This section is from the book "Lessons In English", by Chestine Gowdy, Lora M. Dexheimer. Also available from Amazon: Lessons in English.
Explain carefully how to do some kind of work. First make a list of the different steps in the work. This will be your out ine. Then write a paragraph about each point. The following topics may suggest a subject; but if you are interested in some other sort of work, write about that.
1. Potting bulbs or plants for winter blooming.
2. Planting bulbs for spring blooming in the garden.
3. Fall planting of trees, shrubs, and vines.
4. Cleaning up the yard and garden.
5. How to raise a peach tree.
6. Canning fruit.
7. Making pickles.
8. Covering tender plants for winter.
9. Selling papers.
10. Making a raft, a stone-boat, a sail-boat, a doll house, or a kite.
 
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