re very large tree
trunks? What starts the ducks? See them as they
rise out of the water. Make a drawing to show
their position. The drawing should show them
flying in the shape of a horizontal letter V,
as wild ducks fly. What words show you that
they keep this position unbroken? Hear them as
they fly off at their utmost speed. Why such
haste? What makes the "swivelling whistle"?
This is the noise they make as they fly.
Imagine a whistle to be set whirling around as
it whistles. The change in the sound due to the
whirling motion of the whistle might be called
a swivelling whistle. See them go, led through
the shadow. Hear them, as they disappear behind
a rocky point ahead. What is meant by their
"whirr"? What has made us forget all about the
beauty of the silent morning? What effect did
this silence probably have on the poet's
judgment of the noise made by the ducks? Now
what is described in the third stanza?

Consider the fitness of the words "lazy",
"sucks", "bleeds", "sneak", "swept", "splashy".

SYNTHESIS OF THE WHOLE BY CORRELATING THE LESSON WITH ART

1. Make a sketch of the scene in the first
stanza, showing the rocky, high, forest-covered
banks, with mist rising along the slopes, and
the man in a canoe on a small stream below.

2. Make a sketch of the scene described in the
second stanza, showing the winding river, with
its high banks appearing to meet in the
distance, the man in his canoe in the
foreground, and over all the dim light of early
morning.

3. Make a sketch of the ducks rising from the
water. Show the reeds at the mouth of the creek
and the rocky spur toward which the birds are
heading.

THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR

As it is not necessary to know anything about
the author to fully understand this poem,
nothing should be said about his life until the
pupils become interested in him through their
interest in what he has written. Then teach the
main points in his life. See sketch of his
life, at the back of the Manual on _The Ontario
Readers_.

DICKENS IN THE CAMP

(Fourth Reader, page 287)

INTRODUCTION

By way of introduction, it m