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Lesson 11: Serjeant Parsing in Schoolroom-Shire Again

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Before the court met again, Serjeant Parsing paid another visit to Schoolroom-shire.

"My dear young friends," he said, "will you kindly get your slates, and divide them into four parts, writing at the top of each part, the name of Mr. Noun, Mr. Pronoun, Mr. Adjective, and Dr. Verb. Then cut off two corners somewhere, for little ragged Article and Interjection. Then listen to the following stories, and when any word that you know is read out, give a mark to the Part-of-Speech to whom it belongs. If you come to an adjective-pronoun, of course you must put a little man astride between Mr. Pronoun's ground and Mr. Adjective's; and whenever you come to a verb, please to say whether it is in the present, past, or future tense. When you have done, we will count up, and see which Part-of-Speech has gained the most marks.

"The stories are called: "THE VOYAGE OF COLUMBUS." and "THE TWO NEIGHBOURS."

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Grammar-Land by M.L. Nesbitt Grammar-Land by M.L. Nesbitt

Lesson 11: Serjeant Parsing in Schoolroom-Shire Again

Directions

Over the two weeks:

Read or review the lesson each week.
Complete the assigned enrichment activities for each week.

Synopsis

Serjeant Parsing visits to Schoolroom-shire with two new activities to complete.

Enrichment

Activity - Week 1: Tally Words of Mr. Noun, Mr. Pronoun, Mr. Adjective, Dr. Verb, Article, and Interjection

Get a pen and paper.

Read the story, and as you read, keep tally of the following Parts-of-Speech: Nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, article, and interjection.

Which Part-of-Speech has the highest tally?

THE VOYAGE OF COLUMBUS

Columbus sailed from Palos, Spain.

His three ships sailed across the Atlantic Ocean.

His timid sailors begged to go home.

They nearly threw Columbus overboard.

One day Columbus saw branches of trees.

They floated on the water.

The men soon sighted land in the distance.

They shouted, 'Aha! We see land.'

They anchored the ship and hurried ashore.

They took the island in the name of Spain.

They called it San Salvador.

Activity - Week 2: Tally Words of Mr. Noun, Mr. Pronoun, Mr. Adjective, Dr. Verb, Article, and Interjection

Read the story and keep tally of the following Parts-of-Speech: Nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, article, and interjection.

Which Part-of-Speech has the highest tally?

THE TWO NEIGHBOURS

A man lived by his labor; and as he had strong arms and a brave heart, he supported, easily, his wife, his little children, and himself.

But a famine came upon the land, and work failed.

The man spent all the money which he had saved, until he had not a penny to buy food for his children.

Then he went to a rich neighbor, and said: 'My little children are crying for food, and I have no bread to give them. Help me.'

And the rich man said: 'I am a just man; I always pay my debts; but I owe you no money. Go! I cannot give you charity.'

Then the poor man went to another neighbor, almost as poor as himself.

Give me food for my little children,' he said.

'Brother,' said the poorer neighbor, 'we have not much ourselves, but you shall share with us as long as a crust of bread remains.'

Then they divided between them the little food that was left, and that food lasted until the hard times had passed.

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