Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE LARK AND HER YOUNG ONES 7 pupils by having the story told in a relay. This will prevent that objectionable monopoly of an exercise that occurs when one pupil rambles through a whole story. A sign may be agreed upon to tell when each pupil shall stop speaking. The rest of the class may listen as critics to offer suggestions. Information for the teacher. Sir George Webb Dasent (1820-1896) was an English scholar who made a special study of Norse and Icelandic literature. THE LARK AND HER YOUNG ONES The fable as a test. See Introduction, page xxii. The following questions will test the facts of the fable: the answers are given in parentheses. 1- Whom would the Master summon first to help reap the corn? (neighbors) 8. Whom does he suggest calling in next? (relatives) 3. Why would the relatives not be likely to help? (had work of their own) 4. When did the Mother Lark say it was time to be off? (when he said he would hire some one) Making a blackboard dramatization. The following little play will show how a resourceful teacher can lead a class to build up on the blackboard a miniature play. Here is a play of three acts, each act representing a single day and being divided into three scenes each. Such a dramatization calls for close analysis of the fable and for ability to convert the direct speeches into indirect discourse., The teacher should write rapidly, as the children decide on the best speeches. They will offer suggestions or quote from the fable. Show them how to select the best suggestions. Do not let the work lag, but aim to get a great deal done in one period. The dramatization here given is merely suggestive ? teachers should vary it as the class suggests. Characters The Mother Lark Second Little Lark The Master First Little Lark ...