Codex. The Cursive. Lower Case a b c Dragon-themed Words Edition. Dragon s Eye View Because everything is better with dragons.

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1 Dragon s Eye View Because everything is better with dragons. The Cursive Codex Lower Case a b c Dragon-themed Words Edition

2 Hi! I m a Cursive Wyrm, and I m here to show you how each letter is made! i ee Everyone can read and write Common.* Dragons can read and write Cursive. Now with The Cursive Codex you can, too. The Lower Case a b c Dragon-themed Words Edition of The Cursive Codex will help you sharpen your reading and handwriting skills. If you have trouble reading or writing, ask someone who knows. Not everyone does anymore. But dragons always do! *Common: In this case, English.

3 Date Before you begin this workbook write: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dragon. ii Date After you finish this workbook write: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dragon.

4 a is for 1 armor fire-proof scales provide armor armor axe Have you trained a dragon on Berk? axe axe azure blue sky where a dragon soars azure azure awe dragons: awesome & awe-inspiring awe awe amphitere a wyrm of length and grace amphitere amphitere a a = a a a a

5 b is for 2 breath a dragon breathes fire breath blaze a dragon s fire bursts forth blaze breath blaze burn what a dragon s breath will do burn burn blood even a dragon can bleed blood behemoth a beast of immense size behemoth blood behemoth b b = b b b

6 c is for 3 coil a tail can coil around a treasure coil coil cave a lair within the mountain cave cave castle dragons soar above the towers castle castle claws a dragon s sharp talons claws claws creature What creature would you like to meet? creature creature c c = c c c c

7 d is for 4 draco the Latin word for dragon draco draco dive Hold on tight! dive dive drake generally smaller than a dragon drake drake dream a great place to see dragons dream dream deadly fire, talons, tail, cunning deadly deadly d d = d d d d

8 e is for 5 earth Saturday is the Earth Dragon s day. earth earth epic Beowulf is an old, epic poem epic eyes gleaming, glittering, glaring eyes exist Of course they do! exist epic eyes exist enchant what some dragon magic can do enchant enchant e e = e e e e

9 f is for 6 fire Tuesday is the Fire Dragon s day. fire fire fly many, but not all, dragons can fly fly fly forge where metals are turned to steel forge forge flame Can a dragon scorch itself? flame fantasy a literary genre with dragons fantasy flame fantasy f f f = f f f

10 g is for 7 gold Friday is the Gold Dragon s day. gold gold gifts what you bring a dragon when visiting gifts gifts glitter light sparkling off a treasure glitter glare the stare of a vexed dragon glare glitter glare gigantic ancient dragons can grow to prodigious proportions gigantic gigantic g g g g = g g g

11 h is for 8 hoard a great collection of shiny treasures hoard hoard hunt how dragons find their food hunt hide Where could you hide a dragon? hide hazy the sky after a dragon fight hazy hatchling a very young dragon hatchling hunt hide hazy hatchling h h h = h h h h

12 i is for 9 imagine think about dragons you ve met imagine imagine icicle sharp, glitter, cold as a dragon s claw icicle icicle injury scales protect from injury injury invade The dragons are coming! invade injury invade incinerate completely destroyed by a dragon s fire incinerate incinerate i i i = i i i i

13 j is for 10 jade precious stone of white, gray, or green jade jade junk worthless items never found in a hoard junk junk javelin a throwing spear javelin javelin journal where you write about adventures journal journal juvenile young dragon, not fully grown juvenile juvenile j j j = j j j

14 k is for 11 kite You could fly a dragon kite! kite keep the inner most part of the castle keep kite keep king ruler who may or may not fear dragons king king knight serves the king, possibly by fighting dragons knight knight kingdom where the king & knights all live, with dragons kingdom kingdom k k k = k k k k k

15 l is for 12 lair where a lurking dragon waits lair lair lords dragons are the proud lords of the sky lords lords lonely Smaug s mountain in The Hobbit lonely lonely legend a story handed down for generations legend legend leathery often used to describe a dragon s great wings leathery leathery l l l l = l l l

16 m is for 13 moon Monday is the Moon Dragon s day moon moon mine where dragons dig for gems and gold mine mine myth legendary story, may contain dragons myth myth magic extraordinary or mystical power magic magic mysterious the puzzling origin & life of dragons mysterious mysterious m m m = m m m m

17 n is for 14 nest What do dragons line their nests with? nest nest noble proud, lofty, worthy of respect and honor noble noble never Stop believing in dragons? Never! never never nature the great outdoors where dragons dwell nature nature notorious a dragon s reputation for hoarding treasure notorious notorious n n n = n n n n

18 o is for 15 old ancient, venerable, aged, veteran old old opal a glittering, iridescent mineral gem opal opal ocean Wednesday s water dragons home ocean ocean origins dragon origins are shrouded in mystery origins origins opulent luxurious, decadent, richly decorated opulent opulent o o o = o o o o

19 p is for 16 proud stately and magnificent proud proud purple color of royalty and dragon scales purple purple power great ability and authority power power precious rings and things in a dragon s hoard precious precious parchment thin animal skin prepared for writing on parchment parchment p p p = p p p p

20 q is for 17 quest to seek and search for something special quest quest quiet Shh! Dragons have superb hearing. quiet quiet queen her royal majesty, who might like dragons queen queen quick how you need to think & act with dragons quick quick quarrelsome looking for a fight, not willing to make peace guarrelsome quarrelsome q q q q = q q q q

21 r is for 18 ring a small and beautiful hoard treasure ring ring ride dragon-back, the best way to travel! ride ride roar a great, deep, loud dragon-sound roar roar realm the great land where dragons dwell realm realm rune-stones from the Old Norse, secret writing rune-stones rune-stones r r r = r r r r

22 s is for 19 sun Sunday is the day of the Sun Dragon sun sun scales small, hard plates that cover dragon-hide scales scales song a musical tribute, may be by a dragon song song shield borne by a knight, a defensive tool shield shield shapeshift some dragons can take on another form shapeshift shapeshift s s s = s s s s

23 t is for 20 teeth Just how many teeth does a dragon have? teeth teeth tail a vital part of a dragon, may be spiked tail tail talon sharp, glittering, cold as a dragon s claw talon talon tapestry A woven wall hanging for a castle tapestry tapestry treasure what a dragon loves to hoard treasure treasure t t t = t t t t

24 u is for Doodle a picture and write. 21 unique just like humans, every dragon is special unique unique unknown many types of dragons are yet undiscovered unknown unknown updraft helps a dragon launch its bulk into the air updraft updraft underbelly may be covered by a different kind of scales underbelly underbelly uncommon not seen or known by many uncommon uncommon u u u = u u u u

25 v is for 22 vast enormous, huge, great, very large vast vast voice What does a dragon s voice sound like? voice voice venom liquid poison, dragons may have venom venom valiant great courage and stout-heartedness valiant valiant varicolored many-colored, may describe scales varicolored varicolored v v v = v v v

26 w is for 23 water Wednesday is the Water Dragon s day water water wings like birds and bats, dragons can fly wings wings wealth a dragon s hoard of treasures injury injury weapon teeth, talons, tail: all weapons weapon weapon wisdom with great age comes great wisdom wisdom wisdom w w w = w w w

27 x is in 24 box Think out of the box, imagine dragons! box phlox plant with star-shaped flowers phlox box phlox galaxy maybe there is one with just dragons galaxy galaxy xanthos the color yellow in Greek xanthos xanthos flexible a dragon s tail and curve and coil flexible flexible x x x = x x x x

28 y is for 25 yore the days of yore = long, long ago yore yore yell No need,, dragons have excellent hearing! yell yell yonder far, but still within a dragon s eye view yonder yonder yield to give way, sometimes better than resisting yield yield yesteryear similar to yore, the distant but not forgotten past yesteryear yesteryear y y y = y y y y

29 z is for 26 zircon transparent gem from a common mineral zircon zircon zenith highest point, the top zenith zenith zephyr a gentle breeze, usually from the west zephyr zephyr zigzag flying with sharp turns from side to side zigzag zigzag zoophagous carnivorous, traditionally dragons always were zoophagous zoophagous z z z = z z z

30 ee Huzzah! You did it! ee 27 You read and wrote through all 26 letters of the alphabet! Now go back to page ii and write the sentence again to see how much you ve improved. Want more handwriting resources or other dragon-themed educational materials? Visit us at DragonsEyeView.com or