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LESSON 81 • "HARK! HARK!" & ITALIAN ÄEMILY H. MILLER
Wheeler's Elementary Speller — Page 45
“Copy the following lines carefully, and mark properly with two dots (ä) each letter a that has the sound of a as in far.”
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Poetic Copywork & Italian Ä Hunt — Transcribe the stanza and place two dots over each Italian ä:
“Hark! hark! my children, hark!
When the sky has lost its blue,
What do the stars say in the dark?
‘We must sparkle, sparkle through.’” — EMILY HUNTINGTON MILLER (1833–1913)
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Diacritic Discovery List — Write the 4 target words from the poem containing Italian ä:
Word 1
Word 2
Word 3
Word 4
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Sentence Composition — Write what you imagine the bright stars whispering in the night:
Poetic Orthography & Punctuation Rules:
1. Exclamation Mark in "Hark!": The word Hark! is an archaic command meaning “listen carefully!”. It is followed by an exclamation point for emphasis.
2. Quotation Marks in Poetry: When the stars speak in the poem, their exact words are enclosed within quotation marks: ‘We must sparkle, sparkle through.’
3. Consonant Blend SP- in Sparkle: The initial blend combines with Italian <är> in sparkle, featuring frequent diminutive suffix -le.
Wheeler's Elementary Speller • Lesson 81 • Poetry & Italian Ä Discovery (Emily H. Miller)Page 1 of 2 (Student Worksheet)