The Palmer Method of Business Writing · Lesson 137 · Part 14: Sentences and line-writing

132. Drill 161: a sentence with Y

Goal: Your child writes the sentence "Young man grasp your opportunity." and fills a page with it evenly.

⏱ About 15 minutes · 6 steps

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You'll need

  • Wide-ruled lined paper (several sheets)
  • A sharp pencil or a smooth gel pen
  • The book open at today's page

What's in the book

Lesson 137 is drill 161, a line of writing to copy: "Young man grasp your opportunity."

The lesson, step by step

  1. Warm up

    Two or three minutes of your usual movement drills: compact ovals, then a line each of small o, m and l.

    Then a line of capital Y.

  2. Look at the model

    Open the book page. Look at drill 161: "Young man grasp your opportunity."

  3. Word by word

    Write each word of the sentence on its own two or three times, especially any word that has a hard letter.

  4. A page of the sentence

    Then fill a page (half a page for a young child) with the whole sentence, without resting between lines. Halfway down, check the position, the light grip and the wrist off the paper.

  5. Gentle check

    Look at the page as a whole: even height, even spacing, the same slant? Pick the best line and the weakest.

  6. Finish

    Write one more copy of the sentence, slowly and in your best hand, and date the page.

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