The Vulture Copywork
A tongue-in-cheek cautionary verse warning children not to snack between meals
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About this printable
Belloc's mock-moral animal verse is short, funny, and easy to finish, which makes it a great confidence builder. Two neat quatrains give students clean line breaks and straightforward punctuation to practice. Fits naturally into a nonsense-verse unit or a study of cautionary tales. 8 pages, 1/4-inch letters in Dreaming Outloud on dashed manuscript lines. Sheets included: Copywork (Step 1), First Letter Hints (Step 2), Memory Lines (Step 3), Source Text, First Letters Only. Hilaire Belloc, 1897. Public domain text.
ON THIS SHEET: The Vulture eats between his meals, · And that’s the reason why · He very, very rarely feels · As well as you and I. — His eye is dull, his head is bald, · His neck is growing thinner. · Oh! what a lesson for us all · To only eat at dinner! — Hilaire Belloc, 1897. LETTER SIZE: 1/4-inch. HANDWRITING: Dreaming Outloud. SHEETS: Copywork (Step 1), First Letter Hints (Step 2), Memory Lines (Step 3), Source Text, First Letters Only.
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