Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Role play
Work with a partner. Let one student read the poem and the other to pantomime (communication by means of gesture and facial expression) the poem as he or she reads.
Advertisements
Solution
To be done by the students
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
What does ‘improve his tail’ mean?
Why does he welcome little fishes?
Look at the picture.

Have you seen the Adyar Banyan Tree? Would you like to visit that place? Why
Tell the story of the poem in three or four sentences with the help of the pictures given below.
How is team spirit created?
Have you been on a train?
Take turns in class to describe one image that crossed your mind.
Discuss with your partner and pick out the similes used in the poem. Which one do you like the most? Why?
Discuss in pairs, pick out the words related to seasons from the grid and write them in the blanks.
| C | K | S | N | O | W | S | K | Y |
| L | M | U | Y | K | E | M | H | L |
| O | S | N | S | O | T | Q | O | K |
| U | P | N | D | S | I | R | T | I |
| D | R | Y | L | E | A | V | E | S |
| R | A | I | N | W | I | N | D | M |
| S | O | T | H | U | N | D | E | R |
Read the poem line and answer the question given below.
And though his efforts never slack
And though he twist, and twirl, and tack,
Alas! Still faithful to his back
The pigtail hangs behind him.
- Pick out the rhyming words from the above lines and give the rhyme scheme for the same.
- Did he quit his trying? How can you say?



