“The Bluebird” • Disyllabic Poetry Hunt • Homophones blue / blew • Pages 58–59
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LESSON 106 & 106 CONTINUED: “THE BLUEBIRD” & HOMOPHONES BLUE / BLEW
Syllabication Hunt • Orthoepy • Penmanship
1Poetry Syllabication: Read “The Bluebird.” Write each two-syllable word divided by a hyphen on the handwriting line.
12 Disyllables • 26px Standard Line
The Bluebird
Textbook Pages 58–59
“Prettylittlebluebird,
Won’t you tell me true,
Why you wear a brown vest
With your suit of blue?”
“O littlemaiden, truly,
While flyingvery low,
I brushed against the brown earth,
Long and long ago.
“And once, my littlemaiden,
While flyingvery high,
My back and wings went brushing Against the summer sky.”
Merrylittlebluebird, Singing, off he flew,
With his pretty brown vest
And his suit of blue.
Divide Each Word Into Syllables (e.g., pret-ty):
1.pretty(Adj.)
2.little(Adj.)
3.bluebird(Noun)
4.maiden(Noun)
5.truly(Adv.)
6.flying(Part./Adv.)
7.very(Adv.)
8.against(Prep.)
9.brushing(Participle)
10.summer(Noun)
11.merry(Adj.)
12.singing(Participle)
2Homophone Clinic: Study “blue” and “blew.” Both share the exact sound /bluː/, but differ in spelling and meaning.
Acoustic Twins • /bluː/
blue
Color • Noun / Adj. • /bluː/
Meaning: The azure color of the clear sky or ocean; plumage of the bluebird. Poem Sample: “Why you wear a brown vest with your suit of blue?” Spelling Note: Digraph ue makes the long /uː/ sound (as in true, clue, due).
blew
Past of Blow • Verb • /bluː/
Meaning: Expelled a stream of air; was moved or driven rapidly by the wind. Poem Connection: Rhymes with flew (“Singing, off he flew”). Spelling Note: Digraph ew represents /uː/ in irregular past tense (blew, flew, grew, knew).
3Classic Literature Synthesis: Fill in “blue” or “blew,” then copy both classic sentences in your best handwriting.
Textbook Page 59 • Bryant & Welby
“Even the deep heavens look glad.”
— WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT
“The breeze fluttered down and open the flowers.”
— AMELIA B. WELBY
1. Copy Bryant's line (deep blue heavens):Supply “blue”
2. Copy Welby's line (blew open the flowers):Supply “blew”
3. Original synthesis sentence using both blue and blew:Creative Application