Thursday. ad'-e-quate, sufficient. ad-join'-ing, joining to. CAPITAL LETTERS. Capital letters should be used GRAMMAR. 1. At the beginning of every book, chapter, sentence, or paragraph. 2. At the beginning of every line of poetry. 3. When writing the names of persons, places, ships, &c. 4. When writing the names of the months, the days of the week, and particular seasons, as Easter, Christmas, &c. 5. When writing the name of any important event or thing, as the Reformation, the Royal Exchange. 6. When writing the names of the Deity, as God, Jehovah, &c. 7. When writing the pronoun I, or the interjection O. 8. When writing such words as English, French, Irish, &c. Friday. LEARN AND WRITE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE. GEOGRAPHY. By means of circles supposed to be drawn round the earth from North to South, and from East to West, we are enabled to find the position of any place on its surface. The most important of these circles is the Equator, which is supposed to be drawn round the earth, half-way between the Poles. Other circles drawn parallel to the Equator, are called Parallels of Latitude. The distance of a place North or South of the Equator is called Latitude. The circles drawn from North to South are called Meridians of Longitude. The one which passes through Greenwich is called the first Meridian, and the distance of any place East or West of it, is called Longitude. 1. The names of the days of the week, the months, and seasons. 2. The names of twelve scholars, twelve towns, twelve countries, twelve books, and twelve important events. The The surface of the earth consists of land and water. water covers nearly three-fourths of it, and the land rather more than one-fourth. The land is divided into five large portions called Continents. They are Europe, Asia, Africa, America, and Australia. The water is also divided into five great portions called Oceans, namely, the Pacific, the Atlantic, the Indian, the Arctic, and the Antarctic Oceans. The various parts of the land are Islands, Peninsulas, Isthmuses, Capes, &c. The various parts of the water are Seas, Gulfs, Bays, Straits, Rivers, Lakes, &c. Wednesday. LEARN AND WRITE— Thursday. A FIRF. -- you A Fire's a good, companionable friend, Ex.-Put meanings to the words in italics. Friday. PARTS OF LAND. GEOGRAPHY. An Island is a portion of land entirely surrounded by water, as Ireland. A Peninsula is a portion of land almost surrounded by water, as the Peninsula of Spain and Portugal. An Isthmus is a narrow neck of land joining two larger portions together, as the Isthmus of Panama, which joins North and South America together. A Cape is a point of land jutting out into the sea, as the Cape of Good Hope, in Africa; Cape Horn, in South America. Sometimes it is called a Naze, as the Naze in Norway; or a Foreland, as the North and South Forelands, in Kent; or a Head, as St. Abb's Head, in Scotland; or, if rocky or mountainous, a Promontory, as Carmel, in Palestine. B Monday. LEARN SIXTH WEEK. Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Save from wrath, and make me pure. Nothing in my hand I bring, WORK THESE SUMS-- Tuesday. (1.) (2.) (3.) days. hrs. min. sec. wks. days. hrs. min. 24 17 39 Etymology treats of words, their kinds, changes, and sources. In the English Language there are upwards of 40,000 words, most of which have come to us from the Anglo-Saxons. Some are of French origin, introduced chiefly at the conquest, and many are derived from the Latin, Greek, Italian, Spanish, and other languages. All these words are divided into classes or sorts, according to the work they do in the formation of sentences. There are nine classes of words, viz. :-Article, Noun, Adjective, Pronoun. Verb, Adverb, Preposition, Conjunction, and Interjection. These are called Parts of Speech. |