The Palmer Method of Business Writing · Lesson 102 · Part 13: Capitals with words
97. Capital G and Galling
Goal: Your child writes capital G as a movement drill and then the word "Galling" 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
What's in the book
Lesson 102 is drill 124: capital G and the word "Galling", with a note to restudy Lesson 32 if loop letters are weak.
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 124: capital G in groups of five, then "Galling." The word has three loops (two l's and a g).
What the book says
Pupils who cannot make good loop letters should make a special study of lesson thirty-two.
Capital G as a movement drill
Three lines of capital G in groups of five, moving the paper after each group. Swing the pen over the first letter in the air before each line.
The word
Four lines of "Galling." 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.
Gentle check
Line up a ruler along the tops of the two l's in "Galling". Same height? Is the g loop three spaces below?
Finish
Write a name or word of your own that starts with G.