The Palmer Method of Business Writing · Lesson 109 · Part 13: Capitals with words
104. Capital D and Drilling
Goal: Your child writes capital D as a movement drill and then the word "Drilling" with one continuous motion.
You'll need
- Wide-ruled lined paper (several sheets)
- A sharp pencil or a smooth gel pen
- The book open at today's page
- A watch, clock or phone timer that shows seconds (only for the optional speed check)
What's in the book
Lesson 109 is drill 131: capital D and the word "Drilling".
The lesson, step by step
Warm up
Two or three minutes of your usual movement drills: compact ovals, then a line each of small o, m and l.
Look at the model
Open the book page. Look at drill 131.
Make your letters no larger than the copies. Write line after line of the detached capitals before writing the word.
Capital D as a movement drill
Three lines of capital D in groups of five, moving the paper after each group. Swing the pen over the first letter in the air before each line.
Optional speed target: fifty to fifty-five capitals a minute.
The word
Four lines of "Drilling." Keep the pen on the paper from the beginning to the end of the small letters, and the word no bigger than the copy. Halfway through, check the position and the light grip.
Optional speed target: fourteen words a minute.
Gentle check
Your child picks the best D and the best "Drilling" on the page and says what makes them good.
Finish
Write a name or word of your own that starts with D.