Please select a subject first
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Discuss with your partner the season/occasion when we need:
rich silk clothes
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Discuss with your partner the season/occasion when we need:
colourful, comfortable clothes
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Let’s play a game. The teacher will ask the students some questions. Students will understand that there are some exceptions to the general rules. Let’s start.
- One who weaves is a weaver.
- One who plays a game is a _______.
- One who sings is a _______.
- One who dances is a _______.
- One who teaches is a _______.
- One who cooks is a _______.
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We have often seen the picture of Gandhiji spinning on his charkha. Discuss the reasons behind this. One has been given for you.
- To give rural people an opportunity to earn their livelihood.
- _________________________
- _________________________
- _________________________
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Name some tools used by the weavers.
- Loom
- ________
- ________
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Name some types of yarns used by the weavers.
- Linen
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- ________
- ________
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Discuss with your partner about the following vocation:
Weaving
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Discuss with your partner about the following vocation:
Tailoring
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Discuss with your partner about the following vocation:
Knitting
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Discuss with your partner about the following vocation:
Embroidering
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Discuss the various products made by the weavers in the poem.
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The words in the three stanzas of the poem mention different times of the day. Complete the table.
| Time of the day | Words/phrases | Weaver’s work |
| Early morning | Break of day | Weavers weave robes for the new-born child |
| Late in the evening | ||
| Cold night |
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The poem reveals three phases of life. Fill in the blanks with feelings and colours appropriate to the phases of life. One is done for you.
| New-born/ Childhood | Youth/ Adulthood | Old age/ death | |
| Colour | Blue | ||
| Feeling | Hopes and expectations |
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Complete: The weavers weave in the chill moonlight _______.
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Pick out two words used to describe the weavers in the last stanza. Also state their importance.
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Express your views about the present condition of weavers.
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Describe in your own words the steps or measures that can be taken to solve the problems of the weavers.
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Express your own views and opinions from the weavers’ point of view and complete the following table.
| Stanza | Activity (done by weavers) | Views/Opinion |
| First stanza | Robes for a new-born child | The weavers feel _____ because _____ |
| Second stanza | ||
| Third stanza |
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Write an appeal to use handloom products in our daily life.
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Read the expression ‘old delicious burdens.’ A burden cannot be delicious. The poet has used this combination of words to express that he has many sweet memories of the people and places which he would like to remember forever. The poet has used seemingly contradictory expressions to convey the meaning that his heart is full of sweet memories of good and kind people. Though he wants to be free from any type of attachment, he wants to cherish these sweet memories in his heart forever.
The expression contains opposite ideas that make it seem absurd or unlikely, although it may be true. This is called ‘Paradox.
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