LESSON 6
LEND A HAND

WORD LIST

tear daily honor tongues suspicion

envy forced prompt malicious tomorrow

STUDY GUIDE

A. Fill in the blanks. Choose the best word to complete each sentence. Choose from these words.

hurt quick help jealous choice problems

1. When we lend a hand to someone, we ____________them.

2. If someone experiences strife in their life, they have ___________.

3. Malicious words can ________other people.

4. A prompt action is _________________.

5. If we envy other people, we feel _______________of them.

6. When we are forced to do something, we have no ____________.

B. Discussion Questions—Answer these questions with a partner.

1. Why is it important to lend a hand to other people?

2. Why shouldn't we envy another person so much when something good happens to him or her?

3. What does it mean to help people in “their sunshine or their sorrow”?

4. Has someone helped you when you had a problem? What happened?

5. Have you helped someone with a problem? Talk about it.

6. Do you believe it is important to help other people? Why or why not?

C. Opposites—Find the opposite of each word in the poem.

_______________: poor

_______________: sister

_______________: rain

_______________: slow

_______________: bad

_______________: woman

_______________: stronger