Chapter 7 of Homespun Tales is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Homespun Tales is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“More love, Elder Gray!” called Issachar, on his way to the toolhouse. “More love, Brother Issachar!” “More love, Brother Ansel!” “More love, Brother Calvin!” “More love!....
Chapter 7 of Homespun Tales is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading ““More love, Brother Issachar!””
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading ““More love, Elder Gray!” called Issachar, on his way to the toolhouse.”
United States chemist noted for discovering the series of chemical reactions in photosynthesis (1911-)
From this reading ““More love, Brother Calvin!””
a person who is older than you are
From this reading ““More love, Elder Gray!” called Issachar, on his way to the toolhouse.”
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading ““More love, Elder Gray!” called Issachar, on his way to the toolhouse.”
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading ““More love, Elder Gray!” called Issachar, on his way to the toolhouse.”
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading ““More love, Elder Gray!” called Issachar, on his way to the toolhouse.”
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From this reading “More love, Brother Ansel!”
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading “More love, Brother Issachar!”
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “More love, Elder Gray!” called Issachar, on his way to the toolhouse.
United States chemist noted for discovering the series of chemical reactions in photosynthesis (1911-)
From this reading “More love, Brother Calvin!”
a person who is older than you are
From this reading “More love, Elder Gray!” called Issachar, on his way to the toolhouse.
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading “More love, Elder Gray!” called Issachar, on his way to the toolhouse.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “More love, Elder Gray!” called Issachar, on his way to the toolhouse.
(Old Testament) a son of Jacob and a forebear of one of the tribes of Israel
From this reading “More love, Elder Gray!” called Issachar, on his way to the toolhouse.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading “More love, Elder Gray!” called Issachar, on his way to the toolhouse.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading “More love, Elder Gray!” called Issachar, on his way to the toolhouse.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “More love, Elder Gray!” called Issachar, on his way to the toolhouse.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “More love, Elder Gray!” called Issachar, on his way to the toolhouse.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “More love, Elder Gray!” called Issachar, on his way to the toolhouse.
a shed for storing tools
From this reading “More love, Elder Gray!” called Issachar, on his way to the toolhouse.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading “More love, Elder Gray!” called Issachar, on his way to the toolhouse.
Chapter 7 of Homespun Tales by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin holds 417 sentences, grouped into 84 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 7 holds 417 sentences of Homespun Tales, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Homespun Tales by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 417 sentences, grouped into 84 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 84 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 84 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 7 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
Common questions about reading Homespun Tales by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin on this page, its source edition and its audio.
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About 256 minutes of reading across 617 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Homespun Tales section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 7 chapters of Homespun Tales to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Homespun Tales, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
