McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader, Revised Edition · Lesson XXXVII · Part 5: Lessons XXXVII-XLVIII: Faith, ambition and character

43. God is Every-where (Joseph Hutton)

Goal: Your student reads a question-and-answer poem and explains its answer.

⏱ About 25 minutes · 5 steps

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You'll need

  • The book, or the scan beside this guide
  • A notebook and pen
  • A dictionary

What's in the book

A poem that begins with a child's question, where is God, and answers by pointing to the sky, the stars, the mountains, the sea and the storm.

The lesson, step by step

  1. Words and meanings

    Before reading, find these words in the selection and look up any your student does not know: immensity, sovereign, quell.

  2. Read it aloud

    Read the opening together:

    Oh! show me where is He,

    The high and holy One,

    To whom thou bend'st the knee,

    And prayest, 'Thy will be done!'

    Your student reads the rest. Each answer comes back to the same words, "my God is there."

  3. Talk about it

    SayWho seems to be asking the question, and to whom?

    SayWhere does the answer say God can be found? List the places.

    SayWhy does the poem repeat "my God is there"?

    SayWhich of the pictures in the poem is strongest for you?

  4. Tell it back

    Your student explains the question and the answer in a few sentences.

  5. Copywork and memory

    Copy and learn the first stanza.

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