Chapter 1 of In Story-Land is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of In Story-Land is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
IN STORY-LAND. Principal of the Chicago Kindergarten College. Fifth Edition. The Sigma Publishing Co. 10 Van Buren St., Chicago, Ill. 210 Pine St., St. Louis, Mo.
Chapter 1 of In Story-Land is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
From this reading “Principal of the Chicago Kindergarten College.”
the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
From this reading “Fifth Edition.”
a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon
From this reading “Fifth Edition.”
a preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for primary school
From this reading “Principal of the Chicago Kindergarten College.”
a coniferous tree
From this reading “210 Pine St., St. Louis, Mo.”
the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated
From this reading “Principal of the Chicago Kindergarten College.”
the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution
From this reading “The Sigma Publishing Co. 10 Van Buren St., Chicago, Ill.”
the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet
From this reading “The Sigma Publishing Co. 10 Van Buren St., Chicago, Ill.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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From this reading The Sigma Publishing Co. 10 Van Buren St., Chicago, Ill.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 210 Pine St., St. Louis, Mo.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Sigma Publishing Co. 10 Van Buren St., Chicago, Ill.
largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
From this reading Principal of the Chicago Kindergarten College.
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading The Sigma Publishing Co. 10 Van Buren St., Chicago, Ill.
the body of faculty and students of a college
From this reading Principal of the Chicago Kindergarten College.
the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published
From this reading Fifth Edition.
a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon
From this reading Fifth Edition.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading The Sigma Publishing Co. 10 Van Buren St., Chicago, Ill.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN STORY-LAND.
a preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for primary school
From this reading Principal of the Chicago Kindergarten College.
United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight champion for 12 years (1914-1981)
From this reading 210 Pine St., St. Louis, Mo.
an indefinitely short time
From this reading 210 Pine St., St. Louis, Mo.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Principal of the Chicago Kindergarten College.
a coniferous tree
From this reading 210 Pine St., St. Louis, Mo.
the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated
From this reading Principal of the Chicago Kindergarten College.
the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution
From this reading The Sigma Publishing Co. 10 Van Buren St., Chicago, Ill.
the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet
From this reading The Sigma Publishing Co. 10 Van Buren St., Chicago, Ill.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Sigma Publishing Co. 10 Van Buren St., Chicago, Ill.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading IN STORY-LAND.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Principal of the Chicago Kindergarten College.
any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
From this reading The Sigma Publishing Co. 10 Van Buren St., Chicago, Ill.
Chapter 1 of In Story-Land by Elizabeth Harrison holds 408 sentences, grouped into 82 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, 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 1 holds 408 sentences of In Story-Land, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of In Story-Land by Elizabeth Harrison exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 408 sentences, grouped into 82 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 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 82 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.
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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.
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About 134 minutes of reading across 324 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in In Story-Land, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
