*READING MAKETH THE MAN*

• ENGLISH
• Secondary Education

Expected Learning Outcomes I will be able to:

• IDENTIFY THE BENEFITS OF READING BOOKS
• READING COMPREHENSION WITH CONTEXTUAL MEANINGS
• COMPREHEND THE POEM-THE THEME (THE MAIN MESSAGE)
• IDENTIFY FAMOUS BOOKS AND AUTHORS
• APPRECIATE POSITIVE THINKING WHICH CREATES SELF CONFIDENCE
• ENHANCE VOCABULARY SKILLS

Poem-BOOKS

Eleanor Farjein brings forward the importance of books in a man's life. She says that books play a wonderful role in our lives. It arises in man many new ideas that helps a person to awake and see the world in a new way . We study or go through a book sitting in a room, books open our minds and take us to new horizons.

WHAT WAS THE POET'S FAVOURITE ACTIVITY?

1. LISTENING TO MUSIC
2. READING STORY BOOKS
3. WATCHING TV.
4. PLAYING CRICKET

When we read books we escape into the writer's world and experience it through our ____________.

1. IMAGINATION
2. DREAM
3. STRENGTH
4. MIGHT

In what type of books do you find these characters - queens, fairies, knights, gnomes?

1. COMEDY STORIES
2. ANIMAL STORIES
3. FANTASY STORIES
4. FAMOUS STORIES

The poet thinks that books can take us to a 'Wonderland'. Do you agree?
Give your views

LESLIE NORRIS-THE POET

POETRY

The word POETRY originates from a Greek word meaning TO MAKE. A poet is thus a maker and the poem something that is made or created. No single definition of poetry is possible but some characteristic features of poetry may be mentioned. Poetry has a musical quality with rhythm, pitch, meter and it may use figures of speech such as simile and metaphor. 

The poem draws a contrast between _______ and ________.

1. animals, human beings
2. tiger in a zoo, tiger in a forest
3. tiger in a zoo, humans
4. humans, tiger in forest

Why should 'he' be lurking in the shadow?

1. out of fear
2. out of anger
3. to catch the deer

What describes "tiger in a cell"?

1. shadow, long grass
2. snarling around houses
3. baring his white fangs
4. Locked in concrete cell

What describes "tiger in a jungle"?

1. Locked in concrete cell
2. his strength behind bars
3. sliding through long grass
4. ignoring visitors

What is the last sound heard by the tiger in the zoo?

1. sounds of the plump deer
2. sound of the zoo keeper
3. sound of the patrolling cars
4. sound of tiger cubs

What according to you is the theme of the poem 'A tiger in the zoo'?

LET'S CHECK....YOUR ANSWERS

Chapter 19:       1. (h) 2. (k) 3. (g) 4. (f) 5. (d)

                            6. (e) 7. (c) 8. (l) 9. (j) 10. (i)

                              11. (m) 12. (b) 13. (n) 14. (a)

Chapter 20:       1. (a) (ii) (b) (i) (c) (ii)

 2. (a) Helen Keller (b) Dalai Lama 

(c) William Makepeace Thackeray (d) Walt Disney

The word 'symphony'
means ____________.

1. orchestration
2. incompatibility
3. asymmetry
4. disturbance

Which of the following is an antonym of 'immortal'?

1. eternal
2. timeless
3. terminable
4. enduring

Which of the following is a synonym of 'enchanted'?

1. fascinated
2. offended
3. wearied
4. revolted

Which of the following is a synonym of 'marvelled'?

1. amazed
2. to be filled with wonder
3. stunned
4. All of these

SUCCESS CRITERIA:
Now, I CAN:
*IDENTIFY THE BENEFITS OF READING BOOKS
*COMPREHEND THE POEM-THE THEME (THE MAIN MESSAGE)
*READING COMPREHENSION WITH CONTEXTUAL MEANINGS
*IDENTIFY FAMOUS BOOKS AND AUTHORS
*APPRECIATE POSITIVE THINKING WHICH CREATES SELF CONFIDENCE
*ENHANCE VOCABULARY BUILDING

1. Strongly agree
2. Agree
3. Not sure
4. I need some help.