Who Has Seen the Wind? Copywork
Rossetti's eight-line wind riddle, sized for early handwriting practice
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About this printable
Two matched stanzas built on the same question make this an ideal early copywork selection. Beginners get repetition without monotony, and the paired phrasing quietly teaches how poets vary a line. A natural companion to a weather unit or an autumn nature walk. 8 pages, 1/4-inch letters in joined cursive on dashed manuscript lines. Sheets included: Copywork (Step 1), First Letter Hints (Step 2), Memory Lines (Step 3), Source Text, First Letters Only. Christina Rossetti, 1872. Public domain text.
ON THIS SHEET: Who has seen the wind? · Neither I nor you: · But when the leaves hang trembling, · The wind is passing thro'. — Who has seen the wind? · Neither you nor I: · But when the trees bow down their heads, · The wind is passing by. — Christina Rossetti, 1872. LETTER SIZE: 1/4-inch. HANDWRITING: joined cursive. SHEETS: Copywork (Step 1), First Letter Hints (Step 2), Memory Lines (Step 3), Source Text, First Letters Only.
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3 pages from the 8-page PDF, as they print.
A plan for this set
A short text: Steps 1, 2 and 3 fit in one school week, one sheet a day.
- Days 1–2 Copywork (Step 1). Read the whole text, then copy it exactly.
- Days 3–4 First Letter Hints (Step 2). Write it again with only the first letter of each word as a prompt.
- Day 5 Memory Lines (Step 3). Write it from memory on lines sized to each word.
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