The crow in the house

• English
• Secondary Education

Prayer Time

ELOS 

• Read and interpret the story, ‘A crow in the house’ and attempt related questions.
• Learn word-building and frame sentences on the new words explored.
• Comment on the central idea of the story.
• Identify clauses in some contextual parts.
• Convert sentences to their future perfect continuous form. 

A CROW IN THE HOUSE

(SUPPLEMENTARY READER)

WARM UP

Have you ever kept/nursed a pet?
How was your experience?

What was the reaction of
your family members?

Was the pet over-pampered
and took the affection
for granted?

What dangers were likely
to befall the young crow?

Who were the other members of
the author’s family living in
the same house?

He was always restless, fidgeting about investigating things.
Convert the above sentence to future perfect cont.

Why, according to the grandfather, didn't
the crow show any inclination to join
the other crows in the banyan tree?

 What is implied in the following sentence:
‘Most of the neighbors were represented
in our house by a toothbrush.’?

What according to the writer made Caesar disinclined towards joining the other crows in the banyan tree?

1. He was apprehensive about the other crows not befriending him
2. He became fond of staying in the house
3. Staying with humans he had become snobbish
4. He developed an intense liking for the toothbrushes

List two adjectives for the crow.

What is implied in the following sentence:
‘Most of the neighbors were represented
in our house by a toothbrush.’?

Caesar spied on the children going to the banya's shop and often managed to snatch sweets from them.
Identify the type of clauses in the sentence

1. both independent
2. dependent and independent

What led to Caesar's end finally?

1. His low appetite
2. His ill-health
3. Grandmother hitting him, she being not good with pets.
4. Injury caused by a stick flung at him when he was helping himself to a neighbor's beans.

SUCCESS CRITERIA

Relate the life-story of Caesar, rearranging the facts in a proper sequence in the form of a flow chart: 

1. • Caesar begins to upset things at home
   
2. • Neighbor flings a stick at Caesar
   
3.  • Young crow is saved by the narrator
   
4. • Caesar begins to trouble neighbors
   
5. • The crow is named Caesar
   
6.  •Caesar passes away
   
7. • Caesar objects to being caged. 

Mention the correct sequence here.

Let's recall the words.

1. fidget - make small movements.
2. fierce - aggressive
3. inclination - a person's natural tendency to act or feel in a particular way.
4.  contempt - feeling that something is worthless
5. snob- person who believes that their taste is superior.
6. flatter - please someone.

What, according to you is the central idea of the story?

1. Animals should be nursed when in need.
2. We shouldn't be anti-social.
3. Birds of the same feather flock together.
4. Moderation keeps a man secure.