SCHOOL LESSONS.

Wairarapa Age, 4 May 1937, Page 2

SCHOOL LESSONS.

TO-DAY’S WORK FOR ALL STANDARDS. PARTICULARS FOB PUPILS. ■8 By arrangement with the headmasters of the Masterton schools, daily lesson: for primary school pupils will be published in “The Age” while the schools remain closed. To-day’s lessons appear below. , STANDARD 1. A. Write down the answers to: — 9 and 6; 4 and 8; 3 and 5; 7 and 2; 4 and 9; 7 and 8; 6 and 5; 8 and 5. B. 2 -|- 6 = .... 12 -I- 6 = .... 22 -|- 6 = .... 32 -|- 6 = .... 42 -|- 6 = .... 52 -|- 6 = .... c— Twelve take away six. Fifteen take away seven. Twenty take away eighteen. Sixteen take away nine. D — Four fives and four. Three eights and five. Five sevens and six. Six fours and five. STANDARD 2. A. Write in figures: Twenty-six, one hundred and thirty-four, three hundred and thirty-three, ninety-eight. Write in words: 76, 54, 163, 411. B. —Keep adding s:— 2,7, 12 52; 3,8, 13 68 Keep taking away five: — 49, 44, 39 4; 56, 51, 4611

£10) Write in words, 20,908. STANDARD 4. MENTAL—(I) In the number 287639 what figure is in the hundreds of thousandsp lace? (2) How many chains in 12 miles? (3) How many miles in 400 chains? (4) How many ounces in 81b, 20z.? (5) How many lbs. in 80oz.f (6) How many yards in 1 chain? (7) Reduce 10 chains to yards. (8) From 2yds. take 2ft. (9) Add 25 chains to 1 mile 70ch. (10 How many stones in sewt.? WRITTEN—(I) A bale of wool weighs 5621 b. Find the weight in lb. of 300 bales. (2) How many yards in 124 miles? (1760 yards in 1 mile.) (3) 53642 -t- 35. (4) From } of a million take 134872. (5) £l3 16s 8d -|- £45 17s lid -|- £29 15e 8d -|- £46 13a 9d -|- £47 19s 5d -f--£23 14s lid. FORM 1. MENTAL—(I) Add together 124, 436, 80. (2) Divide 15s 5Jd by 7. (3) Write in figures fifty-five thousand and five. (4) What fraction of £1 is Is 3d? (5) What is the cost of 48 articles at Is 3d each? (6) lewt. of potatoes at 2d a lb. (7) 30 X 60. (8) From 5000 take 197. (9) Find the cost of a dozen articles at Is s}d each. (10) Find the cost of 240 units of electricity at 5d a unit. WRITTEN.— (1) Divide 23147 by 39. (2) What is the cost of 90 articles at Is 10id each? (3) Find the amount in £ s d of the contents of a collection box—s 37 pennies, 408 threepences, 270 sixpences, 173 shillings, 89 florins and 50 halfcrowns. (4) Divide £43 2s into 16 equal parts. (5) Find the total cost of 160 biscuits at l|d each, 12 fruit loaves at 4id each, and 250 halfpenny buns. FORM n. MENTAL—(I) Divide 10 by three and one-third. (2) 257 X 50. (3) What is the value of 99 florins? (4) What is the cost of 75 articles at 5 for 6d? (5) Give the cost of 11 dozen buttons at 9d a dozen. (6) Subtract 30 from 3000. (7) How much is 44 guineas? (8) How much will 241 b. cheese at lljd a lb. eost? (9) ms lid X 240. (10) '..'hat is the difference between the cost of. 50 articles at 6s 3d and 50 at 5s 9(1! WRITTEN—(I) £3 17s 93d -|- £145 13s 5d -|- 19s

4d -|- £B3 6s ll|d -|- £l4 6s Bd. (2) Divide the difference between. 121 tons 13ewt. 2qr. and 79 tons 19cwt. 3qr. by 39. (3) Bill: 20 loaves at sjd a loaf, 18 cakes at ljd each, 91b. flour at 2|d a lb. (4) Find simple interest on £lB for 4 years at 5 per cent. (5) I pay £lO 10s Od for 6 tons; what would 7 tons cost? English,

STANDARD 1. Boys: You are sent for some milk. On your way home you are busy looking at a new motor car and someone bumps into yon. Write a story about this. Girls: Your doll is sick. You are her nurse. Tell what you did for your doll. Spelling: Any, again, been, blue, buy. STANDARD 11. Composition: As for SI. 1 Spelling: Meant, minute, making, much, none. STANDARD HL Read the story in the April School Journal, * 1 His First Day,” and answer these questions:—(l) Where did Theras live? (2) What language did Theras speak? (3) Name the sports which the boys practised. (4) Which of your school subjects were not taught to Theras? (5) Write sentences of your own beginning with: suddenly; how silly; that very morning; on the wall; without any delay. STANDARD IV. Read the story in the April School Journal, “His First Day,” and answer these questions:—(l) Where did Theras live? In what country is this town? (2) What important sports gathering is mentioned? Write the name of anyone you have heard of who competed at a gathering with the same name. Where was the last gathering of these particular games held? (3) Make a small sketch of a disc. Describe how a disc is thrown. (4) “Silence!” thundered the master. “Halt!” the captain. “Hush!” the nurse. “Help!” the frightened child. Fill in the spaces with suitable words. »Do not use “said.” FORMS I. & IL School Journal, pages 66-69, “Cow’us.” Part 11. is in 4 sections, A, B, O, D, to be done on 4 separate days. Part I. you may spread over the whole week. Thus on Tuesday you could do A and a little of Part I. You should send A, B, C and D in separately as you finish them. Part I. may be sent in at end of week. PART I. (1) Make a list of distinctly humorous incidents in the story. (2) Write a conversation which you imagine to have taken place between the “Cow’us” and the stable cat; OR, give the story as related by the “Cow’us.” (3) Give in your own words a wordpicture of the collecting, bagging and taking away of the cats. (4) Describe the various kinds of eats mentioned in the story. (5) “He owled up to me.” To OWL means to act or behave like an owh What, therefore, was the eat doing? (6) The story says, “A good cat is worth five pounds on a farm.” , Explain why this should be so. (b) What is a granary? (7) “The remedy was in her own claws.” What expies- 1 sion do* we generally use instead of “claws?” (b) What single word might be used instead of “lessafraid?” (8) What did the noise—made by the milk spurting into the pail—resemble? (9) “COW’VS.” What is this the Suffolk abbreviation for? Where is the County of Suffolk? Note that the “SV-” is really an abbreviation, of “SOUTH.” What, then, do you think the early inhabitants of Suffolk were called? Can you find any other English county beginning with this abbreviation? (10) Try to find out the reference to: St. Ives; Tom Tiddler’s Ground. If you are unable to find the reference to St. Ives don't worry over it; it is just possible that Mum or Dad may remember an old jingle about it. Explanation of Tom Tiddler’s Ground may be found in Dickens’s ‘ f Christmas Stories,” or in “The Reader’s Handbook,” by Dr. Brewer. (The reference is not usually given in Encyclopaedia.) When you return to school, explanation of both will be. given to you.

SECTION A. (11) What similes are used to complete these sentences: (a) All were wild and fearful, starting (b) a tail that stood up (c) I opened the door and she trotted in (d) , He drove away with his animated, bundle - (12) What words in the story convey accurately the following ideas or action: (a) Stooped very low, close to the ground, (b) Jerking, instead of flowing steadily. (e) Found after careful search, and the following of clues, (d) Pushing aside and taking the place of another, (e) Kind to others in poorer circumstances, (f) Opening and shutting the eyes when facing the sun. (g) In a poor state of preservation, (h) Full of life. (i) Marching with knees raised high at each step, (j) Reducing to a state of tiredness or listlessness. (k) Going about begging. (1) Like Joseph ’s coat. (Form 1 do 7 only.) SECTION B. (13) What would be the opposite of “major” buildings? (14) “They gave a mew in unison.” When you all sing the same tune or part in a song you are said to sing in unison. What is the name given to the kind of song in which there are 2 different parts; 4 different parts? (15) Punctuate, without referring to the story: There is a coomb of cats laughed gerald as he tied the sack better weigh them master waiter added i reckon hes got overweight. SECTION C. (16) Find synonyms for: Adage, sustenance, gaunt, depleted, ingenious, depopulated, reverential. (17) Analyse into Subject, Predicate, etc.: (a) There drove up a boisterous young man. (b) He had lately taken over one of the dilapidated farms of the district at a low rental, (e) Soon we had twenty creatures squatting at the door. SECTION D. (18) Give the opposite form (Masculine or Feminine) of: Daughter, cow, mother, man. (b) Find from the story all the words you can that may be either Masculine or Feminine, i.e., common gender. (19) “A coomb of cats,” laughed Gerald. A coomb of cats would be 4 bushels. There is another English word, “combe”—you will find it used,

for example, in Kipling’s “Stalky and Co.”—which is pronounced in the same way as “coomb.” Try to find the meaning of this word. (20) GENERAL QUESTION: You will observe on the roadside a notice: “S.V. 6ft.” or “F.P. 6ft.” What do these abbreviations stand for? (One section for each day—4 days running.) PRIMERS 3 & 4. . Write out this story, filling in the missing words. Read the story to mother. Send it in to your teacher. Two little children called and lived with their in Street, Masterton. They could not do school, so they their lessons at The postman brought their work to every day. They very tidily and sent their teacher. French—F. Ila. Write out the verb “to have” as it was given last week, and put a suitable noun with each. Like this: j’ai (une plume).

C—Add:— 17 -|- 14 - - 29 - - 47 = .... 14 12 - - 26 - - 18 = .... 11 -1- 19 - - 17 - - 77 = .... 34 -j- 19 -j- 17 - D. —Take away:— - 18 = .... 143 321 47 321 —79 —19 —138 —123 — — E.—Learn these tables and write '4hem out backwards:— 4 times starting 4 X 12 = 48 5 times starting 5 X 10 = 50 6 times starting 6 X 9 = 54 STANDARD 3. MENTAL— (1) 16 -|- 7 -|- 25 = 1(2) 100 — 63 = (3) 135 -h 5 = (4) 27 X 6 = (5) Three score — two dozen = (6) 192 -s- 12 = (7) 75 -1-25 — 50 = (8) 56 — 17 — 21 (9) £2 — £1 4s = (10) lOd -|- Is 3d -|- WBITTEN —Add: — 2s 8d = (1) 5 (2) 37 (3) £ s 9 43 10 4 8 29 8 13 6 16 7 16 5 30 19 13 — — — £ s d (4) 7836 (5) 23 1. (6) 13 9 —2943 18 1 —5 11 — — — £ s s d (7) 295 (8) 3 12 (9) 2 7 X6 X8 X5 — —