8ENG 1.3 Trees are the Kindest Things I Know
8ENG
1.3 Trees are the Kindest Things I Know
(Textbook page 12)
Warming up!
Chit-chat
(Useful for Question on Dialogue )
(1) When do you receive gifts?
Ans. I receive gifts on my birthday and also when I get good marks in examination.
(2) Do you like to give gifts?
Ans. If we like to receive gifts, we should like to give gifts to others.
(3) From whom do you get gifts?
Ans. I get gifts from my parents, relatives, friends and neighbours.
(4) What is the best gift that you have ever received?
Ans. I have received a wristwatch on my 12th birthday from my uncle who stays in Mumbai. It was the best gift that I have ever received.
(5) Why is it special for you?
Ans. My uncle and I have a good bonding. My uncle loves me a lot and it is a token of his love so it is special for me.
(1) What gifts do trees give to mankind?
Ans. Trees give the following gifts to mankind.
(i) They give the oxygen for life.
(ii) They maintain the balance of nature.
(iii) They provide sweet fruits.
(iv) They give shelter to mankind.
(v) They help to bring rain, which is essential for living beings on the earth.
(2) (A) Name the parts of a tree tha begin with: (Answers are given directly,
(1) B : Branches (Boughs);Bark
(2) F : Fruit ; Flitch/Flower
(3) T: Trunk ;Treetop
(B) In most countries in the Northern Hemisphere, there are four seasons:
Spring, Summer. Autumn and Winter.
Try to guess what is the season in the months given below.
(Answers are given directly)
(1) March/April/May = Spring
(2) June/July/August =Summer
(3) September/October/November = Autumn
(4) December/January/February = Winter
Poetic Device
(3) An artist paints pictures using colours. A poet/writer can also paint pictures in your mind/imagination by using descriptive phrases .
For example: blue sky, soft white clouds, floating clouds, etc.
• Write down four such phrases which describe anything beautiful in Nature .
Ans:
(1) Jewel blue - stream
(2) flax gold - beach
(3) nut brown - forest
(4) parsley green - fields.
NEW WORDS
boughs - branches - फांद्या
Hallowe'en : a festival in Autumn observed in western countries(एक उत्सव)
beams - rays( किरण)
drowsy - sleepy (पेंगुळलेला)
lullaby - soft, slow song to put children to sleep (अंगाई गीत)
kindest - सर्वात दयाळू
things - वस्तू ,गोष्टी
harm- उपद्रव
grow - वाढतात, (वाढवा.)
spread a shade - सावली देतात, सावली पसरतात.
sleepy cows- झोपाळू गायी , पेंगुळलेल्या गायी
gather - एकत्र या / एकत्र येतात
among - च्या मध्ये / ने वेढलेला
us - आम्हाला , आपल्याला
to burn - जाळण्यासाठी
spring - वसंत ऋतू
bud - कळ्या , अंकुर, नवीन पालवी
begun - सुरुवात झालेली
beam- ray
morning sun - उगवता सूर्य
to hold - पकडून ठेवतात
changes- बदलते
floats - तरंगतो, वाहतो
hum - गुणगुणणे
serve - सेवा देणे
offer - फुकट देणे
glow - shine (चमकणे)
kids - children
elicit -उत्तर बाहेर काढून घेणे
imaginary - काल्पनिक
Conversation - संभाषण / संवाद
Q. 1.Write a degree of following words
Kind , ......................., ..................
Simple, ...................., ...................
Long , ..................., .......................
Q. 2.Write the forms of following verbs.
Know, knew , known , knowing
Grow, ..............., ............, .................
Sleep,..............., ............, .................
Give,..............., ............, .................
Make,..............., ............, .................
Burn, ..............., ............, .................
Begin,..............., ............, .................
Touch,..............., ............, .................
Hold,..............., ............, .................
Change,..............., ............, ...............
Float,..............., ............, .................
Q. 3.Write the antonyms of following .
Kind x ...................
Harm x ...................
Simple x ...................
Gather x ...................
Give x ...................
First x ...................
Begin x ...................
Morning x ...................
On x ...................
Long x ...................
Q. 4.Write the Rhyming words from the poem.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
s serve birds and animals?
ANS: Trees give shelter and food to birds .
Trees also gives shade to animals .
(2)What do trees offer human being?
ANS: Trees offer fruits, leaves, and wood to make a house.
(3)Which part of the trees glow first at sunrise?
ANS: The buds of trees glow first at sunrise.
(4)What do trees do for small kids?
ANS: Trees sing a lullaby for sleepy children .
(5) When did trees hum drowsy lullaby?
ANS: Trees hum drowsy lullaby at the night.
A1. Simple Factual Activities:
(1) State whether you Agree or Disagree with the following statements :
(Answers are given directly.)
(1) Trees provide shelter to the birds and animals. -Agree
(2) Trees bear new leaves in Autumn.- Disagree
(3) Trees offer fruits and wood to the human being. - Agree
(4) Trees do not show any kindness to us.
- Disagree
(2) Pick from the extract lines that create a picture in your mind.
(1) And spread a shade for sleepy cows.
(2) And leaves to burn on Hallowe'en.
A2. Complex Factual Activities:
(1) Pick out lines that mean the following: (Answers are given directly.)
(1) Trees provide shelter for animals:
And spread a shade for sleepy cows.
(2) Trees provide food for all:
They give us fruit, in leaves above.
(3) Trees are most lovable:
Trees are the kindest things, I know.
(4) Trees live a simple life:
They do not harm, they simply grow.
(2) The poet refers to trees as the 'Kindest Things'. From the extract pick out 5 facts which prove the kindness of trees towards others.
OR
How do trees serve birds, animals and human being?
Ans.- Trees spread a shade for sleepy cows.
-Trees give fruits.
- Birds gather on their boughs.
- Trees give wood to build houses.
-Trees give leaves to burn on Hallowe'en.
A3. Activity based on Poetic Device:
(1) Pick from the extract words that rhyme with the following words:
(Answers are given directly.)
(1) no - know -grow
(2) now- cow - → bough
(3) fun → burn
(2) Find words from the poem that describe the following: (choose from the bracket)
(1) .................... cows
(2) ...................... things
(3) ............... new buds.
( kindest , white, green, sleepy , good )
(3) Find the examples of Personification from the extract:
{अमानवी वस्तूंना एखादया ओळीत मानवी भावना,
गुणविशेष दिलेले असतात, त्या भाषेच्याअलंकारास Personification चेतनगुणोक्ती अलंकार म्हणतात.}
For example: humming trees, running river, smiling flowers.
Ans.
(1) Kindest things.
(2) Trees do not harm.
Q. 2. Read the following extract and do the activities:
A1. Simple Factual Activities:
(1) Complete the following sentences :
" (Answers are given directly.)
(i) Buds of tree glow first at sunrise.
(ii) Trees sing a lullaby for small kids.
(iii) Trees hold the light when evening changes into night.
(iv) The poet knows that trees are the
kindest things.
(2) Pick from the poem lines that create a picture in your mind.
Ans. (1) They are the first when day's begun to touch the beams of morning sun.
(2) They are the last to hold the light when evening changes into night.
(3) And when a moon floats on the sky they hum a drowsy lullaby.
(3) Answer the following.
(a) Which part of the trees glow first at sunrise?
Ans. Green buds glow first at sunrise.
(b) What do trees do for small kids?
Ans. Trees hum a drowsy lullaby for small kids.
A2. Complex Factual Activity:
Pick out lines that mean the following:
(1) Kids love to listen to songs from trees Ans. They hum a drowsy lullaby of sleepy children long ago.
(2) Trees are very kind.
Ans. Trees are the kindest things, I know.
A3. Activities based on Poetic Devices:
(1) Pick from the poem words that rhyme with the following words:
(1) Fun begun, sun
(2) sight-light, night
(3) fly , sky, lullaby
(2) Find words that describe following: (Answers are given directly.)
(1) morning sun
(2) drowsy lullaby
(3) kindest trees.
(4) sleepy children
(3) Find the examples of Personification
from the extract:
Ans. Examples of Personification:
(1) Holding light
(2) Humming lullaby
(3) Moon floats
(4) Touching the beams
English Workshop
Q Think and write in your own words:
(1) What living things can cause harm to one another? Name any five.
Ans. Living things that can harm to one another
(1) Human being to human being.
(2) Human being to animals.
(3) Animals and birds to the human being.
(4) Birds to germs and insects.
(5) Human being to trees.
(2) Why are trees called harmless?
Ans. Trees are really harmless because they never harm anything and anywhere in the world. Whereas they help all the living things on the surface of the earth. They maintain the balance of the nature. They keep the environment clean and pure. They are very helpful to the earth and the living beings on the earth so they are really helpful and harmless.
(3) Hallowe'en is a festival celebrated many western countries on 31st in October. What is the season there? Why do you think is there a need to burn leaves on Hallowe'en?
Ans. (a) The season Autumn in western countries is during October.
(b) I think there is a need to burn leaves on Hallowe'en to make fire and to ward off evil spirits from their life.
(4) "They are the last to hold the light, when evening changes into night'. Which part of the day is referred to in the above lines? Which part of the trees hold the last light of the day?
Ans. The period between day and night, Evening is referred to in the above lines. The buds of the tree hold the last light of the day.
Writing Skills
Your neighbour is having a huge old banyan tree chopped down to make space for another construction. Write an imaginary conversation between you and your neighbour, trying to stop him from having it cut down.
Ans:-
Myself :
Good morning, Sir! I am very disturbed and upset to see you having this good old banyan tree chopped down.
Neighbour:
No, dear, this tree is of no use now. It's too old.
Myself:
No Sir, being too old it's more useful. It has been providing us oxygen for years and years.
Neighbour : That's true, but there is no option for me.
Myself:
: Think about birds who build nest in it, children like us who play under its shade. Cattle who rest in its huge shade.
Neighbour:
: You are right dear but...
Myself:
: Besides it, it has been maintaining balance of nature, controls pollution in our area.
Neighbour:
: Yes dear, you have opened my eyes. People have been worshipping it for years and years. I don't want to hurt anybody's sentiments.
Myself:
: You can extend your construction at the back and save this precious banyan tree.
Neighbour:
Sure my dear. Now I understood its value. We will protect it.
Myself:
: Oh! that's great! Thanks sir for being so kind.
Language Study
1. Degree of Comparison
(1) Positive degree - भाव-विशेषण
मूळ रूपात वापरले जाते. उदा., Big.
(2) Comparative degree - तर भाव-
मूळ विशेषणाला er प्रत्यय लावला जातो. उदा., Bigger. (पुढे than हा शब्द वापरावा लागतो.
उदा., He is taller than Mohan.)
(3) Superlative degree - तम भाव .
विशेषणाला est प्रत्यय लावला जातो.
उदा . Biggest.
Fill in the table of Degrees of comparison.
(Answers are given in bracket, choose from the bracket.)
Positive Comparative Superlative
(1) kind kinder kindest
(2) healthy healthier .......................
(3) near ....................... .......................
(4) fine ....................... .......................
(5) early ....................... .......................
(6) small ....................... .......................
(7) fast ....................... ...........................
(8) high ....................... ..........................
(kindest ,healthiest , nearest , finest , earliest, smallest , fastest , highest , nearer , finer, earlier, smaller , faster , higher )
Language Study
2. Degree of companion - (two or more syllables) - ज्या विशेषणांना दोन किंवा दोनपेक्षा जास्त शब्दावयव (syllables) असतात, अशा विशेषणांअगोदर Comparative degree मध्ये more. तर Superlative degree मध्ये most चा वापर केला जातो.
For example:
successful - Positive Degree
more successful - Comparative Degree
(the) most successful-Superlative Degree
Give the Comparative and Superlative forms of: (Answer are given directly.)
Positive Comparative Superlative
(1) ancient More ancient Most ancient
(2) special ....................... ..........................
(3) significant ....................... ..........................
(4) advanced ...................... ..........................
(5) accurate ....................... ..........................
Appreciation of Poem
Write an appreciation of the poem with the help of the points given below :
(1) The title of the poem-
(2) The poem is written by-
(3) The poem has ................. stanzas,
Each stanza has ............. lines.
(4) The lines that rhyme in each stanza,
(5) The poet compares trees with......
(6) .............................. are the words repeated
in the poem.
(7) The line I shall always remember......
Ans :-
(1) The title of the poem is Trees are the
kindest things I know.
(2) The poem is written by Harry Behn.
(3) The poem has eight stanzas. Each stanza has two lines.
(4) The lines that rhyme in each stanza,
are first and second.
(5) The poet compares trees with things
he knows.
(6) And and They are the words repeated
in the poem.
(7) The line I shall always remember is-Trees are the kindest things I know.
Oral Work
Read the poem aloud with proper intonation.
Project/Activity
Search for a short poem about "Trees' in your mother tongue. Write it in your notebook and translate any two stanzas from the poem into English.
Ans. मुक्त निवारा
असतो जर मी तरु
तर मी पाहिले असते
गाणारे एक पाखरु
माझ्या फांदीवरती!
मला भावली असती
चपळ छोटी खारु
खाली वर भोवताली
धावणारी तुरुतुरु !
मला भावला असता छावा
अस्वलाचा करण्यास धावा
आणि एक मोठी साळू
आणि छोटा एक बेडूक!
रातकिडा एक माझ्या निवारा
नजरेआड असणारा
माझ्या एका पानासाठी
रात्रीचे गीत गाण्यासाठी!
आणि एक उंदीर,
खाली माझ्या मुळांशी
घरट्यात पहुडलेला
आपल्या सहा पिलांशी!
English Translation:
Open House
If I were a tree
I'd want to see
a bird with a song
on a branch of me.
I'd want a quick
little squirrel to run
up and down
and round for fun.
I'd won't a cub
of a bear to call,
and a porcupine big
and a tree toad small.
I'd wont a katydid
out of sight
on one of my leaves
to sing all the night.
And down by my roots
I'd want a mouse
with six little mouselings
in her house.
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