fellowman. I'll talk to my friend about buying a house and tell him how we are doing it. I am sure Mr. Wilson will help him as
to

do good to

Bill,

he helped us.
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SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS
Write and
drill pupils in
:

ing, yourself, neighbor, certain,

Sunday, Bible, lawyer, everlastJerusalem, Jericho, robbers,

Samaritan, journey, pouring, hotel-keeper, likewise, trouble, fellowman.

Read

the lesson.

Test the pupils in the use of the words above. For spelling use the following words: before, after; go, goes, going, went, gone; am, is, are, was, were; this, that,
these; shall, should, will,
life,

would; win, wins, winning, won;

himself,
ourselves,

lives;

myself,

yourself,

yourselves,

themselves.

Test pupils in writing simple sentences, using these words. Question them about going to church and reading the
Bible.

Collect

home-work

papers.

Let pupils copy words in spelling lesson, and for home work form simple sentences. Correct errors which pupils make. Test pupils in forming plural of following nouns: church, dress, match, glass, fish, wife, fly, life, lily, story, boy, day,
child,

woman,

brother, sister.

Lesson

XVIL

I asked Bill and his wife to come to dinner one Sunday. They came and I showed them our house and our garden. Bill's wife was greatly surprised. talked She did not think we had so nice a place. about buying a home, and my wife said how much better it was. I told Bill how much it cost me, how much I paid on it, and that the company took the remainder in monthly payments. It was just like paying rent, and in ten years the house would be mine and all the debt paid. Bill listened and asked many questions which I answered. Then he looked at his wife and said: "We'll talk this over and think

We

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about
to

it."

1
if

told

them

was sure Mr. Wilson would

I

help them

they tried.

added:

"I'll

Mr. Wilson if you like." Bill and home and said they would think about

his wife
it.

go with you went

Two

months passed and

did not hear anything

Then one day Bill said to me: bought a house in another part of the "Mike, 1 have change I'm going to my work to be nearer the city. home we have." "That's good, Bill," I said, "I hope you'll do well. I wish you had gone to Mr. Wilson and do as I did." "Well, Mike, I would do that, but my wife thought we could do better in
about the matter.

another part of the city."

I

It

went out some months later to wasn't a new one and the yard
Bill:

see Bill's house.

It

had was very

small. I asked house?" He answered from a broker in town. He gave me his name. The debt on the house was carBill had to pay interest ried by one of the banks. on the loan every three months and pay back the

"From whom

did you buy the

money
had
to
loan.

in

three years.
a

When

he got the house, he

pay the broker

He

"bonus" for getting him the also had to pay the bank a lawyer's fee
title.

to look

up the

Bill felt that

he had

made

mistake, but
in the

Bill puts it was too late to turn back. bank each month what he used to pay for rent. His wife sometimes says: "Let's buy new things with this month's money, and next month we put in Bill said: "I did that twice, double the amount." but we did not put in the bank more than a month's I hope Bill will get through all right, but I rent." know he would have done much better if he had bought his house through our company and trust

JMr. Wilson to act for him.

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SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS
W^ite and
double.
drill pupils in
:

surprised, remainder, another,

title,

nearer, thought, broker, interest,

mistake, sometimes,

Read

the lesson.

Test the pupils in the use of the words above. For spelling lesson use the following: dine, dines, dining, diner, dinner; show, shows, showed, showing, shown; thejs them; house, houses, housed, housing; great, greatly, little,
small
tell,
;

think, thinks, thought, thinking

telling, told
;

good, better, best

;

tells,

buy, buys, buying, bought

say, says,

saying, said; do, does, doing, did, done.

Test the pupils

words.

in

forming simple sentences, using these

a

Question the pupils about buying

Collect

house and paying for

use

it.

home-work papers. Let pupils copy words used in spelling, and forming simple sentences for home work.
Test the pupils
brave, pretty,
tall,

them

in

in the

good, bad.

comparison of white, red, long, little, handsome.

:

rich,

Call attention to errors

made

in

writing or pronouncing.

Lesson XVIIL

REVIEW
For this lesson, review the former five lessons. Read portions of lessons XIII, XIV, and XV.
Test the pupils in pronouncing the following words written on the blackboard; machine, minutes, afternoon, farthest, separated, regular, remember, clogging, neighbor, hospital, warning, anxious, surprised, January, Saturday, vegetables.

Test the pupils In the use of these words. Test the pupils In spelling the following words: who, worker, unkind, names, myself, paid, watch,
2>2

down, keeping, don't,

Test the pupils
these words.
in

got,

running,

help,

spoke,

could, other, seen, eating, day, nights.

writing short sentences, using

Read lessons XVI and XVH. Test the pupils in reading Roman numerals from one to a hundred, putting various combinations on the blackboard and the pupils saying what they are. Test pupils in pronouncing the following words: Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, yourself, journey, pouring, trouble, fellowman, remainder, broker, title, ciouble. Test the men in the use of these words. Test the pupils in spelling the following words: goes, am, were, w^here, this, these, should, would, wins, himself, dinner, shows, house, great, small,
tells,

buying, does, saying.

in w^riting

Test the pupils these words.

short sentences, using

Collect home-work papers. For home work let the man write a page comparing the homes in America and in the old country.
If time allows, test pupils in formatioin of plural

of nouns and comparison of adjectives.

Lesson XIX.
a man came to our machine shop noon hour. Mr. Wilson told us men that he was a good speaker and that he was going He had some I went to hear him. to hear him. good singers with him. He spoke about knowing more, and among other things said there was a public library in town where good books could be had

The

other day,

to talk at the

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for the asking.

did not understand

all

that the

man

him and Mr. Wilson said he came from the "Y" and would come again. I thought after he was gone about that public library and the books in it. Why could not I go there and see if I could get some books to tell me more about this country and the great men in it?
said, but I liked

"So," I noon."
I

said,

"I'll

go there next Saturday after-

lady.

went to the library and was met by a good young She knew I did not know much English and could not read very well. She said "Take this book, it tells you about Abraham Lincoln, one of tfce great
:

men
I

of the country.

You'll enjoy

it."

took the book. I began to read it that night, but soon fell asleep. I tried again on Sunday, but it was slow work and I soon got tired and sleepy. I kept the book for a week and did my best to read it, but it was too hard. Then I took it back and said to the young lady: "Too hard for me." "I'm sorry," she said, "but why not come to a class to learn English? We have one meeting here twice a week. Come next Tuesday evening at 7 :30 and I will take you to the class." I said I would come.

went to the library and was teacher was a young man who welcomed me. I began to study and the teacher It was hard work for I helped me all he could. was slow. I kept at it and before the school was closed my teacher said I was improving. When the summer came, I was busy with my garden. In the fall, I went back to school, and one evening a man came to give us a motion picture show. I saw the man and knew that he was the same one who told

Tuesday evening taken to the class.

The

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us In the shop about the public library.

He was

"Y" man.
I

am

learning to read and write English.

It

am

getting on.

book and enjoyed

Last week I read that Lincoln very much.

SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS
Write and
stand, asleep,
drill pupils in: speaker, singers, library,

under-

Abraham

Lincoln, meeting, Tuesday, evening,

welcomed, improving, picture, learning.

Read
For came
;

the lesson.
in using the

Test the men

spelling use the following

words above. words: come, comes, coming,

;

hear, hears, hearing, heard

sing, sings, singing,

sang

meet, meets, meeting, met; much, more, most;

ing, tried
;

try, tries, try-

take, takes, taking, took, taken

begin, begins, be-

ginning, began, begun.

Test the pupils

words.

in

forming simple sentences, using these

in

Question the pupils about the library

Collect the

town.

home-work

papers.
in spelling

Let the pupils copy the words used

and for

home work form simple Show the regular way

talk,

sentences, using these words.

of

talked; like, liked.

forming the past tense of verbs: Tell them that many verbs are
tell, told.

irregular, such as, come,

came;

Go through first two paragraphs of lesson and point out regular and irregular verbs.
Correct errors of pupils
in

composition.

Lesson XX.

Mike wrote
living.
Is

a letter to his

mother who

is

still

It

was an

Interesting letter, a copy of which

given below:
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242 Samuel Street

Philadelphia, Pa.

December

23, 1922.

My
I

dear Mother:

The

have not written a letter to you for some time. last I wrote was about the house I bought and the way I am paying for it. We are getting along fine. A few years more and the house will be free of all debt. My boys and girls are now in school; and, mother, would you believe it, I am also going to school. The children go to the day school, and I go to the evening one. Americans are great people for education, and the spirit to know is come upon I wanted to know something about America us. and the people of the country so I joined a class of men and am now learning how to talk, read, and
write the English language.

You wonder where

can get

money enough

to

Well, mother, it does not cost anything to go to school in America. All schools are free. The children of the poor can go It does not as well as the children of the rich. You never for books. or cost anything for teacher
educate myself and children.

saw anything
not cost
till

like that in the old country.

It will

me one kopek to keep the children in school By that time they are eighteen years of age. they will be through high school, which is as good as the "gymnasium" in Europe. They learn so many
things to get ready to

make

a living.

When
I

think

I will

can read and write English fairly well, be able to get along better in the w^ork.

We

have signs put up in the shop and you are supposed to read them. If you cannot read English
ze

somebody else must tell you what it means. 1 have a good teacher who helps me very much. I hope you are well, dear mother, and that my
brothers and sisters are well. And so old Spot, the faithful dog, died. I loved him and believe if I were home I would give him a decent burial. Give my love to all the relations. Tell Stanislaus that times are not good here now. As soon as they get better, I'll write to him and also send him a pass to come
to

Love

America. to you from

all

the family,
son,

Your loving

MICHAEL.
SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS
Write and
drill

men

in

interesting, children,

Americans,

language, educate, anything, supposed, high school, somebody,

decent, burial, relatives.

Read the

lesson.

Test the pupils in the use of the aboxe words. For spelling exercise use the following words: write, mother, mothers, father, writes, writing, wrote, writer many, more, most, great, greater, fathers, child, children
;

greatest; poor, poorer, poorest; rich, richer, richest; live, lives,

living, lived;

must; help, helps, helping, helped. Test the pupils in forming simple sentences, using these
Question the pupils about writing
Collect the
to the old folks at

words.

home.

Let pupils

home-work papers. copy the words used

in spelling

and for home

work form
pay, get,

sentences, using these words.

:

Test pupils in formation of past tense of write, give, buy, is, know, are, can, do, go, see, keep, read, think. Correct errors made by pupils.

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Lesson XXI.

Mike received a letter from a neighbor in the old country asking him if he would not look up his son and give him some news of him. He had written to him several times, but had not heard a word from
him for the
is

last

two years.

The

letter said:

"He

my

for I
I

only son, and I would like to hear from him am getting old and don't ^ant to die before
is

know that my boy great country."

Mike looked

living

and doing well

in

your

for the

He was
told

leading a fast

of no character.

He

young man and found him. and living with people went to see the young man and
life

He cried when he read his father's letter and said he would write him. Next time Mike saw the man he asked him if he had written. "No," he said, "but I'll write very Mike felt that he would not write, so he soon." wrote to the father. Mike said that it was one of the hardest letters he ever wrote. This is the letter
him of
his father's request.

December

31, 1922.

Dear Mr.
I

Danieloft"

met your son Andreoft.

He

is

well.

asked

him to write to you and he has promised to do so. You may expect a letter from him any day. He has not been working steadily of late so he did not
like to write.

He

also

goes with some

be.
I feel

men who
that your
is

are not as

good as son has many good

they might
qualities in

him, but he

in

bad

company. I shall try to take him away from these men. I will find a place for him in another part of
the
city.

and

said,

read your letter to him he cried "poor father." I know he loves you and
I

When

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can get him away from the place where he now I beheve he will be a better man. I want you to write to me again. I will again go after him and
it
is,

we

read to him your letter. You need not worry that he is in want. He is single and is well able to keep
himself.
wife.

He

possibly

would be better

off if

he had a

A good woman may lead hi^n in the

right way.

You can trust me that I shall do all I can to get him back to the right road. I believe we will succeed. I shall continue to follow your son and you will hear from me again before very long. Good-bye and good wishes to you.
Yours
sincerely,

MIKE.
SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS
Write and
drill in the

following words: received, several,

character, request, promised, expect, steadily, qualities,

com-

pany, worry, single, possibly, succeed, continue, sincerely.

Read

the lesson.

Test pupils in the use of the above words. For spelling use the following words: from, in, up, of, to, for, by, with; old, older, oldest; give, gives, giving, gave, given year, ear, hear, here find, finds, finding, found fast,
;

faster, fastest; cry, cries, crying, cried; hard, harder, hardest.

Test the pupils

words.

in

forming simple sentences, using these

in

Question the pupils on habits

country.
Collect

America and

in the old

home-work

papers.

Let pupils copy the words used In spelling, and for home work form simple sentences, using these words.

Test the pupils

verbs In the two

In the

formation of the past tense of the

pupils.

first

paragraphs In the lesson.

Correct errors

made by

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Lesson XXII.
I

here was

man who had two

his father:

sons,

and the

younger said to

"Father, give

me my

share of the estate which comes to me." So the father divided his property among the sons. Not

many days
was
his

after this the younger son sold all that and went to a far country where he spent all he had in fast living. After all his money was gone, a bad famine came on the land, and the son was in want. So he went to a citizen of that country who hired him to go to his field to feed swine. He was so hungry that he ate the food the swine were eating and no one took pity on him. Then he came to his senses and said: "How many men working for my father have enough to eat and here I am dying of hunger. I will go to my father and say to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you and am not fit to be called your son; take me on as one of the hired hands.' " So he left the swine and went to his father. When he was far away his father saw him and felt pity for him and ran to fall upon his neck and kiss him. Then the son said: "Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am not fit any more to be called your son." Then the father saI4 to his servants "Come quick, bring the best robe and put it on him, put a ring on his finger, put shoes on his feet, and go, get the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and be merry for my son was dead and he has come to life again, he was lost and is found."
:

Now the elder son was out in the field. When he came near the house he heard music and dancing, and calling one of the servants, he asked: "What The servant told him: "Your does this mean?"
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brother has come home and your father has killed the fatted calf because he came home safe and sound." This made the son angry and he would not go in. Then his father came out and tried to reason with him, but the angry son said: "See how many years I have been serving you. Did I ever refuse to obey your orders, did you ever give me so much as a kid to make merry with my friends? But as soon as this son came home, who has spent your

money on bad women, you kill for him the fatted calf." Then the father said "My son, you and I are one, all I have is yours. But when your brother who was dead came back to life again, who was lost and was again found, we could not but make merry and
:

feel glad."

SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS
Write'
swine,
fatted,

and

drill

pupils

in

estate,

divided,

property,
servants,

hungry,
calf,

senses,

enough,

sinned,

heaven,

music, dancing,

angry,

reason,

refuse, orders,

merry.

Read
For

the lesson.
in the use of the

Test the pupils

too; my, me,

above words.

spelling exercise use the following

words

to,

two,

mine;
fed

son, sons;

is,

his; spend, spends, spend-

ing, spent; fast, faster,

fastest; land,
;

lands, landing; feed,

feeds, feeding,

have, had

left,

right

feel,

feels,

feel-

ing, felt; fall, falls, falling, fell.

Test the pupils in forming simple words in the spelling exercise.

sentences,

using the

Ask

questions on the lesson:

Did

the father do right?

Collect the

home-work

papers.

Let the pupils copy the words in the spelling exercise, and for home work wTite simple sentences, using these words.
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Test the pupils

in

the formation of the future and past

tenses of the verbs in the first paragraph, using the

words

yesterday and today before the verbs.

Correct errors of pupils in composition and pronunciation.

Lesson XXIII.
come
America for? Some men others come because their brother or sister, husband or son, sweetheart or friend, is here some run away from the old country because they could not live there any longer, and
to

What have
to

you come

make money;
;

others come in order that they people who rob and beat them.

may get away from Most people come to

America because they know that the wages paid here are higher than in European countries, and they want to get a chance to get the high wage and live more
like

men.
question

The

more important

why you came to know what

is

interesting, but

it is

are you going to be in

America. What you are in America does not depend on the amount of money you have it does not depend on the clothes you wear or the kind of house you Money is a great good if properly used; live in. good, clean clothes are needed if you want to meet
;

good citizens; all of us want to live In good houses; but America means more than money, clothes, and houses; and loyal Americans must and do love something which cannot be classified under any of these
three heads.

Every true American loves the land

lives;

In

which he
i

he gets his living directly or Indirectly from the land; it Is the basis of our life as a nation and we would not allow any one to come and take a foot He also loves the govof it, without our consent.
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V/

ernment which gives him protection and defends his rights as a citizen he wants to see good men in its service. He wants to live above the law, so that he has no fear of the policeman, the sheriff, the judge,
;

or the prison
to all

cell.

He

believes in the square deal

men, no matter where they come from, what language they speak, and what the color of their

He believes in the courts of the land that they dispense justice to rich and poor and that the judges are not owned by any class of men. He is for education and wants every child in the land eduskin.

no matter where born or who his father is. freedom of the press, and in religious freedom. He gives all men the right to worship as they think they should, providing they do not violate the laws of the land by so doing. These are some of the things all good Americans do.
cated,

He

believes in free speech, in

SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS
Write and
sent,
drill

pupils in

the following words: sweet-

heart, important, depend, properly, classified, indirectly, con-

government,

protection,

defends,

policeman,

sheriff,

prison, dispense, justice, education, freedom, religious,

ship,

wor-

providing, violate.
lesson.
in

Read the

Test the men

the use of the above words.

For spelling
our;
some,

lesson, use the following

words: you, your,

another;
long,

something,

somebody;

others,

longer, longest; rob,

robs,

robbing, robbed,

robber; many,

most;
ing,

like, unlike; more, most; be, been; mean, means, meanmeant; any, anyone, anything, anyhow. Test the pupils in the use of these words by asking for

simple sentences using them.

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Question the pupils

hope to do
Collect
in

why

they

came

to

and what they

America.
papers.
in

home-work

Let pupils copy words used work let them use these words

spelling,

and for home

in simple sentences.

Exercise the pupils in forming the past tense of the following verbs: have, come, make, run, can, live, may, rob, beat, know, pay, want, get.

Correct errors

in papers.

Lesson XXIV.

REVIEW
Devote the evening
sons.
to reviewing the last five les-

Read portions of
Test the pupils
in

lessons

XIX, XX, XXI.

meaning

the pronunciation and

of the following words: speaker, library, understand, improving, language, educate, supposed, burial,

relatives,

received,

character, worry,

succeed,

continue.

Test the pupils in spelling and forming sentences of the following words: coming, heard, sang, greatest, met, tries, begin, writing, father, richer, must,
hard, fast, cries, old, with, from, ear, hear, here.

Read lessons XXII and XXIII. Test the pupils in pronouncing and using the following words; senses, property, hungry, angry, refuse, heaven, reason, orders, depend, classified, consent, prison, justice,

policeman, judge.

Ask

for the plural of the following

words man,
:

boat, foot, child,

woman,

boy, wife, toy,

cat,

fly,

sheep,
sister,

watch, glass, mother.

house,

horse,

brother,

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Collect the home-work papers. Write on the blackboard how a

letter begins

and

how

it

ends

Mr. John Smith

101
S.

Fifty-fourth Street
City.

New York
Dear
Sir:

Yours

respectfully,

John Robinson.
For home work
ter of the letter
is

let

a letter, using the regular

each pupil write the teacher form. The subject matleft to the choice of the pupil.
the pupils in writing.

Correct errors

made by

Lesson XXV.
Every good American has faith in his country. was faith that made the men who came to this country three hundred years ago, great. They came to make a new home, to build up a new counThey try, and to be the fathers of a great nation. had a hard time of it, but they believed in what they were doing, and in the face of all difficulties they went on. Today we see clearly what they did; they walked by faith and did not faint or grow weary. Every American ought to know something of the Those who came to lives and deeds of these men. America and expect to make this country their home, ought to get acquainted with men such as Roger Williams, William Penn, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, and many others. They were great men; they feared God and obeyed the law, and America is today great because they did their work
It

well.
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One
strong
inent in

of the chief quahties of these

men was

their

common

This quality was most promFranklin, and shows itself in the wise saysense.

ings he has left.

Some

of these are:

"A

small leak

sinks a great ship."

"Little strokes fell great oaks."

''He that goes

arborrowing,

goes

a-sorrowing."
is

They were men

of great will power. This

seen

in

Roger Williams who, when he could not enjoy religious freedom among his white friends, left his family in mid-winter and tramped through the snow and ice to the tents of his Indian friends. He received a grant of land from them and founded the town of Providence, R. I. He died at a good old These men also loved learning age, a poor man. and did their work by the light of reason. William Penn was a college graduate and laid down the
of the best then

foundation of the state of Pennylvania In the light known about governments. He

killed

dealt with the Indians as

who robbed and

In

men and condemned those them. They also believed

hard work. Think of the boy Washington writing to a boy friend: "I have not slept above three or four nights In a bed, but after walking a good deal all day I lay down before a fire upon a little hay, straw, fodder, or bearskin, whatever Is to be had, with man, wife, and children, like a parcel of dogs and cats, and happy is he who gets the berth nearest the fire. I have never had my clothes off, but have laid and slept in them, except the few nights These are some of the I had In Frederick Town." qualities possessed by the founders of America and they are still needed In men who have strong faith
in

the future of the country.

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SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS
Write and
drill pupils in the

following words: hundred,

succeed, difficulties, qualities, prominent, borrowing, sorrowing, received, graduate, foundation,

condemned.

Read

the lesson.

Test the pupils in using the w^ords above. For spelling use the following words: very, every; faith; great, small build, builds, building, built knew, new grow, grows, growing, grew; owe, owing, ought; land, country;
; ; ;

sink,

sinks,

sinking, sank; fall, falls, falling,

in

fell.

Test the pupils

writing on the blackboard simple sen-

tences using these words.

Question the pupils on the qualities making a good man.

Collect the home-w^ork papers.

Let each pupil write

the spelling lesson,
tences, using these

in his copybook the words used in and for home work form simple sen-

words.
in the right use of capitals

Test the pupils

Correct errors

by reference

to those in the lesson.

made

in composition.

Lesson XXVI.

The

greatest

power

in the

world

is

love.

By

this

nations have been built and countries live in peace and work together. The greatest enemy of man It has ruined homes, has destroyed kingis hatred.

doms, and has hurled countries to war. If America it must be by having much love is to be great,
if it is to be a force for good in must follow the laws of love and not of hate. A man living about 2,000 years ago knew what the power of love was and the way he wrote about it is worth our reading in the twentieth century. This is what he wrote: "If I speak with the

among

its

people;
it

the world,

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tongues of men and of angels and ha\ e no love, I am no better than a noisy bell or a clanging cymbal. If I have the power of a prophet and know all hidden

no love, it is nothhave to the poor, and give my body to be burned, and have no love, it is no profit to me. Love is long-suffering and is very kind. Love is not jealous; it does not show itself, puts on no
all

things and

learning, and have

ing.

If I give all I

it is never rude, is not selfish, does not get angry quickly, and does not think bad of others. Love is not glad when a man goes wrong, but is glad when all speak the ti-uth. It is patient in trials, is willing to believe the best, is always hopeful, and is willing to carry burdens. The fount of love is never dry. Prophecies will some day fail; the gift of tongues will come to an end; and the learning we have will pass away. only know things little by little; we can only prophesy a little at a time; but when perfection comes, then that which is imperfect will be done away. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; now I am a man, I am through with childish

airs;

We

looking glass, but

only see things imperfectly as in a in the life beyond it will be face to face; at present, I am learning little by little, but beyond I shall know things as I myself am known. So, faith, hope, and love last on, but the
things.

Now, we

greatest of

all is

love."

SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS
Write and
drill pupils in
:

enemy, hatred, destroyed, kingtrials,

doms, hurled, twentieth, century, clanging, cymbal, prophet,

long-suffering,
perfection.
jealous,
patient,

burdens,

tongues,

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Read

the lesson.

in the use of the words above. For spelling use the following words: greatest, smallest; love, hate; peace, war; people; law, laws, lawyer; power,

Test the pupils

weakness; about, with, for; twenty,

seventy, eighty, ninety, hundred.

thirty, forty, fifty, sixty,

Test the pupils

words.

in

writing simple sentences, using these

Question the pupils about

family to God.
Collect the

whom

they love,

from the

home-work
in

papers.

Let pupils write

spelling

their

copybooks the words used

in

and for home work write simple sentences, using

these words.

Go

through the lesson and ask the pupils

It.

why

are the

capital letters used In

Correct errors

in

composition.

Lesson XXVII.
William Borko had a brother who came to AmeriHe lived In St. Louis and was working on the William received a telegram that his railroad. brother John was very badly hurt and wanted to see William started that night. The cars did him. not run, so he called a taxi and went to the depot. The man charged $2.50. William said it was robbery, but he had to catch the train so he paid it. If he had made a bargain with the man before he started it would be better. William wanted a berth He had to pay a high price for It, but In the sleeper. It was too much for him to sit In the coach all night. The train was delayed by a wreck on the road and would not be In St. Louis till noon. William was very hungry about nine o'clock and the only place he
ca.
49

and my family for a week." If he knew he would be on the train longer than the night, he would have taken a little food with him. When he came to St. Louis, he went to a policeman and asked him how he could go to where his brother lived. The officer told him to take a trolley and get off at Adam Street and he would be near there. William was shy of all taxi drivers and got to John's house for a few cents. He found his brother in the hospital in a serious condition. He went to see the doctor who told him that John would not live long. William stayed a few days and on the third John died. He felt very bad and was very sorry for John's widow and three little children. The company for which John worked gave the widow a sum of money. It was a help, but the mother and children could not live long on it. William decided to bring John's widow and children to Pittsburgh. He soon settled up all things, then bought a ticket for his sister-in-law, two half tickets for the boys, eight and eleven years of age, and the little girl five years of age rode free. They now live near William. He and his wife are
very kind to them. They take as much interest the family as they do in their own.
in

could get something to eat was So he went to the dining car to when he came out, he said: "I my breakfast as would keep me

in the dining car.

get his breakfast,

paid as

much

for

SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS
Write and
taxi,
drill pupils in the

following words: telegram,

sleeper,

robber)^

bargain,

berth,

delayed,
condition,

breakfast,

policeman,

trolley,

hospital,

serious,

decided,

sister-in-law, tickets.

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Read

the lesson.

Test pupils in use of words above. For spelling lesson use the following words: sleep, sleeps, sleeping, slept; wake, wakes, waking, woke; he, him, she, her,
hers, his; bad, badly; car, cars; rob, robbing, robbery: catch,

catches,

catching, caught; will, would, shall, should, can,

could.

Test the pupils

words.

in

writing simple sentences, using these

Question pupils about traveling by train.

Collect

home-work

papers.
in

Let pupils copy words

spelling lesson

and for home,

work write simple

in the lesson.

sentences, using these words.

Call attention to capitals in names of persons and places

Correct errors made by pupils

in

composition.

Lesson XXVIIL
Mrs. Borko's father Is living in the old country. She writes to her father a very interesting letter about the children. You may possibly want to read it. This is the letter: 75 Fort St.,
Pittsburgh, Pa.

My

dear Father:

January

8,

1922

In your last letter you asked about the boys and about Lina. They are all healthy and getting along very well. America is the greatest country on earth to spend money on the education of its children. William says sometimes that the people are wasteHowever, the children do get great ful in this. learning, and I am very glad we are get chances to

They go to school here for the children's sake. a man comes to not there every day, and if they are
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see why, for all children between six and sixteen years must go to school. They have very good teachers. I know the ones who teach our children and belong to the Mothers and Teachers Society.

We have meetings and entertainments once a month. We talk about the school, about the children, and
have
I

good
is

time.
tell

you that Stanislaus, who is named in college. He got through high school when he was eighteen, and now is studying to be an electrical engineer. His schooling did not cost us anything until he Avent to college and now
did not
after you,

now

him there

keeping very small. William, who was named after his father, will graduate In a year and a half. He Is also going to college and will study to be a doctor. LIna has just entered high school. She does not say what she wants to be. She will get free education till she graduates from high school, and if she wants
is
Is

that he

In college in this city, the cost of

to

go to college, she may.

I

how
own

write this to you. Father, that you may know great chances children have In America. All
If any don't

are educated.
fault.

want

to study,

it Is

their

only have they day schools, but also evening schools where boys who work can continue

Not

and men may study things that make them better workers, better men, and better citizens. When I think of all these things and remember how little schooling was given to the children in our home town, I am glad William came to this country. No matter who you are, or what you are, or where you came from, the schools are open to you and your children. And that Is not all ;. other people run good One of the best of schools and It costs very little.
their education,
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M. C. A. Many of learned to talk, read, and write English in these schools, and some of the men are studying other things. I have written a long letter for I wanted you to know how the children are getting along and what chances they have in America. I hope you are well
these
is

the one run by the Y.

our

men have

join in sending

and that the folks at home are doing well. We all you our love. William is sending you a little present, which I hope you will soon get. Love to you From your loving daughter,
Elizabeth Borko.

SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS
Write and
wasteful,
drill pupils in
:

possibly, education, sometimes,

college,
electrical,

sixteen,

entertainments,

en-

gineer, graduate, evening, continue,

remember.

Read the

lesson.

Test the pupils in the use of the words above. For spelling use the following: old, older, oldest;

they,

them, their, theirs, there, you, your, yours, hers; read, reads, reader, reading; long, along; wake, awake; first, last; letter;
spend, spends, spending, spender, spent.

Test the pupils

words. Question

in

wTiting simple sentences, using these

men

as to their country's education as

compared

with America.
Collect the

home work. Let pupils copy words

in

spelling lesson

and for home

work write simple

sentences, using these words.

Call attention to different kinds of letters to be written, such as friendly, business, asking for position, and recom-

mendation. Show variety of these. Correct errors of pupils in composition.

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Lesson XXIX.
There have been many wise men in the world. All nations have their wise sayings, which may be called the compressed wisdom of many nations. America has its wise men and they have given us their experience. few of the maxims that have

helped them are the following:

it thoroughly. with all your might. Know the value of time and waste none of it. Don't be a man of one book. Honor the man who knows. Live within your means. Don't spend your last dollar, unless it is to keep you from starving.

Whatever you Whatever you

learn, learn

do,

do

it

Open a bank account. Buy a piece of ground, though you cannot pay down for it. Never forget your God and go to church. These are good maxims and young men who follow them generally succeed.
this, the foreign speaking young should do all he possibly can to learn to talk and write the English language properly. The man who does this and succeeds will have the best possible introduction into the life of America. In a democracy, men are not ruled by fear. Most men in America have no fear of the policeman. They live a good life, not because of the law of the land, but because they love to do right. They know that America will never prosper if men and women only live the good life from fear. Americans gen-

In addition to

man

and affectionate. This makes them good companions and pleasing

erally are gentle, social, forbearing,
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neighbors.
in

revenge.

They abhor tyranny and do not believe The nation has ever been generous when
has come, no matter from where or the adopted sons and daughters of
qualities

a call for help

whom.

And

America catch these

and are fashioned

after the spirit of the land.

All these qualities are not things of chance.

They

have been cultivated by men who believed in moral values. These men knew that back of this universe there is a God whom they worshipped and loved. They built churches and temples to worship him, and fearing him they had no fear of man. They also America believed that the future of depends more material things. This phase of upon moral than American life should be studied by all foreign-born men and they should do their bit to maintain a high moral standard in the nation.

SUGGESTIONS TO TEACHERS
Write and
ence,
tion,

compressed, wisdom, experidrill pupils in maxims, following, thoroughly, starving, account, addi:

property,

tionate,

introduction, democracy, forbearing, affeccompanions, tyranny, revenge, fashioned, cultivated.

the lesson.

Read

Test the pupils in the use of the words above. For spelling lesson use the following: be, been; wise, unwise world nations help, helps, helping, helper, helped learn, learns, learing, learner, learned, learnt; may, might;
; ; ; ;

time, tide, timber.

Test the pupils

Question the
Collect the

in

writing brief sentences, using the words

the good
papers.
in spelling lesson,

in the spelling lesson.

men on

men

of their country.

Let pupils

home-work copy words

and for home

work form simple

sentences, using these words.

55

Test the pupils

sons and things;

in

pointing out nouns

verbs

words

adjectives

words

the names of'per-

denoting quah'ty; and

signifying action.

Correct errors in composition of pupils.

Lesson

XXX.

REVIEW
This session
five lessons.
is

to be given to reviewing the last

Read XXVII.

portions

of

lessons

XXV, XXVI,

and

Test the pupils in pronouncing and using the following words hundred, difficulties, qualities, graduate, conciemned, enemy, kingdoms, twentieth, cen:

tury,

prophet, tongues, perfection, telegram,

sleeper.

rob-

bery, bargain,

tences

Test the pupils In spelling and writing short senon the blackboard, using the words just spelled: very, small, builds, new, growing, ought,
sank, hate, lawyer, about, forty, bad, slept, she, his,

would.

Read
ing

lessons

XXVIII and XXIX.

In pronouncing and using the followwords possibly, wasteful, sixteen, college, evening, wisdom, experience, account, revenge, fash:

Test pupils

ioned.

Test pupils
longest,
first,

In

spelling

and writing simple

sen-

tences using the

word

spelled: their, hers, reader,

spent, older, long, short.

a letter to

Let the pupils show how they address

a friend;

how to a business man; how to a man work; how do they close the letter to each of
above parties.
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for
the

Take
reason

lesson

In the

and ask the pupils for the use of the capitals in It.
:

XXIX

Test the pupils In forming and spelling the plural of the following words foot, child, mouse, boot,
fox, watch,

match.

Test them in the formation and spelling of the comparison of the following adjectives: good, bad, many, old, fat, thin, pretty. Test them in the use of capitals by writing a sentence on the blackboard, using only small letters.

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