Lesson 15 Reading: Where People Used to Live

Where People Used to Live

For use after Lesson 15.

Sight Words to Know

for

has, is
one

there, where

live, have

would

they

the

Sight or Common Words Child Should Be Becoming Familiar With

wouldn’t

only

maybe

Words above Instructional Level (From Context, Parent)

Point out what a child knows about the word; briefly explain rules he doesn’t know yet.

good, wood, house, down

cloth, strew

princess

string, king

later (2 syllables, but otherwise mastered)

castle, people, brother, little

            Sue grew up in a castle. It has a moat and high sides. But Sue is not a queen or a princess. Sue is a maid. She makes cloth for the people who own the castle. She makes spools of string and weaves on a loom. When there is a feast, she helps make stew and roasts and strews rose blooms in the room so it smells good. But she only eats gruel. Her brother Drew lives in the castle, too. He is the king’s fool. He dances and plays tricks.

            If Sue and Drew lived a lot later, they might have lived in a little house on a big plain. The house would have sides and a rood made of wood, and it would only have one or two rooms. It wouldn’t have a moat, but it might have a stoop. Sue would still use spools of string and maybe a loom, and she would still make stew. But Drew would not be a fool. He would grow food on the plains and have his own tools. He would use a hoe to plant seeds and a blade to cut down the crops. At noon he would go home to eat, and they would sit on stools.