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MCGUFFEY’S First ECLECTIC READER: lesson 20 Will you let me ride on Prince?

Words:

  • mamma
  • large
  • as
  • papa
  • arms
  • ride
  • far
  • barn
  • both
  • Prince
  • trot
  • your

Lesson:

Papa, will you let me ride with you on Prince? I will sit still in your arms.

See, mamma! We are both on Prince. How large he is!

Get up, Prince! You are not too fat to trot as far as the barn.

MCGUFFEY’S First ECLECTIC READER: lesson 19 See her drink!

Letter Sounds:

  • a

Words:

  • Kate
  • old
  • no
  • grass
  • dear
  • likes
  • be
  • drink
  • milk
  • cow
  • out
  • gives

Lesson:

O Kate! the old cow is in the pond: see her drink! Will she not come out to get some grass?

No, John, she likes to be in the pond. See how still she stands!

The dear old cow gives us sweet milk to drink.

MCGUFFEY’S First ECLECTIC READER: lesson 18 Will the dog hunt a fox?

Words:

  • nut
  • did
  • shut
  • shall
  • lost
  • fox
  • men
  • met
  • step
  • into
  • hunt
  • mud

Lesson:

Will the dog hunt a fox?

Ben lost his hat.

Shall I shut the box?

I met him on the step.

Did you jump into the mud?

I have a nut.

I met the man.

MCGUFFEY’S First ECLECTIC READER: lesson 17 Is this a good pen?

Words:

  • are
  • ink
  • moss
  • this
  • tub
  • upset
  • a

Lesson:

The pen and the ink are on the stand. Is this a good pen?

The moss is on the rock.

This duck can swim.

Ben upset the tub.

MCGUFFEY’S First ECLECTIC READER: lesson 16  Review: Kitty’s doll is on the rock

Lesson:

The sun has set, and the pond is still.

John, Ned, Ben, Tom, and Nell stand on the bank, and look at the duck.

The dog with a black spot on his back, is with Tom. See! Tom has his hat in his hand. He has left his big top on the box.

Kitty’s doll is on the rock. Nell has put her pet in the cage. It will sing a sweet song. The duck has her nest under the rock.

It is not hot now. Let us run, and skip, and jump on the bank. Do you not think it is fun?

MCGUFFEY’S First ECLECTIC READER: lesson 15 Let’s Run and Jump

Words:

  • John
  • rock
  • set
  • jump
  • fun
  • must
  • may
  • under
  • skip
  • bank
  • but
  • touch

Lesson:

O John! the sun has just set. It is not hot, now.

Let us run and jump. I think it is fun to run, and skip, and jump.

See the duck on the pond! Her nest is up on the bank, under the rock.

We must not touch the nest, but we may look at it.

MCGUFFEY’S First ECLECTIC READER: lesson 14 The hen has to run to her nest

Letter Sounds:

  • e
  • o

Words:

  • sun
  • we
  • how
  • pond
  • stop
  • for
  • go
  • swim
  • her
  • us
  • hot
  • duck

Lesson:

The sun is up. The man has fed the black hen and the fat duck.

Now the duck will swim in the pond. The hen has run to her nest.

Let us not stop at the pond now, for it is hot.

See how still it is! We will go to see Tom and his top.

MCGUFFEY’S First ECLECTIC READER: lesson 13 Do you think he is a good dog?

Letter Sounds:

  • th
  • n
  • oo

Words:

  • Tom
  • top
  • Kitty’s
  • at
  • back
  • look
  • good
  • doll
  • think
  • spot

Lesson:

Look at Tom and his dog. The dog has a black spot on his back. Do you think he is a good dog?

Tom has a big top, too. It is on the box with Kitty’s doll.

MCGUFFEY’S First ECLECTIC READER: lesson 12 Kitty has a nice pet

Letter Sounds:

  • k
  • g
  • c
  • a
  • y
  • ng
  • u

Words:

  • cage
  • then
  • song
  • pet
  • put
  • not

Lesson:

Kitty has a nice pet. It can sing a sweet song.

She has just fed it.

She will now put it in the cage, and hang the cage up. Then the cat cannot catch it.

MCGUFFEY’S First ECLECTIC READER: lesson 11 Get up, Jip!

Letter Sounds:

  • o
  • wh
  • j

Words:

  • O
  • whip
  • Ben
  • up
  • still
  • sit
  • if
  • stand
  • Jip

Lesson:

O Ben! let me get in, will you?

Yes, if you will sit still.

Stand still, Jip, and let Ann get in.

Now, Ben, hand me the whip.

Get up, Jip!