Project 522 . PodCast Lessons  
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       	1. Introduce two characters, Jim and Carrie (Dick and Jane-like) with
    		picture and name.
    		a few objects -- box, table, seat, cart. . .
    		action/verbs: put-take, go-come, see, say, keep-let
    	Exercise using the few above.
    		Jim see Carrie
    		Carrie say, "Hello."
    		Carrie come
    		Carrie put box
    		Jim take box.
    		Jim keep box.
    		Carrie let box
    		Carrie say "good bye".
    		Jim go		
    
    	2 . Introduce
    		the , a and sometimes "an"
    		Directions (preposition) for objects "to-from" "on-off",
    		Nouns:  ball, book, food, tree
    	Exercise:  Repeat with articles and prepositions.
    
    	3. Introduce
    		And
    		Pronouns : I, you, we, you. 		
    		Nouns :	dog, cat, horse, cow, bird, fish
    		Characters :  Fido and Kitty ?
    		Verbs that take objects:  give-get, send-keep
    		Directions (preposition) for direction "in, by, with, etc.
    	
    	4. Introduce
    	Verb : "is" with "be" and derivatives
    	Adjectives:
    		red, green, blue, yellow, brown, black, white, gray
    		great, common, small, 
    	Gender   : he, she, it
    	Nouns :	man, woman, boy, girl
    			
    	5. Introduce
    		pronouns : he, they. 
    		nouns : family, father, mother, brother, sister
    		rest of operators:  have, make, do, seem
    		adjectives: 	long-normal-short  old-new - young
    		Plural ; -s, and often -es
    
    
     
    
    	Future:
    	operators:  cause, because
    	nouns : persons,  picture, paper, food,  drink, machine, bed 
    	pronouns of ???: me, my, our, us, them
    	possessive 's
    	possessives : mine, ours, yours, theirs
    	Introduce a / "an"
    	Introduce preposition (of for at from as)
    	Introduce tense:  -ed, will
    	Conjunctives: but, or
    	nouns: body, head, eye, face, side, back, arm, heart, hair
    	nouns: earth, water, air, fire, sky, space
    	nouns: building, house, church, station, 
    		street, way, river, sea
    		room, door, window, floor
    		year, week, month, minute, hour, century, minute, second
    	train, ship, plane, car/cart/carriage
    	Ogden, Richards
    	Negation : un-
    	Tense : -ing
    	Doer : -er
    	Adverbs : -ly
    	Question: Reverse order, "W" words.
    	
    
    
    Most Frequent Words in English
    40 words/derivatives = 40% of all usage.
    Articles a/an,the, Verb "be", prepositions "of, in"  and "and" make up 20%.
    
    Articles : the, a/an
    Verbs: be, have, do, say	future: will
    Prepositions : 	(of in to for with on by at from as)
    Conjunctives: and, but, or
    Pronouns: he, him, his,  it, its, I, me, my , they, them, their
    	you, your, she, her , we, us, our
    	that, this, these, those, which
    Negation : No, not
    Possessive: 's
    Tense: -ed, will, 
    Nouns : none make top 40 words, few in top 500.
    
    pictureables : body parts; earth,water,air ; buildings,town,street,river ; train,ship,plane,; room,window,floor ; family
    
    persons, book, table, picture, paper, horse, food, machine, tree, dog, bed 
    				

       
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