LESSON 6
AFRAID IN THE DARK

WORD LIST

between bureau stairs needle

afraid shadow held stir

1. “Willie, will you run upstairs, and get my needle book from the bureau? ”

2. But Willie did not stir. “Willie! ” said mamma. She thought he had not heard.

3. “I'm afraid, ” said Willie.

4. “Afraid of what? ”

5. “It's dark up there.”

6. “What is the dark? ” asked mamma, “See! It is nothing but a shadow.” And she held her hand between the lamp and the workbasket on the table.

7. “Now it is dark in the basket; but as soon as I take my hand away, it is light.”

8. “Come and stand between the lamp and the wall, Willie. See! There is your shadow on the wall. Can your shadow hurt you? ”

9. “Oh no, mamma! I am sure it can not hurt me.”

10. “Well, the dark is only a big shadow over everything.”

11. “What makes the big shadow, mamma? ”

12. “I will tell you all about that, Willie, when you are a little older. But now, I wish you would find me a brave boy who is not afraid of shadows, to run upstairs and get my needlebook.”

13. “I am brave, mamma. I will go. —Here it is.”

14. “Thank you, my brave little man. You see the dark didn't hurt you.”

SLATE WORK

STUDY GUIDE

A. Sound Work—Break the sounds into chunks by putting a slash between the syllables.

Example: him/self or un/der/stood

between bureau stairs needle

shadow held stir afraid

B. Word Work—Fill in the missing letters to make a list word.

h_ l _

_ _ ra_ d

s_ ai _ _

_ e _ _ ee _

s _ _ r

sha _ _ _

n_ _ dl _

b _ r _ _ _

C. Sentence Work—Find a list word that can replace the bolded word(s) in the sentence. Then rewrite the sentence using the list word you found. We have given you the number of letters in the missing list word.

1. Willie did not move. (4)

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2. “I'm scared, ” said Willie. (6)

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3. It is nothing but a darkness. (6)

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4. “Will you get my needle book from the desk? ” (6)

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5. “Come and stand in the middle of the lamp and the wall, Willie.” (7)

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D. Game—Sometimes two words are put together to make a compound word. The compound word gives more information to the reader than either of the smaller words.

Example: up + stairs = upstairs

Can you put together the compound words? Draw a line linking words from column one to the column two to make new compound words.