Directions for Reading.—Read this lesson in a conversational tone of voice, and somewhat more slowly than Lesson III.
Read what is said by each one of the four different persons, as you think each one of them would speak.
How would you read the third and fourth paragraphs?—the last paragraph?
Point out the emphatic words in the last paragraph.
Language Lesson.—Syllabify, accent, and mark sounds of letters in the following words: Persian, therefore, valuable, account, jewels, aware, contained, dishonest, duty, enemy.
Let pupils use other words, to express the following:
To go on his way in peace. Return good for evil.
Tell the story in your own words, using the points in the following
Analysis.—1. The father divides his goods. 2. What he said to his sons. 3. What the eldest son did. 4. What the second son did. 5. What the third son did. 6. What the father said.