In our talking and writing it will at first be best for us to choose subjects based on our own experience. And we should remember that the books we read and the thoughts we have are as much a part of our real living as the games we play and the work we do. Later we shall have opportunities for investigating unfamiliar subjects.

Exercise

11. Discuss the following subjects. Make a list of twenty-five on which you have something to say, including any of these and others suggested by them. Be prepared to talk on one of these subjects.

1. A Street Incident.

2. Making Bread.

3. A Fallen Live Wire.

4. The Soldier in the Spanish War.

5. Last Summer's Circus Parade.

6. An Accident.

7. The Roentgen Ray.

8. Things seen from the Train.

9. The Home Chores.

10. Work in School.

11. My Favorite Game.

12. A Runaway Automobile.

13. My First Experience in Plowing.

14. Using a Typewriter.

15. The Harm in Eating too Fast.

16. A Cruise on a Sailboat.

17. Expressions of Different Faces.

18. Camp Life.

19. Dust.

20. Sleepiness; how it makes its Appearance.

21. Games at the Gymnasium.

22. A Scene at the Seashore.

23. Manipulating a Twelve-inch Rifle.

24. The Working of a Vacuum Cleaner.

25. Something seen at a Football Game.