LESSON 16
A KIND BROTHER

WORD LIST

full load heavy middle heavier

slip wrong handle brother deceived

1. A boy was once sent from home to take a basket of things to his grandmother.

2. The basket was so full that it was very heavy. So his little brother went with him, to help carry the load.

3. They put a pole under the handle of the basket, and each then took hold of an end of the pole. In this way they could carry the basket very nicely.

4. Now the older boy thought, “My brother Tom does not know about this pole.

5. “If I slip the basket near him, his side will be heavy, and mine light; but if the basket is in the middle of the pole, it will be as heavy for me as it is for him.”

6. “Tom does not know this as I do. But I will not do it. It would be wrong, and I will not do what is wrong.”

7. Then he slipped the basket quite near his own end of the pole. His load was now heavier than that of his little brother.

8. Yet he was happy; for he felt that he had done right. Had he deceived his brother, he would not have felt at all happy.

STUDY GUIDE

A. Sound Work—Find a list word that has the same middle vowel sound as the bolded parts of the words:

his _____________

know ___________

basket __________

need ____________

help ___________

B. Word Work—Words can be used to compare people, things or ideas, by changing the ending. Let's use “old” as an example.

Susie is ten years old.

Tom is 2 years older.He is 12.

Henry is the oldest.He is 14.

Now you try!

small

small + er = _____________

small + est = _____________

dark

dark + er = _______________

dark + est = _______________

soft

soft + er = _______________

soft + est = ______________

sweet

sweet + er = ______________

sweet + est = _____________

fast

fast + er = _______________

fast + est = ______________

Sometimes, words end in a “y”. We must change the “y” to an “i”before adding our ending.

heavy

heavi + er = heavier

heavi + est = heaviest

Now you try!

pretty

pretti + er = ______________

pretti + est = _____________

rosy

rosi + er = ____________

rosi + est = ____________

C. Sentence Work—Use the words provided to write your own sentence. You can use the sentences in the lesson for ideas.

1. full, heavy ___________________________________

2. heavier, brother ___________________________________

3. older, heaviest ___________________________________

D. Game—Decode the sentence below.

Example:

the numbers 1 = t 3 = o

when put together mean 13 = “to”

Key:

Sentence: