FOURTH YEAR
FIRST WEEK
Monday
To be committed to memory:
“The Wreck of the Hesperus,” by Henry W. Longfellow.
Copy eleven stanzas of the poem.
Tuesday
Copy the rest of the poem.
Wednesday
Learn the first four stanzas of the poem.
Thursday
Learn the second four stanzas of the poem.
Friday
Learn the third four stanzas of the poem.
SECOND WEEK
Monday
Learn the fourth four stanzas of the poem.
Tuesday
Learn the fifth four stanzas of the poem.
Wednesday
Finish learning the poem, and recite it throughout.
Thursday
Recite the poem, and answer the following:
What is a “schooner”? (See dictionary.)
How does the sea in winter differ from a summer sea?
Who was the “skipper”?
Write a description of the captain’s daughter.
What is a “helm”?
What is meant by the “veering flaw?”
What did the changing positions of the wind indicate with regard to the weather?
Friday
Where was the “Spanish Main”?
What is a “port”?
What is a “hurricane”?
What does a golden ring around the moon indicate?
Did you ever see one?
What is a “whiff”?
What is a “gale”?
What is meant by the “brine”?
What is meant by “smote amain”?
How could a boat leap?
THIRD WEEK
Monday
What is a “blast”? How could it sting?
What is a “spar”?
What is a “mast”?
What is a “fog-bell”?
What is meant by a “rock-bound coast”?
What guns could be heard?
Why was the sea “angry”?
Where is Norman’s Woe? Why is it so called?
Tuesday
What is a “gust”?
Why was the surf called “trampling”?
What is the bow of a boat?
What is a “wreck”?
Why were the frozen seamen like icicles?
Wednesday
Why did the waves look “fleecy”?
What is “carded wool”?
Why were the rocks called “cruel”?
What is a “shroud”?
What is meant by “went by the board”?
What became of the ship?
What is a “reef”?
Thursday
Look up the life of the poet Longfellow and talk about him.
Friday
Write the story of Longfellow’s life.
FOURTH WEEK
Monday
Write the story of St. Valentine.
Tuesday
Write the story of Lincoln’s boyhood.
Wednesday
Write about what Washington did for our country.
Thursday
Talk about patriotism; what it means, and how we can best show our patriotism.
Friday
Write the story of the making of the first American flag.