The Palmer Method of Business Writing · Lesson 104 · Part 13: Capitals with words
99. Capital F and Filling
Goal: Your child writes capital F as a movement drill and then the word "Filling" 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 104 is about the look of a finished page: capitals should fill two-thirds to three-quarters of the space between ruled lines, fifteen to twenty to a line. Drill 126 is capital F and the word "Filling".
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 126. The crossing of F is above the middle, and the final stroke at the crossing is small. The capitals should take up two-thirds to three-quarters of the space between the ruled lines.
What the book says
Do not let your practice work approach scribbling. Do the very best you can, not part of the time, but all the time.
The book says to write the full word every time the capital is made.
Capital F as a movement drill
Three lines of capital F 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 "Filling." 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
Count the capitals on one line: fifteen to twenty, as the book suggests?
Finish
Write a name or word of your own that starts with F.