LESSON 19
EVENING HYMN

WORD LIST

watching gathers angels begin

darkness across lonely beasts

1. Now the day is over,

Night is drawing nigh,

Shadows of the evening

Steal across the sky.

2. Now the darkness gathers,

Stars begin to peep;

Birds, and beasts, and flowers

Soon will be asleep.

3. Through the lonely darkness,

May the angels spread

Their white wings above me,

Watching round my bed.

STUDY GUIDE

A. Sound Work—Break the sounds into chunks by putting a slash between the syllables.

Example: him/self or un/der/stood

watching gathers

angels darkness

across lonely

begin

B. Word Work—Make new rhyming words with the beginning sounds given.

Example: d + ark = dark

g + athers = __________

r + athers = _________

b + east = ____________

l + east = ___________

C. Sentence Work

1. Fill in the list words in the poem.

Pay attention to each pair of lines. What do you notice about the last word in each line?

2. Circle or highlight the rhyming words at the end of the lines.

Example:

Twinkle, Twinkle, little star;

How I wonder what you are,

Now the day is over, Night is drawing nigh,

Shadows of the evening Steal _________ the sky.

Now the darkness __________, Stars ________ to peep;

Birds, and ___________, and flowers Soon will be asleep.

Through the lonely ____________, May the _________ spread

Their white wings above me, __________ round my bed.

D. Picture Work—Write a sentence about the picture.

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