Modern Prose And Poetry; For Secondary Schools Part 41

15. Laura has seen a beautiful hat in a shop window, and talks with her mother about it.

16. Two men talk of the coming election of city officers.

17. A boy has been removed from the football team on account of his low standings; members of the team discuss the situation.

18. Sylvia asks her younger brother to go on an errand for her; he does not wish to go; the conversation becomes spirited.

19. Grandmother entertains another old lady at afternoon tea.

20. A working man is accused of stealing a dollar bill from the cook in the house where he is temporarily employed.

21. Mary Sturgis talks with her mother about going away to college.

22. A young man talks with his sister about woman's suffrage; they become somewhat excited.

23. A middle-aged couple talk about adopting a child.

24. There is a strike at the mills; some of the employees discuss it; the employers discuss it among themselves.

25. An aunt in the city has written asking Louise to visit her; Louise talks with several members of her family about going.

26. Two boys talk about the ways in which they earn money, and what they do with it.

27. Albert Gleason has had a run-away; his neighbors talk about it.

28. Two brothers quarrel over a horse.

29. Ruth's new dress does not satisfy her.

30. The storekeeper discusses neighborhood news with some of his customers.

31. Will has had a present of a five-dollar gold-piece; his sisters tell him what he ought to do with it; his ideas on the subject are not the same as theirs.

32. An old house, in which a well-to-do family have lived for many years, is to be torn down; a group of neighbors talk about the house and the family.

33. A young man talks with a business man about a position.

34. Harold buys a canoe; he converses with the boy who sells it to him, and also with some of the members of his own family.

35. Two old men talk about the pranks they played when they were boys.

36. Several young men talk about a recent baseball game.

37. Several young men talk about a coming League game.

38. Breakfast is late.

39. A mysterious stranger has appeared in the village; a group of people talk about him.

40. Herbert Elliott takes out his father's automobile without permission, and damages it seriously; he tries to explain.

41. Jerome Connor has just "made" the high school football team.

42. Two boys plan a camping trip.

43. Several boys are camping, and one of the number does not seem willing to do his share of the work.

44. Several young people consider what they are going to do when they have finished school.

45. Two women talk about the spring fas.h.i.+ons.

II. Choose some familiar fairy-tale or well known children's story, and put it into the form of a little play for children. Find a story that is rather short, and that has a good deal of dialogue in it. In writing the play, try to make the conversation simple and lively.

III. In a story book for children, find a short story and put it into dialogue form. It will be wise to select a story that already contains a large proportion of conversation.

IV. From a magazine or a book of short stories (not for children), select a very brief piece of narration, and put it into dramatic form.

After you have finished, write out directions for the setting of the stage, if you have not already done so, and give your idea of what the costuming ought to be.

MODERN BOOKS FOR HOME READING

Not included in the lists of Collateral Readings

BOOKS OF FICTION

Two Gentlemen of Kentucky James Lane Allen Standish of Standish Jane G. Austin D'ri and I Irving Bach.e.l.ler Eben Holden " "

The Halfback R.H. Barbour For King or Country James Barnes A Loyal Traitor " "

A Bow of Orange Ribbon Amelia E. Barr Jan Vedder's Wife " " "

Remember the Alamo " " "

The Little Minister J.M. Barrie The Little White Bird " " "

Sentimental Tommy " " "

Wee MacGregor J.J. Bell.

Looking Backward Edward Bellamy Master Skylark John Bennett A Princess of Thule William Black Lorne Doone R.D. Blackmore Mary Cary K.L. Bosher Miss Gibbie Gault " " "

Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte Villette " "

Meadow Gra.s.s Alice Brown Tiverton Tales " "

The Story of a Ploughboy James Bryce My Robin F.H. Burnett The Secret Garden " " "

T. Tembarom " " "

The Jackknife Man Ellis Parker Butler The Begum's Daughter E.L. Bynner Bonaventure G.W. Cable Dr. Sevier " " "

The Golden Rule Dollivers Margaret Cameron The Lady of Fort St. John Mary Hartwell Catherwood Lazarre " " "

Old Kaskaskia " " "

The Romance of Dollard " " "

The Story of Tonty " " "

The White Islander " " "