The Palmer Method of Business Writing · Lesson 77 · Part 11: E, B, b, k and f

72. Drill 93: full and fill

Goal: Your child writes several lines of "full", then "fill", twenty or more a minute.

⏱ About 10 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
  • A watch, clock or phone timer that shows seconds (only for the optional speed check)

What's in the book

Lesson 77 is drill 93, lines of "full" and "fill".

The lesson, step by step

  1. Warm up

    About three minutes: compact ovals, then a line each of small o, small m and small l (drills 3, 11, 14 and 33).

    Then a line of small f.

  2. Look at the model

    Open the book page. Look at drill 93.

    Write several lines of the first word before changing to the second.

  3. full

    Three lines of "full."

  4. fill

    Three lines of "fill."

    Optional speed target: twenty or more words a minute.

  5. Gentle check

    All four loops in each word the same height?

  6. Finish

    Write "fall" and "fell".

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