LESSON 91: THINGS FREE TO BOYS AND GIRLS

Wheeler's Elementary Speller • Page 51 • Nature Lexicon & Literary Sentences

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1 Read each word aloud. Copy each word neatly on its handwriting line:

12 Nature Words

air

sky

light

sun

stars

moon

dew

wind

clouds

rain

snow

water

2 Literary Inspiration • Observe how great poets use these nature words:

Poetic Models

Percy Bysshe Shelley

“The clouds were gone to play.”

Robert Louis Stevenson

“O wind, that sings so loud a song.”

Thomas Cole

“The stars came out to watch the daylight die.”

Elaine Goodale

“The big yellow moon hung low in the west.”

3 Wheeler's Directive • Select five words from the list above and write original sentences:

Original Composition

Sentence 1 • Selected Word: [ ] (Start with a capital letter • end with punctuation)

Sentence 2 • Selected Word: [ ] (Describe nature, weather, or the sky)

Sentence 3 • Selected Word: [ ] (Try using an interesting action verb)

Sentence 4 • Selected Word: [ ] (Tell where or when this happens)

Sentence 5 • Selected Word: [ ] (Master challenge: include two nature words!)