Poetry Antonym Hunt • Homophones one / won • Moral Couplet • Pages 56–57
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LESSON 102: “A RACE” & HOMOPHONES ONE / WON
Poetry Antonym Studio • Orthoepy • Penmanship
1Poetry Antonym Hunt: Read Marie Golden's poem, locate each word in italics, and write its opposite on the penmanship line.
8 Italicized Targets • 26px Standard Line
A Race
Textbook Page 56
A mad little tear
And a sad little tear
Once started a queer little race.
“I am ahead!”
The angry tear said,
As it hurried down Peggy’s small face.
But the sad little tear
Met a glad little tear,
And together they hurried apace.
“I’m sorry, mamma,
So sorry, mamma!”
And the sorry-glad tear won the race.
— MARIE GOLDEN.
Write the Opposite for Each Word:
1.mad(Adj.)↔ Opposite:
2.sad(Adj.)↔ Opposite:
3.angry(Adj.)↔ Opposite:
4.down(Adv./Prep.)↔ Opposite:
5.small(Adj.)↔ Opposite:
6.glad(Adj.)↔ Opposite:
7.sorry(Adj.)↔ Opposite:
8.won(Verb (past))↔ Opposite:
2Homophone Studio: Examine “one” and “won.” Both sound exactly alike (/wʌn/), but differ in spelling and meaning.
Acoustic Twin • Orthographic Divergence
one
Numeral / Pronoun • /wʌn/
Meaning: A single unit, person, or thing (the number 1). Sample: “Only one bright star shone in the evening sky.” Spelling Note: Begins with o pronounced with a /w/ glide. Silent final e.
won
Past Tense of Win • /wʌn/
Meaning: Achieved victory in a race, or gained by honest labor. Sample: “The sorry-glad tear won the race.” Spelling Note: Spelled with initial w + short o (/ʌ/) + n. Irregular past of win.
3Wheeler's Classical Synthesis: Supply the missing homophones (one / won) and write the couplet in your best handwriting.
Textbook Page 57 • Character & Labor
What is a gentleman? Is it not (one / won)
Honestly eating the bread he has ? (one / won)
• Line 1: Use one (a person)
• Line 2: Use won (earned by toil)