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Grade: 2

Grade 2 • Lesson 6: Memory Lesson

Classical Poetry & Habit
Girl in Meadow
Primary Rule of Action
"Work while you work, play while you play, —
That is the way to be cheerful and gay!
All that you do, do with your might;
Things done by halves are never done right."
A Careful Copywork (Lines 1 & 2)
Transcribe the first two lines with exact punctuation (capital letters, commas, dash, exclamation point):
1. Work while you work, play while you play, —
 
2. That is the way to be cheerful and gay!
 
B Careful Copywork (Lines 3 & 4)
Transcribe the last two lines with exact punctuation (semicolon and terminal period):
3. All that you do, do with your might;
 
4. Things done by halves are never done right.
 
C Meaning & Rhyme
1. What word rhymes with play?  [ ]   •   What rhymes with might?  [ ]
2. What does it mean to do work "with your might"?
 
3. What happens to tasks when they are "done by halves"?
 
D Oral Recitation Verification
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