ight and
shining and, in some places, it is shaded by
the trees or by the clouds. You can see bright
patches on the water.

Now you have told me many wonderful things
about this brook; where it began and where it
ended, how it grew, how it sang, how glad it
was to see the children, and how the children
played with it, and how it looked. What does it
tell us at first? It tells us where it began.

In the next stanza? It runs a little faster.

In the next? It was glad to see the children.

In the next? The children were playing with it.

In the next? It ran bubbling and singing into
the sea.

MEMORIZATION

Now we shall learn the words of this pretty
lesson, taking the first stanza to-day. Let us
take the first three lines. Now all the lines.
Let each one be ready to repeat it. See whether
you can say the first stanza to-morrow, and
then we shall learn some more.

CHAPTER V

FORM II

MY SHADOW

(Second Reader, page 3)

AIM

The aim of the lesson is to make the poem so lifelike that it will seem
to each pupil as though the shadow and the words were his own.

PRESENTATION

After the poem has been read to give a general idea of the story, the
teacher should proceed with it in detail, much in the same spirit as he
would carry on a bright conversation with the pupils about something in
which they were all equally interested.

Stanza I

How do I know my shadow is very fond of me? He
"goes in and out with me".

What does that mean? It means he goes wherever
I go.

What is "the use of him"? That "is more than I
can see".

What is he like? He is just "like me from the
heels up to the head".

What does he do when I go to bed? He jumps into
bed "before me".

MEMORIZATION

Now, children, four of you may each recite one
line. What have you, Susie? "I have a little
shadow that goes in and out with me."

What is the use of your shadow, John? "And what
can be the use of him is more than I can see."

What is he like, Mary? "He is very, very like
me from the heels up to the head."

When do you see him jump ahead of you? "And I
see him jump before me, when I jump into my