This section is from the book "Lessons In English", by Chestine Gowdy, Lora M. Dexheimer. Also available from Amazon: Lessons in English.
What wild flowers do you know? Where does each kind grow? Which like sunny places best? Which grow best in shady places?
How can we best enjoy wild flowers? Explain your answer.
Have you ever tried to make any wild flowers grow in your garden? What success have you had?
Use this subject for a composition: My Favorite Wild Flower. Think of four things you might tell about it and write a topic to suggest each one. Then write your composition.
It is very interesting in the spring to keep a record in your diary of the coming of the birds, and of what they do, or of the first appearance of the wild flowers.
When you have kept such a record for a week, read it in class. Ask your teacher and classmates if you have written it correctly.
Imagine that some bird you have watched recently has told you the story of its life since it was here last year. Make a list of four or five important things it could tell about. Then write or tell the story.
 
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