SCHOOL LESSONS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 127, 30 April 1937, Page 2

SCHOOL LESSONS

DRAWING AND ENGLISH. The following are the assignments of school lessons to bo done by pupils today: DRAWING. STANDARDS t and 2. Use crayon or pastel. 1. —Draw a picture illustrating your favourite nursery rhyme, or your favourite story. 2. Draw a picture illustrating “Breakfast Timo at Our House.” 3. Draw a picture of a boat or of a tramcar or of a motor-bus. STANDARDS 3 and 4. Use pencil or pastel or water-colour. 1. Draw a picture illustrating a humorous incident. 2. Draw a picture of a sailing ship. 3. Memory drawing of a railway train or a motor-car or some object in which you feel interested. Let is be your own drawing entirely. 4. Arrange a single flower 6r _ a small spray in a vase to make an artistic picture. Sketoh it and then suitably colour it. 5. Make a drawing illustrating an interesting nature study topic. 6. Draw a map of Australia, show the States, and important physical features. _ FORMS I and 11. Use pencil or pen and ink or pastel or water-colour. 1. Draw a (raster to advertise a New Zealand product, or a poster design in colour, “Come to Wellington, 1940.” 2. Draw a picture illustrating a street scene. 3. Illustrate a verse of poetry. 4 Printing—size of letters about la-inches-CENTENARY. 5. Draw a picture of (a) the porch of your house or (b) the gateway. 6. A map of India, showing important rivers and mountains, and indicate locality of important products. ENGLISH. STANDARD 1. Read once more tlie story of Raggedy Ann, arid answer the questions on pages 36 and 37. , „ , _ , (a) What did the dolls beg Raggedy Ann to do ? (b) What new thing was put m Raggedy Ann ? , (c) What colour was Raggedy Ann sheart and what was written on it ? (d) What did Raggedy Ann call her heart ? . , (e) What did the tin soldier say ! (f) Write a sentence telling how Raggedy Ann finished her story. Spelling: Dinner, supper, breaktaet, lunch, afternoon-tea. STANDARD 2. SPELLING: Knew, laid, lose, dose, many. Make sure you can spell and write easily the 25 your have done tins week. READING: Answer these questions from pages 36 and 37: (1) What was Raggedy Anns secret/ (2) What wero tho words printed on Ann’s new heart? (3) Draw Raggedy Ann s new heart. ENGLISH: Write these sentences again, using the right word from these: Did, done, saw, seen, to, too, two. (1) Jack Iris work better than l’red bad his. ( 2) I somo rabbits but my brother said that he had a hare. (3) The boys said that it was rold go for a swim. STANDARD 3 AND 4.

Your classroom is empty ; i 1 misses .the pupils and longs to see again the bright faces and hear the pleasant voices; especially does it miss the singing. The room is now being thoroughly cleaned ready for your return. Write tho story of “The Lonely Glassroom” (as told by itself). Suggested words which may be used in the story: Deserted, quiet, peaceful, noisy, chatter, bustle, rattling ot windows, mouse, cupboard, library books, inkwells, dried-up, bare walls, scrubbing, damp, sun’s rays, dean surfaces, shining panes, murmur of voices, hushed. FORMS 1 AND 11. Essay Subject: Autobiography of un old (Model T) Ford;

or A dispute between an old model lord and a recent model Austin.