man once wrote what he thought an
Indian mother might have sung to her baby. This
is what he thought she would sing." (The
teacher recited the _Indian Lullaby_.)

Individual pupils then repeated one stanza at a time with the assistance
of the teacher.

The pupils sang softly the melody they had learned to "loo"; then all
tried to sing the words with the teacher. The purpose was to emphasize
the rhythm and interpret the spirit of the poem. The lesson occupied
twelve to fifteen minutes. At another time, hectographed copies of the
poem were given to the pupils, and as they had already partly memorized
it, they soon learned to read it.

CHAPTER IV

FORM I: SENIOR GRADE

THE WIND AND THE LEAVES

(First Reader, page 49)

It is the aim of this lesson to help the pupils to appreciate
imaginative descriptions of some natural phenomena. This lesson will be
best appreciated if taken some day in autumn when the leaves are
falling. If the pupils have recently noticed the wind rushing through
the trees, scattering the many-coloured leaves and driving them before
it along the ground, they will be in the best mood to enter into the
spirit of the poem.

What is the time of the year that the poem
speaks about? The autumn.

Select all the things that tell you this. The
leaves have "dresses of red and gold"; "summer
is gone"; "the days grow cold"; the leaves come
"fluttering" down; the "fields" are "brown".

What did the wind mean by "Come o'er the
meadows with me, and play"? It meant that they
should come down from the trees and be blown
away by the wind across the fields.

What does it mean by "Put on your dresses of
red and gold"? Before they fall, the leaves
have many beautiful colours.

What was the colour of their dresses in summer?
When do they begin to change colour very
quickly?

What leaves show the most beautiful colours?
What different colours have you noticed that
leaves have?

When does the wind call? When it blows loudly
or whistles.

Do you know what the wind says when it calls?
Why not? We do not understand the language that
it speaks.

How did the leaves show that they understood?
They obeyed at once and came down from the
trees.

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