First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind, Level 2

Lessons

• 1 Nouns
• 2 Poem memorization: “The Goops”, Copywork: “The Goops”
• 3 Pronouns, Copywork: “Emily sang”, Poem review: “The Goops” (Lesson 2)
• 4 Verbs (action verbs), Capitalizing “I”, Copywork: “The baby and I”, Poem review: “The Goops” (Lesson 2)
• 5 Introducing state of being verbs, Copywork: State of being verbs, Poem review: “The Goops” (Lesson 2)
• 6 State of being verbs
• 7 Introducing linking verbs, Poem review: “The Goops” (Lesson 2)
• 8 Linking verbs
• 9 Story narration: “The Camel’s Nose”
• 10 Linking verbs
• 11 Beginning poem booklet, Copywork: “The Year”, Poem review: “The Goops” (Lesson 2)
• 12 Four types of sentences, Seasons, Copywork: “January”
• 13 Commas (dates and addresses), Copywork: “February”
• 14 Commas in a series, Copywork: “Snuggles, wiggles, grins, and giggles”, Poem review: “The Goops” (Lesson 2)
• 15 Introducing helping verbs, Copywork: “March”
• 16 Noun review, Verb review, Copywork: “April”
• 17 Capitalization (proper names, initials, titles of respect, addresses, poems)
• 18 Introducing picture narration: “Dick and Lawless in Holyrood Forest” by N. C. Wyeth
• 19 Contractions, Copywork: Contractions
• 20 Contractions, Copywork: Contractions
• 21 Contractions using “not”, Copywork: “May”
• 22 Introducing dictation: “March”
• 23 Introducing adjectives, Copywork: “June”
• 24 Adjectives, Copywork: “July”
• 25 Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Copywork: “August”
• 26 Helping verbs, Dictation exercise: “God has made them so”, Copywork: “September”
• 27 Story narration: “The Quarrel”
• 28 Contractions, Copywork: “October”, Poem review: “The Goops” (Lesson 2)
• 29 Four kinds of verbs review, Copywork: “November”
• 30 Adjectives Copywork: “December”
• 31 Poem memorization: “The Year”
• 32 Introducing interjections, Four types of sentences, Copywork: “Ouch!”, Poem review: “The Year” (Lesson 31)
• 33 Adjectives, Commas in a series, Dictation exercise: “The brown bird”, Poem review: “The Year” (Lesson 31)
• 34 Parts of Speech, Introducing conjunctions, Dictation exercise: “I was tired”, Poem review: “The Year” (Lesson 31)
• 35 Interjections, Conjunctions, Dictation exercise: “The zoo”, Poem review: “The Goops” (Lesson 2)
• 36 Introducing letter-writing: Writing a thank- you note, Poem review: “The Year” (Lesson 31)
• 37 Addressing an envelope
• 38 Introducing direct quotations, Quotation marks, Copywork: “The Little Bird”
• 39 Poem memorization: “The Little Bird”
• 40 Story narration: “The Little Red Hen”, Copywork: “The Little Red Hen”, Poem review: “The Little Bird” (Lesson 39)
• 41 Introducing indirect quotations, Copywork: “Not I”, Poem review: “The Little Bird” (Lesson 39)
• 42 Titles of respect, Adjectives, Quotation marks, Dictation exercise: “Who will help me?”
• 43 Four types of sentences, Dictation exercise: “The dump truck”, Poem review: “The Little Bird” (Lesson 39)
• 44 Four types of sentences Dictation exercise: “The dump truck”, Poem review: “The Little Bird” (Lesson 39)
• 45 Quotations, Four types of sentences, Parts of speech, Dictation exercise: “I’m coming to eat you up!”
• 46 Picture narration: “At this the whole pack rose up into the air...” by Arthur Rackham
• 47 Introducing adverb, Dictation exercise: “I ate my supper”, Poem review: “The Year” (Lesson 31)
• 48 Adverbs, Dictation exercise: “Whole Duty of Children”, Poem review: “The Little Bird” (Lesson 39)
• 49 Addresses, Copywork: Addressing postcards
• 50 Writing postcards, Nouns, Adjectives, Copywork: “Writing Postcards”, Poem review: “The Goops” (Lesson 2)
• 51 Dates, Months of the year, Seasons, Days of the week, Copywork: Remembering the days of the week
• 52 Four kinds of verbs, Dictations exercise: "Dinosaurs"
• 53 Adverbs, Adjectives, Poem review: "The Year" (Lesson 31)
• 54 Story Narration: "The Storm"
• 55 Adjectives, Adverbs
• 56 Introducing articles, Dictation exercise: "What we did"
• 57 Articles, Captialization review
• 58 Introducting preprositions, Dictation exercise: "Over my head", Poem review: "The Little Bird" (Lesson 39)
• 59 Prepositions, Poem review: “The Year” (Lesson 31)
• 60 Picture narration: “The Great Wave off Kana- Dates gawa” by Katsushika Hokusai
• 61 Prepositions, Dictation exercise: “Bed in Summer”
• 62 Prepositions, Dictation exercise: “Beneath the pyramids”
• 63 Prepositions, Dictation exercise: “Beneath the castle wall”, Poem review: “The Goops” (Lesson 2)
• 64 Articles, Commas in a series, Conjunctions, Prepositions, Dictation exercise: “During my lesson”
• 65 Prepositions, Adverbs
• 66 Prepositions, Verbs
• 67 Prepositions, Dictation exercise: “King of the stuffed animals”, Poem review: “The Little Bird” (Lesson 39)
• 68 Prepositions, Dictation exercise: “Through the rain”
• 69 Cumulative poem review
• 70 Letter writing: Writing a friendly letter, Prepositions, Copywork: Writing a letter
• 71 Addressing an envelope
• 72 Prepositions
• 73 Story narration: “The Three Bears”
• 74 Introducing synonyms, Dictation exercise: “Roller coasters”
• 75 Introducing antonyms, Dictation exercise: “Brush your teeth”
• 76 Picture narration: “Snowy Owls” by John James Audubon
• 77 Four types of sentences, Poem review: “The Year” (Lesson 31)
• 78 Verbs, Dictation exercise: “The platypus”
• 79 Adverbs, Adjectives
• 80 Interjections, Prepositions, Dictation exercise: “Ow! Yuck! Oh!”, Poem review: “The Goops” (Lesson 2)
• 81 Direct and indirect quotations, Dictation exercise: “Who’s that trip- trapping?”
• 82 Nouns, Pronouns, Dictation exercise: “The mother cat”, Poem review: “The Little Bird” (Lesson 39)
• 83 Contractions, Copywork: Contractions
• 84 Picture narration: “Snap the Whip” by Winslow Homer
• 85 Poem memorization: “All Things Bright and Beautiful”
• 86 Cumulative review
• 87 Cumulative review
• 88 Cumulative review
• 89 Prepositions, Poem review: “All Things Bright and Beautiful” (Lesson 85)
• 90 Synonyms, Antonyms, Dictation exercise: “The troll”, Poem review: “All Things Bright and Beautiful” (Lesson 85)
• 91 Parts of speech review, Poem review: “All Things Bright and Beautiful” (Lesson 85)
• 92 Picture narration: “One of the Family” by Frederick George Cotman
• 93 Review of memorized lists
• 94 Homophones, Poem review: “All Things Bright and Beautiful” (Lesson 85)
• 95 Cumulative poem review
• 96 Dictation exercise: Review session 1
• 97 Dictation exercise: Review session 2
• 98 Dictation exercise: Review session 3
• 99 Story narration: “The Donkey and the Salt”
• 100 Parts of speech hunt