3. The first group of words at the bottom of the page is a list of farm-products; you can easily name other words that might be added to this list, such as:
beans rye oats
Write two of these new words after figure 1 on your paper.
4. There are nine other lists of words, and each list names not farm-products, but some other things. After figure 2 on your paper, write two other words that could properly be added to the second group of words.
5. In the same way, write two more words that could rightly belong to each of the other eight groups of words. When you finish wait quietly for the others.
1. corn, potatoes, wheat, peas.
2. chisel, plane, file, axe.
3. creek, ocean, gulf, sea.
4. fireman, librarian, teacher, physician.
5. overcoat, fur cap, overshoes, muffler.
6. meat, horns, tallow, hair.
7. pencil, pen, blotter, stamps.
8. cup, saucer, plate, bowl.
9. door, window, stairs, chimney.
10. tennis, croquet, hockey, baseball.
[THE GOOD CITIZEN—HOW HE USES MATCHES]
There are two things you can do with every good and useful thing—use it and abuse it. Here you are going to read about the abuse of a very useful thing, indeed—a match. When things are a common, everyday part of the household, people are apt to treat them carelessly; and carelessness always means trouble. As you read, think whether anything in this article hits you.
This is a good selection to outline. Perhaps your teacher will have some of the best outlines put on the blackboard.