Where
People Used to Live
For
use after Lesson 15.
Sight
Words to Know
for
has,
is
one
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.
